Whatever the cause is - this really sucks. I don't know if it's the same for you, but I remember when my bed was under attack, and I felt so frustrated and helpless, because ultimately, there just wasn't a whole lot I could do. She's a cat. I cannot reason with her, or ask her nicely, or even yell at her and expect it to have an effect. I ended up sleeping on the couch until I got a new mattress, and the whole thing was just really unpleasant. So, I'm sorry you're dealing with this.
I've also read that acting-out behavior (like bed peeing) is more about stress and upset than anger per se (as felis_sidus says). Cats' brains don't really work in such a way that they could act to punish us - they'd have to have some kind of theory of mind to do that, they'd have to understand that we have emotions and feelings that are set off by certain behaviors, they'd have to be able to form cause-and-effect chains. And I don't know that I believe cats can do that. Which isn't to say it might not be behavioral - but it could be, for example, "Lis is gone and I'm freaked out" rather than "I'm mad at you and want to make you pay."
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-05 06:04 am (UTC)I've also read that acting-out behavior (like bed peeing) is more about stress and upset than anger per se (as felis_sidus says). Cats' brains don't really work in such a way that they could act to punish us - they'd have to have some kind of theory of mind to do that, they'd have to understand that we have emotions and feelings that are set off by certain behaviors, they'd have to be able to form cause-and-effect chains. And I don't know that I believe cats can do that. Which isn't to say it might not be behavioral - but it could be, for example, "Lis is gone and I'm freaked out" rather than "I'm mad at you and want to make you pay."