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I love your threads meep! Your attention to detail and descriptions of discovering your boys makes me feel I am discovering them too! So glad Minsky has decided to be an occasional lap cat! Merlin always used to be on my lap if I was sitting on the sofa, or on the arm of the sofa next to me. But now he prefers my OH or MIL. I feel a bit rejected. But MIL can't move and OH has to struggle to get up - his leg often goes to sleep with Merlin stretched out on it! So perhaps I'm being let off lightly. Merlin does however seem to like to sleep on me at night. I like to sleep on my left side, so he settles himself either on my ribs or on my legs and I can't move without a bit of a tussle! This morning my OH said that he didn't think I'd moved all night and Merlin was still where he was (on my ribs) when we both went to sleep. I think I am quite glad that he is not as heavy a cat as yours, or as he was when he was a younger chap! (Merlin that is, not OH you understand!) |
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Thank you Angie, that's very sweet of you to say ![]() I can appreciate your feeling toward Merlin migrating to OH and MIL lap, but I don't think cats do it according to emotions! Your lap maybe just isn't quite as warm as the others', or he knows you're more likely to get up and shift him ![]() ![]() ![]() Last night I was in bed first. Darcy fell asleep right in the middle of the bed at the bottom, but Minsky had a good 3 minutes of pawing the bed and purring (you know, the whole claws out, pawing, turning round in circles thing they do) until he settled about a foot in from the other side of the bed, round about chest height. He looked so comfy, OH didn't have the heart to move him so he squeezed in beside me and was squished up my side of the bed, with his feet going in the opposite direction to avoid Darcy. And then Darcy rearranged with a comfy stretch to have his little head and chin resting on OH's foot so he couldn't even turn over he wanted to! ![]() Thankfull we were both shattered and fell straight asleep, but there wasn't any room in the inn that night! |
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As for the heaviness thing, it can be very comforting to have a big soft lump on you, but occasionally I get a big kitty coming to explore who occasional steps on my throat or my chest (read breast!!) and it's SO sore! I can't help but laugh at them though, as when I open my eyes they're always wide-eyed and purring. |
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Ha ha meep - my OH and I have done just the same to avoid unsettling Merlin! And he's only one cat on the bed. Perhaps I'd better think very hard before getting two! Please don't every worry about boring us - we're all "cat people" here and love hearing about ........ well, CATS!!! |
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What's this, you're thinking of getting another kitty companion?! Do tell! I wonder how Merlin would react? How exciting! Manoeuvering your way around 2 can be tricky it has to be said ![]() |
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Oh no - I won't be getting another cat whilst I have Merlin. It would not be fair to him at all. After all, he is 22 and although he did used to live with my girlie Smudge who was pts in Sept 2005, they were never friends. I am thinking of the future - my ideal would be 2 cats most likely llitter mates and a dog! My OH would really like a dog. |
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Ah I did think about that for wee Merlin's sake. Best to have him as King of the house hold for now ![]() I would so recommend two cats from the same litter, it's just a joy to watch them groom each other, talk to each other, play fight and so on. The cats we've had in the past were: - mother and son. Again, adorable interaction - two rescue cats, brought in 5 years apart The latter didn't work out so well. Sophie was 4 years old at the time and when we brought Chaska into the house as a 3 day old kitten, she looked at her with such hatred we thought she'd eat her! (So we kept her in an old hamster cage over night!) As much as Chaska wanted to play with Sophie, and was friendly, Sophie was having none of it. Understandable really ![]() Two cats and a dog would be wonderful, any idea of breeds? |
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Now that's the question! I understand that mongrels are not easily come by any longer. I rather have a fancy for a Patterdale terrier type as I have a friend who had one and she was a complete poppet, or a fox terrier type or border terrier type. Just really depends on the animal - you know whether you know you could make a good friend of it, but those are the "types" that I prefer and I do like ones with hairy faces! |
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Border Terriers! They are my favourite dog since child hood! I just love their old man faces ![]() ![]() I didn't realise mongrels were hard to come by nowadays? My OH's parents have who's about 4 years old; a total sweetheart. Personally, I've always wanted a Border Terrier or a mongrel; whilst a lot of pedigrees are stunning, I love the rough appeal of a mutt ![]() |
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