Obviously she is unaware that black cats have a gene in common with Koi. Put into a large environment and given adequate feed, black cats grow to a size appropriate to their environment.

I think she must have grown up on a chicken farm to be unawareof such an important feline biological fact.

ML

I wonder if she ever took any geography classes?

Well, the little panther was glad to see her people and go home.

I took care to load her up with catnip before hand, of course.

Megan

I have to admit that Halo has never, to the best of my knowledge, been introduced to canned cat food. She has been through a variety of the dry kind, so as to discover the kinds that don’t make her, er, ill, but we’ve never done canned. She does think that every shred of grated cheddar that maybe missed the burrito plate is manna from heaven, though.

And yes. Behind the knee. She does small of the back to Jake, but if she can’t get that knee crook (I wake up unable to turn over on a regular basis), she prefers to sleep on my chest, making me breathe in cat fur all night.

I am so owned by this furball.

She now finds me in the basement, meows and then escorts me to where I might be useful, as in next to the switch on the fireplace, or adjacent to the cupboard where the canned cat food is stored.

I’m trying not to let her pudge out too much while she is here but it’s hard. I showed her the dry cat food and she gave me a very puzzled look, as if asking what on earth that had to do with her.

Sounds like Halo is the sort of cat that likes to sleep in the small of your back or behind your knees?

ML

The between-the-lap-and-keyboard tactic is one perfected by all cats through time, I think. Halo is very good at it, though she’s presently practicing the between-the-person-and-the-back-of-the-couch technique, with all paws splayed.

She now meows to have the fireplace turned on.
Today she found a whole bag of kitty treats, got them opened and ate them all!
And has decided that sitting on top of the desk and kicking papers onto the floor is almost as good as sitting on the lap between the human and the keyboard.

I’d almost swear this is a previously spoiled cat, except that she had told me long and sordid tails of her neglect and abuse!

After Cats in the Cradle you should play Stray Cat Strut