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Post by Vicki on Jul 31, 2002 5:41:58 GMT
Last winter Gracie disappeared for four almost five days.
Needless to say I was devasted and worreid sick. She came home and was just fine and couldn't imagine why I was making such a fuss over her.
Just last week I went away for four days to
Chicago to celebrate my mother's 90th birthday.
When I retuned Gracie wouldn't let me out of her sight. She made a big fuss over me.
I wonder, when we humans go away, do our kitties think we are lost?
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Post by Ann on Jul 31, 2002 23:05:47 GMT
At least you got a nice welcome. The standard reaction of all the cats I've ever lived with has been to give me the cold shoulder. Alexander in particular was a real expert and could carry it on for hours and hours. Dracs is the least successful as he's such a happy, uncomplicated little soul that he forgets he's not talking to me.
That must have been quite a celebration by the way. 90 is a real milestone.
Ann
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Post by Chaos_and_Company on Aug 1, 2002 16:13:43 GMT
Could they be thinking  Well ah do declare, Whatever do y'all mean? Of course we THINK!!! What do you suppose we are doing all day, as we recline and relax, on the comfy sofa, we do our best thinking when we are resting. I know it may come as a shock to all you humans out there, but we think quicker, react quicker, and honestly leave you poor souls in the physical, and intellectual dust...So to speak. When you are wondering about the weather, we already know if a bad storm, such as a tornado, or earthquake, is on the way. We think nothing of racing all over the house or yard at top speed, I never met a human yet who can keep up to us. Our ESP is always working and we communicate to one another quite frequently. When y'all are preparing to give us a treat, before you can say "Treat Time!" We are all racing from different parts of the house, to look up at the amazed look on your face, as you hold the unopened treat package in your hands. When humans go on a trip we are concerned, we really don't know if y'all got enough smarts to find your way back. Your diminished mental capabilities, strikes terror in our hearts, we worry that we might not see you again. After all we do love you, and yes, we are cross when you finally do come home. We do not like to have our routine disrupted, as in those silly vacations, because you have to get away and relax. You have no idea what terrifing thoughts we have had, while you were living it up. We don't understand why you can't relax at home like we do...Why is the grass always greener somewhere else? When you are upset, and feel that life sucks, we are there to comfort you, and ponder with you, a solution to your dilemma...Y'all didn't really think that you figured it out all by yourselves did you? Ah hope that I have answered your question, and shed a little light on the superior, excogitative, abilities of felines. Purrs to y'all Chaos ;D |
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Post by Xinzerella on Aug 9, 2002 22:14:32 GMT
Hey Chaos, I thought that was brilliant. I bet cats do worry about us feeble humans.
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Post by Maria on Aug 9, 2002 22:39:55 GMT
I am sure that whenever I leave the house, my cats are sure that I am being 'unfaithful' and cohorting with other cats. This is the reason why:-
When I come home at the end of the day, I usually go in via the back door. The cats are always lined up at the patio window, eagerly awaiting my return. However, my 'regular' stray, Ginger-Nut, meets me at the end of the road and runs in front of me, into the back garden for his feed. So what my cats see is me returning with another cat at my ankles, looking as if I have been out with him all day!
No wonder they won't let him in the house.
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Post by Linda_Wells on Aug 12, 2002 16:17:37 GMT
Yes Vicki, I'm certain they do.
About two years ago I had my little Misty put to sleep (spinal cancer). I had found him in the garden 10 years before, thin, dusty, starving... He was never a loving cat, but he learned to trust us. He used to go frantic when I left the house. I'm sure he thought he was going to be abandoned again and it broke my heart to see him so upset. He never, in all the time I knew him, went out of sight of the house.
I think it never occurs to the kittens we have from birth that they will ever be left, but certainly strays and rescue cats feel very insecure for a long while.
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