It's a hard cat life

[klwilliams]

Yesterday, as I was working on the taxes, I was very, very mean and wouldn't let Mac sprawl all over my stack of papers on top of my desk. In fact, I asked Chaz to come pick him up and take him out of the room, after which I *shut the door*. And I didn't let him back in for hours. Hours, I tell you.

I'm pretty sure Mac's feelings were hurt.

At bedtime, Chaz and I were discussing the boys, neither of whom were in the bedroom with us. I told him that I would fetch Barry for him, so I went to the other end of the house and gave the boys treats. It was quite simple to scoop Baz up and bring him back to the bedroom. Barry didn't want to stay, and scampered off.

Mac had followed us, and had jumped up onto the table at the foot of the room, on top of my keys and cards and things for work. I petted Mac and scooped him up. For just a moment he thought I was going to toss him out, since he was tensing up to claw and bite, but I shifted my hold and petted him, then set him down on the bed. Chaz made encouraging motions, and Mac curled up on Chaz's legs. I'm sure that was a happy Mac face. His humans wanted *him*.

Comments

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

There is a law in this household that if you put a cat on the bed, the cat won't like it, even if he then gets down and gets back on again.

[threeoutside.livejournal.com]

I have an odd boy-cat, too. Adams, by name. He does NOT want to be petted or brushed - unless HE wants to be petted and then the human servant better by golly be there to serve. He also will not come up on the bed when invited. He has important cat business elsewhere whenever I encourage him to come up and snuggle while I read before going to sleep. Nope, not having none of it. But once I'm deep in my book, comes a soft stealthy weight creeping up from the foot of the bed to settle on my lap. And he somehow reads my mind - the instant I think, "Time to turn in," I haven't moved a muscle, haven't closed the book, no hint that I can tell - he knows, and he springs right off the bed and trots for the hall. I shut my 2 (Adams and his sister O'Keefe) out of the bedroom at night because they will NOT leave me alone to sleep.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

You are a good subject for your Feline Overlords.

[threeoutside.livejournal.com]

I don't think they think so. LOL