I’m in an abusive relationship (with my cat)

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Don’t be fooled by this sweet sleeping cat

My cat hates me.  I love my cat.  This latest episode concretes everything that I suspected, but wasn’t quite sure about.

This is part of the note that I wrote to the cat sitter when I was leaving town explaining Oscar’s typical behaviour.

Oscar loves boys. Oscar isn’t too sure about women. He definitely likes to follow around the house and he is very vocal. He makes a weird sound with his throat all the time to voice his displeasure with the world or to ask questions or to give you a command. He is very bossy. He will tell you if he wants you to wake up by sitting on you in bed and making his noise and walking about restlessly. He is a cute little guy who likes things on his own terms. He doesn’t like being picked up or pet. I mainly let him be and love him for who he is. He also likes to crawl into bed to sleep and will probably scratch on the blankets. This is his sign that he wants under the covers.

And then last night I had this correspondence with the cat sitter.

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Which basically leads me to the conclusion that Oscar hates me.  I seriously try my hardest to make him love me, but he doesn’t let me pet him and he never purrs when he is with me.  He uses me for food and makes me clean up after him, but I get no love.  Yet I try my hardest.  Mean mean kitty that Oscar.

A week in the life

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Oscar and Zoe had a very busy week.

They got a butterfly in a jar which was a huge addition to the household that kept them spellbound for about 10 minutes.

Oscar had his weekly bath and hated it just as much as ever.  Zoe somehow managed to get out of bathtime as usual. Since she is a sphynx with some hair she gets a lot less dirty than Oskie gets.

As you can see from the picture, Oskie also discovered a box and hid in it.

This week marked the one year anniversary that Oskie came to live with me. Time certainly flies in kitten land!

Immortal Oscar

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Got the best Christmas/Birthday pressie of all time.  Oscar embroidered!  How cool is that?  Thanks, Ryan and Kate for the awesome and thoughtful gift.  If you are interested in getting your pet immortalized in embroidery, then head over to Kate’s sister’s website – Embroidabitch (a girl after my own heart) and order one!