Snoof
10-03-2006, 08:15 PM
I've just fed Ninja his dinner, and while I was emptying the pouch in his bowl (crouching in front of it :roll:) he got off his ledge and walked past me, rubbing against my **** in a loving sort of way (:lol:). Then he walked round me and when I was done and looking around to tell him his foodies were ready to be eaten, he was sitting in the door opening between the conservatory and the kitchen :shock: (quite a step, given he knows very well that I have to walk past that spot to go back into the house!).
So I reached out and he loved on my hand for a little bit, then I stood up and he crossed in front of me (in front of my feet even!) and went to his bowl.
:shock:
I'm so proud of him! He's doing so well, I really wasn't expecting him to recover this fast from the carrier thing, but this is something he's never done - and he didn't seem scared-but-brave through any of it! I have never had him be so close to my feet while I was standing up straight of his own volition (though I have walked past him this close, but then he was eating breakfast, at which point the world could explode for all he cares :lol:).
He's also gone back to squeaking when I come toward him for petting (I have never heard him meow a full meow, more like a clipped version or a squeak - very cute). He still hisses when anyone who isn't me comes near (unless I am there, and if he knows them he will let them pet him - but he hisses a little warning at first, very short and concise). Earlier, I was walking toward him (he was on his ledge) and held out my hand, and he hissed a hiss that ended up garbled and then turned out to be a purr and rubbed his head against my hand :cat4 So I think the hissing is, with me, more habit than aught else (although with me, he's not done it in ages and I think that one was a mistake). With others, I think it's a warning, but he really enjoys being petted once they're at it.
I have told everyone who's here lots that they have to stop petting before he gets tired of it. I don't mean to keep him yearning for more, but I want petting to be an exclusively positive experience and not something he gets bored with until he's doing better.
I think this time, we're well and truly on the road to recovery, and not a lot's going to blast us back to Go (do not collect £200). It makes me really, really happy :)
And there I go again, waffling on... Just remember, it's for posterity :lol:
So I reached out and he loved on my hand for a little bit, then I stood up and he crossed in front of me (in front of my feet even!) and went to his bowl.
:shock:
I'm so proud of him! He's doing so well, I really wasn't expecting him to recover this fast from the carrier thing, but this is something he's never done - and he didn't seem scared-but-brave through any of it! I have never had him be so close to my feet while I was standing up straight of his own volition (though I have walked past him this close, but then he was eating breakfast, at which point the world could explode for all he cares :lol:).
He's also gone back to squeaking when I come toward him for petting (I have never heard him meow a full meow, more like a clipped version or a squeak - very cute). He still hisses when anyone who isn't me comes near (unless I am there, and if he knows them he will let them pet him - but he hisses a little warning at first, very short and concise). Earlier, I was walking toward him (he was on his ledge) and held out my hand, and he hissed a hiss that ended up garbled and then turned out to be a purr and rubbed his head against my hand :cat4 So I think the hissing is, with me, more habit than aught else (although with me, he's not done it in ages and I think that one was a mistake). With others, I think it's a warning, but he really enjoys being petted once they're at it.
I have told everyone who's here lots that they have to stop petting before he gets tired of it. I don't mean to keep him yearning for more, but I want petting to be an exclusively positive experience and not something he gets bored with until he's doing better.
I think this time, we're well and truly on the road to recovery, and not a lot's going to blast us back to Go (do not collect £200). It makes me really, really happy :)
And there I go again, waffling on... Just remember, it's for posterity :lol: