I'm becoming obsessed...

[catcrazylady]

I'm starting to worry myself. I am becoming completely and totally obsessed with Scrappy Magoo. I was off work for four days and I had so much fun with all the kitties. I wish with all my heart that I could stay home with them all, but I find myself at work today thinking about Magoo constantly. The way he crys when he can't find me and I call out to him and talk until he gets there. I look for him constantly when I'm home just to check on him. When he plays with Spot I laugh out loud the whole time. When he rolls over and is belly up I almost cry because he is so cute. I love and adore all my cats and I always have but this is bordering on obsession!! I miss him so bad today that I can't stand it.
Do you think that I'm just worried about him because he might be looking for me? Why is it that this cat is having such an effect on me. I feel like I have left an infant home alone and the truth is he is more capable then some of my sighted ones!
Am I going crazy?

[kimlovescats]

No honey, you are just totally IN LOVE with this precious baby!!! Do you have his picture on your desk yet? You need one!!!

I would be just like you if I had to leave him ... but he is doing so well now, I know he is fine! He will just be there waiting for you with special purrs and cuddles when you get home!!! Now if that isn't motivation to get the work day done, I don't know what is!!!

(((HUGS)))

Kim (also crazy for Magoo)

[RICHARD]

Psst....


It's a typical male voodoo spell you have fallen under...

Us guys act like we are helpless, We cry at the right times and sure enough we have you poor gals mooning over us...


How Magoo found that out I'll never know.

[catcrazylady]

Thanks Kim! and OH RICHARD!!!
The thing is I love all my cats and I look forward to seeing them all when I get home but I have to agree that Magoo has cast a different kind of spell over me. He's not helpless and Lord knows I know that!
I would freak if anything happened to any of my babies. I love to snuggle and cuddle with each one and I make sure I do that daily. BUT THAT DAGGONE MAGOO IS EATING ME UP! I know he already tried that once...literally! Maybe thats part of it. We have gone from one extreme to the other. Hopefully I will land somewhere in the middle!
Magoo is all over my computer and I see him through every slide show and he is my background.
Richard is right....Just like a man!!!

[Twink]

Yes, exactly, what she said! *points to Kim’s post*

Of course you think about him all the time. You and your husband have been through so much with (and for) him, and now he’s making lots of progress very fast . . . it’s exciting! Besides, he is soooooo cute, and he needs you so much . . . how could you not obsess a little??

Anyway, we’re all obsessing right along with you, so it must be a normal reaction.

[sasvermont]

If you find this situation so difficult, you may want to pop a couple of his pills - just kidding of course. We are all obsessed with Mr. Magoo. He is just so different - no eyes - not even eyeballs. I think we all feel some obligation to him, to have his life be normal - of course that will never happen. He knows life as it is right now...and he's making the best of it thanks to you. He is dependent on you - as is all of your kitties. He has special needs - and so he is special. I understand your problem completely. I obsess over my cats many times too......especially when they are ill.

Now that you have talked about it, I bet it will ease up a bit.

And.....you might want to take a pill or two, too! <--- joking.....

Love,
SAS

[lizzielou742]

I feel that way about my cats, and they're just normal cats, not special like Magoo! I think if I could take my cats with me everywhere, I would. I'd bring them to work, take them shopping, and visits to friends. Of course, that's never going to happen...

Don't worry, you aren't overly obsessed, just normally obsessed like we all are.

When you've called home to talk to your cats through the answering machine..... I did that SO many times to Tito when I first got him!!

[nibblets]

I don't blame you a bit for being obsessed with him, I would be too! He is a very special little guy.

[CatMama78]

Don't worry, you are not going crazy! Maybe love crazy, but there's no harm in it. I think it's normal to 'obsess' over Magoo. He is extra special after all - how could you not always have him on your mind.

[catlover4ever]

Your not crazy. I have to say that it is crazy love.

I do the same thing when it comes to Abner. Don't get me wrong I love all of my babies...but there is just something different sweet about Abner. The way he talks to me, come right up my chest and sits down in my neck, the way he begs at the door and if I don't let him out on his terms he gives me Abnertude!!!

Magoo is just one of the many angels that God sends to us and they become the extra special ones that we hold dear to our hearts.

[Kirsten]

I agree with the others, it's not craziness, it's LOVE!!!

You had a very special bond right from the start; you took responsibility for this kitty and he IS a special cat with special needs.

BTW, I know what you mean. When I still had my job, I was getting on each other''s nerves by saying "I want to be with my Luna!" I don't know, but whenever I'm seperated from her, I'm missing her terribly!

Kirsten

[catcrazylady]

Ok, I feel better. I just know how very much I love my whole crew but today I just want to get home to Magoo! I do feel better since I wrote it down.
I'm just about an hour from home now so I guess I will start breathing. Thanks for letting me know I'm not totally off my cracker!

Sas-A couple more days like this one and I might slip me a Magoo pill or two!! j/k

I think another thing that bugs me is that there are bad thunderstorms in our area and we are supposed to be next in line. Magoo is terrified of fireworks and thunder. Before he hunkered in the back of his cage but now that he is free he was nervous and kind of lost when he heard neighborhood fireworks the other night. We had a storm yesterday and he got the same way. Scared and just didn't know where to go to get away from it. He finally hid in the bathroom. I turned the TV way up and talked to him a lot so he wouldn't here the thunder so loud. Hopefully I can get home before the storms come. I just don't know if he's afraid of the noise or if something bad happened to him before. *sigh*
See I told you all I was obsessing!!!

[sirrahbed]

Lisa, you are not obsessing I promise you! Well, I take it back ...obsessing a little but in a normal way. I have done it with my skinkids and furrkids. There always seems to be one that is a little more *needy* or that you just click or bond with because of certain events. It does NOT mean you love them more at all - it is just a special bond that happens and an instinct or whatever you want to call it that takes over - a protectiveness and there is no use fighting it because it is so real. The kid is not necessarily even the smallest, sickest or weakest! For all practical purposes, you ARE Magoo's mommy. He cries when he can't find you. You set boundaries for him and give him discipline. You give him security when he is afraid. So, the way you feel towards him has just brought out all that natural maternal stuff you have!! Get used to it You just are hopelessly in love with your baby. Something special has happened with this one and he needs you in a particular way! Don't feel weird OR guilty OK? Just join the club

[jazzcat]

I'm that way with Scout. It's a special bond between us. I love Jazz, Ripley and Disney very much too but there is just something special with Scout. I think it is because she had been abused and didn't really seem to totally trust people at first but now she is my little buddy who follows me around the house and sleeps with me at night. Sometimes when I think about her I can really feel it in my chest.

[sasvermont]

I, too, love all my cats, but Miley girl has a special way of communicating with me. Like this morning, she brought me a toy and put it next to my head. Sometimes it is a bag of muffins, sometimes a stick of butter.....whatever she can find.....all for her mama! Our love is mutual. She is my girl!

Now that you know that I am nuts too..... we can all relax. We love creatures, that is for sure!