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Thursday night I got out his kennel so that he could get used to the sight of it before this morning's vet appointment. He even shocked me by going inside it several times and just chillin'. :smoke:
This morning I shower, get dressed, and turn on the damn Teevee. Instead of following me around as he usually does, Kiko is on my bed, looking a bit apprehensive. I throw one of his favorite toys out into the dining room. He chases it, then runs back into the bedroom, and gets under the bed.
I had made NO MOVES to get him inside the cage. Yet... yet... he was cowering on the bed, and then under it, as if all I had done all morning is chase him with the cage.
He acted very strange, and very fearful, like he KNEW he had to go in and get his booster shots.
So after luring him out with a toy again (tricky Daddy!), I closed the bedroom and bathroom doors, and his worst suspicions were confirmed. I managed to grab him from under the dining table and get him inside his portable jail cell.
But damn, how the hell did he know...? My morning routine was just like any other. How the hell could he have known, after 2 days of the kennel being out, and me making NO MOVES until the last minute, that THIS was the morning it was to be done?
I am sure this is not unique to cats, or dogs, but fascinating just the same. I ascribe it (my comical subject title to the contrary) to their overt sensitivity to body language and tone that I am not even consciously aware of acting out.
He has always been one helluva smart cat though. Cute devil!
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