BigCharles
01-10-2005, 02:12 PM
I'm convinced that cats can learn our languages. They might not be able to "speak" but they can understand. And how.
With the ice storm last week and multiple power failures our daily routine was much disturbed. One morning Lamoni (our big boy cat) came and got me up to fix "breakfast". In these recent years this has been Fifi's job.
I went to the kitchen and got out the cat food can, plates, and a spoon. I was all ready. Lamoni was ready. No Fifi.
I did not want to wake up Cindy so just shouting was out. I found Fifi at the opposite end of the house, sleeping in my office chair. She usually wakes up when I come near the chair and greets me with a chirp so that I won't sit on her. Not this time.
Cats can sleep so soundly you might think that they are dead. Sure enough Fifi was "dead to the world". I had to shake her to get her to wake up. She scowled at me. I repeatedly told her to get up and come eat. Not doing. I walked out into the hall and called her. Nothing. She just stretched out all four paws and closed her eyes. :rolleyes:
I went back into the room and woke her again. I tried poking her gently in the belly. I got pushed away the first time and a gentle "don't do that" bite the second time. She just layed there glaring at me.
I said, "wet food." She stood right up and launched out of that chair. She was in the kitchen before I cold get into the hall.
She understod those two words so clearly.
With the ice storm last week and multiple power failures our daily routine was much disturbed. One morning Lamoni (our big boy cat) came and got me up to fix "breakfast". In these recent years this has been Fifi's job.
I went to the kitchen and got out the cat food can, plates, and a spoon. I was all ready. Lamoni was ready. No Fifi.
I did not want to wake up Cindy so just shouting was out. I found Fifi at the opposite end of the house, sleeping in my office chair. She usually wakes up when I come near the chair and greets me with a chirp so that I won't sit on her. Not this time.
Cats can sleep so soundly you might think that they are dead. Sure enough Fifi was "dead to the world". I had to shake her to get her to wake up. She scowled at me. I repeatedly told her to get up and come eat. Not doing. I walked out into the hall and called her. Nothing. She just stretched out all four paws and closed her eyes. :rolleyes:
I went back into the room and woke her again. I tried poking her gently in the belly. I got pushed away the first time and a gentle "don't do that" bite the second time. She just layed there glaring at me.
I said, "wet food." She stood right up and launched out of that chair. She was in the kitchen before I cold get into the hall.
She understod those two words so clearly.