Yesterday Addie went down and played with Boots. She wanted to brush him so I gave her the brush. She’d bring it up to me to clean out when it was full of hair. She said he was being so nice, purring and letting her hold him.
When Chad and Nicole got here, Chad went down to see him. Addie was still down there. Chad told me that Addie said “Bootsie is being so sweet! He’s the best cat ever!” Chad held him and all of a sudden, his eyes got huge. Addie said “Dad! His eyes are big. He’s not being a nice cat. Let’s get out of here!”
Today I was down in the sewing room for a couple of hours. If I sat down, he sat with me. If I was up working, he was right under my nose. I tought . . he’s being so sweet, I’ll let him come upstairs. He wasn’t up 5 minutes and his tail was swishing angrily and his pupils were huge. He kept sniffing around the front door. Who knows what’s been out there. I haven’t seen any evidence of an animal but I probably wouldn’t.
I picked him up and he was not relaxed. I took him back downstairs and sat with him. He was back to being a sweet kitty. He definitely isn’t comfortable upstairs. We’ll see what happens when Vince gets here. Also, Vince will spend a lot of time downstairs so I’ll be anxious to see if Boots hangs out with him in the downstairs family room, or if he comes upstairs.
Dottie Newkirk says
Poor Boots – can’t imagine what would set him off – if it’s an animal that is coming around, he must be super sensitive to sensing it’s presence.
danielle says
I dont know anything abut cats, so my opinions are worthless. But now i am wondering if he has gotten so use to only you, or you and Addie, being there that he is responding to males? Chad being male, and who knows who else – delivery men etc. And maybe he is being protective against males all of a sudden because of the changes in the family dynamics?
danielle says
To add to my thoughts, remember in Texas the mail and the delivery did not come right up to the house….
Judy Laquidara says
It normally gets put in the mail box at the end of the driveway here. Packages get delivered to the door. In Texas, they were delivered to do the door too but to the house door . . not the sewing room door.
Judy Laquidara says
Who knows. Probably 80% of the delivery people are women. Chad doesn’t see him but usually once every two weeks and when Boots first got weird was beore my Covid vaccines and I wasn’t seeing anyone else.
It’s definitely something ut who knows what.
Carolyn says
Smudge the house! get rid of the ghosts…. I don’t know either