Who's comfy now? (another Buffy pic)

On 6/5/2015 8:11 PM, Takayuki wrote:
On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 01:23:48 -0600, Gandalf
wrote:
I'm so glad that you found such a NICE cat in such desperate need of a
new home. She sounds like a real sweetheart.

And Jill, like a cat newbie, was probably afraid that her next cat, if any
came at all, would be aloof. But instead, Buffy's personality sounds more
like my late Betty's - always waiting for the next lap.

Before I was owned by Persia I'd always "heard" cats were aloof... who
started that silly rumour?! People who have never been around cats,
that's who. Or people who visited homes where the cats hid or were shy
around certain people, maybe.

Oh, I'm sure there are some aloof housecats. I just haven't run into
any.

I was told before I went to get Buffy she was timid but truly a lap cat.
She certainly was a little love-bug when I went to get her. She was
sort of hiding on a dining room chair. She had been living with Frankie
the cat who was a bully. Then she lost her owner and was left with a
part-time care-giver and alone most of the day with Frankie.

I showed up. She let me pet her and purred. Then came the coaxing her
into the carrier with food thing... She was like WTH is going on? You
tricked me! Where the hell are we going and why am I in this
handbasket?!

She got comfortable in my house pretty quickly. Now she's turned into a
furry little pest... uh, I mean, friend.

Jill

On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:40:21 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
She got comfortable in my house pretty quickly. Now she's turned into a
furry little pest... uh, I mean, friend.

I'd say she found her clingy niche pretty quickly! Rehoming is not always
that smooth, so it must've meant to be.

On 6/6/2015 6:39 PM, Takayuki wrote:
On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:40:21 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
She got comfortable in my house pretty quickly. Now she's turned into a
furry little pest... uh, I mean, friend.

I'd say she found her clingy niche pretty quickly! Rehoming is not always
that smooth, so it must've meant to be.

I know! At least I didn't have to integrate her with other cats.

BTW, this is no longer my chair. I've resigned myself to the fact I
can't keep her off the chair when I'm at the computer. She sits next to
me, purring, nice and happy. She gets scritches and talked to while I type.

The moment I get up she's taken over the chair. Today has been pretty
much a pick her up, sit down, get up, pick her up, sit down day. She's
keeping me amused, that's for sure.

I think at some point her tail was broken. Right at the base where it
joins the body, there seems to be a slight crick/crookedness to it. No
hindrance, though. She has a lovely striped tail.

She also wags her tail a lot. Not as if she's agitated, just... I
dunno, like a dog? (This is only my second cat, gimme a break, folks!)
Do cats wag their tails if they're happy?

Oh, and I put a breakaway collar on her today. Just in case she decides
to try the great outdoors (doubtful) and someone finds her they will
know she's owned.

So far she's as nonchalant about the collar as she has been about
everything else. Buffy is a remarkably adaptable cat.

Jill

On 6/6/2015 6:18 PM, jmcquown wrote:

She also wags her tail a lot. Not as if she's agitated, just... I
dunno, like a dog? (This is only my second cat, gimme a break, folks!)
Do cats wag their tails if they're happy?

Jill

That's what Selina does. I was telling someone the other day that I
think Selina's tail has consistently moved gently back and forth from
the time I got her until now. It's not the "swishing" movement we
associate with an angry or frightened cat. It's also not the swift
wagging motion like a happy dog makes. It's a gentle, soft movement;
and it is continuous. I do think she's content, and she loves to be
with me all the time. None of my other cats have ever waved their tails
like that.

MaryL

On Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 8:42:17 PM UTC-4, MaryL wrote:
On 6/6/2015 6:18 PM, jmcquown wrote:

She also wags her tail a lot. Not as if she's agitated, just... I
dunno, like a dog? (This is only my second cat, gimme a break, folks!)
Do cats wag their tails if they're happy?

Jill

That's what Selina does. I was telling someone the other day that I
think Selina's tail has consistently moved gently back and forth from
the time I got her until now. It's not the "swishing" movement we
associate with an angry or frightened cat. It's also not the swift
wagging motion like a happy dog makes. It's a gentle, soft movement;
and it is continuous. I do think she's content, and she loves to be
with me all the time. None of my other cats have ever waved their tails
like that.

MaryL

I know what you mean. Have seen such movement on Rusty(RB), but especially
on my mother's cat. Its an movement that show contentment, and maybe happiness
as all is well with the world.

Winnie