Cats are known for being unique little weirdos. They also really like predictability and routine. That combo of being routine-oriented while also individually quirky makes for some highly entertaining daily habits. Those daily habits can be extremely specific, as evidenced by one cat owner’s “Q-tip jail” TikTok video. “Note for pet sitter,” the overlay text from @nothoughtsjustsushi reads, “bedtime routine includes putting him in jail, and the prisoner gets one Q-tip nightly.” The “putting him in jail” part means pinning the cat between two open doors. The human then slips a Q-tip through the crack between the doors as the kitty “prisoner” eagerly grabs it. Seriously quirky: @nothoughtsjustsushi And he’ll scream if you skip it #cattok #fyp ♬ original sound – Bonkers As weird as this is, it’s not much weirder than the many other examples cat owners and pet sitters shared in the comments: “As a pet sitter I once had a client tell me I needed to pretend to water her cat or else she’ll yowl and scream at me the cat even had her own plant pot she’d be in when I started to do my rounds of watering.” “Explaining to the pet sitter my cat needs her alone tub time but DO NOT turn on the water. She just likes to sit in there, unbothered.” “My cat will scream at me when I go in my room until I lay on the bathroom floor and let her loaf next to me. That’s it, that’s her favorite thing.” “Mine likes to sing in the bathtub for the resonance. And it has to be a bath tub! She doesn’t do it if it’s just a shower stall. It’s something we look for in an apartment now, very important.” @kuzcopluscleo he has a routine #cats #catdad #kuzcoskorner #cabinetkitty #funnycats ♬ original sound – DIRTVision “Mine has to sing the song of her people before we lay down at night. It basically consists of her walking a lap around the house howling to oblivion. Only then will she hop in bed and go to sleep.” “My cat will only sit on the couch with me if I put a blanket over her. She does not want to be seen, but she wants to hang out.” “When I had my cat, every morning before work I would put on eyeliner. One morning I pretend put eyeliner on her and told her “all done so pretty” and it BECAME routine. She would promptly sit by the mirror and Scream if I forgot to do it, or until it was done.” @yesitsjess98 Our morning routine. Don’t judge my voice, she’s my baby. #catsoftiktok #morningroutine #cat ♬ original sound – yesitsjess98 “My cat loves raw asparagus. He will stand in front of the fridge and yell at me until I figured out what he wanted. He plays with it like prey, then he eats it.” “My sister’s cat gets on top of the fridge and screams until he gets a teaspoon of shredded cheese to eat while he looks down on everyone.” “My cat demands I cradle her like an infant while I am on the toilet. She will scream and jump on the sink and knock things over until I get her.” “My cat has to have bathtub time.. every night when my mom goes to shower, she runs into the bathroom, and you have to flip hairbands in the bathtub so she can play with them while mom showers (the shower and bath are separate).” “High-five me, Mom!” Photo credit: Canva “Orange cat here! He patiently puts his hand on mine and looks at me until I pick both his hands up ‘to hold hands.’ He never misses a day. He only does this with me. If im going to be busy all day I go ahead and say let’s hold hands. He absolutely trained me to do this. I have to idea how it started.” People ask how cat owners figure these things out, and most cat owners don’t have a clear answer. With cats, you just do random things to see what happens, and suddenly something sticks. You can’t predict what it will be, so you do have to be careful. That fun little entertainment and enrichment experiment might just turn into a routine you can’t escape. Not that most would change a thing. These oddities are what make life with cats so delightful. The post Cat owners share the super-specific, wildly weird things their cats insist on as part of their routine appeared first on Upworthy.