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Gift of the Moggie - yousnoozeyoulose - 02-01-2022
Currently looking after someone else's cat, and she's just dropped off a dead mouse outside the front door.
I've been accepted!
RE: Gift of the Moggie - yousnoozeyoulose - 02-01-2022
By the...?
Don't leave me hanging!
RE: Gift of the Moggie - an amniote - 02-01-2022
(02-01-2022, 03:22 PM)yousnoozeyoulose Wrote:That's so gorgeous.Currently looking after someone else's cat, and she's just dropped off a dead mouse outside the front door.
I've been accepted!
I looked after a friend's cat for a week a while ago. I'd hang about for a bit so he had some company. He was a little stand-offish to begin with but even on the first day he hissed at me as I went to leave! Soon I was able to pick him up for cuddles, which he liked. By the last day he was happy to sleep on my lap as I read in a lounge chair.
The day my friend returned I went over to drop off her house key. Her cat was there and immediately was all over me. But you should have seen the stink eye he gave me as I left!
(02-01-2022, 03:42 PM)yousnoozeyoulose Wrote: By the...?Oops, somehow I must've posted by mistake?
Don't leave me hanging!
Anyway, the teaser's gone now and the full story's up.
RE: Gift of the Moggie - yousnoozeyoulose - 02-01-2022
Love it. Cats are wonderfully enigmatic little creatures.
RE: Gift of the Moggie - an amniote - 02-01-2022
There's nothing more special than finding a friendship with a cat.
RE: Gift of the Moggie - Oh_hunnihunni - 02-01-2022
Don't give me that sentimental rubbish. These are superior intelligences. They know a sucker when they spot one. And how to train that sucker to behave appropriately...
RE: Gift of the Moggie - an amniote - 02-01-2022
My fellow knows full well which side his bread is buttered on. He knows that to get a snack he must smooch around my legs when I'm in the kitchen. Then he sits on command before he gets the goods.
RE: Gift of the Moggie - Oh_hunnihunni - 02-01-2022
Mine is more advanced up the dominance scale than yours. She comes to my chair, sits on the arm and yells at me till I get up and feed her. Then she has two mouthfuls, twitches, and leaves.
I put her dish in the fridge. Half an hour later she reappears, more yelling, more feeding, more twitching, more leaving.
And this is what she calls 'being a companion'.
[attachment=177 Wrote:Oh_hunnihunni pid='13028' dateline='1641097745']Mine is more advanced up the dominance scale than yours. She comes to my chair, sits on the arm and yells at me till I get up and feed her. Then she has two mouthfuls, twitches, and leaves.[attachment=177]
I put her dish in the fridge. Half an hour later she reappears, more yelling, more feeding, more twitching, more leaving.
And this is what she calls 'being a companion'.
RE: Gift of the Moggie - an amniote - 02-01-2022
I do sometimes wonder if my feline is really part canine. Until yesterday he'd hardly left my side since Xmas day. I think he's gone back to work now as I haven't seen him since 4:30 am.
(02-01-2022, 04:29 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Mine is more advanced up the dominance scale than yours. She comes to my chair, sits on the arm and yells at me till I get up and feed her. Then she has two mouthfuls, twitches, and leaves.That's a lovely bed you've given her. Where do you sleep? - or are you forbidden to?
I put her dish in the fridge. Half an hour later she reappears, more yelling, more feeding, more twitching, more leaving.
And this is what she calls 'being a companion'.
(02-01-2022, 04:29 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Mine is more advanced up the dominance scale than yours. She comes to my chair, sits on the arm and yells at me till I get up and feed her. Then she has two mouthfuls, twitches, and leaves.
I put her dish in the fridge. Half an hour later she reappears, more yelling, more feeding, more twitching, more leaving.
And this is what she calls 'being a companion'.
RE: Gift of the Moggie - Oh_hunnihunni - 02-01-2022
She sleeps there during the day. At night she has discovered the laundry basket is both protective and cosy. I have tried putting it in the shower overnight, but she worked out how to open the shower door.
She is a hell of a cat this one, totally rules the roost.
RE: Gift of the Moggie - Magoo - 02-01-2022
i won a kitten in a rapid raffle at the school gala.
mum was pissed off. it ate the budgie and sprayed piss on the toaster.
we called it snatch
cos was soft and furry.
RE: Gift of the Moggie - Lilith7 - 05-01-2022
The dog & I desperately need a cat, or cats. Without the cat to organise us, we're slightly lost & the other day, I forgot to put out the dog's breakfast. And I miss the bossy little bugger.
We're all out of the routine she set for the household - in the not too distant future, may need to get another cat or two.