Cats are limber and have the ability to move their backs in ways humans can’t do. It helps when they are falling and then they right themselves in midair to land on their feet. Or squeeze into small spaces with ease.
Limber
Cat Quotes 6:02
“Cats were put into the world to disprove the dogma that all things were created to serve man.” —Paul Gray
Cats don’t serve man or humans. It’s the other way around. We serve cats or else we don’t try to live with them. Only a fool thinks cats have owners instead of servants. Only a fool thinks cats are objects to be owned instead of the people they are.
“Cat said, ‘I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave.’ ” —Rudyard Kipling, from the “Just-So Stories”
We don’t choose which cats come to live with us. It’s the cats who choose who they live with. There are times when we think we choose, but alas, it’s an illusion. I saw Nuri in the shelter by herself. I walked over to her and as soon as my shadow fell on her, she started talking to me. She had chosen me with just a simple meow.
Blood Groups
Cats have blood groups of A, B and AB, just like humans. Only important if they need a blood transfusion. Or any kind of medical condition related to blood.
Cat Quotes 6:01
“The furry little buggers [cats] are just deep, deep wells you throw your emotions into.” —Bruce Schimmel
Living with a cat is to live with someone who can feel whatever we’re feeling. They may or may not understand why we feel the way we do, but it’s clear they know. How they react can be an entirely different story. Sometimes they come to comfort and at others, they just like to be alone doing whatever they do best.
“Cats have an infallible understanding of total concentration—and get between you and it.” —Arthur Bridges
Cats are quite good at getting attention for themselves when they want it no matter what we may be doing at the time. It’s best just to pet the cat and then do my work while they are gone doing whatever they want. It’s a great arrangement I have with any cat I live with.
Teaching
Cats will learn what humans teach them if the cats want to learn. Cats can learn tricks and how to behave better, but only if they want to. Cats aren’t dogs and they aren’t so willing to please humans. They are independent and don’t care what others think about them.
Cat Quotes 5:12
“It is remarkable, in cats, that the outer life they reveal to their masters is one of perpetual boredom.” — Robley Wilson, Jr.
Perpetual boredom for cats is caused by a safe place to live where cats don’t have to hunt to eat. Everything is provided and the cats can sleep and dream all they want. Perhaps they become philosophers and just don’t tell the humans they live with what they are really doing. Oh, and cats don’t have masters. Just servants.
“Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun.” — Lloyd Alexander
Cats don’t have to pay much for humans to take care of them. Cats don’t have owners, they have staff and servants. The human servants do have twice as much fun with two cats even though the individual cats don’t pay much to live with their humans.
Litter Box Training
It is much easier to teach kittens to use a litter box than it is adult cats. It does help they instinctively want to bury their wastes somewhere. So, when an adult cat knows how to use a litter box, they can easily teach a kitten to. Whether directly or indirectly, the kitten will learn. It just may be the kitten just watches and imitates.
Cat Quotes 5:11
“Essentially, you do not so much teach your cat as bribe him.” — Lynn Hollyn
How does anyone teach cats to do anything at all? I don’t know. I know all we can do is to provide them things they already know how to use or close enough to what they already do that it’s not teaching at all. They just adapt. As for bribes, they get plenty of food, love and playtime when they want it.
“There are few things in life more heart warming than to be welcomed by a cat.” — Tay Hohoff
It is wonderful to be welcomed by cats. After working outside the home all day to come home and to see a happy cat greeting me is one of the best things I’ve experienced in my life. I hope it continues.
Burying Wastes
Cats tend to bury their wastes. Perhaps to hide from predators and to mark their turfs. It comes in handy when they can’t go outside and must use a litter box inside a house. It’s not hard to get them to use it and keep all their wastes in one place.
Cat Quotes 5:10
“The reason cats climb is so that they can look down on almost every other animal… it’s also the reason they hate birds.” — KC Buffington
Cats like it up high. To keep an eye on the rest of us. To make them feel bigger than they may be. I know it helps when I clean to put the cats up high and then they aren’t afraid to watch me clean up our place. Otherwise, they might go looking for a place to hide.
As for the birds, cats can’t typically get up high enough to watch them as they watch the rest of us. To a cat, it’s not fair.
“If God created man in his own image, you’ve got to wonder; in whose image did he create the nobler cat?” — Unknown
Clearly, there must be a god or goddess that is a cat. How else could anyone create cats in their image?
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