Separation Anxiety - by Peaches the Cat

 

Here I am hugging my human when she returns

A big change occurred in our household recently.  Our human DISAPPEARED!  She insists she did NOT disappear, but I know different.  That's because she races around in the morning and then she is definitely GONE - for hours and hours.  Used to be I could hang out with her whenever I wanted and now I have to wait till 5PM when she returns! 

I am so thur-RILLED when she returns. 

Paprika could care  less, she's not a sensitive animal like myself, but I wonder every day whether the human will come back home 

at ALL.    she says she has gotten something called a J-O-B.  This is NOT good.  That means when I want an ear scratch or a head rub SHE MAY NOT BE THERE.  She mays she needs M-o-                                                    n-e-y to buy us cat food but we've been eating steadily the last year
so what's the fuss?

I did some reasearch on the inter-cat-net and after a few scratchings, came up with the term r-e-m-o-t-e.  I told our human "Do THAT." Cuz then she could scratch my ears all day long.  she said it wasn't that kind of job and that she had some heavy h-o-u-s-e-h-o-l-d expenses.

Well all I can do about it is:  1) await her arrival in a comfy, seductive position to welcome her home  and 2) smother her with kisses and fur and rubs when she returns.  And all evening after that. After dinner I insist on lap time to reward her for feeding me.  She thinks I've gotten really weird and calls me "insatiable" (whatever that is) but....I've got to grab my lovin' when I can, who knows what will happen next!

Yours truly, Peaches the cat

PS Of course I DO give her a little "guilt trip when she returns--finally.  What cat wouldn't?

Waiting for my human and NOT very patiently

Human's note:

  Little did I know my starting a part-time job to pay the mounting bills (only 4 hours a day!) would cause independent, confident Peaches such worry! She has literally become a "clingy cat" when I am home and when I arrive, the strength of her purr can probably be heard down the block.   Yet Paprika, the more "scaredy-cat" of the two has taken it in stride. It's funny how we never know how our animals will react to even a small change.

For the meanwhile, I'll enjoy all the extra head butts, purrs and extra rubbings from "insatiable Peaches!" 

Calico and Tortie Autumn Slideshow (Memory Lane)

 Many years ago, we created an Autumn slideshow for Calicos and Torties only.  After all, isn't Autumn  OUR season?  (Ok, others may disagree!) But do click on the link and we guarantee you'll enjoy.  MANY of your kitties are in the show...including MUDPIE, ANGEL HARLEY, CALISTA JO and MORE!

CALICO & TORTIE AUTUMN SHOW

HAPPY AUTUMN TO OUR FRIENDS!

We're joining The Cat on My Head for Sunday hop!

Celebrating Autumn Slideshow - Featuring Friends of Peaches & Paprika

To celebrate the colorful season of Autumn, here is our last year's Autumn slideshow, featuring 30 fur-ball friends of Peaches & Paprika's Facebook Page!

Fallen Felines Autumn Show

Peaches disappears from Motel Room

Petulant Peaches the cat, here. I scared Mom Carol to death this week! (she deserved it).  Mom Carol did not know I was an escape artist. As you can see I am NOT a happy cat today. Well here's what happened.  She dragged us away from our happy home into some thing cold and sterile called MOTEL.  She said something called "plumbing work" meant she had to leave her home for a night...but
did she have to take US?  Well she DID take us against our wishes.

She let us out in a strange room we'd never seen before. I spent the night guarding the food supply. 

Well someone has to do it, since Paprika was cowering in the bathtub in her carrier.

After a while I tried to go under the bed but there was NO "under the bed" being as how something called a "platform" was there instead. UNFAIR TO CATS!

I thought I could get under the bed this way but I could only get this far. Unfair!

Finally I had my chance.  The human LEFT the motel room.  Did you hear that?  She left us ALONE in that weird room. While Paprika continued to "cower in corners" I saw my chance to ES-CAPE!

When my human returned to the motel room an hour later, SHE'D LEFT TWO CATS BEHIND BUT FOUND ONLY ONE CAT when she returned.  I had disappeared ENTIRELY.

Mom Carol was hysterical that only one cat was there when she had left two cats.  She called and called me but Paprika kept coming up to her.  I was nowhere to be found.  She looked 10 times all over the bathroom, opened up all the drawers repeatedly, looked behind the fridge.  NOTHING.

She was sure someone had seen me, noticed my vibrant colors and STOLEN ME!

Finally as she stood there, distraught, I MADE MY MOVE.  The drawer beside her moved slightly by itself.  then it moved again.  She gasped, wondering if the room was haunted and looked for the 9th time into the empty drawer.  First she saw nothing. THEN she saw the corner of my ear--BEHIND the drawer. HOPE sprung in her heart.  Soon she peered over the top & saw ME squeezed in the tiny space behind the
drawer. (and I'm a big cat.) She gasped and tried to pull out the drawer.  It wouldn't budge.  Then she tried to pull ME out. I maneuuvered mightily and finally I managed to struggle out of that tiny space my fur flying all over the room

Afterwards I strutted around casually like nothing had happened, while she recovered.  She then bawled me out saying I was not to "do that again" and we were leaving the motel earlier than planned.

Just as I wanted.

The moral of this story:  If your human does something you don't like, make sure to HIDE so that she or he has some time to appreciate you by your sheer absence!  All cats should be smart  like me.

Needless to say we were soon sprung free back home.  My human was nicer to me than usual afterwards, and gave me and Paprika salmon for breakfast!  No less than we deserved but I should have had the salmon all to myself.

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My human has decided to join The Cat On My Head's Sunday blog hop hoping someone  will commiserate with her.  Don't listen to her!  It's ME who deserves your good wishes.

                                                            -- Peaches the Cat