An observation on Cats

#1

When you first meet a cat most are wary of you, at least the clever ones are. They are more likely to take a swipe at you should you overstep the mark and start rubbing their ears like you knew them from a kitten.

And why not? You just turned up, you have no shared time together, you show arrogance and hubris by assuming you can touch a cat in such a familiar way without the time invested in such a relationship to allow this trust.

So for now, just say hi, and be there on a regular basis. Feed her, play a little, just turn up and be in her life.

Time passes, one day she appears at the top of your stairsā€¦ Whatā€™s this you say?

She knows you, sheā€™s curiousā€¦

What is that strange man doingā€¦ he is kind of weird and I donā€™t entirely trust himā€¦ butā€¦

She finds the curiosity enticingly different, she jumps up and sniffs around the bedā€¦

Hmm this is where the man sleeps, it looks comfy and has a warm wool blanket! How bad can it beā€¦

You wake up and the cat has slept all night next to you seeking out the warmth of your body on a cold October night. You wake before her, she is oblivious, curled up into a spiral feline furry shape. Vulnerable yet impressive in her beauty.

Trust between animals and humans is something that goes deep, it shows us that there is a higher level of communication than just the seller to consumer dialectic.

Trust shows that we were once vulnerable and you did not take advantage of that, I remembered and now I can be with you in my natural state.

Truly at last we can be ourselves.

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#2

Cats, a special breed indeed. My experience is a bit different. I have no afinity with cats, I fear them. That did not exclude them from invading my home and personal space.

They did a very good job in training me to their needs, but it worked out very well and we found balance. At least I think we have because they stay simultaniously roaming around in the territory of their own around the neighborhood.

The only place that is still mine is my bedroom, no way in sharing that space, it stays mine and mine alone but that doesnā€™t deter them in trying!

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#3

So true, they are master manipulators. I think cat people know this inherently.

However still the process of gaining trust is interesting to me.

So providing food is a major element, and then shelter and I guess we are describing parts of maslowā€™s hierarchy of needs.

Makes you think about how this natural instinct might lend itself to conditioning a populace into accepting all kinds of nonsense just to arrive at a sense of normality.

This post came mainly from me just observing my cat this morning but it made me think about how dependency can be so easily manipulated into a toxic relationship if trust is misplaced.

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#4

Many people see animals pure as reactionary, solely reacting on shelter and hunger. I think many animals, especially cats and dogs are better psychologist then many human psychologists. They have a keen sense on the range of human emotions and react more apt to it then not. Even my birds react to a lot I do in my little garden.

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#5

Yes, I think there is more going on than basic needs especially when a natural trust relationship is established.

I have noticed how the psychology of this process is being used by entities that have no natural right to claim a relationship with us. Especially Governments and corporations through more intrusive advertising.

They have no accountability which is the key difference.

My cat continues to educate me in ways I could never have imagined!

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#6

I like when my cat sits on my back.

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#7

Mine is a heatseeker, itā€™s like having a free thermal imager to see where I need to insulate the loft :joy:

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#8

I miss having a cat. My last cat, actually was my husbandā€™s that I accused him of stealing in the city, came and sat at the glass door and my husband gave up and let him and really never let him back out again. He eventually developed some serious ailments for which I spent several thousand dollars (my husband had died and I really didnā€™t want to let Shelby go) but he eventually got his way when the door blew open during a storm and he disappeared into the night. He was named Shelby because his motor (purr) was LOUD.

If I did not have a house full of birds and a yard full of dogs, I might consider another cat. Easily.

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#9

Iā€™ve been pretty much living alone for the last 3 years and my cat ā€˜Wuskaā€™ has been a Godsend. I had really rocky times about 10 months ago when my brother was in intensive care on a ventilator which we were told was because of covid but was actually pneumonia.

Because I refused to go along with the covid cult I lost almost all the friends and social circle I used to be a part of.

Wuska started to hang out with me, I didnā€™t really want to deal with anyone at the time, especially not a cat but for some reason she just kept coming to see me and just became a part of my day.

I am so thankful now that she did, she keeps me sane and having that connection means I have a reason to get up and out each day.

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#10

Another cat lover here and dogs too, horses of course. But my life has been shared mainly with cats, sometimes with dogs who ignored or loved them. Iā€™ve had 2 horses and a pony in the mix in younger years. Currently negotiating with a plethora of animals where Iā€™m staying, 10 dogs similar amount of other cats, 3 geese, bunch of ducks and chickens. The geese and I talk the honky de honk, same with ducks and chickens in their own language. One duck in particular sounds like Burgess Meredith as the Penguin.:rofl:

All of them help keep me sane and grounded in these crazy times.

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#11

Haha I am imagining that penguin scene! Animals are amazing and maybe we anthropomorphise them but there is a certain natural magic to their presence in our lives.

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#12

There are a lot of wild rabbits in my neigborhood they like to lounge under my trucks.

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#13

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Wuska says hello :wave:

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#14

Hi, Wuska!

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#15

Ok. Here is how terrible (or spoiled, at a minimum) I am. Perhaps I could be accused of being an animal collector but I do have a decent sized property and, despite a horrible drought, I have truly been hoarding hay for all my hooved friends: lots and lots of horses (I have 4 stallions that I use for breeding so you can go from there), angus cows, tunis sheep, great pyrenees to protect them and the poultry- pilgrim geese, silver appleyard and chocolate runner ducks, mix of egg producing chickens, and lots of guineas that run the place- plus two barn cats, and the animals I described at my house. The yard dogs are primarily the ones who have had problems, mainly great pyrenees- the one that hung from her back legs after getting caught climbing over a fence, a deaf one and her brother who cues her, and a crippled one that stays out of the fence who was body slammed by his brothers and has an unrepairable rear knee. Except the poultry, I know the name of every single other one and most come to their namesā€¦ a few prick up their ears at the name call but give me that look of ā€œI donā€™t think soā€.

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#16

Wonderful family, It sounds like a big brood!

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#17

You should see by my ā€œpictureā€ that i omitted the Schipperke that is my 24-7 side kick. 15 years old and totally blind and going deaf. Not sure how I will deal with that loss.

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#18

I never really understood people grieving for pets before but as I get older I can see how the relationship can be very deep. I guess itā€™s age and you realise they are sentient beings with strong souls. You have to love these life lessons, you think you have it all worked out then an animal companion changes everything!

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#19

I have people who depend on me for their bank accounts but the sentients, feathered, pawed or hooved, all look to me for water and food, 24-7. Some are domestic, some are wild (I forgot to mention that we are high fenced and our wildlife are twice the body weight of those outside the fence) and, as a land steward, I have spent a lifetime studying for this time. A microcosm of what should be, I am pretty confident that what my mother had explained to me as we were filling sandbags for our basement windows during the Cuban Missle Crisis, is now coming to fruition.

Like Dr. Farrell explained in his last Dark Journalist transmission with his cousin, I doubt nuclear would be a legitimate alternative. It would only be used to create another 9-11 BS moment to kill enough people to justify loss of even more freedoms. This forum is a collection of intelligence so lets all do what we can to spread that word. The more they realize we are on to them the less chance we have for them to use these weapons against us.

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#20

Once a cat chooses you, it can never be named ā€œTemporaryā€.

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