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In which I love cats
I currently have two cats: Loki, the Eternal Kitten, and Monkey, the Mostly Dignified Cat. Since I got her, Monks has been ... not standoffish, exactly, but more in favor of being near her people rather than on. She will loafcat on the back of the couch and purr like a pneumatic drill, and she will headbutt people she likes, but she doesn't climb on. This is opposed to Loki, who has always been a shoulder cat (Or back cat, if you bend over).
This has changed.
Loki has been in cone since sometime in December, because his tail just won't heal; also notable, my roommates changed, and while old roommate would have Loki in with her all night, new roommate isn't as much of a cat person so that room is closed off. Loki in a cone is a very needy kitten, and he has started climbing on me -- both at night and during the day -- to demand scritches (especially neck and face, where he can't reach right now) and cuddles and such. This generally also involves flopping as awkwardly as he can manage between me and any device (tablet or phone) that I might try t use for entertainment while encatted.
Monkey, probably in an effort to reclaim her territory, thereafter started climbing on to me at night. Staking her claim, declaring me her human, and swatting Loki if he gets too close. Sometimes she does this before I'm asleep, and settles down purring (between me and the tablet of course), and after a while she will rest her head on my hand or tuck it down against the tablet so my thumb is against her throat, and I can feel her purr vibrating through my hand, and she will even sometimes go to sleep, and I can feel the tiny sleep-twitches and tremors that run through her, and it's heart-achingly sweet. Sometimes I just wake up, or half wake up, with a warm furry purring blob on my stomach or chest, and it's sometimes Loki but more often Monkey.
Once they were both on me in a sort of truce, one on my left arm and one on my right shoulder, but I was only half awake and didn't really grok that it was two (instead of just one very long cat I guess, idk) until one got up to leave.
It's one of the best things.
I really really hope that Monkey's nocturnal snuggles don't stop even once Loki's cone is off...
This has changed.
Loki has been in cone since sometime in December, because his tail just won't heal; also notable, my roommates changed, and while old roommate would have Loki in with her all night, new roommate isn't as much of a cat person so that room is closed off. Loki in a cone is a very needy kitten, and he has started climbing on me -- both at night and during the day -- to demand scritches (especially neck and face, where he can't reach right now) and cuddles and such. This generally also involves flopping as awkwardly as he can manage between me and any device (tablet or phone) that I might try t use for entertainment while encatted.
Monkey, probably in an effort to reclaim her territory, thereafter started climbing on to me at night. Staking her claim, declaring me her human, and swatting Loki if he gets too close. Sometimes she does this before I'm asleep, and settles down purring (between me and the tablet of course), and after a while she will rest her head on my hand or tuck it down against the tablet so my thumb is against her throat, and I can feel her purr vibrating through my hand, and she will even sometimes go to sleep, and I can feel the tiny sleep-twitches and tremors that run through her, and it's heart-achingly sweet. Sometimes I just wake up, or half wake up, with a warm furry purring blob on my stomach or chest, and it's sometimes Loki but more often Monkey.
Once they were both on me in a sort of truce, one on my left arm and one on my right shoulder, but I was only half awake and didn't really grok that it was two (instead of just one very long cat I guess, idk) until one got up to leave.
It's one of the best things.
I really really hope that Monkey's nocturnal snuggles don't stop even once Loki's cone is off...
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