I’ve been the official and proud owner of a cat for the last 26 hours and I’ve come to understand, know and realise quite a few things that I didn’t know yet:
1) Cats don’t like travelling. Hold on, maybe they don’t mind travelling, but they definitely don’t like being in a basket. A cat + a basket + 3 hours in a car = not a good recipe.
2) Cats and leads don’t go very well together. Leads are for dogs. Full stop. First of all, trying to put a lead on the cat is almost suicidal. Secondly, they don’t enjoy having them around their neck and will try to get rid of them. And lastly, it is simply wrong!
3) Tom, my cat, makes me feel guilty and completely stressed everytime I have to lock him up in the garage. It’s for his own good, I know, but still I feel like a jailer.
4) The last point has made me realise that one day, if I have children, I’m going to be a very stressed and hyper protective mother. I don’t like the idea of this at all.
5) Cats, unlike dogs, hold grudges and you have to regain their trust all the time.
I know we’ve done the right thing taking in Tom, I just wish that the settling in process was easier!
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6) Watching a cat dig up a hole in the ground and bury his own poo is the cutest scene ever… His paws are so delicate!
7) I hear cat bells everywhere. Everything sounds like a cat bell…
