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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2004Sacrifice of the pom-poms BW
It has taken this stupid human 2.5 years to finally understand the significance of a particular behavior of my youngest, also known as Stripey Thing. From the time he was a kitten, before eating, he would get a pom-pom, his favorite toy in the world (and still is) and put one in the food bowl before he would start eating. Silly me, I thought he was busy playing and just ran across the food bowl so that's where the pom-pom got deposited. But recently, I have noticed he will actually go and pick up a pom-pom before visiting the food bowl with no play in between. I can only come to the conclusion that this is a complex sacrifice/worship process I do not understand. It leaves me guessing as to what God or Gods he may be worshipping. I intend closer observation to discover if the size of the pom-pom is proportional to the size of the meal eaten. Wish me luck on this endeavor. I am now left with all sorts of ethical dilemma questions. Like, if he has made these sacrifices of his toys, is it okay to add the toys back to the original pom-pom collection as I have been doing (which numbers in the upper hundreds) or do I need to put the sacrificed ones in a special place? Are there special pom-poms that I need to furnish Stripey Thing with just for his sacrifices? This is all very, very complicated!!! Bridget If he is anything like Grizzy he may just be feeding the pom poms. Grizzys foan footballs get fed and watered regularly and often get out to bed with mummy at night for a sleep. Admittedly she doesnt feed them at every meal and hopefully doesnt read this post and assume its a god idea as i dont fancy them in bed with me after they been fed. cati > It has taken this stupid human 2.5 years to finally understand the > significance of a particular behavior of my youngest, also known as [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Bridget Is it possible he is trying to "feed" them? like they were his babies? Just a thought. I used to try to feed my teddy bear when I was very small. Tweed pls excuse top post > It has taken this stupid human 2.5 years to finally understand the > significance of a particular behavior of my youngest, also known as [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Bridget I would certainly feel relieved if he was only trying to feed them. Although it would still concern me that he thinks I should provide so much food! Bridget > Is it possible he is trying to "feed" them? like they were his babies? > Just a thought. I used to try to feed my teddy bear when I was very small. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> >>Bridget > I would certainly feel relieved if he was only trying to feed them. > Although it would still concern me that he thinks I should provide so > much food! > > Bridget This is just an idea. He has a lot of pom poms so try reducing them to maybe 10 or 20 and see what happens. His number of babies might be worrying him. If it reduces the behaviour I'd cut them down to 5. Gradually, in order not to upset him. See what happens and reduce him to 2 or 3 if you need to. If you do this, I am hoping you will find he is much relieved of his responsibility ;-) Tweed > > Is it possible he is trying to "feed" them? like they were his babies? > > Just a thought. I used to try to feed my teddy bear when I was very small. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >> > >>Bridget ROFLOL! Christine > It has taken this stupid human 2.5 years to finally understand the > significance of a particular behavior of my youngest, also known as [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Bridget <snippage> I can only come to the conclusion that this is a complex > sacrifice/worship process I do not understand. It leaves me guessing as > to what God or Gods he may be worshipping. LOL! Does this mean we have a new religion on rpca? The Church of the Sacrosanct Pom-Pom?  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", Bridget <metektor@insightbb.com> artfully composed this message within <news:iD8Tc.245694$a24.15207@attbi_s03> on 13 Aug 2004: > It has taken this stupid human 2.5 years to finally understand > the significance of a particular behavior of my youngest, also > known as Stripey Thing. <snip funny yet mysterious story> Who knows what they are thinking? I wish I knew sometimes. lol Bonnie has an obsession with her little micey toys like that but doesn't put them in her food. She carries them from place to place just lining them up, not playing with them, just *gathering* them (for lack of a better word). Once I noticed this I kept putting them back in the cat bed with all the other toys just to see if she would keep moving them (and ONLY them) and she did! SignatureCheryl >It has taken this stupid human 2.5 years to finally understand the >significance of a particular behavior of my youngest, also known as [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Bridget lol! Boy, that is a dilemma! My dilemma is different. Wolfie has hid all the pom-poms, and I can't for the life of me find any of them. Occasionally, one will mysteriously appear, and then mysteriously disappear. Maybe he's keeping the stash on the MotherShip, and transporting one down occasionally when he feels like playing with it. Ginger-lyn > My dilemma is different. Wolfie has hid all the pom-poms, and I can't > for the life of me find any of them. Occasionally, one will [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Ginger-lyn I bet they are under the couch! When we moved, it was embarrassing the number of toy mice that were under the couch. We have one cat at the shelter, when it's his turn out for play, he takes all the toy mice and places them under the bank of cages. Like he's putting them there for safe keeping. Signature-Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net www.kelltek.com Check out www.snittens.com >>It has taken this stupid human 2.5 years to finally understand the >>significance of a particular behavior of my youngest, also known as [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > >Ginger-lyn Spicey is like Wolfie, but with waterbottlecaps, somewhere in my apartment is/are dozens of caps. Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= Waiting for inspiration. Please hold while I contemplate my navel. |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") >It has taken this stupid human 2.5 years to finally understand the >significance of a particular behavior of my youngest, also known as [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >Stripey Thing with just for his sacrifices? This is all very, very >complicated!!! Cinders' favorite type of toy is a twist-tie from a bread wrapper (for non-American newsgroup members who may be used to a different type of fastener, this is a plastic-coated wire, about finger-length). I can usually count on finding at least one, and sometimes several, in her water dish. I haven't quite figured out why she thinks they need repeated soaking. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > Cinders' favorite type of toy is a twist-tie from a bread wrapper > (for non-American newsgroup members who may be used to a different > type of fastener, this is a plastic-coated wire, about > finger-length). I can usually count on finding at least one, and > sometimes several, in her water dish. I haven't quite figured out > why she thinks they need repeated soaking. Too crunchy?? Hugs, CatNipped CatMom to: Bandit, (a.k.a. "Bitch Cat From Hell"), 14, DLH Tabby Demi, (a.k.a. "Ghost Cat"), 5, DLH Pure White Beauty Jessie, (a.k.a. "Jet Ski"), 4, DSH Tortoiseshell Samantha / Sammy, (a.k.a. "Mini Me"), 4 months, DLH Tabby http://www.gcmensa.org/Cats.html (Jessie, Demi, Bandit) http://www.gcmensa.org/Sammy/ (Sammy and Bandit) http://www.gcmensa.org/Sammy2/ (All my fur babies) http://www.gcmensa.org/Sammy3/ (Sammy and Jessie) |
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