I have never understood it when people say that cats are
aloof. I guess maybe they have never
actually owned a cat or only ever shared their home with a cat who was an
independent spirit. Since we have quite a few cats, I can accurately state that
no two of them actually have the same personality. Not all cats are lap cats,
but those who are often sometimes become almost overwhelming. I say this as I
am actually typing this with a cat (Zeus) laying half in my lap and half on the
laptop. I adore Zeus and by all accounts
he feels the same way about me, but sometimes he actually becomes oppressive in
his affection. No matter what I am
trying to do, if I am sitting or reclining Zeus is all over me, often doing the
cat dance many refer to as making muffins. No matter how many times I detach
him and put him on the floor he immediately reappears.
As much as I am overwhelmed by Zeus, Michael
“enjoys” the lion’s share of attention from the cats. Ghost, Sunny, Aphrodite, Jack, Hades, and
sometimes even Athena covet Michael’s lap. Lately our little black female feral
Hades has been driving him crazy. She
has only recently become trusting enough to venture onto his lap and it is as
if she is making up for lost time. She wants to be in his lap all the time and
actually gets angry when she is not allowed.
Michael is a writer so he simply can’t work with her sitting on the
keyboard of his laptop. She actually sits on the end table and slashes at his
hand when he tries to use the mouse to show her displeasure at his lap being
occupied by his laptop or, heaven forbid, one of the other cats. Once she is on
his lap if he so much as moves a leg or scratches she gets off in a huff
glaring at him and growling. My stance on this is that he has created a monster
and that some boundary setting is in order. But then like I said before Zeus is
in my lap right now.
