You all know the things that I love and I’m good at by now, climbing trees, jumping, exploring and being an adventure cat but this week I thought I’d share some of the things that I don’t like as much. There’s nothing much that I can’t handle really but there’s some things that aren’t in my list of favourite things and that I’d try to stay away from.
Dyson the hoover monster.
I have learnt to stay at a safe distance from the noisy monster. When mummy or daddy are using him I make sure I watch from the safety of the scratching post where I can make sure he’s not going to turn feral and attack any of us. He normally lives in the cupboard, quietly sleeping until mummy or daddy wake him up. Then he roars into life, rolling round the flat sucking up anything that gets in his way, he must be hungry all the time. I keep my distance just in case he sucks me up too!
Magic and sorcery.
Mummy and I were out for walkies and I could hear what sounded like rain but slightly different. It was a little way away from us which was slightly odd anyway as normally when it rains it does it all over. Then as I listened some more the I could hear a strange noise over the sound of the water falling on the grass, ppffffftt click as the noise went one way then rain moved, then the same again and the rain went the other way. Over and over again this happened, it was weird and unnatural. Maybe it was magic rain, either way I went in to investigate some more, find out what the weird rain was, then I took a little step too close and then just as I was figuring out what it was argh it got me, a drop on my head, it was really, really cold, much colder than rain and it seemed to fall heavier than normal rain and big drops…I didn’t like it at all, run for your life mummy, save yourself I’m off. “Jenny it’s ok, mummy said, it’s just a sprinkler. It’s just water, like the rain, we use it to water the grass and plants when the weather is hot.” Whatever it is I just don’t like it.
Cars
These are ok if you’re on the inside or if they’re sleeping. When they’re like that they smell interesting. Sometimes when we go for walkies along the paved area I stop and smell them. I can smell things I’ve never smelt before. Sometimes if they’ve just gone to sleep they’re still warm and make little pinging or clicking sounds which are quite interesting. When they’re awake though they roar loudly and move quickly, making lots of noise as they go past.
Mental Millie mode
Normal Millie is fine but when mental Millie comes out to play she’s just crazy mad. At that point it’s just best to hunker down and stay out of the way. When she gets zoomies it’s on a whole different level to anyone else. Mummy and daddy say you can tell when it’s happening coz her eyes go really wide. Then she lets out these crazy meows as she runs around the flat at top speed, the blinds go crashing around, and drinks on the tables are in danger, she runs over things, chairs, tables, the bed, sideboard and chest of drawers, nothing is safe. All the while yeowling this crazy meow of hers. For a cat with only three legs she moves pretty quick and when she’s in mental Millie mode you’d better watch out coz there’s no stopping her and if you get in the way there’s going to be a pile up. For me as a blind cat her rushing around just makes me a bit uneasy as she’s so quick I have no time to realise she’s coming before she’s rushed by. I hear her coming but even with my super hearing by the time I know she’s coming she’s already here, there’s no time to prepare, no time to hide or run away or even brace yourself for impact.whoosh and she’s been and gone, the only option is to duck and cover!
Big fat rain and gusty winds
You might think it’s strange for a cat but I don’t mind normal rain whilst I’m out with mummy, it doesn’t bother me at all. When it get’s to be big fat rain drops I don’t like those at all. You might think that it’s the getting wet that I don’t like but that’s not it, the big fat rain falls really heavily and makes a loud noise as it hits the ground or the leaves of the trees and bushes. It’s this noise I don’t like, it’s so loud that I can’t hear anything else, I can’t hear if there’s any danger coming, I can’t hear mummy’s footsteps and it hurts my ears which are really sensitive. The gusty wind does the same kind of thing, it comes up swirling around, loud and often quite sudden. It makes the leaves rustle loudly and blows things about which makes me feel disoriented. The fat rain and gusty wind make all the smells that I’m used to change and so trying to find my way round is that bit harder. If I’m not sure where I am I crouch down with my head up to try to pinpoint any familiar noise so I can figure out where I am and what’s going on.
Angelin the street fighter
Like any cat I love a good play fight but Angelin is a real bruiser, we’re both ex street cats so we both know how to fight dirty but I’ve learnt that there is indoor cat rules. Angelin hasn’t learnt this yet and just bundles on in full pelt and often bum first! Then you get a full on flying headlock tackle, knocking you clean off your feet. When Angelin wants something she is focussed on getting it. Mummy and daddy put a towel on the bottom of the bed for us to sleep on and if Angelin wants it she’ll fight you for it, last time she jumped on me to get me off and then when I resisted she just shoved me right off the bed! Just to teach her a lesson I jumped back up and bit her bum to show her who’s the boss – I let her have the towel though (just that once mind you).
Of course whatever is going on and if it gets too much Peppar is always there to reassure me and as long as mummy and daddy are there then I know nothing will hurt me.
Jenny’s Story 