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September 1, 2005
Weird cat from the planet Betelgeuse Five
Here’s my cat, Reilly. She is giving me her death stare clearly meant to coerce me into giving her more food/cardboard boxes/scratches/catnip toys… whatever. This is the first cat I have ever had. We have always had dogs in the past and in fact I have one now, which is a whole ‘nother conversation for some other post :) Because Reilly is a prototype in this household I frequently run into behavior that makes me wonder “hmmmm, is this standard cat behavior or the weirdness that is uniquely Reilly?”
Case in point: the cat will suddenly decide that the contents of her stomach must be expelled immediately with great velocity and volume. Now I have come to tolerate these episodes because I think this is how she’s dealing with hairballs, ewww. What I cannot understand is her penchant for aiming at ‘things’. She can be sitting right next to the linoleum floor in the kitchen but when spewage is about to occur she aims at the carpet right next door. She usually doubles her pleasure by aiming at her cat bed or a pile of toys as though she is trying for the highest level of annoyance to me she can manage.
So, the question of the day is… Is this standard, albeit annoying, cat behavior? Or is it just my weird cat? :::sigh:::
Posted by Susan at September 1, 2005 11:32 AM