Hey, do I look like a kitty who needs TRAINING? I know perfectly well how to sleep, relax, hang out, stretch, and much, much more but for some reason, mama has put my food into my awful cag…er…lovely traveling apartment.
See – mama made it all nice and comfy with that wonderful soft thing we got from Cat Solarium’s Melissa and James and now I have to go INTO that place to get my kibble. This is supposed to make me WANT to get into confinement willingly after I have certain behaviour modification: liking my cage (I’m going to call it that because that’s what it IS!) and feeling all warm and fuzzy because I will associate my CAGE with kibble and eating and be able to travel without trauma.
In your dreams, guys…
But, Mr. Mojo Cat writer and other experts say to try it, and so THEY are trying it and in fact, I am now eating in my prison and just possibly not thinking about where I am.
YET.
But boy, are THEY in for a surprise…
I’ve been putting the kittens in a cage at night for safekeeping, due to raccoons. Sometimes they complained, but after being told night after night that I did this because I love them, they started waiting on the porch and even mewing as if wanting to be locked in.
Night before last, Serena ran away when I was putting Traveller in the cage.
Last night, I left them out all night. They’re too big for a raccoon to *eat* by now, anyway, although raccoons have been known to kill adult cats in fights.
This morning, I got, “??? ??? !!! Don’t you love us any more? What did we *do*?”
Oh, that was so adorable, that story. I’ll try to take that to heart and know that my mama and papa love me enough to see if I have ANY trouble in my garden. I don’t think I do, and frankly, I know every plant and animal in the garden and nothing has changed in all the years I’ve been living here. Mama knows every plant and there are no new ones.
I think you’re right to be skeptical about that ‘cage,’ which I agree is what it looks like. But it was nice of your momma to at least put that soft thing in it for you. Maybe you could humor her just for a bit. Tee hee hee! Winks.
Yes, humor her is right! One day I will rule the car, you just watch.
Well LouLou, we offen ride in mommy’s lap. She just makes sure we have our harness and leash on and that they are strapped thru the seatbelt as well. Good luck. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
I think they would have to think about that…but it’s good advice and thank you!
You are always full of surprises, Loulou.
Well, I surprise myself sometimes. Well, sort of.
But LouLou, I thought what gave you the heebie-jeebies was the traveling itself,the movement of trains and boats and cars, not just being in the cage !
They say when people are on a boat, you need to focus on the horizon, and that little kids often get carsick because they cannot see out the window. So maybe Mama needs to hold you in her lap when you travel. (Maybe in an alternate universe !)
Mama would love to hold me but it is dangerous for me not to be in a container that is seat-belted. All seem to agree on that. Mama feels as you do, but it’s really not an option.
Actually – I was sort of joking, since I figured Mama was not crazy enough to try to hold a very unhappy kitty…unless she was wearing a suit of armor !
Well, Mya’s mama wrapped her kitty, Sassy, in a towel or blanket and travelled with her on her lap so it can be done. But Sassy was older and not too well and Loulou might well be happier on a lap, but she would try to hide somewhere in the car, and that’s the problem. Maybe she feels safer in the cage, who knows? MAMA-I JUST DON”T LIKE TRAVEL, PERIOD.
HAHA – they think they have us fooled. But we know how to outsmart them!! It’s so hot outside, I pretend not to hear my peeps when they try to make me think we’re all going for a “nice walk” – HAi Show me the stroller if they want my attention! But I hear them talking about a road trip in a few weeks. UGH. Loulou, what’s a girl to do!!?? Flatten their tires?
Hey, now you’re talkin’. Where are the tires?