We've taken on a new cat - Tigger

Tiger was quite humous today. He received his pill, waited till he'd disolved at least half the pill casing and than a spew of powder came out when he exhaled. He wanted some water RIGHT NOW. GIVE ME WATER SLAVE as I don't want this like the taste in my mouth.

What are you looking at slave. Have you never watched me sun bath? I'm going to work now - go away. (work to most folks would be a nap but we cat slaves know better)

Glad to see he's still doing well

Tigger really likes me in the kitchen now. He'll want up in the crock of my left arm where he'll get petted. He also looks around the kitchen and at his primary slave (my DW) making my breakfast/lunch/dinner that I have to take to work since I work 12 hr. shifts. Tigger will look longlingly at the top of the refridgerator where he used to spend alot of time when he lived with my in-laws. He's being petted al through this process. He's also started to climb up on my shoulders now as he has determined that I'll not move quickly so as to make him fall off or run the risk of doing so. If I do move it's slowly enough for him to handle. When DW has started cutting the meat for the lunch sandwich it's down to the floor and it's now "I'm STARVING slave" "Feed me"

This continues till he gets his normal small bit of meat, although he doesn't like some of the beef. patoooie... I didn't like that piece slave! Give me something I like. Than it's over to where his food bowl is put when he demands food. We'll get the food out of the cabinet and makes it look like we've put fresh food into the bowl. (Tigger only likes fresh food so we resort to this subtrifudge) It's now time to eat 6 or 6 kibbles and off to somewhere in the house.

I was setting up my weekly dose of pills today (I take daily vitamins and some Dr. prescribed medications and put them into a daily dose container that has each day of the week segregated) taking them out of a shaving kit bag that I store them. I have to have at least a weeks worth of clothing and my pills ready to go at a moments notice as I'm a disaster relief worker. Tigger TRIED to get into the bag, as cats are wont to do if something looks like a box or container that they can get into. Tigger is at least twice a big as the bag and he kept getting his front legs into the bag. He'd get out and try with his back legs. Back and forth - front legs, back legs and getting in and out. He kept it up for about a minute before he decided that he wanted to work, so he curled up on the table while keeping a leg on top of the bag so it wouldn't get away. Off to work he went (people who are not slave would call it a cat nap but we know better - it's important work he's doing)

ah... life with our masters.

Update: I'm working the night shifts which require my sleeping during the day. Not a big deal, but when I get up so that I can shower/shave I find my shaving brush gone. I've had that brush for over 30 years and my wife and son know that. I go out to the kitchen and sitting on the couch attacking my brush as if it were a prey is Tigger. He's on his back scratching the brush. Blink.... I wonder if I had rinsed the brush well enough yesterday so he doesn't get a soapy mouth.

I call wife and son who laugh and say they will rescue the brush in the future if Tigger ever decides to attack in the future.

Shaking my head at the silly kitty I take the rescued brush back to the bathroom and put the brush holder, brush and razor into the cabinet, which I'm "fairly sure" he knows not how to open just yet.

Life continues with Tigger. %^)

Hehe. He sounds like a sweet old scamp. I had a foster cat who would steal my paintbrushes put of their holding case and run off with them. I never figured out where he was going with them. Then one day, months after his adoption I moved the bed in the spare room to clean under it and there was a nest of paintbrushes.

%^)

We do, upon occasion, call him a fetch kitty.

Today has been rather interesting. First Tigger has what we call Flaky Kitty mode. Running around the house, bouncing off walls, attacking his straw (he loves to play with straws) and making lots of M e oooowwwws. Tigger infects Charlie (our three legged cat who is also the youngest - Tigger being the oldest at 13) Charlie is running around and he passes he me in the hall and DIVES under a throw rug. Tigger is following and full out running speed. Charlie "thinks" he is hidden under the rug but his tail is out and thwapping about. Tigger looks around for Charlie, spies the tail and pounces. WHAM and Charlie is off and running into the bedroom with Tigger right behind. Up and over the bed, out the door and down the hall. I'm almost mowed over by Flaky Cats and they continue on. Shadow Ram becomes infected and he's off and running.

Charie runs and throws himself onto the 'cat chair (I rescued it from a fate that included a dumpster since it had a broken piece of wood that the chair rollers inserted into, but it was in fine shape other than that. I created a hammock with some carpet and covered three sides with carpet to make a hidey hole that the cats love) All our masters love the chair since they can scratch, lounge or hide.

Charlie has closed his eyes and looks as if he had been there for hours working. Tigger bounces around a tad longer and poof... he's in the hidey haven and he's looking pleased. Shadow Ram is meoowwrrrring down the hall.

Life continues.

I so look forward to you Tigger updates. Thanks for keeping us posted about him.

as long as Tigger continues to act like Tigger, I'll keep posting. %^)

I came home, after working the night shift and I opened the bedroom door. Tigger looks up from the his normal sleeping place (atop my darling wife) and he saunters out to the guest bathroom. This is normal for when I get home. He starts drinking from the sink. I apply power to the bed warmer (I need a leg warmer else my legs cramp at when I'm sleeping) and the BiPap machine. I go into the master bath to assemble my water tank, hose/mask etc. for the BiPap. Tigger enters and wants a drink from the sink. Not a big deal so I turn on the water than go into the guest bath and turn off the water. I enter the master bathroom and Tigger has stopped drinking. He exits the bath and I next hear him in the guest bath wanting water. I enter and turn on the water telling him he had just gotten a drink.

Silly slave. I was just tasting the water from there to see if it tasted any better than here. I want a drink!

Your wish is my command master.

I go finish the assembly process and start getting ready to go to bed. Tigger saunters in and starts "working" on my side of the bed where it's starting to get nice and warm. When I get into bed Tigger looks at me, with some askance as if to say "You're bothering me with all this movement" and goes to his normal sleeping place atop my primary slave. He curls up and goes to work. I turn on my BiPap and go to sleep.

Life continues with just a little abuse from Tigger - or is it checking to see if the grass is greener on the other side. Hmmm

Tigger has started to want in my arms when I'm standing in the kitchen. He is able to survey the area, looking out into the living room or dining room AND, more importantly what's being prepared. He will look down upon my other masters, as if to say that he now knows what's available to demand to eat and he's saying: Neener neeener neener I can get some. (he'll only get what we give him but we feed all our masters equally, saving some for Laptop and Sterling (we keep them separate from Tigger since Tigger doesn't like them for some unknown reason) when they get to socialize with their slaves upstairs.

Tigger sticks his nose up at all the raw veggies I get (I've lost 25 lbs so far) but oozes for the beef/chicken. (my master Laptop likes brocolli ???? and almonds)

When Tigger spies the appropriate food, he wants down so as to tell his primary slave that is now time to feed him.

He will than ignore everyone while he goes off to bath.

Tigger did something that he has never done before:

We were watching the Jay Leno show, waiting for "Headlines", when some attack ads came on. We muted them, as always. When Jay came back on DW unmuted and nothiing happened. No sound. ??? She changes channels - still no sound. DW turns up the volume - when we we see the volume bar is ALL THE WAY DOWN. Hmmmm Tigger had turned the volumn down for us (he was the closest cat and no other cat/person was close)

(we think he just shifted a leg) but we thanked him for not letting us hear the attack ads. %^)

It was musical cats at the sink today. I was walking down the hall when Tigger RUNS past me and makes a hard left into the guest bathroom. That's my order to turn on the water so he can have a drink. Hmmm Shadow Ram is there first. I turn on the water and pick up Shadow (oldest cat has priorty right now) and put Shadow Ram on the toilet. Tigger is waiting for the water to get cold and Tigger sees Shadow Ram. He cuts in front and starts drinking. Shadow Ram is content when Charlie comes running into the room. Charlie jumps in front of Shadow Ram. Tigger looks at everybody and goes back to drinking. Tigger finally leaves and the others starting drinking. Two at once is crowded. I go into the master bathroom and there's Tigger. He wants a drink. Hmm OK you have a drink.

I spy Shadow Ram come into the bedroom and he settles in to start working. I leave and see Charlie is down. I turn off the water and Tigger comes in to drink. Sigh...

Charlie curls up in the sink and settles in for some work there. I pick up Tigger and take him into the master bathroom and he gets another drink. He's finally full....

and runs off to see if he can cajole some food out the other slaves

I think Tigger may have a drinking problem!

LOL... we all seem to think that his increased water consumption is actually helping his kidney disease. The last time we had him tested (see earlier up the thread) his values were better than before. We don't really mind his asking for water all the time, though we do try to get him to tell us when he's done drinking so we can turn off the water. Thus far that little item seems to be ignored by Tigger. We keep hoping though. %^)

He sure has come along way from the initial post in this thread.

He's become quite the lovable master. %^)

Some folks may not know that I had to put my Alaskan Malamute down on the 8th of this month. Kaitu was a few days shy of being 13.

What we did not expect was that Tigger (who would have nothing to do with Kaitu) has become a velcro kitty. Whenever DW sits down, Tigger will jump on her lap and want attention for a bit and than he will start working (normal people would call that a cat nap but we slaves all know that they are actually working) If DW is not available he will sit/lay upon the first slave who is sitting. If I happen to lay down on the couch I will have him within 30 seconds it seems. We have determined that it's not body heat since we put a heating pad down for him as a kind of test.

My master (Laptop) misses Kaitu also, but is not as demonstrative

sigh...

Have you ever started getting ready for bed to find that your master has taken your pillow? Tigger has started that practice of late. I'm normally in bed first so I have to upset Tigger. I move him and crawl into bed. Than Tigger must decide what to do next. Normally it has been to lean against me while he waits for his primary slave. Or he walks up and down the length of my body, as if he's pacing impatiently. HURRY UP SLAVE!

I want to go to sleep and you're my pillow. What are you complaining about slave (talking to me) I'm allowed to pace up and down on you. Stop that silly noise too. (my bipap machine) Oh.. ok if you must.

He might next let me check his tail area (no thank you Tigger) whereupon he sits on my chest. (I suppose it's because I'm warm)

oh well.... life with my master continues