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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / July 2003What is he doing?
Lately Chase has taken to coming to me with one of the cats' toys in his mouth, yowling the entire time. He'll find me and drop it at my feet. I thought maybe he wanted to play fetch with them, the way Paintball does, but if I throw them, he doesn't chase after them. He just stares at me. If he doesn't want to play, then what does he want? Magdalene IWG #1024/Drill Sgt. of Local 35/Soiled Doves of Colorado IFoRP # 57/First Mate of "The Flying Scotsman" KC MasterPiece of the KCRF BBQ Wenches One of Moonie's Naughty Kittens Red Gemini Ghetto Smurf To email me, remove my bodice >Lately Chase has taken to coming to me with one of the cats' toys in his mouth, >yowling the entire time. He'll find me and drop it at my feet. I thought >maybe he wanted to play fetch with them, the way Paintball does, but if I throw >them, he doesn't chase after them. He just stares at me. If he doesn't want >to play, then what does he want? He's giving you presents. You're supposed to "ooh" and "aah" and tell him he's a mighty hunter and give him a good petting. > Lately Chase has taken to coming to me with one of the cats' toys in his mouth, > yowling the entire time. He'll find me and drop it at my feet. I thought [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Magdalene Holly has done this every night for the last couple of months. The funny thing is that it is always the same little red mouse. I finally realized that these are "gifts" (fortunately, she hasn't found any of the "real thing" to honor me), and I give her lots of petting and praise when she deposits her gift at my feet. MaryL H caught the "prey" and is displaying it to you. He wants praise. Gail > Lately Chase has taken to coming to me with one of the cats' toys in his mouth, > yowling the entire time. He'll find me and drop it at my feet. I thought [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Red Gemini Ghetto Smurf > To email me, remove my bodice OK, I've been doing that, and Chase seems content...but Paintball comes running up now because she sees the 'prey' and is looking at me with this, "C'mon, Mom, throw it already!" expression! I have such weird cats.....LOL Magdalene IWG #1024/Drill Sgt. of Local 35/Soiled Doves of Colorado IFoRP # 57/First Mate of "The Flying Scotsman" KC MasterPiece of the KCRF BBQ Wenches One of Moonie's Naughty Kittens Red Gemini Ghetto Smurf To email me, remove my bodice >OK, I've been doing that, and Chase seems content...but Paintball comes running >up now because she sees the 'prey' and is looking at me with this, "C'mon, Mom, >throw it already!" expression! I have such weird cats.....LOL Taz (one of the fosters) runs up every time I tear paper or blow my nose. He's waiting for me to throw it. I had some bite-size Nestle's Crunch wrappers on my side table and he came up every so often to carry one down to the floor so he could play with it. It's so cute to see him running around with a candy wrapper in his mouth, growling at everyone to stay away from HIS KILL, dammit. :-)  Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If laughter is the best medicine, then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-) > Lately Chase has taken to coming to me with one of the cats' toys in his > mouth, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > them, he doesn't chase after them. He just stares at me. If he doesn't want > to play, then what does he want? He wants to be praised. He's either bringing you fresh kill, to feed you, or he's bringing you a helpless kitten. Either way, the proper response is to make much of him and tell him he's a Good Boy (Mighty Hunter or Good Daddy), with appropiate intonation and accompanying petting. Priscilla SignatureMinutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum. (thanks be to topfive.com) >> Lately Chase has taken to coming to me with one of the cats' toys in his >> mouth, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Hunter or Good Daddy), with appropiate intonation and accompanying >petting. Cats are so cool. Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If laughter is the best medicine, then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-) |
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