i have used the first half of this day off to update my list of blogs that i read. i am shunning the terminology. seems kind of silly, when blogroll is one word, and "list of blogs that i read" is six. but, i shun it nevertheless.

i also think i've decided that i am going to start to participate in Friday Cat Blogging, as seen over at E.McPan's among other places that I can't find right now. A search (both google and blogger) show that it is quite the phenomonon. I'm going to start.

I think that only Boots will be featured. Because my suspicion is that Trixie, the *other* cat is slightly feral. We acquired her through a Craigslist posting with promises that she was very friendly. We were told that she and her brothers were abandoned somewhere in rural Mass., with no mommy, and no human. She was kind of old for a kitten - perhaps 3-6 months old. We do not know for certain, because she is very little. She's very beautiful with shiny glossy black fur, and bright green eyes.

But she's very skittish. She jumps at EVERYTHING - a cough, a sneeze, even a sigh. Sometimes the sound of a turning page in a book will freak her out. She spends most of her day in the bottom shelf of the linen closet, where she has her "hidey hole" as I've termed it. She also hides under our bed, where she gets lost in the blackness of a comforter that's being stored under there. She likes Boots, and they play together, but they don't curl up and sleep together, b/c he may breathe, and that could scare her.

She does like beloved more than anyone else, and will have nightly cuddle sessions with him on the bed. But that's been the case for over a year, and she still hasn't warmed up to the rest of us. And I am really a cat person. Cats always love me.

She's due to get spayed (or neutered, i don't know which is which) on March 22. I am hoping that this will result in a change of her personality, and that she will become more personable, and will even ocassionally be featured on Friday Cat Blogging. She is very pretty, and I'd love to share her prettiness with all who care to see.

posted by Zuska @ 1:00 PM

1 Comments:

At Thursday, January 19, 2006 1:23:00 AM, Anonymous said…

I'm kind of embarrassed to reveal my ignorance, but what does it mean exactly for a cat to be feral? Presumably if her behavior might be changed by getting fixed, "feral" is not parallel to madness in a dog or anything like that.

I've always wanted a dog, but am rethinking that now that I'm approaching a time when I might be able to do so (parents wouldn't let me, lived in dorms in college, roommate wouldn't let me while I worked, living in University housing in law school). Dogs are a bit smelly and demanding and I've got a boyfriend. (Actually an unfair crack, as he's much more like a cat.) But I did have a pet rabbit while working, and they're small, nice-smelling, fairly undemanding creatures. Mine isn't terribly friendly -- I probably didn't spend enough time with her in her formative weeks -- but many are.