Ok, let's talk cats!!
So I have three cats in this household. While my own small male cat, Woo, is most certainly cuddly, two of them (a tiny female named Specky belonging to my mother and a tall male named What's-His-Face belonging to my sister) aren't lap-cats.
At least that's what I thought.
Today my mother and I were performing the daily 'tormenting' of What's-His-Face.
Yes, I know, What's-His-Face is a weird name. But my mother and I decided upon that name because my sister wouldn't come up with a proper name for the freaking cat.
Anyway, we were 'tormenting' him, as we call it. Really all we were doing is picking him up struggling (or wuggling since he does it so half-heartedly) to fiddle with his paws, coo at him, and check up on the condition of his teeth, ears, and eyes...
Well, we got done with that and I released him...
but he stayed on my lap.
And he stayed there for the longest time, even started falling asleep for a moment.
And then he got off, and came back begging to get on much like how Woo does it.
This guy is about 4 years old now. It's awfully weird to me that he's suddenly ok with being on people.
But it is cold today. Maybe that's it.
I just feel kind of bad that this happened with me, and not my sister, seeing as it's her cat.
Specky, in the meantime, remains non-cuddly as females usually do. She's the only one of the three allowed outdoors for realsies (the boys get to go out on my mother's deck with me in the Summer), and for the most part she seems withdrawn considering the places she sleeps are usually tucked away in corners or hidden under things, or on the couch downstairs out of reach. She complains like nuts whenever we 'torment' her, but she doesn't struggle... just whines.
Regardless of the need for isolation, Specky seems nice in her own way. She asks very politely when she wants something, if you can imagine a cat doing that, and does really like getting scritches. Other than that she sleeps on the end, at the far corner of mum's large queen-sized bed.
She runs from my sister though. Doesn't seem to like her...
As for the other cats, she tolerates Woo most of all, and doesn't like What's-His-Face much... He can be a bit vexing for her, especially with how much he likes to play. Sometimes we'll hear a pair of cats ripping down the hallway, and it's only when it's What's-His-Face chasing Specky that you hear a hiss right after.
As for my Woo boy, he's crazy-weird.
He likes me most of all, and fears almost everyone else. As long as my mum's laying down, he'll be ok with sitting on her, but if she's upright in any way she's automatically a threat.
My sister is a threat.
He loves the other two cats way too much. He washes them a lot... and sniffs their butts a lot. The butt thing really annoys Specky.
He also washes my hands.
He seems to like being around me most of the time, or at least in the same room. But if a stranger is over and I'm with them, it gets a bit tricky for him. He can't decide whether he wants to hide from the stranger or be next to me, so he'll usually be found sitting in the far corner of the room watching us and looking desolate.
He also has this weird thing about his fur coat. His fur is so thin that cold weather can really get to him, so when he's cold he'll get this ridge rising right down his back like a mohawk.
I've been thinking of making a sweater for him. Usually I don't like the idea of cat sweaters, but this guy really needs it.
Cats!
