The Cats!!!

Jaycinth · Apr 16, 2007

Last night, about 8 pm Boots (the 'baby' cat....he's 8 months old) walked into the hallway and sat staring at the bottom shelf of the bookcase.

The authors there are:
David Eddings, Christopher Stasheef, Robert Lynn Asprin and Julian May. There is also a cook book down there - 'The Silver Platter'.

I looked and saw no mice, bugs, or cat toys.

At 9pm ol 'Bootie Boy' was still riveted in place...staring.
The other cat, Clyde James, (He's a good Calvinist. Don't ask how I know, I just DO) walked past the same part of the bookcase all evening and totally ignored the spot, and Boots.

At 10pm...Boots was still there.
At 1 am Boots was still there.
At 6 am.....still there
at 6:30...cat food called

At 7:am...back at the post.
7:30......stilll
8:30....still.....

?????????????

MidnightMuse · Apr 16, 2007

Silly - He's reading.

Bmwhtly · Apr 16, 2007

He's trying to work out how he can climb to the top of the bookcase without knocking anything off.

Unique · Apr 16, 2007

He's channeling KoKo - James Qwilleran's cat from Lilian Jackson Braun
>''<

(or he hears silverfish skittering between the pages of your collection whilst they're eating your bindings)

Meerkat · Apr 16, 2007

I hate to be the one to break it to you Lady Jay, but your poor kitty is dyslexic...if that's even how it is spelled...

He thinks they are labeled: David Iams, Christopher Starkist, Robert Lynn AsPurina, and Jaycinth-May-Fetch-A-Treat-For-Such-A-Good-Kitty!

Okay, that last one WAS a stretch....sorry!

Jaycinth · Apr 16, 2007

I have to admit, I am tempted to drive home to see if he is still there.

Last night my daughter picked him up and carried him to the living room, and he ran back to his 'spot'.

Silverfish? Do you think?

If not, am I going to have to re-read all those books just to get inside a cat's head?

Dag. Am I crazy?

WildScribe · Apr 16, 2007

He's trying to drive you insane... and it is working!

ChaosTitan · Apr 16, 2007

One of my cats likes to sit and stare at a corner of the living room. There is nothing there. Just a spot where the baseboard meets the carpet. She sits. And stares. And stares more. Sometimes she meows at nothing.

Perhaps it some form of kitty meditation?

Meerkat · Apr 16, 2007

My kitty does the invisible Sword of Damacles hanging above my head bit. She probably thinks its funny, but I'm pretty much a nervous wreck, because it turns invisible every time I check. That'd be about every four minutes.

MidnightMuse · Apr 16, 2007

It's called "Made-You-Look". My sister's cat Fable would do that to me all the time. Stare at a spot on the wall so intently, I'd have to walk over and look at where she was looking, only to then find her wandering away like there was never anything there to begin with.

She was never happy until she made me look.

writerterri · Apr 16, 2007

He sees dead people.

Kentuk · Apr 16, 2007

He is trying to help and being very patient.
There is obviously something in one of those books that has something to do with yours.

TsukiRyoko · Apr 16, 2007

Maybe he wants you to cook him a decent meal instead of that boring kitty food. Or perhaps he's contemplating picking up English as a second language through Mommy's literature? I wish my cat stared at the bookshelf instead of flying down stairs every chance he gets while chasing invisible bugs....

MarkButler · Apr 16, 2007

Cats can hear the dust mites rustling in the shelf. How long has it been since you dusted behind those books?

Jaycinth · Apr 16, 2007

MarkButler said:
How long has it been since you dusted behind those books?

That is quite a unique concept, Mark.

I'd classify it as 'Urban Fantasy'.

...well...there was no dust on the shelves when I put the books there...

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Apr 16, 2007

He's communicating with the Mother Ship, silly. That's where the transmitter was installed.

BenPanced · Apr 16, 2007

He's trying to figure out which picture would look good hanging over the bookcase.

Unique · Apr 16, 2007

Jaycinth said:
That is quite a unique concept, Mark.

I'd classify it as 'Urban Fantasy'.

...well...there was no dust on the shelves when I put the books there...

Sorry, Jay. Not a 'unique' concept. I don't dust behind books either. In front, yeah. Behind, no.

Fantasy I can agree with.

MidnightMuse · Apr 16, 2007

Dust? What is this 'dust' you speak of?

I know of the Interior Landscaping - that lovely dirt-like substance that grows on places, and can be sculpted and shaped.

But I know not of this "dust".

Zonk · Apr 16, 2007

I have a suggestion for your cat.

Actually I have the same suggestion for all felines of the domestic variety: all I'll say is that it involves duct tape... :tongue

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Apr 16, 2007

Sign in my entry hall: "You may touch the dust, but please do not write in it."

Foinah · Apr 16, 2007

Ghosties.....ayup. Fer sure. Or maybe not. Make him a little tin foil hat and see what happens

CatSlave · Apr 16, 2007

When the cats start to stare at you instead of the bookshelf, leave immediately.

Serena Casey · Apr 16, 2007

Whenever my cats do that, there's invariably a mouse under the bookshelf. Of course, they don't catch it. Nah. Then I'd expect them to every time, I suppose...

Lyra Jean · Apr 16, 2007

Ghosts. Animals can sense these things.

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