I hope your cat is one of the cats with a very limited memory span, and that he reverts to a state of blissful ignorance after his moments of mortal terror.
He spends a lot of time in a state of low-grade terror.* If one of us walks through the hall near the bathroom where the water bowls are and he's in there, he'll scuttle out, low to the ground, like we've caught him doing something he's not supposed to do. same deal if one of us walks in on him when he's eating.
He's a huge mama's boy, however, so I can often call him in these situations and he'll stop, go "Oh, wait, it's just you," and trot over to be petted. (And he likes to sleep near me, and to get on me and purr while kneading my boobs.)
* Except when he's on catnip. Then he gets mean and paranoid.
Except when he's on catnip. Then he gets mean and paranoid.
There's a family cat who tends towards unpredictable violence at the best of times, and on one occasion he managed to rip open a catnip toy and cover himself in a shower of pure catnip.
After a few minutes, I looked over and all you could see was a cardboard box. With a slot in it. Through which were visible these huge, black, Hunter Thompson eyes: WE CAN'T STOP HERE THIS IS BAT COUNTRY.
I steered a very wide berth round that box for the rest of the evening.
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He's a huge mama's boy, however, so I can often call him in these situations and he'll stop, go "Oh, wait, it's just you," and trot over to be petted. (And he likes to sleep near me, and to get on me and purr while kneading my boobs.)
* Except when he's on catnip. Then he gets mean and paranoid.
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There's a family cat who tends towards unpredictable violence at the best of times, and on one occasion he managed to rip open a catnip toy and cover himself in a shower of pure catnip.
After a few minutes, I looked over and all you could see was a cardboard box. With a slot in it. Through which were visible these huge, black, Hunter Thompson eyes: WE CAN'T STOP HERE THIS IS BAT COUNTRY.
I steered a very wide berth round that box for the rest of the evening.
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