We got 2 good emails from a number of cat owners recently. Let me share the contents of these missives.
First, a report about a cat with an evident fascination with telephones: A tabby cat of the household of Doug and Dorothy Parks of Jumping Branch passes the name of “Rascal.”
Rascal has some odd routines that makes one believe he has some human qualities.
For circumstances, Rascal has actually established the routine of responding to the telephone in the Parks’ household when the phone rings.
When he hears the ringing phone, the cat goes to among 4 house phones and utilizing his nose or paws, presses the receiver off the hook and meows.
Doug has actually taken some extreme action to keep Rascal far from the phones.
He has actually constructed phone boxes with hinged covers to put the phones in to stop Rascal from hindering inbound calls. He likewise put in a dummy phone close by that is not attached for Rascal to respond to.
Rascal likewise has some other routines that are entertaining to the Parksclan.
As Doug shaves in the early morning with an electrical razor, Rascal observes this and hops upon the bathroom and firmly insists that he gets a shave.
Doug shaves him with the back part of the electric razor, which does not actually shave, however allows Rascal to feel the vibration.
“He looks forward every morning to his cat shave,” Doug says.
But that’s not all.
Rascal likewise looks forward every day to getting his bath.
When other half Dorothy takes her bath every day, Rascal enters into the restroom, rests on the side of the tub, and waits on Dorothy to spray him with water and after that clean him off with a towel.
As far as the Parks are worried, Rascal is a weird and entertaining member of the household. “We wouldn’t part with him for anything,” Dorothy says.
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Meanwhile, an instructor friend of mine informs me that her cat can forecast the weather condition.
Intrigued by the concept, I asked, “How does she do this?”
“Well,” the lady continued, “my cat is a Manx cat, which indicates she has no tail, just a nub.
“The cat remains in the garage near the coal heating system in the cold weather. If there is going to be a modification in temperature level, she turns her head toward the heating system.
“If there is snow on the way, she will sit with her nub pointed atthe heater. If she sits with her nub very close to the furnace, ‘Katy bar the door!’ We’re in for a big snow.”
The cat has actually been uncannily precise in forecasting snowfallpreceding snow days for the past couple of years.”
The lady includes, “There are teachers I work with who call regularly on the phone to get the ‘nub cast,’ so to speak. We think it’s uncanny, or shall we say, ‘uncatty.’”
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Top o’ the early morning!
