Hi all:-)

as you know, we are owned by 11 cats, which we love dearly. And
because of that, I installed a daily ceremony, which I want to let you
know about:-) But first I have to tell you, that our cats prefer
kibble instead of canned food.

Every night, when I go to bed and placed myself in the middle of the
bed, I call out the magic words, which are: "come here, kitties". As
soon as I call them, all the cats come running like hell to the
bedroom and assemble on my bed.

First there is a little skirmish, because each cat has its place on
the bed, but then, after they sorted it out, they sit there and wait
for me to begin the ceremony:-) I take out the little box, where I
keep the kibble (which they easily could eat at any place in the
house, because it's their regular food!). The cats get excited and
start raising their paws against me but none will leave its spot. Then
I start feeding them in strict rotation.

Each cat waits patiently until it's his turn. In the waiting time,
some of them start grooming it's neighbour, some tap me on my arm,
shoulder, knee or back, eagerly watching, that I keep the order of the
rotation or asking me to hurry up. After having fed 15 pieces of
kibble to each cat, the ceremony ends with the words: "all is eaten
up".

As soon as they hear the dreaded words, they jump from the bed as if I
didn't exist! It hurts, but I love them anyway *g*.

See a picture of the ceremony:
http://www.gwsystems.com/inge/Images/lecker.jpg

The cats from left to right: back at my pillow is Lady Mortisha, in
front of her sits Smoke, the white one is Chiara, to her right sits
Cottonball next to Rasputin, the silver-tabby at my knee is Bandit,
the black one is Tientje, and behind Tientje Owl is sitting. In this
picture Dax, Sirikit and She are missing. I think, they had important
business to do outside and didn't hear me calling:-)

Purrs to you
Inge and the catgang