Kitty clock

My mother-in-law thought it would be really fun to give us a kitty clock for
Christmas. It's a really cute clock, so my husband immediately stuck in 3

Bill Stock...

I was reading another group, while searching for some other topic and they
were discussing this idea of a post Christmas gift swap for unsuitable
gifts. Apparently one woman had received a Cleo-Catra (just happens to be
Cleo's full name) knitted cat suit from her elderly uncle whom had taken up
knitting. It was supposed to be very intricate, taking many hours to knit,
but it wasn't her thing. :-) But it did appeal to others in the group, so
they were trying arrange a gift swap of eclectic items. Rather than have
them go to waste.

(yes it takes 3!) batteries, took down our regular living room clock, and
hung up the kitty clock.

Every hour on it has a picture of a different kind of cat; it's colorful, it
has a nice wooden frame and it's not so tiny that you can't read the
numbers.

We were watching TV and we heard this odd cat cry. We looked at each other,
our cats fled from the room and then we realized......... it was coming from
the clock! You guessed it, it meows or purrs on every hour with a meow that
kind of goes with whatever cat is on the hour, if that makes any sense.

For instance, on the Siamese number, you get that weird, Siamese meow.

The gesture of the clock was nice, but we had to hang it on the wall in the
back bedroom because it not only freaks us out every hour, but our cats go
nuts! Their hair stands up, they run and hide, they think their space is
being invaded. I wish there was a way to turn off the sound or turn it
down, we searched, there isn't. It's kind of funny, just not in the living
room! :~)

Marina...

How annoying! I have a similar clock, only it's silent. A friend of mine
found it at a flea market and gave it to me as a house-warming present.
It's basically a plate with different breeds of cat painted at each
hour. It's very simple, but for some reason, it uses up the single

kilikini...

polonca12000...

Can you try taking out the batteries one by one to see if one of them is
responsible for the sound the clock makes?
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

I'd take yours over mine any day - we use rechargeable batteries! :~)

battery very fast.

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)...

Sounds fabulous! It also must have taken them a good deal
of searching to find it - the only "cat" clocks I've ever
seen are the ones like cartoon cats, where the eyes roll and
the tail moves like a pendulum. (Those are cute for the
kitchen, but probably not something you'd hang on the living
room wall.)

Winnie...

I have a cat lapel pin with a tail that can swing.

jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt...

Actually, I've seen those cat clocks (the kind Kili has) in a lot
of places. Plus, my mother has one. (She also has a very similar bird
clock, with 12 birds in a circle around the clock, one for each hour,
which chirps every hour. I think it's really pleasant.) Last time I
visited her, I didn't get to hear the cat clock meow, because she
didn't have any batteries in it. However, it did keep time - not sure
how that worked. Maybe it only needs batteries to produce sounds? Or
maybe she had weak batteries in the clock, and the time-keeping
mechanism doesn't require much power. (I have a battery-powered clock
in my kitchen, it takes one AA battery, and has been running on the same
one for 2 years.) So if she had weak batteries in the clock, it would
still keep time, but not make the right sounds. When the hour would
strike, her clock would make this weird noise, like it was attempting
to meow, but didn't have all the right equipment. :)

kilikini...

My MIL has the bird clock too!!!!!!!!! How funny is that?

kilikini...

I don't know where she found it, and it *is* cute, it's just a
little......surprising....... and, like I said, it just freaks the furry
kids out!