Hah! I am such a nerd! BUT last night, it hit me what the cats' chore can be!! Killing and eating every spider in our house! All bugs for that matter! Last night, I asked
Marzi what he was doing (yes, I talk to my cats, wanna make something of it?) and Eric replied on
Marzell's behalf, 'just eating a bug...' and I was like, YES! that's it! That is their job! I think I will intentionally give them a treat each time I see them take care of any unwanted critters to encourage future behavior! (not that they need encouragement...since they are inside-only cats, one of them spotting a spider is like a lion with her prey...it's pretty entertaining actually)
So, it's official - all "members" of our household are part of the family chore list now! Oh how wild and crazy my daily life is... ;)
PS - Isn't it facinating to watch nature in action? Yes, even a cat's pounce on a spider is fun to me....not if it were a bird or a rabbit, though, then my emotions would be too torn...nature is so complicated.
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love ya!
rebekah
maybe you should get like 20 cats to do all the chores.. haha, NO. because then? you would seriously be a crazy cat lady.
i miss you my sister!!!!
Ummm...okay....the thing is that your cuddly, adorable, adult sized "kitties" outweigh the snooper puppy. If you give them an additional 'treat' whenever they do the spider-chore they wouldn't know it's a treat connected to the act of hunting & devouring a spider...cuz getting treats from their softie elterin is business as usual for them.
Giacomo Adamo
Bek - that website is indeed hilarious! hah
Chris - YES! I like your idea WAY MUCHO! That would be awesome to have my cats do all the chores! I would be like Cinderella!
"Giacomo" ;) - unless snoopster is weighing less than 12 lbs these days...my cats have him beat on the skinny scale...
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