okay thought i'd tell you guys what happened last night since it's related to this...
i clean out the ferret's cage in our bedroom for Cooper and Pino before i put them to bed for the night. Solomon knows this ritual and part of it is me refilling their water in the croc-lock bowl. he *always* has to jump in the cage and sample the new water i just poured. well last night, it was the same except this time he settled into their blankets and curled up with his head on their water bowl. Meowed piteously when I removed him from the cage so the ferrets could go to bed. Said he was gonna call Kitten Protection Services for my cruelty
And now that I think of it, I've caught him several times sleeping in the ferret room with his body spooning their water bowl in there as well. Something about water comforting? Or does he just not want to have to get up if he wakes up and needs a drink?