The Petting Hour

Both of our cats are very sensual animals. Per the Webster Dictionary, this means that they like physical sensations. That's definitely true for these two cats. Puff loves to lay on different surfaces. He likes a bit of a knobby nap on carpet and furniture. Guess it sort of scratches him as he rolls around. He loves to lay on tiles or marble or concrete. I think the coolness appeals to him. They both love clean white sheets. Ok, that part I think is just the clean and white they love because the sheets sure aren't clean and white after a few hours of fuzz.

I may or may not have mentioned that both Godiva and Puff are "tummy 'ho's". Godiva will roll over onto her back for just about anyone in order to get a good belly rub. Puff's favorite position is lying on his back while being held so you can rub his belly. Godiva does like to be brushed but she won't lie still for it. She must lean into the brush and move around. I think she is trying to control where the brush goes to get the "itch" just like you would tell someone where to go to get a back scratch. Puff doesn't like the brush quite as much but his fur is shorter so I think the brush drags too much on his skin.

If you have been reading my tales, you know the cats have been keeping me up the last several nights. I guess they are bored because there isn't much here for them to do and not really a lot of room to run around although they do manage it in the middle of the night. Last night I remembered that I can be semi-asleep and still keep the cats happy with petting them. Godiva usually wants attention first. She is also easier to manipulate so that it is easy for me to keep a hand on her and stroke her every once in awhile when I come out of the fog of sleep. Puff is a bit harder because he doesn't like my hand to just rest on him, it has to be moving in some semblance of a petting motion. So approximately between 3:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m., we have the Petting Hour. I am positioned on the bed to reach Godiva or Puff and spend that hour dozing while keeping the cats quiet and somewhat somnolent. It worked fairly well for all of us last night. I don't feel like I was awake most of the night and they didn't get off the bed and start running around the apartment until almost 5. Yea for the Petting Hour.

I am not sure how this is all going to work when my husband gets here next week. The cats aren't going to get a half side of the bed as their own. So to reach them for the Petting Hour, I might have to contort myself and I am not really very good at that. Hmmmm, maybe hubby will take over the Petting Hour chores. Let's hope.