Cat Wakes Owner up at 6:37 Each Morning—She Finally Realizes Why
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Cats thrive on routine, and once a mealtime is established, they stick to it and ensure that everyone else stays on track, as one owner learned the hard way.
Magic, the black cat, has always been demanding, the owner told Newsweek via TikTok. He'll want to go outside, then right back in. He cries for attention and food. And the thing that all the demands have in common? It always starts early in the morning.
Trying to avoid the cat's early-morning wake-up call, the owner said they'll close the door to keep him out of the bedroom. But then they are just met with crying meows and scratches at the door.
In the owner's TikTok video posted to the account @magicandweasley earlier this week, Magic was fed up that breakfast had been delayed. He couldn't believe the owner slept through mealtime, and when a few of his demands weren't enough, he took it to the next level by waking her up with bright lights.
Magic sat in front of her mirror, which is framed by bulbs. With a quick flick of his paw, he switched on the harsh lights, bright and early at 6:37 a.m. Magic turned around, staring her directly in the eyes. His hanger—anger and hunger—did the talking; he had had enough of his owner sleeping in on the weekends.
She learned very quickly that there would be no sleeping in. There was no time to adjust to the morning sun gradually with a needy and hungry cat living there.
Screenshots from a June 16 TikTok video of a black cat attempting to wake up owner by flicking on the lights.
Screenshots from a June 16 TikTok video of a black cat attempting to wake up owner by flicking on the lights.
@magicandweasley/TikTok
The owner said that, ever since Magic learned to turn on the mirror, it is all he does to get her out of bed every morning.
"He goes to the room and starts to scratch the window and mirror," the owner said. "And one day, he hit the spot that turns the lights on, and now that's what he does; he scratches the mirror until he finds it."
What Do the Comments Say?
The TikTok clip reached over 2.4 million views and nearly 500,000 likes as of Friday.
"I like your sunrise alarm clock butler dressed in black. Very prompt, very reliable," commented a viewer, while a second added: "I feel like even if you unplugged it, he would just do something worse."
A third posted: "The look at you after they've done it is diabolical."
From Magic's point of view, someone wrote: "Oh look at the light shining ON MY EMPTY BOWL."
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