Andy surprised me today. He often patticakes my arm from behind, then acts like he didn’t really mean to attract my attention when I try to figure out what’s on his peanut brain.
Today, however, when I felt the inevitable patticaking on my arm, I looked back and saw the boys’ wand toy at Andy’s feet. He was inviting me to play with him! This is a first for Andy. Oftentimes he has to be coaxed to play, unlike his brother Dougy, who always is “up”!
This shows you the game Andy and Dougy play and the toy Andy left at my feet. If the game makes no sense when the two cats play it, it made perfect sense when Andy hinted he wanted me to join him in the game. A good time was had by all!
Andy and I had a great play date, then he hopped on my computer and cleaned up.
I don’t get the paw thing all the time
It’s rare
As always Sheldon
It’s sweet when it happens, though, isn’t it?!
Wooooooooow what are they cute!
Ornery, too! They are at the groomer right now having a spa day, and will come back home bathes=d and trimmed in a teddy bear cut.
It is great to see you playing with your cat and understanding the cat language .
Bravo!
In friendship
Michel
It was great fun playing with Andy this way,too, since it was his idea!
Ahh that’s very sweet! 🐱🐱
I thought so, too! It was a breakthrough moment for Andy, I think, because he remembers all too well I was the guy who gave him all those baths when he was a kitten with diarrhea. There is a trust and comfort issue there!
Go Andy! 😉
We had a good time. I was pleased to see Andy enjoy himself so much and for such a long time. Dougy didn’t come along to join in the play, which meant Andy didn’t have to compete for the toy either. I think that was helpful.
Oh my kats!! 😻 SO HANDSOME!! LOVE THAT TONGUE STICKING OUT!!!!
Me, too!
MOL!😸
MOL indeed!
😺
New favorite picture!!!
Thanks! I think it is one of my top favorites now, too!
What a beautiful boy and Ali grabs her toys out of her pile and comes running with them and she has been doing that lately. Even though she is on meds and will remain on them. She is having such good days and playing and running like a kitten.
That’s great to hear, Ruth! I know you have to feel really good about it, too, in view of all the stress and worry you’ve gone through with Ali and her health issues in the past year or so. Love, a good veterinarian, and time to heal! What a lucky kitty!
I have a real funny story that just happened about mom and dad and a mouse but it will be a post soon. A short post but a post. We both give mom
, “the pat.” We only do this when she is in bed as she’d probably fall over if she was just standing there. We haven’t brought toys to her so Andy is very clever as far as we’re concerned.
Shoko
He’s a smart little monkey, so nothing surprises me when he does it, or shouldn’t. Though he is a petite kitty, he manages to open drawers and cabinet doors by grabbing the top with his front claws and walking backwards on his hind feet. It’s something to witness!
My baby kitties used to reward me by bringing me offerings of dead rats and things and leave them where I would be sure to find them. I assume they were hoping for a little more praise than they got but then I didn’t quite understand they were doing an act of love when they brought me the “Presents.”
Fortunately, the boys don’t have an opportunity to bring me anything more grim than dead spiders,. flies, or millers…! That’s plenty.
They are so sweet — I love kitties!
Thanks! They truly are sweet cats. I never experienced Persian cats before I got the boys, so wasn’t sure what top expect. They are very mild mannered cats with charming personalities! (Which isn’t to say they can’t be naughty or ornery. LOL!)
They wanted to teach you what to hunt by showing you the prey.
No thanks! LOL! You are right, though: was there any doubt what engaged them after them dropped off their little offerings?
I had never thought of that angle. Thank you for telling me.
As long as they don’t expect me to catch spiders for them, I’m fine…! LOL!
Do you have cats?
I had cats long before I knew that, but when I got my first indoor-only cats, I bought literature about them. There it is explained. Mother cat brings prey to her young ones to show them what to hunt – and later live prey to show them HOW. Usually, in a human-cat-relationship cats turn back into a more kitten-like mode, but when it comes to hunting we are just not up to it. They show us.
Funny story aside: The cat of a friend of mine showed the neighbour male cat a mouse – he just looked at her with disgust …
I no longer have cats but when I was younger I had up to a dozen at a time. Thank you for your nice comment and please visit with us often. 🙂
My pleasure! I don’t always agree with you but I am a fan of the spirit of your blog! I am amazed some days how you keep coming up with such interesting topics to write about.
Dear Weggieboy — Thank you for your kind and complimentary words.
My pleasure!
That’s a cute story about the cat and the mouse!