For Sale: One Cat

[puddingcat]

He started trying to dig through the back door at about 10pm last night, and didn't give up until after midnight. Putting the laundry basket in the way helped with the scrabbling, but not with the shouting. That animal could give Mariah Carey a run for her money in the wailing stakes. Ignoring him just made his complaints more frantic and desperate.

On the bright side, he forgot that he's terrified of professoryaffle and rms.

(When he finally gave up and came upstairs, he dislodged Pootlecat from the windowsill. In a fit of pique, she had a very smelly poo, chased her tail on my ankles until I sat up, then ran back under the bed.)

Would anybody like a cat?

Comments

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

I recommend furry slippers. It's the treatment I intend for Sirocco after he worried me half to death last night by yowling like a cat in pain and then vanishing completely.

I heaved the washing machine out so I could see behind it. I poked a spatula up behind the oven. I moved the sofas around. Cirrus followed me around, spooked as hell and obviously frantic (he gets very unhappy if he doesn't know where his brother is).

Guess who was waiting by the food bowl this morning?

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I'm less worried about Cat Space than I used to be. They manage to vanish in a room with only one hiding place.

I'm just wondering why it was so neessary to be outside last night, after almost a month of not really minding one way or another.

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

Cat Space doesn't normally bother me. What did bother me was how frantic Cirrus was. He normally knows where Sirocco is and if everything's OK...

[pink-weasel.livejournal.com]

Why don't you sleep in your car and let them have the room? It's what they want.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

But they don't! He wanted to Escape and be Big Cats, hunting in the Jungles of Cambridge!

[munchkinott.livejournal.com]

*raises hand* I would like a cat. When are you going to deliver? ^_^

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Just as soon as my matter transporter's delivered! No *way* am I taking them on a car journey over half an hour again...

[munchkinott.livejournal.com]

*cackles evilly* I knew that suggestion'd work.

Face it, you don't have a cat - you have a lil fluffy holy terror. ^_^

[pmoodie.livejournal.com]

Damn, these cats are high maintenance!

I think I'd almost rather have a child! At least they grow up and look after you when you're old and senile. Cats would just eat you.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

*Shudders*
Never suggest that again! At least cats can be left alone!

[pmoodie.livejournal.com]

It's OK, I said I'd almost rather have a child. But I haven't taken complete leave of my sense, don't worry! :)

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Doggies = much better

[pmoodie.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! :)

I'd really like a shark, but I'd need an awfully big pool. And it wouldn't really be fair to deprive Sharky of a whole ocean to swim around in.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I always wanted a Caiman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligatoridae)

[pmoodie.livejournal.com]

Ooh yeah, those are cool!

Basically, I want something I can feed people to, preferrably by reaching languidly and pressing a button, causing them to drop into a pool or pit when they displease me. A school of piranha would be good also. :)

[professoryaffle.livejournal.com]

perhaps tonight we simply put him out and see how he likes it! quieter night for us at least

He is still terrified just not quite as quick to run away as previously

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of putting him out while the game's on, then seeing if he's had enough by bed time. If he hasn't, then by all means leave him out there (but maybe with the lean-to door open, so he has shelter).

[professoryaffle.livejournal.com]

yep, sounds like a good plan

I was going to suggest leaving the lean too door open to give him shelter. I think fitting a cat flap to that first as it should be fairly straight forward might be a good plan some time soon

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

And I wanted to ask whether your cats had adopted to their new environment yet...
*postive kitty vibes*

Talking about new environments, how is the house hunt going?

[scribblemoose]

Oh dear. Such little characters, aren't they?

And that icon is adorable, incidentally. :)