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Gem (Patty?) Gets Smart
Annie, this sounds so much like my wife I edited it to apply. . .well,
read it and see what you think. :-) Annie Benson-Lennaman wrote: Or rather, Patty is starting to show real sign that she is smart. I'd always suspected it, of course. Of course one could take the position that the reason she's alive is because she was the only one stupid enough to get caught (she don't know that the local humans around here prefer fried chicken and mashed potatoes to scrawny starving Tanglefoot), but I have never (Well, almost never) felt that way. A couple of days ago I got her a dangly, stretchy, noisemaker ribbony thing that I hung from the bedroom door. Well, it turns out that she likes to play with it when I'm trying to sleep, so I had to move it. I nailed it to the threshold from our living room to the dining room. She immediately checked it out, and started pulling on it trying to... well, I'm not sure what she was trying to do, but whatever it was, she really wanted to do it. But before very long, she ran into the living room and climbed up on a chair that was fairly close to it and approached it from a different angle! Ah ha! Smart Patty! She's showing other signs. She found the litter box in the bathroom without my showing it to her, and started using it (she has her own litterbox in the bedroom). Actually, come to think on it, I never really showed her that that was the place to do her business, either. She just knew. She's getting pretty good at finding toys that get lost behind the desk or sofa. And I only had to show her the "cat shelf" where the sun shines in the morning once. But this is my very, very favorite one. She was laying on the bed when I came in to give her a pat. I saw that she was out of food, and she asked me to give her some more. As I reached into the drawer where the bag is and poured the pellets into her bowl, she began to purr much louder. She didn't go to bowl; she wasn't hungry. The bowl had only very recently been emptied. She just stayed where she was purring like mad. I have to conclude that she was content with the knowledge her needs would continue to be met the next time she got hungry. She was happy that I was showing her that I wouldn't let her starve. Maybe even grateful. Such a good Patty! Well, it would take her a while to starve, now. She's actually got what can only be described as a little pot belly, the kind you would hope to see on a little Patty. I swear I can almost see her getting bigger daily. She's showing other signs of recovery as well. When she first left the safety of the bedroom, I rarely saw her... she spent most of her time under stuff. If I approached her, she would run. Now she is starting to sprawl out on top of furniture instead of always under it. It is getting easier to pet her and even catch her, though she still doesn't really like to be held (but loves to be petted when she is lying on something). Her breathing is still bad... but most of the time that doesn't seem to slow her down very much. The next time I talk to the vet, I will ask about that supplement (lysine, or something like that? I saved the post) and ask if that can help. But even if it doesn't, it's hard to think that she doesn't feel she has a good life when she is laying on her back, purring, and waving her paws over her pot belly! -- Annie Currently playing: Teapray-- 43 High Elf Cleric on Firiona Vie Lentea-- 27 Ogre Beastlord On Firiona Vie -- If you can't figure out my email address, you're not supposed to write me. |
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David Yehudah wrote:
Annie, this sounds so much like my wife I edited it to apply. . .well, read it and see what you think. :-) I hope you got air conditioning installed in your d*g house, Dave. I'm sure Patty will send you right out there, without your supper, after she reads this one. Pam S. |
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Whattya mean, "after she reads this one?"
Tanada wrote: David Yehudah wrote: Annie, this sounds so much like my wife I edited it to apply. . .well, read it and see what you think. :-) I hope you got air conditioning installed in your d*g house, Dave. I'm sure Patty will send you right out there, without your supper, after she reads this one. Pam S. |
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You mean she already has you living in the d*g house? Daaaavvvveee, you
know better. You won't be out before Hanukah at this rate. Pam S. David Yehudah wrote: Whattya mean, "after she reads this one?" Tanada wrote: David Yehudah wrote: Annie, this sounds so much like my wife I edited it to apply. . .well, read it and see what you think. :-) I hope you got air conditioning installed in your d*g house, Dave. I'm sure Patty will send you right out there, without your supper, after she reads this one. Pam S. |
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