{"id":5597,"date":"2022-06-13T04:17:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T12:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5597"},"modified":"2022-06-13T04:17:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T12:17:20","slug":"meowy-monday-what-other-animal-does-your-cat-most-resemble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5597","title":{"rendered":"Meowy Monday \u2013 What Other Animal Does Your Cat Most Resemble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Oliviastanding-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Oliviastanding-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Oliviastanding-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Oliviastanding-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Oliviastanding.jpg 1087w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>A couple of days ago Olivia and I watched a tree squirrel make his way along a power line from a pole to a tree. That squirrel was swishing his tail and pounding it all along the way. Swish-swish, bam-bam. That\u2019s when I realized that Olivia must have been brought up by squirrels, because she uses her tail to express herself just like that silly squirrel was doing.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Olivia has the tail and she flaunts it and she uses <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oliviabathtub-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oliviabathtub-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oliviabathtub-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oliviabathtub-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oliviabathtub-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Oliviabathtub-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>it. Sometimes she swishes it in warning or irritation and she bangs it on the floor when annoyed. Hilarious! She also pets me with her tail\u2014that\u2019s so sweet and she slaps me with it, depending on her mood and her desire at the moment. I\u2019ve come to the conclusion that Olivia\u2019s spirit animal is <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OliviaMouth-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OliviaMouth-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OliviaMouth-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OliviaMouth.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>a squirrel, although sometimes she reminds me of a young goat, leaping into the air on a whim, jumping against the wall and kicking off of it then racing around the room like a crazy goat kid. She\u2019s a mole sometimes\u2014holing up under blankets when she <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oliviasnuggle-e1603797952294-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oliviasnuggle-e1603797952294-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oliviasnuggle-e1603797952294-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oliviasnuggle-e1603797952294-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oliviasnuggle-e1603797952294.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>doesn\u2019t want to be seen or bothered. She can be a little piggy when eating, and a parrot with her chatter when she wants something or wants me to do something. There\u2019s the owl aspect at times\u2014oh the stare with the big eyes. And for a time there when she was a kitten, she used to fetch like a dog. She\u2019s my first fetching cat. She would bring me a toy, drop it in my lap, and wait anxiously for me to throw it, then bring it back again and again.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever thought about it? What other animal is your cat most like?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of days ago Olivia and I watched a tree squirrel make his way along a power line from a pole to a tree. That squirrel was swishing his tail and pounding it all along the way. 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