The Cat Whisperer

Well ... there's nothing like starting off your day with another scorpion underfoot ... especially when you are BAREFOOT!!  No he didn't sting me, but he sure came close.  Thought he could outrun me, the little bugger, but I smashed him with the flyswatter before he could hide.

I'm pretty sure my blood pressure is through the roof because my heart is beating a hundred miles an hour!!

Back to today's story, having been so rudely interrupted, I'm kitty sitting for the Chance family who is on vacation.  I'm not sure how that works, being retired and needing a vacation.

I'm not saying the kitties are standoffish or anything, but they usually run and hide when company comes over.  Over the years I've probably been around enough that Snoopy (on the couch) will actually come and meow at me in return for an ear scratch.  Missy comes if you have food.

Missy would eat EVERYONE'S food if given the chance, so Snoopy gets her in the guest bathroom while I guard the door.  She's eating Mom ... not to worry.

Wanting to give them a little bit of company, I totally screwed up Dan's television programming trying to find something I could watch for a couple of hours every day.  Just for kicks, I called Snoopy and patted my lap.  She came right over, jumped up and settled in.  

Heavens to Betsy ... she has NEVER sat on my lap before.  Of course I AM sitting in Mom's chair while I snack on Dan's almonds which were too yummy looking to ignore.  By the way, Snoopy is Mom's cat and definitely a lover of females.  Now I'm stuck ... the rules say you can't move if there's a kitty in your lap.

Miss Missy on the other hand is not interested in laps.  She loves the pets as long as there is food attached to your hand!!  

Knowing how much kitties like to play with boxes and bags, I dropped one off in the middle of the floor.  In two seconds, Snoopy (can you guess where she got her name?) jumped in the box and began to play.  Auntie Nancy the cat whisperer got extra points that day.

The next day to Dan's dismay, she jumped right up on my lap again and started to purr.  She's not so much interested in "male" laps I guess.  

In case you couldn't tell, all these pictures are for the Chance family so they know their babies are being well taken care of.  Best friend Pat feeds them in the morning while I have the afternoon duty.

Maybe I need to get a cat.  Think they will keep the scorpions out????  At any rate, Snoopy girl even ate ALL her food at one sitting.  I think that's a first, since she prefers to be a grazer.

Hmmmm maybe a kitty would catch that rat on the front porch.  So far no luck, but maybe just the fact there is a trap there will keep him at bay.  That's when I happened to look out the window to find a dove had made a nest on my rig.  NOOOOOOOO ... you can't DO THAT!!  

I'm googling how to move a dove's nest.