Owners Show Their Cat Bird Videos as an Experiment, Now the Cat Hilariously Demands TV Every Morning and Night “Like a Toddler”: 'I've never experienced this in the 20 years of having cats'

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Jun 5, 2026 12:45 PM EDT

Every cat owner, at some point in their lives, will discover that their cat has one extremely strange habit. 

There is a turning point in the life of every cat. Everything is normal, simple, calm - up until that very moment. One day, they will wake up and discover their thing. The one thing that they are not supposed to care about at all, but are obsessed with with all of their hearts. We have seen some cats obsess over sweet peas. We have seen some cats choose the sink as their favorite napping spot. We have seen cats obsessed with almonds - but not eating them, just attacking them over and over.

And today, as told by a very confused and frustrated owner on r/cats, we have a cat who has become absolutely obsessed with watching bird videos on the TV. It's the owners' fault, really. The kitty didn't even know such a thing existed until they showed it to him. And now, every morning and every night, it is the same story. The cat demands that his owners turn on the TV to the specific videos that he loves, and he will stare and commit kitty crimes until they cave to his demands. 

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    "My cat demands TV time like a toddler"

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  • This is exactly the way that we would expect a cat who demands to watch TV every morning and night looks like. It's purrfect. This face is the face of someone who knows he's being a menace. He knows he's being a hooligan. He knows, and he has no shame about any of it. He's just living his best life, and it's his owner's fault for introducing him to the concept of a television in the first place, so…

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    Myself and my partner made the mistake of trying out bird videos for my two cats (Ivan/2yo & Mishka/7yo) a few days ago. Just to see if they would react.
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    Mishka could not of cared ANY less. He's a soft hearted gentleman and doesn't care for TV time. Only his catnip toy and naps.
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    Ivan... On the other hand. We'll we've created a monster. He DEMANDS the TV every morning and night before bed. He doesn't care if we're deep in a series or a movie. He will glare and glare and GLARE at us. Obnoxiously staring at the TV as to say, "well? Where is my show?"
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    We now have to turn off whatever it is we're watching for him to watch his new found love for this SPECIFIC YouTube video and god forbid we put on a different one. He will whip his head around like the exorcist and curse us with his eyes until it's changed.
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    I've never experienced this in the 20 years of having cats. I have no idea if this is normal. If I should allow this tiny creature to control our own TV time.
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    Are cats allowed to watch TV? How long for? Do I need to talk to him about being so close to the screen? Will he eventually control our entire TV schedule for the rest of his life?
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    Anyways. Here's a picture of the little one (He gets his TV time no matter what)
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    Salty-Tea6815 You need to do what I have done and get your cats their own iPad so they can watch cat tv on YouTube whenever they want without bothering you. I know I know, it's getting a bit much when you buying your cats their own tech, but it's very mentally stimulating for indoor cats and it sure beats them smashing your tv when they decide they are going to catch that bird they see on the screen!! Give them an old tablet and put a kid safe case on it so if they get excited and bat it around
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    XVIIUNSTEADY OP It's took us over 7 hours for him to change from the TV to the iPad
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  • iPad babies are enough trouble, really. We were absolutely not ready for iPad cats. iPad cats are going to be one hundred times worse than any iPad baby ever could be. They will be more demanding, they will be more annoying, they will be more tenacious and less willing to give up. Every cat owner knows that when a cat wants something, it stops at nothing until it gets it. Maybe getting them an iPad is the easiest solution at the end of the day. 

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    Upper-Positive536 Yes or buy yourself a smaller tv so he can watch his show, without you disturbing him.
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    XVIIUNSTEADY OP We do disturb his TV time. Good idea.
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    kitty_cats6 Aweee my mishka doesn't care about TV either her orange son (not biological, but they're the same behavior wise) is an iPad baby
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    kitty_cats6 This is him watching id upload the video if I could
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    Haunting Donkey758 Mine too, but he's very particular - it has to be this one specific Korean cat channel on youtube, if he doesn't hear the theme song, he doesn't watch! I guess he has his standards
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    XVIIUNSTEADY OP Mines the exact same.
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    PoptartPancake I can't really give any advice unfortunately but I just want you to know how happy the second picture of your kitters has made me. 10000/10 no notes, beautiful
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