Thursday, September 01, 2005
My bum cat
Kitten hears my car now and waits at the door. When I open it, she darts out. She did this Saturday, after my hurricane exile. I said, "Screw it," and left her outside until I could gather myself.
Well, then she got out again on Tuesday night. Alli was coming over for dinner so I didn't have time to go crawling into the crawlspace of my house to go get her. I left her out. She came in nicely when I got home from dinner at midnight or so. Unfortunately, then she came up on my bed and was hissing at all the innocent fluffballs rolling around on the ground. So I picked her up to take her out of the room and you would NOT believe the freaking banshee wail she let out. SCARY! Alli just sat there with wide eyes, no doubt thinking, "And you have that cat WHY?"
I picked her up and she LET ME and we walked calmly back into the house, her closing her eyes and purring the whole time. When I woke up this morning, she was in bed with me. For the first time in months. Then she LET ME pet her and purred, even.
So I guess I should just let her be an outdoor cat for a few hours every night. I think it may very well be worth the slim chance something bad could happen to her. She's so darn happy out there; there's no way I can deny her that.
Of course, this morning she darted out the door when I opened it for Fluffy to come in. I caught her and put her back in the house.. Give the damn cat an inch! ΒΆ 10:45 AM
Well, then she got out again on Tuesday night. Alli was coming over for dinner so I didn't have time to go crawling into the crawlspace of my house to go get her. I left her out. She came in nicely when I got home from dinner at midnight or so. Unfortunately, then she came up on my bed and was hissing at all the innocent fluffballs rolling around on the ground. So I picked her up to take her out of the room and you would NOT believe the freaking banshee wail she let out. SCARY! Alli just sat there with wide eyes, no doubt thinking, "And you have that cat WHY?"
I picked her up and she LET ME and we walked calmly back into the house, her closing her eyes and purring the whole time. When I woke up this morning, she was in bed with me. For the first time in months. Then she LET ME pet her and purred, even.
So I guess I should just let her be an outdoor cat for a few hours every night. I think it may very well be worth the slim chance something bad could happen to her. She's so darn happy out there; there's no way I can deny her that.
Of course, this morning she darted out the door when I opened it for Fluffy to come in. I caught her and put her back in the house.. Give the damn cat an inch! ΒΆ 10:45 AM
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Stacey, have you ever given her some cat grass?
You can usually find it at the pet store.
One of my cats used to long to go outside, and would happily go out on a leash, just to eat the grass. Once i put grass inside, her longings to go out were lessened greatly.
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You can usually find it at the pet store.
One of my cats used to long to go outside, and would happily go out on a leash, just to eat the grass. Once i put grass inside, her longings to go out were lessened greatly.
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