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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2006Sophie disappears
One thing you can predict about cats. They're unpredictable. Yesterday morning Sophie vanished. Earlier she'd been sleeping at the foot of the bed - no, ON my foot - but now she was gone. Normally she hangs around upstairs until I freshen the food dish. But not this morning. I grew concerned. Had Sophie slipped past me when I went outside to feed Mooch, our resident stray? Or was she lying ill somwhere? I mentioned her absence to my SP - Special Person. She said probably Sophie had slipped into Cat Space, that other dimension cats visit occasionally, and that she'd be back soon. But I scoured the house, the yard, and looked up and down the street. No Sophie. This was serious! I KNEW it! Defeated and worried I passed the living room. There was Sophie, contentedly sleeping on a large comfy cushion on the sofa. She'd been there all along. But she never slept late, especially down here! Oh, that's right - read my first two sentences again. Cats! Has yours done this to you? Of course he/she has! > right - read my first two sentences again. Cats! Has yours done this > to you? Of course he/she has! Of course. When I first moved to Colorado, DH and I spent a week in his old apartment before moving into the new one. Cats were not allowed, so we had to keep a low profile. I couldn't find Oscar anywhere in this two-bedroom apartment; thought she might have been confiscated somehow by the landlord. Frantic, I called DH. But before he came home from work to help, I finally found her behind a pile of DH's old computer game boxes in the closet. She was most peeved to be disturbed.  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> right - read my first two sentences again. Cats! Has yours done this >> to you? Of course he/she has! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > pile of DH's old computer game boxes in the closet. She was most > peeved to be disturbed. Well she knew she was supposed to be keeping a low profile right? Jo >> Of course. When I first moved to Colorado, DH and I spent a week >> in his old apartment before moving into the new one. Cats were not [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> > Well she knew she was supposed to be keeping a low profile right? Somehow didn't keep her from sitting on the window sill watching the parking lot! Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > One thing you can predict about cats. They're unpredictable. Yesterday > morning Sophie vanished. Earlier she'd been sleeping at the foot of [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > that's right - read my first two sentences again. Cats! Has yours done > this to you? Of course he/she has! Admiring looks to Sophie from the gang. Polite applause. Maggy especially likes how Sophie didn't draw it out and make her Meowmmy suffer for too long. Surnise thinks that Sophie should have gone down to the basement and hid and then yowled to be rescued, lotsa fun. Will in New Haven > One thing you can predict about cats. They're unpredictable. Yesterday > morning Sophie vanished. Earlier she'd been sleeping at the foot of [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > that's right - read my first two sentences again. Cats! Has yours done > this to you? Of course he/she has! Ha - and they say cats have no sense of humor. Sophie was probably chortling at you the whole time. Roxy certainly does this to me! I'll walk all over the apartment, calling her, making a big fuss about searching for her. And then suddenly I'll look up to see her ensconced on the refrigerator, watching me impassively and enjoying the show. Joyce > Ha - and they say cats have no sense of humor. Sophie was probably > chortling at you the whole time. Roxy certainly does this to me! I'll > walk all over the apartment, calling her, making a big fuss about > searching for her. And then suddenly I'll look up to see her ensconced > on the refrigerator, watching me impassively and enjoying the show. > Joyce I love when they do that! Especially Martha. She parks herself on the banister, approx. 4X4 inches and surveys us as we go by. We call it Kitty TV. They love it when we trip or stumble. You can almost imagine them thinking, "poor wretches - only two legs. No wonder they fall over!" >Ha - and they say cats have no sense of humor. Sophie was probably >chortling at you the whole time. Roxy certainly does this to me! I'll >walk all over the apartment, calling her, making a big fuss about >searching for her. And then suddenly I'll look up to see her ensconced >on the refrigerator, watching me impassively and enjoying the show. Do cats often not come when called? When I first got Betty, she didn't seem to answer to her name very much, although she would often come to me anyway if she wanted attention, and I pitched my voice in an inviting way. I thought that it was because she was a cat, and cats don't come when called. But over time, either she figured out what I expected, or wanted more attention, or just simply learned her name, and she would almost always come to me when I called her. I think that happened gradually over one or two years. >>Ha - and they say cats have no sense of humor. Sophie was probably >>chortling at you the whole time. Roxy certainly does this to me! I'll [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > always come to me when I called her. I think that happened gradually > over one or two years. Some cats come to their name or to your call. Others as the saying goes take a message and get back to you. We have had Molly for two years now and she has yet to acknowledge that she has a name. She does kind of get the idea that if we are at the door yelling and its getting dark, she needs to figure out where she wants to sleep. Jo >>> Ha - and they say cats have no sense of humor. Sophie was probably >>> chortling at you the whole time. Roxy certainly does this to me! [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Jo Snoopy is more likely to come running if I call Baggy, she thinks she's missing out on something. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Snoopy is more likely to come running if I call Baggy, she thinks she's > missing out on something. :-) I got Mandy and Betsy (RB) to come when called, well, as long as they had nothing better to do, by giving them treats when they came when they were kittens. It didn't work if there was something else more interesting - particularly if Mandy had managed to get out and I was trying to call her back in before she was tired and hungry enough to want to come in. By the way, in connection with earlier posts. Besty (RB) was always a champion at hiding. A friend who was cat-sitting once ransacked the house searching for her, and I once searched for her in a very small, nearly empty house I was staying in temporarily. Of course, that time, I turned around one more time and saw her sitting in an open and nearly empty closet that I could have sworn I had searched several times already, looking at me with mild curiosity at my odd behaviour. SignatureCheryl > ..I turned around one more time and saw her sitting in an open and nearly empty > closet that I could have sworn I had searched several times already, looking at me with mild curiosity at my odd behaviour. > Cheryl Are you sure you didn't detect a sly smile on her face? >> Ha - and they say cats have no sense of humor. Sophie was probably >> chortling at you the whole time. Roxy certainly does this to me! I'll [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > always come to me when I called her. I think that happened gradually > over one or two years. Well, my come when I call if they want to. > Do cats often not come when called? When I first got Betty, she > didn't seem to answer to her name very much, although she would often > come to me anyway if she wanted attention, and I pitched my voice in > an inviting way. I thought that it was because she was a cat, and > cats don't come when called. Both Blacky and Merlin know their name very well. Blacky will mostly come when called. Merlin normally first turns his head towards me and setting up his "I've heard you calling me but I am now in the process of considering to follow the call"-look. If he don't turn his head, he has closed all communication channels to the hoomin' world. Squarely Yours Michael SignatureSquare Dance is friendship put to music Andrea and Michael with fluffy-cats Blacky and Merlin More detail at: http://www.curschmann-sachsen.de > One thing you can predict about cats. They're unpredictable. Yesterday > morning Sophie vanished. Earlier she'd been sleeping at the foot of [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > that's right - read my first two sentences again. Cats! Has yours done > this to you? Of course he/she has! The TV show The Closer uses the title characters cat as a running gag for this kind of behavior. "He" had kittens while at the vet for a checkup. She runs out the front door when they open it to go out to search for her, etc. They don't over play it and its kind of cute. Jo > The TV show The Closer uses the title characters cat as a running gag for > this kind of behavior. "He" had kittens while at the vet for a checkup. > She runs out the front door when they open it to go out to search for her, > etc. They don't over play it and its kind of cute. There's a cat on The Closer? I've only watched that show once - how could I not at least check it out, with all the heavy promotion it got? But the main character irritated me, so I didn't watch it again. There was no kitty in the episode I saw - otherwise I might have watched again. :) Joyce > > The TV show The Closer uses the title characters cat as a running gag > > for [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Joyce Yes there is a kitty. Named Kitty. It came with the house the detective rented and at first she didn't know it was a she, or pregnant. Over the season she has become very attached to the cat while not willing to admit she even much likes it. And still refers to her as he. Jo > > The TV show The Closer uses the title characters cat as a running gag for > > this kind of behavior. "He" had kittens while at the vet for a checkup. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > main character irritated me, so I didn't watch it again. There was no kitty > in the episode I saw - otherwise I might have watched again. :) I rather like the show, when I get around to watching it (unfortunately it now conflicts with the new "Vanished" on Fox). The cat had more prominence during the first season, unfortunately - now the "at home" scenes tend to involve her live-in FBI agent boyfriend, instead. (IMO a poor substitute.) > Joyce > One thing you can predict about cats. They're unpredictable. Yesterday > morning Sophie vanished. Earlier she'd been sleeping at the foot of [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > that's right - read my first two sentences again. Cats! Has yours done > this to you? Of course he/she has! Soncek hides himself from me all the time (and laughs at me when I can't find him - my being very short-sighted does not help at all!) Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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