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Missing my cat?

I read an article recently that said having a pet was more stress relieving than being alone or with a (human) partner. So I sent it to my single friend who has a cat. This is her reply, which I'm sure was intended to make me miss my cat less.

Well, I think they can be stress inducers as well as relievers.

How about:

Having to catch frogs as they jump round the living room (in the small hours)

Trying to catch mice as they run round the living room (in the small hours)

Having to scrape up little corpses from the carpet

Avoiding stepping on said dead bodies in the first place

Being woken up in the small hours so that you can be formally presented with a corpse

Waking up in the small hours on the edge of the bed - because the cat's got the rest

Hearing violent cat fights in the park and knowing one of them is yours

Watching the cat sit down in the middle of the road to have a wash - oblivious to the traffic

Digging the garden to see the cat digging it up behind you

Finding the cat (and his friends/enemies) sitting on your prize plants

Being ambushed as you walk downstairs

Being ambushed as you walk across a room

Trying to stop furniture scratching attacks

Trying to avoid teeth and claws when games get out of hand

Trying to persuade him that the visit to the vet is a necessary thing

Trying to get him into the cat basket without being scratched to shreds

Trying to get him out the basket at the vets

Paying the vet's outrageous bills

Trying to get him to swallow the outrageously expensive pills the vet prescribes

Worrying that he'll miss you when you're away ....

.... knowing he doesn't really as long as he's fed!

But I wouldn't swap him for the world.

2 October 2002 Wednesday

her cat and my cat

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