Where you go, I will follow...

Nico MUST be where I am at all times. This extends to the computer desk. Whenever I'm working, he jumps up, lies down between the monitor and the keyboard, and falls asleep. He becomes indignant when he is removed.

The problem is that he's getting so big that when he attempts to occupy that space, his swinging tail or huge paws end up on the keys, making for some crazy typo's. I pick him up, put him down, and within moments, he's back.

One of his favorite things to do (if he can stay awake) is to stare at the monitor and watch the cursor move. The only problem with this is that I can't see the screen to type my words! This picture shows him doing his thing, but he's so much bigger now, and likes to lie facing the screen with his very large derrière covering half of the keyboard.

It's so nice to be irrestistible in my cat's eyes. Where I go, he MUST follow.

Nico says, "Reynolds Wrap saved my life!"

You might wonder about the dramatic title of this blog, but it really is true... Reynolds Wrap has saved my life. Let me explain...

When Nico came to live with us, he was almost a year old. He had certain bad habits of which we were unaware, the most annoying of all being a love of using the bathtub as a giant litter box. This was discovered within 2 weeks of arriving at his new home.

When it first happened, I spoke to my daughter and she feigned shock, telling me that this had never happened when he was living with her. "Never?" I asked? "Never!" was the reply. She commented that maybe I wasn't keeping his litter box as clean as I should. Thinking that this was a fluke, I continued to leave the bathroom door open, only to discover that he did it again a few days later. Trust me when I say that his litter box was pristine.

I continued to keep the bathroom door closed until I hit upon a solution: Reynolds Wrap. This is what I have been reduced to doing -- I keep a long sheet of wide Reynolds Wrap in the tub. Nico hates the sound and feel of it, so he stays out of the tub. I don't like having to do this, having to remove the wrap each time we shower or clean the tub, but it seems to be the only deterrent. I cannot imagine what people would think if they were to pull the shower curtain aside and see the shiny silver lining, but then again, if we had peeping guests, it would serve them right!

By the way, my daughter eventually admitted that the cat frequently did his "thing" in the tub, adding that she didn't want to tell us because we wouldn't have taken the cat into our home had we known.

Our crazy boy has had his wings clipped and is now a reformed tub pooper.

Insanity update

S simulated image, not really my crazy cat

If my cat could talk, this is what he would say:



"For reasons known only to myself, I have developed the habit of hiding behind a chair so that I can leap out and grab a human leg that happens to pass by. I find it relaxing, as well as a way to assert my rule over the humans with whom I dwell."

Since he is a recovering biter, he has to restrain himself from biting me when the urge strikes. He opens his mouth and makes his move, but stops short of executing the bite. I really have to admire his self-control, but then again, sometimes he falls off the wagon and gives in to his urges.