...Siamese female, who weighs just under 6 pounds, still chases her tail.

she does that after she poops.

And every so often, well into old age, they'll have completely random episodes of racing around.

Recently I learned that my neighbor across the street has a new cat (her grown daughter moved in with her and brought the cat along) and I said that if they ever need cat sitting I'm available. This was the friendliest cat ever. I'm tempted to buy them tickets somewhere, just so I can mind that wonderful cat for a few days.

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way to do a trial run. I house sat a few dogs over the years. Loved big working dogs the best but you need land for them and I've never had land. Smaller dogs are not for me. So I remain a cat person. I came from a cat family and that is enough love for me.

be irresponsible of me to bring any into my life. Right now I'm doing a lot of travelling. Someday, when I'm older, I'll probably settle down more, and then I'll be a crazy cat lady.

When I was a very young child, 3 or 4 years old, I'd drag home cats that I found in the neighborhood. My mother really, really did not like cats, and would let them "run away". We eventually had a couple of cats for several years, and later on, as an adult I've had them. Just not right now.

I'm at a point in my life, no longer working (I think they call it retired but it doesn't feel like that) and I'm doing a whole bunch of travelling. I got to a number (6 or 7) science fiction things each year, plus additional random trips to visit friends or family.

I have had cats in the past and I hope to have them again in the future, but right now it wouldn't make sense. However, I'm happy to cat-sit, and I happen to have a friend in my city who does have a cat, who travels several times a year, and is happy to let me take care of the cat. The best of all possible worlds.

I'm most fortunate in that I'm able to live exactly where I want to be. Most people wind up where they live because of school, job, family obligations and other things. I often seen posts here where someone says they really do not like where they live but have almost no options to live elsewhere.

for just about 17years and I hear you they need to run. I solved that by lots of walks and took her to the park at least once a week but mostly more. In the summer we'd even go after work. I miss my dog but I know one day when I have my own home I will be able to rescue 1 or 3.

...never knew what that was about -- He'd be perfectly calm and cat-like, than all of a sudden he'd start running around like crazy.