I know everyone has an animal story that’s probably worth publishing or writing about. Well, I’m no different. Our cat “Sophie” keeps us all on our toes most days and has one interesting personality. She exhibits all of the typical feline behavior by acting indifferent when you leave the house, to giving you those go straight to hell looks at odd times and of course the ever classic, talk to the a-hole cause’ the rest of me isn’t listening as I walk away from you, you disgusting being.
Sophie, while being all cat, does have some “unusual” habits. For one thing, she’s very predictable some times almost like a dog. She has her little creature of habit, habits. Feeding time of course is very important in her day. The every not being present due to sleeping is one habit she shares with her entire species and of course grooming herself into oblivian. There are a variety of games that are a favorite of hers and Jodi obliges for the most part with the “mouse – on – stick” game she so loves. However, after obsession sets in, we have to hide the toy or we’re driven crazy to the point of ear muffs and or loud music to cover up the mew-begging.
Currently, her favorite game is kind of an “elusive” one. We’re now playing a nightly game of hide and retrieve the mouse and let us know you’d be a good mouser if you could just go outside. Her latest game goes like this:
It started one morning when upon waking up and getting going for the day, Jodi noticed two of the little toy stuffed mice Sophie sometimes plays with neatly laying on the floor between the end of the bed and the entrance to the master bathroom. Initially, upon simply cleaning up the room, Jodi tossed the two play toys over the upstairs rail to land hap-hazardly somewhere down in the living room area. This is where it got interesting. All day, Sophie portrayed her usual self. Sleeping the day away on the sofa or high on a closet shelf. The next morning as we got up, we noticed the same two mice neatly laying in the same general area as the previous morning. So, out of curiosity, Jodi tossed them over the rail once again. And… once again, the following morning they were in the “magic” place. Now, the ritual has begun and hasn’t ended in several weeks. Right now, it’s a game of “Cat-and-mouse” and we’ve resorted to even attempting to “hide” the little toy mice to see if she’s cunning enough to find them and continue to locate them where we can obviously see them and know that she’s doing her job. So far, she’s winning.
Cats are of course funny creatures and even for an old hardened dog lover like myself, I’m constantly amused at the antics of the feline we so lovingly allow to live in our home, err I mean she so kindly allows us to live in her home, pardon.
Signed – Scoop AKA Shane Cooper
