16 People Share The Strangest Things They Have Discovered About Their Pets During Quarantine
Quarantine changed the way a lot of people saw their homes, and it also changed the way they saw their pets. With everyone suddenly around all the time, small habits turned into big surprises, and some of them were hilarious.
These pet owners noticed everything from odd sleeping spots to suspicious behavior that only showed up once the house got quieter. Some discoveries were sweet, some were weird, and a few were downright chaotic.
Here are 16 of the strangest things people learned about their pets during quarantine.
1. Best seat in the house.
"I discovered that one of my cats, Nugget, is a really big fan of sitting on the toilet all day. Occasionally, he’ll move to the tub in the afternoons, but mornings are his toilet hours. Chicken, my other cat, and I are concerned."
2. "Marital problems"
"I’ve discovered that my giant Madagascan hissing cockroaches are having marital problems. The female, Hinata, always sits on the rock and ignores the male, Naruto, who has been exiled to the plant pot!"
3. Warm.
"My cat spends the day sleeping in the exact same place where I slept in bed the previous night. Adorable!"
4. They are in it together...
"I was convinced the dog was stealing the cat food tins from the recycling because I always found them licked clean around the house. It turns out the cat was the culprit, pulling them out of recycling to bat around the house, and the dog just takes the leftover can to finish the job."
5. Antisocial...
"Marley is an antisocial creature. The other four dogs prefer the garden out back."
That is one way to make a workday feel less private.
6. She doesn’t want to miss anything.
"We’ve learned that she really is nosy; when we were at work, she slept all day. Now that we’re working from home, she stays awake all day to make sure she doesn’t miss anything exciting. As a result, she is sleepier and grumpier than usual, but she also snuggles more."
7. On the desk...
"I learned that Fredo wants to be ON the desk while I’m working from home. He just needed his bed to keep from annoying me."
8. Sleepy rabbit.
"My rabbit sleeps all day! I always felt a bit guilty for leaving her during the day, but apart from waking up to eat at about 1 p.m., she’ll sleep until about 5:30 p.m., and I normally get home from work at 6."
9. Traitor!
"My dog likes my boyfriend more than me."
10. A lot.
"He rolls his eyes a lot."
Some pets clearly took quarantine as an invitation to get involved in everything.
This rabbit vs “no dogs” rule drama is similar to tenants who got a dog-sized rabbit after being told “no dogs”.
11. Watching the days go by...
"My Great Dane, Kobalt, stands at the window and watches the cars and people walk by, along with the snow."
12. A cute tattletale.
"I got my puppy in January, and we don’t have any other dogs in our house. Well, because of the lockdown, I have moved back in with my parents and discovered that she loves to tattletale on my sister's French Bulldog whenever he is doing something he isn’t supposed to. She’ll bark at us until we look at him and then looks at me for praise. She is such a dork, but I love her."
13. Oh, man...
"The dog farts all day, and the cat wants constant attention."
14. Four hours max.
"Rue used to like me so much because I would leave for most of the day, and when I came home, she got all the attention and love. It turns out she can only handle about four hours of attention and love, not fourteen plus hours."
That schedule sounds a lot more demanding than anyone expected.
15. More than a minute... wow.
"We’ve finally started to break through our youngest bunny's shell. We’ve had Tinkerbell for about a year, and she hasn't been the most social bunny – she’s mischievous and sassy and not the biggest fan of being petted. Well, just yesterday, she hopped into my brother’s lap and stayed for more than a minute."
16. That is one scary look…
"We’ve learned that the look of judgment from Winston is just that: judgment. Also, he doesn’t like dressing up for work."
Turns out, being home all day can reveal a lot about a pet's personality.
Want more clingy chaos, like the pets glued to their owners 24/7 in “Pets Who Ignore Personal Space Completely”?
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