Texts From Mittens by Angie Bailey for February 04, 2024

This is why I have a locked jewelry armoire.

Angie, Angie, Angie … Explaining cat toys to a cat toy expert.

Mitty, while you’re banished, you can look for liver treats in the pantry.

Mama, just give him some old ones to play with. Or, buy a cheap pair for him. Its what I did with one of our cats back in the 1980s. She would NOT leave my silver chains alone. I finally bought her a cheap one and gave it to her. She dragged her "pretty’ all over the house.

Mitty makes my day!

The last time the cats upended my jewelry box, they made off with a watch. I haven’t seen it since.

Banishing a cat to the pantry is a mistake of huge proportions. We know this!

Mitty, how about a milk jug ring instead? My cats enjoy that

That’s “Moi is [or is it ‘am’?] the cat toy expert.”

I had to “banish” Colette with a hiss last night. She got into what I call “zombie-kneading” mode. She tried to “log roll” me by lying on me in bed, no matter how much I twisted and turned. Then she decided she MUST knead my pillow, where my head was resting. I put up with all this for ten minutes before hissing her out of the room. She slept quietly on a dishtowel on the kitchen counter. There were no hard feelings this morning.

#TheNeedToKnead

Mittens seeks to copy Bastet. The Gayer-Anderson cat has hoop earrings, and a tough and fancy nose ring. Don’t do it Mitty you don’t need any piercings in your shell-like ears, and tender nosey pose.

I only banish my girls to rotate my mattress in my bedroom. It’s a queen sized mattress and is a handful to turn. So I lock them out of the room for their safety and mine. Otherwise a certain house panther would be right underfoot. They usually don’t even notice. If they do however, it’s annoyance treat time afterwards. That’s a rule in the cat constitution. If they get annoyed by human actions, they get treats. Go to the vet? TREATS. Get locked out of a room? TREATS.

One of my kitties got my play coat onto the floor and was curled up sleeping in it. I needed it and had to disturb him. He was not happy.