{"id":5823,"date":"2022-12-26T04:31:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T12:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5823"},"modified":"2022-12-26T04:31:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T12:31:46","slug":"meowy-monday-the-day-after-for-your-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5823","title":{"rendered":"Meowy Monday \u2013 The Day After For Your Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/catinXnastree-243x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/catinXnastree-243x300.jpeg 243w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/catinXnastree-405x500.jpeg 405w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/catinXnastree-768x947.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/catinXnastree.jpeg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>Your cats are just getting used to the strange and colorful things you\u2019ve brought into your house this month and hearing the sound of Christmas carols, watching pretty packages appear then disappear, having guests in and opening gifts out leaving pretty paper and ribbon to play with. Now you\u2019re going to put it all away? What will your cat think?<\/p>\n<p>Will she miss the tree and the ornaments? Or will <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/catXmastree-181x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/catXmastree-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/catXmastree-302x500.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/catXmastree-768x1269.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/catXmastree-929x1536.jpg 929w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/catXmastree.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/>she relax once the house and the energy level of everyone returns to the normal she\u2019s accustomed to?<\/p>\n<p>Olivia hasn\u2019t missed a beat with all the changes around our house. She\u2019s paid little attention to the tree and packages. She <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SmokeyTable-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SmokeyTable-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SmokeyTable-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SmokeyTable-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>simply doesn\u2019t seem impressed. In fact I\u2019ve had trouble getting pictures of her with the tree or any of our decorations because she stays away from them. Should I encourage her to get into the holiday spirit by posing her or putting a Santa hat on her? I don\u2019t think so. Olivia doesn\u2019t do holidays.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who\u2019ve enjoyed watching your cats participate in the holiday\u2014you know, curl up under the tree, allow you to dress her up all Christmassy, crawl into a box while you\u2019re wrapping, and play with the ribbon, here\u2019s a treat. A whole bunch of photos of cats at Christmastime. Enjoy:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/images\/search?q=holidays+and+cats\">https:\/\/www.bing.com\/images\/search?q=holidays+and+cats<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your cats are just getting used to the strange and colorful things you\u2019ve brought into your house this month and hearing the sound of Christmas carols, watching pretty packages appear then disappear, having guests in and opening gifts out leaving &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5823\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823"}],"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=5823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5824,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions\/5824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}