{"id":2585,"date":"2018-03-22T02:35:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T10:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2018-03-22T02:35:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T10:35:15","slug":"thoughts-for-thursday-your-cats-welcome-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2585","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts for Thursday — Your Cat\u2019s Welcome Mat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"How does your cat act when you return from a long trip, an overnighter, or even just a day-long outing? I\u2019ve had cats snub me\u2014the longer I\u2019ve been gone, the longer they will ignore me once I return. I\u2019ve also had cats rush to greet me when I come home. This is usually the cat who\u2019s obsessed with food and eager to be fed\u2014immediately! Then there\u2019s the glaring cat\u2014she\u2019ll sit across the room from you and stare as if to say, \u201cHow dare you leave me alone like that. Don\u2019t ever do that again.\u201d Or she could be simply keeping an eye on you making sure you aren\u2019t going to leave again.<\/p>\n

In our household with our current cutie-kitties, Sophie is fairly nonchalant when it comes to our comings and goings\u2014or so it seems. She doesn\u2019t react to any degree right away. However, later, she is all over us as if trying to make up for lost petting. There\u2019s no catching up with the newspaper or mail. Forget about watching TV news or a good movie. And don\u2019t even think about getting up for a snack, Sophie is on your lap for the long-haul\u2014rubbing and purring and love-biting to get as much of your attention as possible.<\/p>\n

Lily usually greets us when we return and immediately goes to her food bowls looking \"\"sad\u2014as if she hasn\u2019t had a morsel to eat for days. Once she\u2019s fed or she\u2019s had a kitty treat and some private time, she begins showering me with gifts. As soon as I sit down in my office chair, here comes Lily with her lambie, baby hedgehog, little stuffed kitty, tiny teddy bear, polar bear, owl, possum, bunny, and all the others. The longer we were gone, the more of her stuffed toys come. Pretty soon they\u2019re surrounding me like little sentinels guarding me\u2014perhaps keeping me from ever leaving the house again.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a video showing a variety of cats welcoming home their human. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZakV2xtqqMM<\/a><\/p>\n

This is one of my favorites\u2014where a cat welcomes home his soldier. Scroll to the video and get out a tissue. http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/553177\/watch-an-excited-cat-welcome-home-a-soldier<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How does your cat act when you return from a long trip, an overnighter, or even just a day-long outing? I\u2019ve had cats snub me\u2014the longer I\u2019ve been gone, the longer they will ignore me once I return. I\u2019ve also … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions\/2586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}