{"id":5542,"date":"2022-04-27T02:54:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T10:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5542"},"modified":"2022-04-27T02:54:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T10:54:46","slug":"paws-up-for-wednesday-copycats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5542","title":{"rendered":"Paws Up for Wednesday \u2013 CopyCats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Does your cat sometimes seem to follow in your footprints\u2014you know, imitate something he\u2019s seen you do? I certainly see this trait or ability in Olivia and remember it in other cats I\u2019ve loved. Cats watch and they learn\u2014good or bad, they learn. They know, for example what time of day or evening you\u2019re ready to relax in your favorite spot on\"\" the sofa or your favorite chair. Who are you liable to find sitting or sleeping there when you approach? Olivia bats at the window blind pulls and looks at me when she wants me to lift the blinds for her. She loves sitting on her window perch in the evening and watch the world go by. Likewise, she tells me when she wants my office window open so she can enjoy the scents and feel of the out of doors.<\/p>\n

\"\"Olivia, (as did Lily, and Max) likes to hold or bat at my pens. I often have a writing pen in my hand. Olivia sees this and I frequently catch her holding one of my pens between her paws like she sees me do.<\/p>\n

Lily knew how to turn on the bathtub water \"\"\"\"spigot when she wanted a drink. She couldn\u2019t quite manage it, but she went through the motions of turning it on when I\u2019d walk into the bathroom\u2014showing me what she wanted\u2014copying what she\u2019d seen me do.<\/p>\n

Max used to lay on the floor cheek to cheek with me while I fished out one of his toys from under the fridge. \"\"Lily used to wear my sandals. I\u2019d take them off and she\u2019d slip her paws into them and take a nap.<\/p>\n

Olivia appears to try reading the greeting cards I get in the mail\u2014but she\u2019s probably just trying to knock them over and create chaos. She does express an interest in the things she sees me with\u2014a bottle of nail polish, fresh cantaloupe, the pages of paper I might be working on, my phone, and of course my pens. My pens are hers in her mind.<\/p>\n

Has your cat earned the title\u2014copycat? Sometimes does she seem like your little mini-me?<\/p>\n

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