danger stock on road

I’ve been off work most of today trying to shake off the crap flu thing that has invaded my body

I think I’ve managed to get most of the rubbish out and should be on the home stretch of recovery

So sitting around feeling miserable gave me an excuse to try and get better aquainted with “scaredy cat”

I got an old boot lace and did the feline version of fly fishing

It took about an hour of carefull movement teaseing her closer and closer untill I managed to grab her

She paniced of course so I only held her briefly

Still it’s a begining and she did the usual cat thing by coming back within a minute to play with the boot lace again

I can now entice her in with the bootlace and give her a quick pat or touch before she jumps away

Now though she is more confident and bounds straight back to play again

So we’ve got a wee game going where I try to touch her and she “bats” my hand away

all “paws and no claws” so she’s not threatend by my hand she sees it as part of the game

I’ve just been playing with her some more and gave her some fresh veal as a treat before shutting her out for the night

She’s still too wary to have the door closed when she is inside the house but she will brave it as long as she can duck back out

Fuzzy has been watching the proceedings with interest, and when she sees him she gets very confident and the tail goes straight up like a furr periscope, so you can tell she already see him as her protector

It’s a buzz just watching thier interactions and body language etc

My number one cat the “Ginga” is highly dissapointed with it as he sees it as HIS house being invaded and  another little “food hoover” to compete with, still he’s taken each new arrival better than the last, possibly coming to realise the food is still there for him

I have to call him “shorty” [short memory] and remind him he was a guest in this house at the start, he gives me that distainfull look that only a cat can do so i know he understands every bloody word I say

I love how cats have so much expresion in their faces and especialy some of the “Looks” they can throw at you

Ginga has even taught me some of his body language and we have  three or four  different signals for him to get his requests across

If he wants food he will come over and roll on his back and do “Twistys”, If he gets bored with the same food too often or just wants something different than whats in the dish he will stretch right up off the floor on his hind legss and gently tug on your jeans back pocket with his front paws

He’s the one who has taught ME  these signs so theres an inteligence beyound just instinct operating in his wee furry head

Fuzzy has a different sign for wanting food he does the “Lassie” thing where he gets your attention then takes you to the bowl [i’m not kidding], however he uses the same signal as the Ginga when he wants something different

Cheeky talks to you with meows and deep growl sounds and she purrs like a diesel truck idleling,  just as loud too

It will be interesting to see what signals “scaredy cat” will train into me should she come out of her shell

It will take time but she’s well on the way to making us a part of her family

It’s more like the Tiger Tameing Me [haha]

The wee buggers are good company, good for lowering your stress levels, great to interact with, keep down the rodents, give you heaps of love and all for the low, low price of a bit of food and free lodgeing

and best of all they  bury their poop all good things from my point of view