Kitty Treats & Ultimate Joy

Each blog post is merely a snapshot in time. Only yesterday I remarked on the general lack of verbal communication from Santino, and I should have mentioned that ALL my cats are extremely adept at expressing themselves, just not necessarily always vocally.

Also, after I had written yesterday's post, I remembered that we had Pit'r Pats in stock again. Don't get me wrong....we never run out of treats!.....but, Pit'r Pats take some planning. I have now discovered one store...just one...
that sells them for under $3, and, knowing that, I can't bring myself to pay much more. Santino and I are lucky in that only HE finds them so extraordinarily special. They are tiny, expensive nuggets of addiction. But, what mother could deny her child such joy?

So, I took out the little Pit'r Pats, and Santino knew immediately that he was about to score big. As he ate the first one I was rewarded big time! He said....VERY CLEARLY...."Oh, wow, wow, wow...." I had previously only heard that long ago when I gave him chicken, and then once again
when he had not had any chicken after I stopped eating it for a while. Obviously, the words are reserved for ultimate joy. :-) I wonder if he'll ever figure out that he could get treats any time he wanted them if only he uttered those words................I'm so trainable.

Do Cats Talk?

The first two evenings when I gave Santino wet food, he very clearly said "Oh wow wow wow wow", repeating it two additional times so there was no mistaking it. This was said while digging into his food. I have a new cell phone with which I can take a video complete with sound....only those first two evenings I was too groggy to document my talking baby. I figured I had plenty of time. Can one spoil a cat in just two days? Does it only take two days before a dish of smelly kitty food to oneself is no longer worth a "oh wow, wow wow wow"? It happened here. He doesn't even comment if I share my chicken.

Let me tell you, I believe those funny videos now. I thought they had been 'doctored'. As to the question about whether cats talk.....of course, they do, but mimicking human speech, not often..I missed a unique opportunity to record it.

I've always been better at knowing what cats mean than I am with understanding people. Words confuse me. My daughters tell me I take things too literally. I am better when I can observe body language. If I tune out words, and only pay attention to body language, I am much smarter. I guess that's why I find cats easier to understand than I do people. :-) We have an easy relationship because I also don't expect cats to understand me or to care if they do. Now, why can't I do that with people?