What I have learned..

[Amanda Ibbotson]

I thought it would be fun to post things I have learned about My girls and Sphynx in general in the last 3 months..some are rather silly..and I wanna hear everyone elses

What I have learned....

If you give a Sphynx a cracker they will always want one more, they also double as a toy...

It's not stealing off your plate if they "fall" face first into it...because it was an accident

The word "NO" has no translation in the Sphynx language..that word does not exsist..

Any time the microwave "dings" whats inside is for them as it is there "noms" portal

Don't waist money on a heat blanket..a DVR, DVD, Router box is free

Q-Tip is a dirty word at our house, if I ask my husband to hand me one..I have to cover whoever its intended for ear's (they know that word and at sight of one will run)

Baby wipes are acid wipes (my girls have a fit getting a bum cleaning, you would think they were soaked in acid)

When cleaning the litter box it's offical piggy back ride time (both get a ride as I scoop)

There is a diffrence between getting bit and love nibbles

They are like 3 year olds, smarter, faster, and can out last you any day of the week

They can tell time and keep it better then Big Ben can..no sleeping in on weekends..

Thats just a few whats everyone ealse got?

 

[bthomas]

I've learned...

Elvis gets what Elvis wants.

I will second the acid wipe part- if he even sees me reach for the wipes he is off like a felon on the run.

There is more than one type of 'meow' and each have their own meaning.

You can't have a Sphynx and not have a bedhog.

There's no better midnight heater than a wrinkly little Sphynx

Sphynx are like potato chips, or French fries...you can't just have one!

I will never be the same without a Sphynx in my life!


I love this idea, great thread!!! More to come, as they come to me

 

[bthomas]

I realize I only have one Sphynx, but I think I can say that it is true you can't just have one I was already in talks with the breeder about a second one the day I got Elvis home haha.

 

[KitCatty]

Sphynx are worse than a crack addiction and far more expensive (I already want another)

A heater is overrated when you own a Sphynx....or 3

Wipes, nail clippers, and q tips (unless someone knocks the container on the ground, then they are toys) are a form of torture

Night time doesn't always mean sleep

And movement means.... I must be needed or they wouldn't move

 

[gothicmist]

When it comes to bed time YOU are a GUEST in THEIR bed they must be comfortable, you are chopped liver.

If you get up it must be food time, no matter when time of day it is.

Anything can be used for a blanket, dirty clothes, dish towels, anything at all.

 

[bthomas]

DITTO to everything mentioned above. Haha.

The comparison the crack addiction cracked me up!!!! Hahahaha so funny.

 

[Monchchichi]

Love this thread, such a great idea!! I agree with everything written above

 

[Khaleesi]

Wow. I don't have my girl yet, but this thread excites me even more! My cat's now are crazier, so cuddly. But it seems like my sphynx will be even more affectionate, fun and crazy.I can't wait

 

[Amanda Ibbotson]

They groom the things they love from each other to the DVR

You can't have just one Sphynx (you can but you most likely want 5 more..I know I do!)

A Sphynx toung can remove rust from a 57 chevy bumper (I'm only guessing havn't actually tried it)

Anything with sugar makes my girls excited ( I don't often let them have anything sweet but if they see say an Oreo they go nuts why?..why? They have never even tasted one)

Nothing is off limits..its no longer your house it's thiers like vampires if you invite them in your screwed!

You spend mulla on cool toys YOU think they will love..to find a cup of penciles is more fun to play with ( Because you can pick each one up and out and drop behind the sterio cabnit...PRESTO AMAZO IT'S GONE MOMMY!!)

There is such a thing as a "test" slap ( Are you awake yet? slap...slap..~wiggle a toe up moms nose~..slap....then they stop..had this been an actualy food emergency your nose and lip would have been nibbled..or we would run across your face...)

Putting harnesses on means were going "bye bye" in the car or stroller ( They no longer fight the harnesses)

 

[DaliaPatrice]

They groom the things they love from each other to the DVR

You can't have just one Sphynx (you can but you most likely want 5 more..I know I do!)

A Sphynx toung can remove rust from a 57 chevy bumper (I'm only guessing havn't actually tried it)

Anything with sugar makes my girls excited ( I don't often let them have anything sweet but if they see say an Oreo they go nuts why?..why? They have never even tasted one)

Nothing is off limits..its no longer your house it's thiers like vampires if you invite them in your screwed!

You spend mulla on cool toys YOU think they will love..to find a cup of penciles is more fun to play with ( Because you can pick each one up and out and drop behind the sterio cabnit...PRESTO AMAZO IT'S GONE MOMMY!!)

There is such a thing as a "test" slap ( Are you awake yet? slap...slap..~wiggle a toe up moms nose~..slap....then they stop..had this been an actualy food emergency your nose and lip would have been nibbled..or we would run across your face...)

Putting harnesses on means were going "bye bye" in the car or stroller ( They no longer fight the harnesses)

Anything with sugar makes my girls excited ( I don't often let them have anything sweet but if they see say an Oreo they go nuts why?..why? They have never even tasted one)

<-- As far as you know!

If you have boobs, they will become a lounge or making muffins on.

Nails haven't been clipped in a week? That makes mom and velcro wall to be ran and pounced on.

Your house? Ha! Now its their home, you only visit for a few hours a day.

Left that pair of earphones on the floor? They automatically turn into a chew toy to be destroyed with vengeance.

You will learn to sleep through cold noses randomly pressing to your skin.

 

[czamtc]

They groom the things they love from each other to the DVR

You can't have just one Sphynx (you can but you most likely want 5 more..I know I do!)

A Sphynx toung can remove rust from a 57 chevy bumper (I'm only guessing havn't actually tried it)

Anything with sugar makes my girls excited ( I don't often let them have anything sweet but if they see say an Oreo they go nuts why?..why? They have never even tasted one)

Nothing is off limits..its no longer your house it's thiers like vampires if you invite them in your screwed!

You spend mulla on cool toys YOU think they will love..to find a cup of penciles is more fun to play with ( Because you can pick each one up and out and drop behind the sterio cabnit...PRESTO AMAZO IT'S GONE MOMMY!!)

There is such a thing as a "test" slap ( Are you awake yet? slap...slap..~wiggle a toe up moms nose~..slap....then they stop..had this been an actualy food emergency your nose and lip would have been nibbled..or we would run across your face...)

Putting harnesses on means were going "bye bye" in the car or stroller ( They no longer fight the harnesses)

Oh my goodness, I love it!!! I'm rollin

 

[susi794]

I have learned:
God gave you TWO hands and both of them should be busy petting them.
EVERYTHING is fair game when it comes to find things to play with.
Teeth marks don't really look bad on your stuff.
You didn't really want to read that book--they make dandy hammocks for the cat in your lap.
Mama didn't REALLY mean she wanted you to get down for real, so you just jump right back up on her lap.
The stroller is a great thing.
That kittens steal your heart but they also bloody your legs.
That their food budget is way more than mine.
That poop matters.
Litter needs to be the right kind.
That sunny seats are the greatest sleeping, lounging,playing, snuggling places during the daylight hours.
That I couldn't imagine life without my cat kids.
That I am blessed beyond measure by the love they have brought into my life and because of them, the friends I have made here on the Lair.

 

[bthomas]

I have learned:
God gave you TWO hands and both of them should be busy petting them.
EVERYTHING is fair game when it comes to find things to play with.
Teeth marks don't really look bad on your stuff.
You didn't really want to read that book--they make dandy hammocks for the cat in your lap.
Mama didn't REALLY mean she wanted you to get down for real, so you just jump right back up on her lap.
The stroller is a great thing.
That kittens steal your heart but they also bloody your legs.
That their food budget is way more than mine.
That poop matters.
Litter needs to be the right kind.
That sunny seats are the greatest sleeping, lounging,playing, snuggling places during the daylight hours.
That I couldn't imagine life without my cat kids.
That I am blessed beyond measure by the love they have brought into my life and because of them, the friends I have made here on the Lair.

Ditto again!!! Great ones Susi!

 

[SpinkieMom]

Thats just a few whats everyone ealse got?

So many great ones posted already!

De je vu...I just posted this on the last thread I read:

*Sphynx cats are genetically engineered to be addictive!

*Because Sphynx ears are so large they distort sound--had I known this I wouldn't have named mine "Mr. BeNaughty!" I mean Mr. Peabody!

*Since getting my Sphynx, I've discovered my new talent and calling in life "Mr. Peabody's Official Blanket Recoverer!" (it's hard to ignore repeated paw-thumps to the top of my head--sleep is sooo overrated).

*For those anticipating the arrival of their nude bundles of joy, here's a translation of what they're thinking when they survey their new surroundings, "That's mine! Oh, that's mine too! And that also! Mine, mine, mine!!!"

 

[Amanda Ibbotson]

*For those anticipating the arrival of their nude bundles of joy, here's a translation of what they're thinking when they survey their new surroundings, "That's mine! Oh, that's mine too! And that also! Mine, mine, mine!!!"

All I can think to compare it to is the doh doh birds from Ice Age or the Sea Gulls from Finding Nemo!! MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE!!

 

[Fester]

What I have learned...
When you want to be doing something is exactly when your Sphynx decides it's time to cuddle...

When you want to cuddle... is exactly the time when your Sphynx has decided he wants to do his own thing...

If a toy is interesting to one Sphynx... that is exactly the toy the other wants...

A Sphynx's interest in a toy... is inversely proportional to the amount of money you spend on it... unless you have said so in front of a guest

 

[Boonecat]

What I've learned in the 6 months of having Boone Boone in my life:

Your feet are safer under the bed covers during colder months as you have more layers on the bed. All summer long from his trimmed nails..... OUCH, OUCH, OUCH!!!

They learn about daily routines quickly and show imediate love when they know its snack time. Boone jumps on the kitchen counter & will stand on his hind legs with his front paws on my shoulders... rubbing his face feverishly on my chin. "Oh, thank you, thank you, mommy"

They take off like the wind when they hear the faucet running & you're not washing dishes. YIKES, bathtime!!! Same effect when they see a cotton ball in your grasp.

They're bald pinballs

 

[SphynxKid]

They take off like the wind when they hear the faucet running & you're not washing dishes. YIKES, bathtime!!! Same effect when they see a cotton ball in your grasp.

Same thing with Moses, I have to pretend I am doing the dishes, UNTIL I shove him in the sink!

Jen

 

[Boonecat]

Same thing with Moses, I have to pretend I am doing the dishes, UNTIL I shove him in the sink!

Jen

I'm laughing here, really. Its funny how Sphynx can be so different in some ways, yet so alike in other ways. I think the majority do hate getting baths. As I'm carrying Boone to the sink, his 4 legs are all flaling I did notice though that the deeper the water the more calmer he is during bathtime. Its just getting him in there thats the biggest problem. & then once its all over n' done with... he won't even look @ me for awhile.:Laugh:

 

[Amanda Ibbotson]

They have leared "Do you wanna go outside?" a question that we ask our dogs MUST be an invite for them as well..because they fall in line like they get to go.

My husband must love them as he is willing to get and wear a baby sling to tote "His" baby.

The lack of grace..they can walk a piano wire..but can fall from the top of the cat tree for no reason

My girls are very bonded we will never take one without the other (while Malina was being spayed Maruska stayed at the vet to be "watched" to make sure she had normal kitten behavior its part of there kitten wellness plan..after Malina came out of sergury they had them in seperate kennels but shortly after put them together because they both looked misserable. they have never been alone a day of there lives I think as they came from the same breeder and are half sisters. Before Malina fully woke up Maruska curled up next to her and started to groom her and love her makes my heart get all sappy knowing how much they love each other.

Behold the POWER OF CHEESE!! My girls will do anything to get a taste we get the little wax wraped cheese and if they don't get a taste they try to steal the wax case and will dig in the trash for them so naughty!!

They "fight" like toddlers..heads leaned back eyes closed doing the windmill with there paws just hoping to make contact

They do NOT like Rainbow Pony..which is a stuffed hot pink pony with rainbow mane and legs that hubby won out of a claw machine at WalMart...I put it in a cuddle cup of the cat tree..to watch Malina attack..drag out and drop it to its doom

 

[SashimisMom]

I am dying reading all this ....so funny.

I am going to cross the line here. Sashimi's has now discovered she can still sit on my shoulders when I am ....ahem "in the bathroom"....there are not limits what so ever!!!

 

[Amanda Ibbotson]

Maruska likes to help Mommy bake..i.e....when Mom's back is turned she's horking down cupcake batter, cookie dough, you name it shes eating as fast as she can.

Sneezing fits are saved for bed time..UNDER the covers

Never kick a "fun tunnel" out of your way....they arn't always empty

Some times bath time dosn't get better..and sometimes 4 hands are not enough to contain the 5lb Jungle cat that is unleashed once it's toes hit the water.

Dirty brown noses are the facts of life it happens what can I say.

They adamently pray to the heater gods daily!

 

[gothicmist]

waking up to a alarm is no longer accepted. getting jumped on 2 minutes before is the way to go!

 

[flying sphynx]

You can not eat till they make sure it's okay for you.