I was thinking along the same lines as Bridget yesterday, about how sad
we have been on rpca the last few days, and I thought we need to get
some nice anecdotes in to cheer up everyone. I know that reading the
stories helped me get my mind off it when my Nikki and Frank passed in
2005. So here are some snippets about my two.

While I'm writing this, Caliban is perched on the cat tree above me,
letting out a constant stream of little meeps. He's waiting for his
brekkie. I think that he thinks if he sounds as pathetic as possible, I
will take pity on him and feed him before time. But every time I look at
him, he shuts up and just looks at me with big innocent eyes. It's like
playing Mirror, only with sound.

~~~

The other night, i was watching TV, and suddenly I realised that Caliban
had been cowering under the cat tree for a while. He looked really
upset. He slunk around with his tummy to the floor, his fur and his
tailed were poofed. He looked arond the corner at the door to the
enclosure, but then he backed away and slunk under a table. I went out
to investigate what might have scared him.

Mir was perched on the catwalk closest to the netting toward the alley
behind our building. There's a strip of brush between the enclosure and
the alley, and she was staring intently down into the greenery. I
thought I heard some rustling from down there, but I couldn't see
anything in the dark.

Whatever it was (rabbits? hedgehogs?), it had Caliban fearing for his
life and Mir up for a hunt. Poor Caliban was upset for hours. He didn't
want any cuddling or reassuring from me, he would just slink away and
hide under a table. Mir didn't want to come inside for the night (well,
nothing new there - Meowmie always brings her inside just when it's
getting interesting and dark outside). I guess we know who wears the
pants in this house.

~~~

People talk about 'the shark-infested waters' when they are feeding
their kitties. Well, there's only one shark around here, but he makes up
for it by the intensity of his 'sharking.' Mir usually doesn't even show
up when I dish out the food. She comes wandering in a half hour later
and demands I show her her food. She takes an initial sniff, but she
hardly ever eats any of it at this point. Half and hour later, she may
waltz back in for a sniff and maybe one bite of food, and that's it for
now. Half an hour later... Let's just say, it takes forever for Mir to
finish her food. If I have to go to the office, I put her dish on top of
my wardrobe, where Caliban can't climb but Mir can.