"Joy" wrote in message
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"Takayuki" wrote in message
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On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:45:53 -0400, "jmcquown"
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OB Cats: When they arrived Persia hid under the bed in the guest
bedroom.
When they hadn't left in a few minutes I'm sure she was wondering, "Who
are
these people and why are they in my house?!" LOL She stayed under that
bed
until the vacuuming moved to that end of the house. I was sitting at the
computer when I saw a grey streak dash past me to my bedroom. She hid
under
my bed until about 20 minutes after they left. Just making sure they
were
really gone, I guess

Since her daily routine had been so disrupted by strangers, she got a can
of
her favourite Fancy Feast for dinner (Turkey & Giblets classic, which
is
the pate type.) She was quite happy about that! She was prancing around
in
the kitchen, talking to me, while I dished it up Now she's sitting
here
next to me. All is right with her world... temporarily. Until I bring
in
the guys to clean the carpet...

I have cats that head off in opposite directions when there are visitors.
Dot gets all excited. Visitors! Yay! Lots of wheelies and general
smothering.

Buster runs away. Oh no, invaders! Then comes slinking out to carefully
observe and sniff the visitor, if they seem harmless.

Pickles and Waffles both hide when there are visitors, although Waffles
will occasionally venture into the hallway for a quick peek at them.

When I had Lindy and Nanki-Poo (both RB), it was a different story.
Visitors never saw Nanki-Poo, but Lindy assumed they had come to see her.



It's funny how much cats can differ about visitors. Kitty FC was like
Lindy, she was absolutely certain they had come specifically to admire her
and pet her, so much so that sometimes I had to put her in another room to
prevent her leaping on the knee and headbutting non-cat owners under the
chin..
I wonder whether it's to do with how busy the home is. KFC came from a
noisy home with children and lots of visitors (I found this out eventually)
so she was very confident.
Whereas my home is quiet so Boyfie is used to a quiet life and when visitors
come I don't think he appreciates the disturbance to his lifestyle. Their
natural temperament will have something to do with it too together with past
experiences I assume.
I would really like Boyfie to be a bit braver about visitors but I don't
think that's ever going to happen. I have some cat-loving visitors who
would love to meet him but he either rushes up to his bedroom when the
doorbell rings or heads outside until they have gone. Some of my friends
tease me by saying they think he is a figment of my imagination.
The only person he tolerates is Simon, but not always, when Simon visited
last week Boyfie firmly remained upstairs long past his teatime of 3.45 pm,
he eagerly awaits this. Simon stayed until 5.15. Boyfie appeared at 5.16
claiming starvation ;-)