Well, mama is in a BIG dilemma over me and arguing with herself all day long about whether to travel with me to see the little grand anthros, thus causing me major trauma for 48 hours on one end (going) and the same thing on the other end (returning), plus time in a place with NO garden (no pot to you know what in, so to speak) to scratch in, no flowers to smell, no compost to roll in, and only daily love and hugs if I stay here with my Kitty Whisperer.
What’s your take on this? They are gone for about 3 weeks and do I know hours from minutes from days? I’m not sure. But the problem here is probably not ME, but MAMA. I think she is already in need of a shrink, whatever that is, to get her through this. Did I say shrink? I meant drink, haha. But don’t get me wrong. I LOVE sleeping with mama and papa and I LOVE watching Roma play Juventus (we won, by the way, a fantastic game through which I appeared to be sleeping, but which I followed with great attention. I think).
I see that is NOT a soccer player, you can’t fool ME!
But back to the question: Do I (possibly) throw up on the ship (or worse still, on mama, which happened but only once) and be traumatized in the car for two hours each way to get to the ship, or do I stay in my comfortable house with my sweet Kitty Whisperer and loll in the sun each day until kibble time (or a tiny bit of Kitty Whisperer poached fish, heh heh) and give not a thought to that person who impersonates my MAMA?
Oh, dear readers, help my mama get over her guilt at leaving me to enjoy myself. But do kitties know the term “miss” as in I miss you so much? Or is it something anthros impose upon us to make themselves feel better?
Riddle me this.
Hey, could you guys get that car off the screen and bring back TOTTI?
Loulou – you got good food? Your garden and favorite spots? Kitty whisperer’s head to wrap around while you purr and sleep? Duuuuh – vs travel trauma? Anthros, gotta love em, but we do like our comforts of home and know they’ll be back………
Well, Mya My Muse, I always listen to YOU. Home it is.
I would not be able to leave my kitties for that long, the most I ever did is one night and I called my Mom several times to check on them. I do think kitties are happier at home so I think you would be best home with a good kitty sitter.
Well, I know how many kitties you have and I understand completely but we have family in another place and so are the designated travelers…2 of us and 6 of them so beaucoup bucks for them to get on planes or boats. I hate leaving Loulou for 6 hours in a day when that is necessary!
Oh LouLou, we are fur sure da wrong ones to answer this. Mommy says everypawdy’s uncomfurtable at least a little when it comes to travelin’, but there’s no way she’d ever leave us and go away over night, much less 3 weeks. We’re glad you like your kitty whisperer, and mommy even found a kitty sitter fur one of her kitties long ago. Mind you, da sitter was in da town they were visitin’ so she could go shoppin’ and out to eat. This was befur she needed Service Cats. So even back then, mommy always traveled with her kitties. This is a decision your mommy will have to make and be comfurtable with, cuz kitties can adjust to a litter box of sorts anywhere, and again, we’re always more comfurtable with mommy. Mommy always says, ifin somethin’ were to happen while we were apart, could she live with hereself. Ifin da house caught fire or flooded or got broken into while we were home and she was away, and we were hurt or killed, she wouldn’t be able to live with dat. Anyways, we think you be lookin’ gawjus as always. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Well, I have to really think about that but the kitty sitter is a kitty lover in spades and she has stayed with me when mama had to go back to the US for three weeks and within a day, after they got back, I was back to normal with them and happy as a clam….I did give them the cold shoulder for about 30 minutes though.
Sweet loulou, if traveling stresses you out, I would say YES to staying home. Tell Mama she can “face time” you lol…..sure she will miss you, but you can always give her “the back of disrespect” when she returns
WOW, FACETIME!!! MUZZLE TIME. That might help alot. Great idea.
Yep, definitely let your mama suffer the guilt of leaving you behind. We won’t tell her you’re planning a house trashing party while she is gone and we LOVE a good house trashing time. You will too, if you haven’t been to one yet. So you’ll have the cat whisperer and all your virtual friends to have fun with while she is gone. Sounds like a win-win for all.
WOW, HOUSE-TRASHING! No, I have not been to one of those but could you stop bu before and help me plan the food? I think there are some duck legs in the oven turning themselves into something called confit, and that will take about the time it takes to get all of you here. Animals who trash together, crash together. You can stay as long as you want….up to 3 weeks.
Oh LouLou – Mama will miss YOU so much ! But if you are so miserable with traveling, I think you should stay home since you have a trusted Kitty Whisperer. (I went off once when I had only 2 kitties and my Kitty Whisperer ran off to Vegas and got married and got the neighbor lady to sub for her. It all turned out ok – for me, the kitties, and the marriage, but still..) Maybe she could phone and talk to you ? 3 weeks is a long time. I was in Phoenix once for 2 weeks and I wanted to call home to talk to the kitties, but long distance charges were still a big deal at that time so I didn’t. And we all survived THAT too. But it was because I missed THEM, not because they seemed distraught. And I would be afraid of a kitty running away in a strange place (I have nightmares about this, which is odd, because I don’t travel, and I never take the cats anywhere except to the vet.I guess I have read so many sad reports of this happening. )
Well, I won’t be in a strange place, and in the place I COULD go to, I’m used to it. The issue here is just that travel is not my favourite pastime. I’m okay there and fine in a place with no garden, but I HATE getting there and I HATE coming back from there and even THERE, there is no outdoor space and I just sit around all day and sleep and wish I were back home.
Well, Loulou… I certainly miss my human when she goes away on “vacation.” In fact, she leaves in a few days. If you are less worried by staying home than traveling with your momma, then she should feel OK about that ’cause she’d be doing what’s best for you by letting you stay where you feel most comfortable. She’ll feel guilty for leaving you, as my mom does when she leaves me, but I’d worry if they didn’t. Mew Mew!
Oh, Valentine, thank you so much for your reassuring words. I am definitely more comfortable at home, there’s no question about that, so I guess mama will just have to suffer….