"I was afraid to talk when I came to live with you, Lynn. It wasn't
until we started playing chase the ball and frog-ona-stick did I
realize this was home furever home."
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When Precious came home from the orphanage she never made
a sound. No wailing, no meowing, no caterwauling.
She was silent throughout multiple vet visits to clear up
her dirty ears and her cloudy eye. She never tried to claw or
bite or speak.
We all got used to each other fairly quickly. And once
Precious found she had toys (who wants them now!) and
tents to play hide-n-seek, she seemed to be getting along
just fine.
Except she was silent.
It was probably a year or more, until I finally
realized, if I put my ear on her chest, I could hear purring
going on in there. I was so pleased and surprised!
She had plenty of voice when she had to have
her first annual check-up. But otherwise, nothing.
But now, at 5:15 AM she greets me with loud demanding
meows (if she's awake) to get the lead out and feed her.
And when she uses the litter box, sometimes she sings
so I don't forget to clean up immediately.
"Don't fur-git to tell how much I purr. I always
go all out with the purrs during the morning belly rub,
the 5 PM hair brushing and before I fall fast
asleep on Lynn's legs at 5:30 PM."
I am grateful she sounds like a cat, not silent like a mime.
Precious celebrated her 12th Gotcha Day on January 8.
Thank you for stopping by for a visit and a comment.
It is much appreciated.
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5 comments:
I am glad you found your voice, Precious. Belated happy 12th Gotcha Day!
Ah! Bless!x A very 'Happy Burfday' on the
8th Precious...
And a lovely little story of you growing up...! :).
You and Mum, have certainly hit it off, from the
word..GO..!
And you like your belly rubbed, now, not many
pussy~cats like that..l used to have a pussy~cat
live near, if you went anywhere near his tummy,
he'd tear yer hand off....Bless!x
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Precious, it just took you awhile to realize you have to speak up around humans, they're not great at reading kitty body language signals. š
Belated happy Gotcha Day! š»š
I'm glad you found your voice, Precious, and the confidence to use it.
We've always found that our animals become more vocal with age, especially the cats, to the extent that they're almost using human language by the time they're quite grown up.
That's such a happy sound for Lynn to hear and I'm so glad you are happy being safe in your home sweet Precious!
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