Sunday, August 3, 2014

Saturday, August 2, 2014: I’m AWOL and learn the consequences

The day begins rather late and I have to rush around in order to get to rehearsal at 10 o’clock. Tommy is figuring out my routine and knows that I’m leaving, so she keeps running out of the bedroom.
After rehearsal I pick up litter, hairball remedy “gel” and a couple toys. When I return I find out that Tommy doesn’t like the hairball stuff even though people I talked to said she’d love it. I called my sister for a solution. Sure enough, one of her cats has the same problem. She tells me to put it on one of Tommy’s front paws. It works, Tommy licks it off, but I can see that she’s not happy with me.
I present toy #1, a ball on a spring on a platform. She investigates, but doesn’t seem to care. I’ll keep it out and hope that she becomes curious later. Toy #2 is a long piece of fabric on a wand. She loves this one and we spend lots of time playing with it.  This looks like it has the possibility of becoming Tommy’s toy of choice (for now).
I have to leave to attend a law school graduation/bar exam party, so it’s back to the master suite for Tommy. When I return a couple hours later, I give tommy her treat. I later find that she has spit it out on the bedroom floor. I’m not sure if she had a problem with the treat or with me.
I get the cold shoulder for the rest of the night. Tommy stays on her dining room chair and refuses all my offers of petting, play etc. When we head for bed and she heads under the bed.  Hopefully she’ll come out later in the evening when she feels better.

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