Monday, May 31

CATS... Cats... cats...

 We are the proud but not always so happy owners of three male cats...  two are yellow, and the third one is original Siamese...  and, believe it or not, all three are completely different.

One of the yellow cats cries out an annoying whine when he wants something.

When the other yellow cat wants something, he just struts over to me, sits down and stares at me until I feel guilty enough to get up and see to his needs.

The Siamese never really tells me what he actually wants, he just jumps up into my lay, lays down and expects to be rubbed until I finally figure out on my own what he wants.

Since these cats were acquired about the same time, they are all about 10 years old and we anticipate that they will live another 10 years...  after which my wife and I will probably sell this house and move into an apartment.

We are not always happy with these cats because of all the fur that they shed and the fact that one of them always seems to be getting sick because of rapid eating...  so, we are constantly having to watch carefully where we step especially in the night.

Emptying out the litter box everyday does not really bother either one of us...  and, when go off on vacation, we have always been able to find someone to take care of them.  However, when we finally return 6, 7, 10 days later, the two yellow cats are pleased to see us return, but the Siamese continues to remain pissed off that we left in the first place and will not come out of his hiding place to let us see him for 3-4 hours...  and sometimes, he won't come out until the next day.

All three cats are house cats, except one of the yellow cats can be trusted enough to go outside, spend 20-30 minutes doing whatever, and return to the back door to be let back in.  We have installed a motion sensor outside that plays music inside when he is back at the door waiting for us to let him in.

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