The cat moved on, on little fog feet
Jun. 6th, 2014 08:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feldmanTwenty and a half years ago, I adopted a kitten with a strange sense of humor.
She'd turn off the bathroom light when you were pooping.
She'd wait until you were drifting to sleep, and press a cold wet nose against the middle of your back--and when you'd startle, "Gah!" she'd hop away with a tribble-like burble.
She'd stand on your chest and after a thorough petting, look right at you and go, "Woof."
The cat has had health issues and then rallied several times over the last four years. She's been okay lately: affectionate, good appetite, mainly using her box. We've been bathing her, most recently last weekend, and while she'd been normally feisty, she did pant for a few minutes afterward when I had her wrapped in the towel.
She rebounded quickly, and even gave herself some token licks in the offended manner of a affronted cat.
She was in good spirits last night, and ate with her usual gusto. She woke me up at 5am with nuzzly kisses and a request for food, and I gave her petting and told her she'd be fed a little later. We offer wet food twice a day, and there's always a bowl of kibble available. At 10am, I realized that was the last I'd seen of her.
We've turned the house inside out several times, and also the yard and the neighbor's bushes. She's exclusively indoor, but just in case she slipped out somehow. Nothing. The wet food we set out is untouched. Dusk is coming, and I'll give it another round of calling in case she rouses or rallies.
If the box never opens, the waveform will never collapse.
She'd turn off the bathroom light when you were pooping.
She'd wait until you were drifting to sleep, and press a cold wet nose against the middle of your back--and when you'd startle, "Gah!" she'd hop away with a tribble-like burble.
She'd stand on your chest and after a thorough petting, look right at you and go, "Woof."
The cat has had health issues and then rallied several times over the last four years. She's been okay lately: affectionate, good appetite, mainly using her box. We've been bathing her, most recently last weekend, and while she'd been normally feisty, she did pant for a few minutes afterward when I had her wrapped in the towel.
She rebounded quickly, and even gave herself some token licks in the offended manner of a affronted cat.
She was in good spirits last night, and ate with her usual gusto. She woke me up at 5am with nuzzly kisses and a request for food, and I gave her petting and told her she'd be fed a little later. We offer wet food twice a day, and there's always a bowl of kibble available. At 10am, I realized that was the last I'd seen of her.
We've turned the house inside out several times, and also the yard and the neighbor's bushes. She's exclusively indoor, but just in case she slipped out somehow. Nothing. The wet food we set out is untouched. Dusk is coming, and I'll give it another round of calling in case she rouses or rallies.
If the box never opens, the waveform will never collapse.
