I never paid attention to the relative position of cat butts to the
floor during times of vigorous petting, until someone wrote a month or
two back about one of her cats hiking up her little tuchus in a rush of
kitty ecstasy. Now I look and it's everywhere! Roxie and Odessa lift
theirs with their tails way up like little flagpoles, with Odessa going
especially bats if there's a man around, the flirt; and Brandy does this
crazy thing where her tail curls like a little corkscrew. I shouldn't be
surprised because Brandy's a weird cat. This is the cat who barks like a
little dog and steals bites of peanut butter sandwiches, so why
shouldn't she have a screwy tail?

But Stosh? I, or any lady, can pet him until next month, but do I get an
elevator butt from him? Certainly not. Of course, I get a spa treatment
with a massage every night and how many people can say that. But I
wonder, is the elevator butt a female thing? and for that matter, why is
it that only male cats seem to respond to my hog-calling? (Think of the
Arkansas University cheer except say KITTTTTEEEEEE-CAT!!! except
SOOOOOEEEE-PIG) Fritzie used to come running from as far as the
equivalent of five city blocks (we lived in a little hick town back
then) and Stosh immediately drops what he's doing. Is there some
Y-chromosome thing going on here?

Blessed be,
Baha