I'm a senior cat who lives with a silly girl. I know she loves me and takes good care of me, but sometimes her teasing is a bit too much for me. Lucky for me she spends hours at a time quietly doing her work. So, I can sleep and dream without her bothering me. And whenever I need her, she's not too faraway and usually available immediately.
We cats do like to climb trees. It’s fun, but not when we get stuck and unsure of how to get back down to the ground. Then it’s downright terrifying. So, when that happens, we do the most reasonable thing, we call for our humans!
My girl was with Spot when he climbed his first tree. Then he got too high and panicked. He called for her. She calmly urged him to turn around and climb back down. Eventually, he did and she didn’t need to call for professional rescuers.
We cats do stare. We’re not ashamed of doing so. We just find everything our humans do quite fascinating. We stare to learn who you are. We stare to learn what we can get away with. We stare without blinking which tends to unnerve people. Especially with our quiet ways. You never know what we are thinking as we stare. Rest assured, we know our favorite humans quite well because we stare at them quite often.
As my girl can tell you, we cats have our own individual personality. We don’t act exactly like all other cats. We have differences just like you humans. Researchers in the UK have determined we cats have five different personality types. Nervous, bossy, outgoing, spontaneous and agreeable.
I don’t recall living with any nervous cats, unless you mean me. I liked to have a safe space to hide. Or am I bossy? I know I can be quite assertive when it comes to my needs and wants. I know I’m definitely not outgoing. I like my alone time too much. Spontaneous—uh, could that be Spot and Isis and Nuri? They are quite playful. I don’t know where they got all that energy from. It tended to drive me crazy. And finally, there is agreeable. That definitely wasn’t me. Those are probably the cats who as kittens were socialized by cats and humans alike and are easy to get along with.
With our personalities, I can see why it’s hard to live with just one cat at a time. No wonder it’s all too easy for many humans to opt for more than one cat.
We cats do love to watch humans, birds, squirrels, bunnies and other small critters outside our windows. Windows to the outside world are like tv to us. We can watch others for hours without blinking. Everyone is quite entertaining to watch. We don’t get many pleasures other than dreaming, so watching everyone else is a real joy.
Day 23 of the creativity residency. Ali tells Matteo she’s surprised they don’t fight more than they do. Matteo gives the Viscount an update on their progress.
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Cats age faster than humans. I know it’s something my girl has always been aware of. She decided to just go with it and enjoy the time she has with us. Seems to me it worked out well for her.
Kittens and adult cats age at different rates. Kittens that are a year old are about 15 years old in human years. And once kittens are fully grown adults at two years old are about 24 years old in human years. After that, adult cats age four years per one human year.
We cats do like to play. Me, not as much as many cats do. But sometimes cats love their humans so much that they like to prank them. It is funny to watch. We do hope that you understand we are pranking you when we do. As if you wouldn’t do the same to us when you get a chance. My girl used to gently tug on my tail. It’s just the way she is.