Retro-Grouch
Veteran
"Cats" and "work ethic" are not things I associate with each other, ever. As I write this, our cat is "working" at her favorite pastime, a nap in front of the wood stove. She is NOT to be disturbed!
"Cats" and "work ethic" are not things I associate with each other, ever. As I write this, our cat is "working" at her favorite pastime, a nap in front of the wood stove. She is NOT to be disturbed!
Sneaky has spent most of the day engaged in the same form of labor. He USED to kill things about once a week; this went on for the first year that he was here, then he got lazy.
My grandpa had a meanass cat named Molly who CONSTANTLY murdered other animals. Several a day! Over the nearly 20 years that she lived, she killed more than 9000 mice, moles, chipmunks, rabbits, and snakes. She is known to have killed two full-grown Eastern Massassagua RATTLESNAKES! These are a small rattlesnake, about two feet long, but very deadly to a cat if one bites.
Molly
Molly wasn't working. She was pursuing her hobby.
She was the Hitler of the mouse world.
There is actually a graphic novel about the Holocaust in which all of the Nazis are cats and all of the Jews are mice. Its called Maus, and was written by Art Spiegelman. Spiegelman is an American Jew whose parents survived Auschwitz and emigrated to the USA after the war. Maus tells their story.
It’s unfortunate that many types of animals are sometimes anthropomorphised by entertainment media way too much.
It’s unfortunate that many types of animals are sometimes anthropomorphised by entertainment media way too much.
Cats, even domesticated, still retain their instincts that enable them to survive in the wild, which is why they stalk, chase, and kill. A domesticated cat as it gets older and more comfortable and feels secure about its safety and food supply, will likely reduce its predatory behavior.
At some point, this sense of security and comfort can reach a level where the cat trains humans to deliver it exquisite food. If the cat reaches a point where it is ordering things online, you are doomed.
You make the mistake of referring to Mack's chair as "his". Everything in your house is Sneaky's; he's just generous enough to let you borrow it. That is, as long as the steak and chicken keep coming...
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Last night, I took a shower. I stepped out of the bathtub to find Sneaky laying beside the tub like this! He watched me dry off, staring in fascination the whole time. After I got dressed, I got my camera and photographed him; he had not moved!
He does this to me every time I shower, and he also loves watching people pee and poop. Earlier yesterday, Sneaky saw me heading to the bathroom to pee; and he FLEW in past me and jumped on the top of the toilet tank to watch.
Nudity fascinates Sneaky.
He’s just trying to figure out the best morsels to eat first, after he decides you’re just food!
My cat Sharky (who passed on 2 yrs ago at 15) used to jump in the tub several times a day to demand a drink from the cold faucet, he wouldn't drink from his dish if I was home. Some cats enjoy water, others run from it, each one different it seems; and some sit for the camera, and others run from it too.