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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2005Smokey the Brave
I've got my cell phone set to sound an alarm in the morning, in the event that my clock radio fails. It sort of sounds like a whaling child. This morning it went off and Smokey started attacking the pile of clothes that the phone was buried under. I don't know if she was trying to kill it or rescue it. But it was a surprise, since she has run away from it in the past. > I've got my cell phone set to sound an alarm in the morning, in the event > that my clock radio fails. It sort of sounds like a whaling child. This > morning it went off and Smokey started attacking the pile of clothes that > the phone was buried under. I don't know if she was trying to kill it or > rescue it. But it was a surprise, since she has run away from it in the > past. LOL! Maybe she was trying to kill it since it's the thing that makes daddy get up and leave her every day! ;> Hugs, CatNipped >> I've got my cell phone set to sound an alarm in the morning, in the event >> that my clock radio fails. It sort of sounds like a whaling child. This [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > daddy > get up and leave her every day! ;> Ya never know. Our little girl has more brain cells than I gave her credit for. She's started sleeping in the hammock im my office window, now that I'm back at w*rk. She heads in there every morning and waits for me to raise the blind. > Hugs, > > CatNipped >I've got my cell phone set to sound an alarm in the morning, in the event >that my clock radio fails. It sort of sounds like a whaling child. This >morning it went off and Smokey started attacking the pile of clothes that >the phone was buried under. I don't know if she was trying to kill it or >rescue it. But it was a surprise, since she has run away from it in the >past. Your cell phone sounds like a child yelling, "Thar she blows!"?  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 >>I've got my cell phone set to sound an alarm in the morning, in the event >>that my clock radio fails. It sort of sounds like a whaling child. This [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Your cell phone sounds like a child yelling, "Thar she blows!"? I picked something as annoying as possible for the alarm sound. I have a tendency to sleep through the clock radio. The actual phone ring is a Mountain Lion, which Smokey doesn't like. >>>I've got my cell phone set to sound an alarm in the morning, in the event >>>that my clock radio fails. It sort of sounds like a whaling child. This [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >The actual phone ring is a Mountain Lion, which Smokey doesn't like. I would suspect that hearing a mountain lion snarl probably brings you wide awake in a flash. Our instincts still remember when such sounds meant that we were in danger of becoming cat food. My "thar she blows" remark was a joke based on your use of "whaling child" rather than "wailing child". 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 >>>>I've got my cell phone set to sound an alarm in the morning, in the >>>>event [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > My "thar she blows" remark was a joke based on your use of "whaling > child" rather than "wailing child". Yep, a little slow tonight. I always preferred cinnamon to homonyms anyway. >> I've got my cell phone set to sound an alarm in the morning, in the >> event that my clock radio fails. It sort of sounds like a whaling [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Your cell phone sounds like a child yelling, "Thar she blows!"? Or perhaps, "They call me Ishmael"... <G> Jill > I've got my cell phone set to sound an alarm in the morning, in the event > that my clock radio fails. It sort of sounds like a whaling child. This > morning it went off and Smokey started attacking the pile of clothes that > the phone was buried under. I don't know if she was trying to kill it or > rescue it. But it was a surprise, since she has run away from it in the > past. How long have you had Smokey? I ask because my little tabby was afraid of a rubber snake when she first arrived here at age 2, but after a few months when I took it out again she began "conquering" it and presenting it to me. Could be Smokey feels more confident now. >> I've got my cell phone set to sound an alarm in the morning, in the event >> that my clock radio fails. It sort of sounds like a whaling child. This [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > a few months when I took it out again she began "conquering" it and > presenting it to me. Could be Smokey feels more confident now. Smokey is about three now and we've had her since she was 10 months old. We originally got her as company for Cali, but Cali wanted nothing to do with her (still doesn't). This probably had some effect on Smoke, although she soon adopted me instead and took to smacking Cali around. > >> I've got my cell phone set to sound an alarm in the morning, in the event > >> that my clock radio fails. It sort of sounds like a whaling child. This [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > her (still doesn't). This probably had some effect on Smoke, although she > soon adopted me instead and took to smacking Cali around. Sounds like Smokey is a healthy and resilient cat! :) I have had my Cheeky now for three years--they said she was two when I got her but she seemed younger to me. The shelter had found her pregnant and she had been at the shelter for four months when I adopted her. (We have another cat who is 10 now--and I lost my cat of 20 years two months before I adopted Cheeks.) What I love is how cats change over time, and adjust to their people and environment. The first thing Cheeks did out of the carrier was lie down on the rug in my office and stretttttttcchhh! She is a 7-lb tabby, light gray mackeral-striped, oriental shape, wedgie head, long, skinny tail, very vocal, quick as lightening! She always loved to be petted, but she had been with us about 3 months when I was petting her as she stretched out on her side, and she suddenly leaned back and threw her long leg up like a little kitty harlot so I could pet her tummy! It took her three months to decide to do that. There have been many other changes since then, all good as she gets more comfortable and trusts us more. How has Smokey changed over the three years, besides now "killing" your phone instead of running from it? >> >> I've got my cell phone set to sound an alarm in the morning, in the > event [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > How has Smokey changed over the three years, besides now "killing" > your phone instead of running from it? Smokey had been in the shelter about 3 months when we adopted her. She was the youngest cat they had at the time. We felt a young cat would give Cali a better chance to adjust. But Cali started hissing at the carrier as soon as we brought it in the house. When we let Smokey out of her room she ran around the house for 12 hours straight without stopping. About 10 o'clock that evening she trotted off to her room and passed out in the bed we had set up for her. She carried on the at the same frenzied pace for the next three days. We thought we had adopted the 'hell cat'. Zoomies are one thing, but 20 hour zoomies! When did this cat sleep? She finally got over her cabin fever and now sleeps 20 hours a day. :) "Bill Stock" <Me7@Privacy.net> wrote : > > How has Smokey changed over the three years, besides now "killing" > > your phone instead of running from it? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > better chance to adjust. But Cali started hissing at the carrier as soon as > we brought it in the house. It is so hard to tell how they will react to another cat, isn't it? >When we let Smokey out of her room she ran > around the house for 12 hours straight without stopping. About 10 o'clock > that evening she trotted off to her room and passed out in the bed we had > set up for her. What a cutie! If your shelter is anything like ours, she may have had limited space to move around in. The first few days here, Cheeky was the same way! She came out of the carrier, looked around, and stretttcccched, like "I cannot believe I have all this ROOM!" She explored the whole house and when we went to bed, engaged in the most hilarious tail-chasing session I have ever seen. It looked like pure joy at just having room to move! She carried on the at the same frenzied pace for the next > three days. We thought we had adopted the 'hell cat'. Zoomies are one thing, > but 20 hour zoomies! When did this cat sleep? She finally got over her cabin > fever and now sleeps 20 hours a day. :) Just as I thought, she has adjusted. I bet you will see more subtle changes as time goes on. When cats get older, they get even more lovey in my experience. Smokey sounds just wonderful and she's lucky to have you! > "Bill Stock" <Me7@Privacy.net> wrote : >> > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > as time goes on. When cats get older, they get even more lovey in my > experience. Smokey sounds just wonderful and she's lucky to have you! Thanks. Cali has undergone some amazing changes in the six years we have had her. She was very distant and skittish when we first got her. She would not get up in your lap for the first two years. She was terrified of the television, brooms, newspapers, pretty much anything you had in your hand. Although she did follow me around for the first two years and come to bed on a regular basis. Now that we have Smokey she's given up on me, but she's become a real suck in her old age. She loves to give head butts, mrrrp at you and has become a real lap cat.
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