{"id":4987,"date":"2021-05-27T01:31:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T09:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4987"},"modified":"2021-05-27T01:31:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T09:31:05","slug":"thoughts-for-thursday-the-material-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4987","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts for Thursday \u2013 The Material Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Actually I want to talk about the materializing cat\u2014the cat who just seems to appear out of nowhere. Do you have such a cat? We do. Her name is Olivia. She has the ability to move from here to there without being seen. As a skittish kitten we would watch her scoot under a dresser to hide from us and while we\u2019re on our \"\"\"\"hands and knees trying to coax her out, she\u2019d appear behind us.<\/p>\n

Last week we took her to the vet for her rabies shot. That was a nightmare of an experience. Olivia is an in-your-face, cuddly, snuggly, I want to be near you <\/em>cat, until you want to catch her for some important reason. Then she becomes Jell-0 in your hands, a wad of that slime children play with, only with claws\u2014well-honed claws. The chase down and capture was brutal. And I think we could have played it better. It was what it was \"\"and we had a battle on our hands.<\/p>\n

At one point we saw her go under a bed. I\u2019m on one side of it, and he\u2019s on the other. \u201cShe\u2019s coming your way,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cShe should be right there in front of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nope\u2014we found her hiding in a closet several feet away. How she got from here to there we don\u2019t know. Then he saw her run into another room. We searched in there for several minutes, eventually finding her down the hall. She appears and she vanishes. We did finally get her to the veterinarian and the rest of the ordeal was peaceful and successful. But oh the guilt.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t just in situations like this that we\u2019ve noticed \"\"Olivia\u2019s ability to materialize. Whether we\u2019re playing, looking for her at feeding time or to give her a treat, or just to check on where she is to make sure she\u2019s safe\u2014like you do with a cat who tends to find trouble, she does a crazy disappearing and reappearing act.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s nowhere to be found, then you turn around or look where you\u2019ve already looked for her and there she is. It\u2019s eerie and pretty much unexplainable.<\/p>\n

Do you have a cat that materializes out of thin air? What\u2019s your explanation?<\/p>\n

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