{"id":6380,"date":"2024-04-10T03:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6380"},"modified":"2024-04-10T03:30:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:30:57","slug":"paws-up-for-wednesday-fun-and-interesting-cat-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6380","title":{"rendered":"Paws Up for Wednesday \u2013 Fun and Interesting Cat Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"If you\u2019ve adopted a lot of cats over the years as I have, you know how different each of them can be. Some of them develop very interesting habits and ways. Olivia loves her morning treat, but there\u2019s a ritual she insists on before she\u2019ll accept it. First she walks into the room where the treat-man is. Then she stretches, walks closer for petting, rubbing back and forth against his legs. When she\u2019s had enough petting, she sits down, looks up at him, and sweetly mews letting him know she\u2019s ready to accept her treat.<\/p>\n

Sometimes Olivia will sit across the living room and \"\"stare at me until I pat the sofa next to me, then she\u2019ll run to me, jump up onto the sofa, and curl up next to me. Doesn\u2019t she know she doesn\u2019t need an invitation to cuddle?<\/p>\n

\"\"She loves an open window (with a sturdy screen behind it, of course). On a nice day I\u2019ll call, \u201cWindow, Olivia. Want window?\u201d and she\u2019ll come running.<\/p>\n

One habit that many of my adopted cats have had is hiding from visitors. Some never got \"\"over their fear of other people. Olivia is learning the difference between someone coming here to visit and a delivery person simply dropping off a package. She no longer hides when she sees the Amazon or UPS trucks pull up. She watches the delivery person trot up to the house and drop the package, then rush back to their truck. No fear. It\u2019s a start\u2014and then, sometimes the package is for her, so maybe that\u2019s why she\u2019s \"\"now interested in the delivery people.<\/p>\n

When Olivia wants canned food, she waits until I go into the kitchen, then she joins me, mewing and mewing. I\u2019ll get out the can and she disappears, but I always find her waiting at the spot where we first started feeding her.<\/p>\n

We had a cat once who always checked his kibbles bowl \"\"when he saw us preparing for bed. If he was low on kibbles, he\u2019d wait at the bowl for someone to walk past and notice that he needed a refill. He wasn\u2019t always hungry at that time. As soon as we filled the bowl, he\u2019d often go on to bed with us. He was just planning ahead. This is the cat who drank water with his paw. And that was all the \"\"time. We never did see him lapping water from a bowl, he\u2019d dip his paw and lick the water off it.<\/p>\n

Cats enjoy different types of petting. Some like it rough, others want gentle hands. Some enjoy a tummy rub and others adore having their head or chin scratched. Some love to curl up in a lap, while others want to be near, but not touching. I\u2019ve had a couple of cats who wanted to be close to me, but not on me. They\u2019d lay next to me with a paw on my leg. One of those was a lovely Himalayan and she used to adore curling up with me on my pillow at night.<\/p>\n

Cats are so similar with some very different ways. What are your cats\u2019 most unusual and charming habits or likes and dislikes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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