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Emily's Mischief Quotient
We don't know about her I.Q., but our little grey brat-cat Emily's M.Q.
(Mischief Quotient) is very high. We've already told you about other manifestations of this part of Emily's nature, such as short-circuiting our house's telephone system (twice), dumping our stereo system on the floor, eating ribbon off a gift package and regurgitating it on the living room rug, etc. Now she's into a new venture - moving small items around the house. First it was a long string of beads from the Christmas tree which I found the other day in an upstairs bedroom. And this morning I set a pen beside me on the bed, intending to install a new ink cartridge in it. Emily marched over, picked it up the pen in her mouth and jumped to the floor with it. At the bedroom door she placed the pen down, and studied it. Apparently undecided on what to do with it, she abandoned it and wandered off in search of other activities. Do any of your cats transport small objects around your home, and possibly hide them? I'd like to feel we're not alone! |
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 7:43:11 -0800, Bobcat wrote
(in message ): Do any of your cats transport small objects around your home, and possibly hide them? I'd like to feel we're not alone! Bruiser does this. He is always digging the rubber flange on the garbage disposal out. He pulls it out and carries it around the living room. I've mentioned the money clip that showed up on the living room floor. I still have no idea where that came from. The other day, after the mattress truck that was delivering to the neighbors left, he showed up with a chunk of styrofoam packing material. |
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"Bobcat" wrote Do any of your cats transport small objects around your home, and possibly hide them? I'd like to feel we're not alone! Nikki carries around toys and sings to them. Her latest favourite is the little piggy that Frank got for his birthday in November. She will carry it around the flat while singing to it. Often I will find it when making the bed in the morning - she brings it to bed with her. Just now I found it standing by the cats' food bowls, staring balefully at them. The spooky thing is, it always stands on its legs, she never drops it on its back or side. I get the feeling it is walking around by itself. cue theme from Twilight Zone -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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"Marina" wrote in message ... "Bobcat" wrote Do any of your cats transport small objects around your home, and possibly hide them? I'd like to feel we're not alone! Nikki carries around toys and sings to them. Her latest favourite is the little piggy that Frank got for his birthday in November. She will carry it around the flat while singing to it. Often I will find it when making the bed in the morning - she brings it to bed with her. Just now I found it standing by the cats' food bowls, staring balefully at them. The spooky thing is, it always stands on its legs, she never drops it on its back or side. I get the feeling it is walking around by itself. cue theme from Twilight Zone Marina, Frank and Nikki LOL! We feel heartened by Nikki and Bruiser's misadventures, because they make us realize that we're not alone. Nikki's hauling her toys around is matched by Emily's hauling around "The Stick". It's a 3-foot slender pole with dangly bits at the end. She totes The Stick over to us, or even up the stairs, trying to persuade us to play with her by swishing The Stick around for her while she pounces on it. She usually wins, and we've missed more good moments on television because of her demands on us to man - The Stick! |
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That must be hilarious, Marina! Thanks for the laugh.
Best wishes, -- Polonca & Soncek "Marina" wrote in message ... Nikki carries around toys and sings to them. Her latest favourite is the little piggy that Frank got for his birthday in November. She will carry it around the flat while singing to it. Often I will find it when making the bed in the morning - she brings it to bed with her. snip |
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"Bobcat" wrote in message
.. . We don't know about her I.Q., but our little grey brat-cat Emily's M.Q. (Mischief Quotient) is very high. We've already told you about other manifestations of this part of Emily's nature, such as short-circuiting our house's telephone system (twice), dumping our stereo system on the floor, eating ribbon off a gift package and regurgitating it on the living room rug, etc. Now she's into a new venture - moving small items around the house. First it was a long string of beads from the Christmas tree which I found the other day in an upstairs bedroom. And this morning I set a pen beside me on the bed, intending to install a new ink cartridge in it. Emily marched over, picked it up the pen in her mouth and jumped to the floor with it. At the bedroom door she placed the pen down, and studied it. Apparently undecided on what to do with it, she abandoned it and wandered off in search of other activities. Do any of your cats transport small objects around your home, and possibly hide them? I'd like to feel we're not alone! Well known scenario! Our first Devon Rex, Loomis, was quite good at this. I used to put my clothes on the floor when I got to bed, sloppy as I am, and I always put my watch on top of the heap. One morning when I got up, in a hurry as usual, I couldn't find my watch. It was gone, disappeared, nowhere to be found... We immediately suspected Loomis, but he refused to tell us anything about the incident. So I had to borrow on of my wife's watches (Embarassing, embarassing!) for several days and weeks! We didn't find the watch until three weeks later, during a big cleaning session in the bedroom. He had hidden the watch as far under the bed as he could get. I just he got some fun out of it before he hid it permanently... No reason to say, but now, still piling up my clothes on the floor at bedtime, I always hide my watch in the front pocket of my jeans.... Hans |
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"Bobcat" wrote in message .. . We don't know about her I.Q., but our little grey brat-cat Emily's M.Q. (Mischief Quotient) is very high. We've already told you about other manifestations of this part of Emily's nature, such as short-circuiting our house's telephone system (twice), dumping our stereo system on the floor, eating ribbon off a gift package and regurgitating it on the living room rug, etc. Now she's into a new venture - moving small items around the house. First it was a long string of beads from the Christmas tree which I found the other day in an upstairs bedroom. And this morning I set a pen beside me on the bed, intending to install a new ink cartridge in it. Emily marched over, picked it up the pen in her mouth and jumped to the floor with it. At the bedroom door she placed the pen down, and studied it. Apparently undecided on what to do with it, she abandoned it and wandered off in search of other activities. Do any of your cats transport small objects around your home, and possibly hide them? I'd like to feel we're not alone! my cats, especially Max, all practice this form of Kitty Feng Shui. Brenda |
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Gizzi digs rubber bands out of the trash -- usually upending the waste
basket to make it easier. Since they are not really cat-friendly toys, we do try to discourage him. Hah! Ever try to discourage a single-minded cat? TC doesn't practice thievery, exactly, but woe be unto anyone who leaves an open book on a bed! It is so much FUN to rip them apart at the seams! And over the last few years, I have purchased not one, but three! packages of little white "mousies." They are gone -- all of them. Now what can possibly have happened to 18 toy mice? Do cats barter? Trade with the neighbors for toys they would like better than the ones we buy for them? Scary, isn't it? Renee "Time spent with cats is never wasted." Colette "I've traveled a long way -- and some of the roads weren't paved!" Anon "I am too blessed to be stressed" Anon |
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"Renee Darvin" wrote SNIP And over the last few years, I have purchased not one, but three! packages of little white "mousies." They are gone -- all of them. Now what can possibly have happened to 18 toy mice? Do cats barter? Trade with the neighbors for toys they would like better than the ones we buy for them? Scary, isn't it? SNIP Patrick's favorite toy is little plastic spiders (or the rings) you get around Halloween. We, too, would buy a gazillion of them and they would slowly disappear. Then when we moved from one apartment to the other, we moved the refrigerator for some reason and found *all* the spiders under the fridge! Stacey |
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Stacey wrote:
Patrick's favorite toy is little plastic spiders (or the rings) you get around Halloween. We, too, would buy a gazillion of them and they would slowly disappear. Remember those sticky, rubbery spiders that you'd throw against the wall, and they'd slowly "crawl" down? Those used to drive my cats crazy. One cat I had used to sit underneath the slowly descending spider, completely riveted, and howl at it. Later on, I'd find them around the house, with some or all of the legs eaten off. Joyce |
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