My Cat Does Unusual Things.
Why does my cat do strange things?
I wrote a note to myself one night before I went to sleep. If I don’t do that, I won’t remember it when I wake up the next morning.
It was something about My Cat, the one I was given as an 8 week-old kitten last January. I wrote about it at least once and posted it here in the archives.
This is different. It is about something I had never notices any cat do, so here goes.
I try to always keep water in my cat’s water bowl. I am sure there are times when it is dry and he was ready for a drink (I don’t know why I say “drink” when I know it is only a “lap-lap-lap” of water.)
Anyway, after putting some more water in his bowl, I stood there watching him. I do spend a lot of time either watching him or petting him. It was then that I noticed his unusual or strange actions, to me at least . Here is what I saw him do.
He was very intentional in doing this. He was not just stumbling around and it accidentally happened. He lifted up his left paw, (I almost wrote foot) and gently, almost daintily, placed it into the water bowl, touching the water, and withdrawing it immediately, shaking it to get the water off. Then, he settled down to do his lap-lap-lapping of the water. (Wouldn’t drinking, drinking, drinking his water sound weird?
Anyway, that was my experience seeing this happen. As I remember, I only saw this one time but could this be his normal routine? I’ll have to be more observant on this end to see if I see it again.
I would like your reflections and comments to this sighting. Could he have been testing the water to see if I had put the wrong temperature of water in his bowl - that is too hot or too cold, or what? Your thoughts, please, in the comments, please.
If you have any cat loving friends, and who don’t and who wouldn’t love cats or at least a kitten, send it to them, please (so I can get a better understanding of my “darling” (can I call him or describe him using that term? He is a year old now.) cat.)
Maybe they would like to subscribe to my writings (Did you notice I didn’t say written works?). Is there any difference? Sometimes it is a poem I have written.
I don’t see a button asking readers to comment on my grammar, but I don’t mind helpful “hints” from those in the “know”. I could tell you of a time I graduated from high school and was awarded a scholarship to the University of Nebraska in 1957 (that is where I grew up) but failed the placement test when I entered my freshman year of college there. But all worked out very well. I took the required English class (the other kids in English called it the “dumbbell class”) and a class in the German language. I learned much of my English grammar in my German class and passed both classes nicely. But you can also comment here about anything else you want to.
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God bless all my good readers and if you think of any young person who might enjoy reading my “cat exploits” make a copy of this, draw a pretty picture of a black cat, it has to be looking “wise”, and send it to them. Again, thank you and God bless.
THE END.
Before 4th grade I struggled with dyslexia, and then God Graced me extra 'Signal Processing' hardware, or perhaps removed the oppressing demon, but suddenly I could read as the letters on page stopped flipping and spinning, and I slowly realized what a pleasure rational thinking could be.
.. but I had barely a first grade reading level, and so also went into a small 'dumb' class for an hour maybe 3 times a week and read short stories and answered that questions when done.
After less than 1/2 year I was reading the top material, 6th grade, and was thrown out, back to all regular classed with my friends.
That was when k-6 was not mind-raping Pedo-women teachers actively trying to murder your future because you a white male, and perhaps some non-personal Satanic coordinated goals.
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I grew-up with dogs and cats and spent a good deal of time interacting and watching them.
Yes, I have seen that behavior, and perhaps it serves a function, and s/he would do it if you not watching, but likely s/he is just f-ing with you. I'm serious. S/he is a Joker.
I have closed a cat in a room to do something that would be dangerous to them, and found the cat had escaped with no sensible conceivable way it was done.
I decided they may shift through multiworlds in a Quantum State and return to collapse back to full form.
Enjoy your Trolling Cat, s/he sounds like a keeper.
God Bless., Steve