Cat Stand-off
by kelly
Emma helped me run several errands this weekend. I took some photos during our outings, and will post a couple in the next few days.
The first thing we did was to take cat Minnie to the vet. After we returned home, because Minnie had the bad fortune of smelling like the vet’s office, the cats launched into their usual post-vet routine of exchanging growls, hisses, and other feline unpleasantries for several hours. I’ve read that this happens because the cat who stayed home doesn’t “recognize” the cat with the foreign smell. This, even though these two kitties have been together every day for the past eight years. Whenever they do this, I find myself wondering about what the world would be like if humans’ primary recognition system were based upon olfaction.
(Click on the picture and move your mouse [no pun intended] over it to view my photo “notes” about how I tried, unsucessfully, to get the cats to make nice).