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cats, again
Nov. 2nd, 2017 08:35 pmRandom things about Wilson (my diagonal neighbors' cat):
1. It turns out Wilson is actually female? Whoops.
2. I left my apartment door open for a bit on Halloween while I was getting myself situated in the stairwell (chair, tissues, Kindle, etc.) to deal with trick-or-treaters, and Wilson slipped into my apartment and made herself at home under my bed.
Have I mentioned that I am allergic to cats?
Anyway, I couldn't fish her out, because trick-or-treaters, but after twenty minutes or so Diagonal Neighbor T came home and I got her to retrieve her cat.
3. According to Diagonal Neighbor Z, Wilson doesn't give a lot of signals for "okay we are done with petting now" before jumping straight to biting your fingers. This actually matches my observations fairly well, which is why I asked him in the first place, hoping he had secret insight.
4. If I sit down on the front porch, back porch, or front yard while Wilson is around and feeling sociable, she will come sit in my lap. This is very warm/friendly, and also probably good for my mental health.
(I am kind of... uh... touch-starved, I think is the term? As in, I don't get a lot of physical human contact. Or really, I don't get any except when I see family or a couple of my oldest friends, and occasional glancing things like handshakes. I would like to change that, but I am legit terrible at turning casual acquaintances into friends. Pets seem like a much more reliable method of getting a regular source of friendly touch.)
1. It turns out Wilson is actually female? Whoops.
2. I left my apartment door open for a bit on Halloween while I was getting myself situated in the stairwell (chair, tissues, Kindle, etc.) to deal with trick-or-treaters, and Wilson slipped into my apartment and made herself at home under my bed.
Have I mentioned that I am allergic to cats?
Anyway, I couldn't fish her out, because trick-or-treaters, but after twenty minutes or so Diagonal Neighbor T came home and I got her to retrieve her cat.
3. According to Diagonal Neighbor Z, Wilson doesn't give a lot of signals for "okay we are done with petting now" before jumping straight to biting your fingers. This actually matches my observations fairly well, which is why I asked him in the first place, hoping he had secret insight.
4. If I sit down on the front porch, back porch, or front yard while Wilson is around and feeling sociable, she will come sit in my lap. This is very warm/friendly, and also probably good for my mental health.
(I am kind of... uh... touch-starved, I think is the term? As in, I don't get a lot of physical human contact. Or really, I don't get any except when I see family or a couple of my oldest friends, and occasional glancing things like handshakes. I would like to change that, but I am legit terrible at turning casual acquaintances into friends. Pets seem like a much more reliable method of getting a regular source of friendly touch.)
