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MissMillie

(38,568 posts) Mon Aug 6, 2018, 04:23 AM Aug 2018

I forgot what it was like to have a kitten in the house.

Oh sure, it's fun to watch him chase his own tail for 20 minutes, and to have him purring in his sleep when he sits on my lap. I get amazed when he's frantically playing w/ his toy mouse and 10 seconds later he's fast asleep.

But I forgot that I have to make sure he's not under my chair when I take it out of recline-mode. I forgot that I have to watch where I step when I'm walking around the kitchen. I forgot that kittens attack your feet and hands when you're in bed trying to sleep.

I imagine that by the time I get used to it again, he won't be a kitten anymore.

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I forgot what it was like to have a kitten in the house. (Original Post) MissMillie Aug 2018 OP

I miss all those things! colorado_ufo Aug 2018 #1

After my 23-year-old cat passed away, I forgot that cats can jump! More_Cowbell Aug 2018 #2

Do you still have curtains? zanana1 Aug 2018 #3

I have not used my recliner since 1991 nuxvomica Aug 2018 #4

A kitten adopted us AwakeAtLast Aug 2018 #5

Kittens have two power settings: Off and High. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #6

colorado_ufo

(5,737 posts)

1. I miss all those things!

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 05:09 AM

Aug 2018

But circumstances aren't good to have another one right now. Maybe someday! And a puppy too!

More_Cowbell

(2,191 posts)

2. After my 23-year-old cat passed away, I forgot that cats can jump!

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 05:14 AM

Aug 2018

A few years later, I got another cat and had gotten completely out of the habit of moving things up higher so he'd stay out of them. Extremely senior kitty had spent most of his time sleeping on his heating pad!

zanana1

(6,123 posts)

3. Do you still have curtains?

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 05:51 AM

Aug 2018

When he was a kitten, my cat was a world-class curtain climber.

nuxvomica

(12,434 posts)

4. I have not used my recliner since 1991

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 07:14 AM

Aug 2018

It has a box stuck under it. This is how long I've had cats.

AwakeAtLast

(14,132 posts)

5. A kitten adopted us

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:17 AM

Aug 2018

Its mama was unable to feed it (I think the extremely high temperatures contributed to that) and it came crying to us one day when we were walking into the house. We have been supplementing and feeding it kitten food for about a month.

It is now running in circles at breakneck speed as I type. Very active kitten.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,783 posts)

6. Kittens have two power settings: Off and High.

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:53 AM

Aug 2018

Either they are sound asleep or bouncing off the walls. I love them but they can get into things you would never expect.

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