Wealth and fame she's ignored.

The kitty was so cute yesterday! I got out the duffel bags for the boys so they could pack for their trip, one for each kiddo, and Belloq jumped into the biggest one. We all joked about taking the cat to the water slides, which 6YO took seriously. I explained that kitties are generally unhappy away from familiar territory. Was it then that we discovered that he was crouching in the open bag because he was using it for a litter box? Or perhaps it was while I was explaining that just because many dogs like new places, it does not logically follow that cats do? Either way the addition of cat urine added a certain excitement to the last-minute trip preparations, and a renewed resolve to clean the litter boxes promptly.

In other cat news, this is Day 3 of my campaign to get Jones to not hate Belloq. I bought a case of canned cat food and a leash and am feeding it to them when they are together and keeping them separate the rest of the time. My hope is that they will form an association since they will only get this adored stuff when the other kitty appears. The leash is so that Belloq can't jump on Jones. She hates that, not surprisingly. I'm hoping he will quit trying, eventually, and she will quit expecting him to. *sigh*

So far the cat thing is working out surprisingly well. This is the invisible cat. It is a small cat with small neat paws, and its fur is mottled gray and beige. It does not meow, but makes sounds as though someone is hugging it too hard, or it chirps and trills. It does NOT wake me up by patting me on the face with just the veriest hint of claw. It has yet to puke on anything or come home with battle wounds to be patched up. It likes to be petted and scratched and has made itself disconcertingly at home. Doesn't it know we could all be serial killers? Unconcerned, it lazes on my sunny bed and catches spiders in my sunny garden. It has revealed itself to be litter trained and now stays inside at night. Regular applications of kitty kibble have turned it sleek and shiny, and Advantage has stopped the constant scratching. We have named it Jones.