{"id":3927,"date":"2020-01-03T04:13:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T12:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3927"},"modified":"2020-01-03T04:13:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T12:13:37","slug":"frivolous-friday-your-cat-rituals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3927","title":{"rendered":"Frivolous Friday \u2013 Your Cat Rituals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Admit it, you and your cat have rituals you follow, right? And I\u2019ll bet that at least some of them were the cat\u2019s idea. Here in our household of two cats, we have customs and routines we follow quite ceremonial at times. Non-cat people would not understand, would they? Yeah, I still have a few friends who haven’t embraced cats yet. But that isn\u2019t necessarily a permanent \"\"condition is it? I\u2019m sure you know people who thought they didn\u2019t like cats until they allowed themselves to know a cat. And do you know what this person almost always says; \u201cThis cat\u2019s different. It\u2019s not like all the other cats.\u201d And that person stays in their comfort zone as someone who doesn\u2019t like cats because the cat they have fallen in love with is not like other cats. Yeah\u2014baloney!!!! They\u2019re a confirmed cat person now\u2014they wear cat hair on their clothes like the rest of us.<\/p>\n

\"\"So what are some of your sweet, fun, silly, crazy, and comforting rituals with your cats? Katy, my beautiful Himalayan who crossed the rainbow bridge in 2004 (I still miss her so), she used to put me to bed at night. If she wasn\u2019t curled up next to me on the couch at bedtime, she\u2019d come get me and follow me through my bedtime ritual, jump up on my pillow and lay with one paw on my shoulder. After a few minutes, off she\u2019d go to do her own thing, which I never found out what that was. I imagine many of you are tucked in at night by a beloved cat.<\/p>\n

I use a straw to drink my morning coffee. When Lily hears me pull a straw out of the\"\" holder, she quickly joins me in my office and waits excitedly as I clip the tip of the straw off (so it will fit into my coffee cup). The straw tip flies through the air and she jumps for it. She loves chasing that piece of straw. I\u2019ll pick it up numerous times and flick it again and again for her until she tires of leaping, and frolicking after it. I love that ritual (and so does she).<\/p>\n

\"\"Max and I used to play catch with his squishy<\/em> ball. At bedtime, he\u2019d jump up on the cat tree and wait for me to pitch that ball to him. He\u2019d swat at it, so it almost always came back to me. We probably could have entered a ping pong tournament we got so good at this game.<\/p>\n

Winfield was our beautiful white odd-eye cat. So sweet and friendly and social. Lovely boy. He loved his water. And no, he didn\u2019t have diabetes or kidney disease. He died of cancer. Sad day. Well, he drank with his paw\u2014always did. Dip the paw, lick the water from it, dip his paw again. And before going to bed, he\u2019d make sure he had plenty of kibbles and water to last him through the night.<\/p>\n

No kidding. He\u2019d see us getting ready to close up the house and head for bed and he\u2019d go\"\" in and look at his bowls. If they were filled to his satisfaction, he\u2019d join us for bed. If not, he\u2019d sit there, wait until we walked by, and let us know we needed to fill his bowls.<\/p>\n

Many cat people have treat rituals\u2014the cats let their owners know when it\u2019s treat time (ours do). Some do tricks for treats.<\/p>\n

Who has a cat that will check out all of the guests at a gathering and immediately bee-line it to the one who\u2019s either allergic to cats or who doesn\u2019t like cats? The black cats will greet those wearing light colors and rub sweetly against them. The light-colored cats will gleefully welcome those wearing black.<\/p>\n

And then there’s Lily who brings me my cozy socks almost every morning. I love hearing that little chirp she makes upon delivery.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d love to hear about your cat rituals\u2014and tell us who initiated them\u2014you or the cat? Leave your comments here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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