Sable hasn’t come back onto the bed at night. For the most part, she likes to lie on the window sill in the dark, and catch the scents that the air brings her. Perhaps it makes her melancholy for the old days of her freedom. Perhaps she smells something dangerous, and is glad she can relax inside. I don’t know.
I do know that she is responding to me more. She likes to pick at the window from time to time. I am unsure if it is the screen - since I never find any damage when I inspect it - or the frame, but I don’t want to take the chance. Therefore, when I hear her do that, I speak her name warningly. She stops. When she keeps doing it, I have to speak more sternly. Then, she stops and lies down. I can almost hear her sigh, her fun ended by her captor.
Being a housecat can be enjoyable - but it takes some getting used to.
Possibly you can creep up to near her and see what it is she is doing. It may not be too bad.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that Sable is starting to enjoy being a house cat - slowly but surely.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to transition to inside. No matter how nice, and how much better, there's no freedom to go wandering and exploring if you want to and cats who've done so all their lives will usually miss it.
ReplyDeleteIt is good she responds to your telling her to stop. Some housecats would continue just for the hell of it. Slowly but surely she is getting to know her new life.
ReplyDeleteHopefully she's not really trying to find a way to escape. Maybe she is finding something that she wants to play with or check out.
ReplyDeleteAnd she is definitely getting used to inside living. Maybe the warm air of Summer is the lure for wanting outside. And as soon as the snow flies in a few months she'll be glad she's inside where it's warm.
ReplyDeleteI'll echo messymimi. She'll probably always long for freedom, at least in the good weather! But hopefully by now she understands the benefits of having a human servant.
ReplyDeleteYes!
ReplyDeleteSometimes, I think that we captured Henry from his wild life, then locked him up with water bowls, toys, and good food.
WE know he's safer here, but he's still not 100% convinced.
Sable sounds like a remarkably intelligent girl. I'm guessing that she's not feeling too nostalgic for the great outdoors.
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