Just a Bit

Brazil is feeling better. He’s been eating satisfactorily, and playing. This morning, he didn’t eat as much, but I could tell that this was fussiness, rather than ill-health.

He is like that now and then. I have learned that Shimmer can be a bit of a complainer. He will wander the apartment expressing displeasure at various things: his missing friends, the day’s menu, as yet unscooped litter-boxes…

I have read more than once that when the British soldier stopped complaining, something was wrong. While Brazil was feeling poorly, he was quiet. He refused all food and generally seemed out of energy. Today, he wandered about grousing, but with a light step; his tail was up the whole time. (And what a tail! Look at that thing: it’s like a monkey’s.)

We come to know our feline friends. It’s one of the benefits of fostering an adoptable cat: we learn their moods, their attitudes, their behaviours. Brazil is well again. He’s just a bit of a complainer.