Doesn't she look happy? I was messing with her bangs. She just hates that. *L*
Yesterday, while I was trying to get one halfway okay photo of my bag, kitty came into the room and saw the bag on the floor. She stopped and moved back away from it. Ears back, whiskers back. Clearly unhappy and uncertain. She stared it for a few moments before creeping slowly foward and taking a tentative paw to the skein of yarn still attached to the bag. Upon realizing that the yarn was not going to attack her, she began the sniffing and gentle pawing of the skein, needles, bag and fabric everything was on.
Yes, the same bag I worked on over the weekend while sitting in bed with that same cat as we watched movies.
Kitty had seen the bag before.
Kitty had seen the yarn before.
Kitty had sniffed both before.
Kitty is going to be 18 in a few months.
I'm starting to think my cat has alzheimer's.
No... really.
Kitties have small brains - maybe hers was just full up at that moment and she's perfectly healthy.
Posted by: Silvia | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at 10:53 AM
But when Kitty saw and sniffed it, it was in the bed with y'all. It's not supposed to be on the floor.
"What are you, and why are you on my floor? Hmmm you sort of feel like that yarn we had in bed. and smell like it too. I'd better keep checking in case you are an imposter. Have to protect my person, ya know"
Posted by: Susan | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at 04:01 PM
I am kitty challenged, I have no idea....
...it sounds like something the 80 year old man would do though.
Posted by: Ann | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at 06:18 PM
But wasn't it a bit larger? Couldn't that confuse the poor kitty? Just thinking out loud here ...
Posted by: Devorah | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at 07:26 PM
I would say definitely pets get Alzheimers, or something akin to it. I've heard lots of similar stories from other folks. But Vincent isn't even that old, and you should have seen him do almost the exact same thing with Little Pumpkin, which I had placed on the front porch, the other day! :D
Posted by: Norma | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 07:18 AM
She's doing it to screw with you.
Really. o.0
But yeah I think they can. Also keep in mind they see shapes and movemen t way better than color so she may not have really been looking at it efore. As it grows when you knit it becomes a new thing kinda. ;)
Posted by: KnittyOtter | Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 08:06 AM