20 pounds of housecat,
Splash, has taken on a new habit. He spends
a substantial part of his day scrunched under that girl’s footstool. If that girl moves the footstool to a new
spot in the living room, Splash will eventually end up there underneath it.
To begin, cats are
wary. They operate on the assumption the
sky will fall on them at any moment. The
footstool, I suppose, will offer some protection should the sky abruptly fall.
While most dogs would
immediately jump up and run off to investigate an errant noise in the house, most
cats will instinctively shrink back at first.
Some cats may go investigate after an extended silence. Some cats may not bother to investigate at
all. A cat may follow you if you
go investigate the noise, but they are more apt to watch you leave and hope you
return with food for them.
Housecats find comfort
and security when cradled away in small spaces.
Boxes are perfect. A female cat
that I once lived with sometimes slept in one of our bathroom sinks. I had another cat that crawled under my blankets
to sleep with me. I am sure you have
seen zillions of photographs of sleeping cats on the internet.
One of the reasons I like
cats is because I feel a sense of well-being when I find 20 or 40 pounds of
housecat sleeping peacefully in various places and various poses in my house. I suppose you could say a sleeping cat in my
presence is something rather opposite of an alarm. They are an indication that all is well. I feel safe while they are there, snuggled
into some small space alongside me.
Should something crash in
another room or the doorbell ring…well, suddenly I am on my own.
--Mitchell
Hegman
Carmel!
ReplyDeleteCarmel is perched above the sofa.
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