It’s near my computer desk. As soon as I sit down, she curls up next to me. If I get up to use the bathroom or get a drink, she’ll follow, and then as soon as I go back, she’s there. For an evil cat, she’s awfully dependent.
I’m about to go into the lab. I’m afraid it will boggle her mind.
Kitty tolerates you! ❤️
Does she follow you on walks in the neighborhood? We have a neighbor who walks he’s two dogs on leash around the neighborhood, and he’s cat follows along most of the time. It’s kind of amazing to me.
She’s not allowed outside! This is an indoor cat.
@PZ: Good idea. It’s too dangerous for a cat to be outdoors.
@4 — Unless it’s the neighbor’s cat attempting to cull the population of burrowing rodents that have taken over my backyard.
Cats are quietly sociable. Mine is also an indoor cat, though he does get to go out on a leash. If he would stay in the yard I would let him go out to graze and chase voles, but he just leaps the fence and I end up trespassing all over the neighborhood trying to catch him.
Yeah, outdoor cats generally have a short life expectancy around here thanks to coyotes. But the cat I described is no spring chicken and they’ve been doing their morning walk together for years. The cat may otherwise be an indoors cat for all I know.
I’ve found cats difficult to keep inside. We had 4 when we first got a dog in San Francisco. Two were feral and came to live with us. They expected to come and go. The other two were kittens from the SPCA when we got them. They too adopted coming and going. We had to rescue one of them because she got in a neighbors house who called SPCA. Fortunately she was chipped and they called us.
She may be evil, but she likes you, trusts you, and feels safe around you, which is pretty flattering.
There used to be a program called “Neko” (Japanese for “cat”) that put an image of a sleeping cat next to your mouse cursor, and whenever you moved the cursor, the cat would wake up, run to the new position, and settle back to sleep after a few seconds.
Pretty realistic.
She’s probably lulling you into a false sense of security. Or she could just like you, cats are weird that way.
Cats…Challenging “don’t thread on me”
http://youtube.com/post/Ugkxk0-7VC7NciNoYv_IIG3l88e7pBwPeVL7
It’s my (also indoor) cat’s eleventh birthday today, and she’s celebrating in much the same way. Admittedly it is a sweltering 26 degrees celsius here in England, which has made everyone wilt into near-inactivity. In her case there is no discernible change.
She’s always watching you…
She sees you when you’re sleeping
She knows when you’re awake
She knows if you’ve been bad or good,
So feed her on time for Bastet’s sake!
PS: I learned to keep my cats indoors too, because of cars, not coyotes. Oh, and don’t let yours into your lab, she’ll probably think all those spiders are toys. (Why else would you have let her see them?)
Oh c’mon, how can you be a mad scientist tampering with arachnid forces beyond human ken and not have a black cat as a familiar?
How sweet!
PZ Myers @ 3
If you want to make her tolerate new people it is important to take it easy.
When introducing myself to strange cats, I use to lie down on the floor so the cat can inspect me from a position on a table, chair or bookshelf. Cats feel secure if they have the high ground. Later, curiosity usually gets strong enough for them to approach and sniff.