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15 sq feet
As most of you know, I moved into a new apartment last fall. Newer and
better and bigger. The old apartment, less than 500 sq feet, the new apartment, almost 900 square feet. I could understand why the cats were always underfoot when the place was so small and there was no place to go and sleeping places didn't abound. But now that they have an upstairs and a downstairs, I don't understand what is so important about the 15 sq. feet surrounding ME. Even less if I am sleeping. If I am awake, they only one of them at a time insists on being in full body contact. Asleep, all three of them require contact. I think Mythbusters (TV show here in US) ought to do a show busting the myth that cats are standoffish and want nothing to do with people. I can't get my crew to leave me alone. And two of the three don't mind company, even little kids - like 2 years olds. Bridget - who can't imagine being owned by twenty cats who loved her and wanted to be in contact with her all the time. |
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Cheryl Perkins wrote: Bridget wrote: snip I think Mythbusters (TV show here in US) ought to do a show busting the myth that cats are standoffish and want nothing to do with people. I can't get my crew to leave me alone. And two of the three don't mind company, even little kids - like 2 years olds. Mine both like to sleep with me, but when they're awake Mandy and the late Betsy were subtle. If I moved from room to room, the 'standoffish' cats wouldn't follow me, wrapping themselves around my ankles. But within minutes, they'd both oh-so-casually wander into the room I had moved to, and settle themselves in new spots. Sam, now, he hasn't got a subtle bone in his body, and he likes company. He'll wander around wailing and lonely until he finds me and Mandy, and then his idea of togetherness tends to be along the lines of him being held in my arms, getting scritches and purring madly, while I'm on the computer or doingn a jigsaw puzzle. He can't understand why I sometimes have a problem with this. Mind you, I don't know *why* a predator with normal ears, nose and eyes wanders around a house which, although bigger than your apartment is far from large, wailing as though he couldn't find the other occupants, but Betsy used to do that, too. Oh, Tony is hysterical, every once in a while, he will decide I am not where he can find me and he wanders around the place wailing at the top of his lungs until I yell at him to come join me silly cat at which point he comes running joyfully mrrping and purring all the way. He even did it in the smaller apartment. There really was no way to not find me. I just laughed at him. I can't blame it on old age because he has done it since he was a kitten. He is now 13. Bridget |
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Cinnamon will walk around crying sometimes if she can't find me. I'll say
for example if she is downstairs and I'm upstairs "Cinnamon, I'm up here." She will stop crying then. It's as if she lost track of me. Ann -- read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos "Cheryl Perkins" wrote in message ... Bridget wrote: snip I think Mythbusters (TV show here in US) ought to do a show busting the myth that cats are standoffish and want nothing to do with people. I can't get my crew to leave me alone. And two of the three don't mind company, even little kids - like 2 years olds. Mine both like to sleep with me, but when they're awake Mandy and the late Betsy were subtle. If I moved from room to room, the 'standoffish' cats wouldn't follow me, wrapping themselves around my ankles. But within minutes, they'd both oh-so-casually wander into the room I had moved to, and settle themselves in new spots. Sam, now, he hasn't got a subtle bone in his body, and he likes company. He'll wander around wailing and lonely until he finds me and Mandy, and then his idea of togetherness tends to be along the lines of him being held in my arms, getting scritches and purring madly, while I'm on the computer or doingn a jigsaw puzzle. He can't understand why I sometimes have a problem with this. Mind you, I don't know *why* a predator with normal ears, nose and eyes wanders around a house which, although bigger than your apartment is far from large, wailing as though he couldn't find the other occupants, but Betsy used to do that, too. -- Cheryl |
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Bridget wrote:
As most of you know, I moved into a new apartment last fall. Newer and better and bigger. The old apartment, less than 500 sq feet, the new apartment, almost 900 square feet. I could understand why the cats were always underfoot when the place was so small and there was no place to go and sleeping places didn't abound. But now that they have an upstairs and a downstairs, I don't understand what is so important about the 15 sq. feet surrounding ME. Even less if I am sleeping. If I am awake, they only one of them at a time insists on being in full body contact. Asleep, all three of them require contact. I used to live in 'studio' apartments - i.e. consisting of only one room - with Frank and Nikki. When I moved to a bigger flat with several rooms, Frank would be sleeping in the bedroom, then wake up, not see me, and mew pitifully until I called to him, 'I'm here, Frank,' from the other room. Sometimes, I had to go into the bedroom to reassure him (he had me well trained, didn't he?). -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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