08 July, 2007
Simon Sunday: A New Asana?
More Cat Yoga
Originally uploaded by Planet Vicster.
Naw, he was just cleaning his private kitty bits, though this does look like a new, somewhat sinister, yoga pose.
While there are no new yogas poses, Simon has added a new bit of get-momma-up-super-early-in-the-morning-to-feed-me obnoxiousness. But first, let's recap the biggest weapons in his arsenal:
* Purring shoulder kitty-paw massage (only obnoxious when he slobbers in my ear during the massage);
* Speaking of slobbering...drool on the eyelids (always a winner!);
* Laying next to my head on the pillow and whapping my face with his tail;
* Taking advantage of my sinus problems to dip his tail into my mouth(!);
* Biting my nose. Hard.
* Sticking his paw under my nose (evidently he's checking to see if I'm still alive);
* Jumping onto the dresser and/or batting my things off of the dresser
* Batting the window blinds;
* Puking.
And for his latest:
* Pulling my hair.
Yes, Simon has taken to grabbing big chunks of my hair in his mouth and giving it a good yank. I have no idea where in the hell he learned to do THAT. Nor am I the least bit amused by this.
I don't really know how to stop this, either. Saying, "NO!" and pulling him off of me only causes him to cycle through all of the other behaviours. Putting him out of the bedroom and closing the door sends him into a blind panic because HE NO LONGER HAS ACCESS TO HIS MOM! The last time I tried that (and tried ignoring his cries as all the behaviour books tell me to), he shrieked himself hoarse and I felt so awful about it. And when he thinks his tried and trusted stable of obnoxiousness isn't working, he comes up with something new and even more obnoxious. And here I was thinking he really couldn't set the bar any higher than drooling on my eyelids. Just the ICK! factor alone makes that a tough act to follow.
But I guess that, in a nutshell, is the problem: Trying to out-wit a cat. I have other things to worry over like the job, rent, making sure we're stocked with cat food (and litter), etc. But Simon has the whole day, every day to think of new sinister plots to get me to do his bidding.
Labels: cats, eeek, furkids, Simon, Simon Sunday
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