Our two Silver Persian cats, Myster E. and Whyspurr are 16-years-old. You would think by now that the siblings couldn't outsmart each other.
There is a set of windowed French doors leading from the cat room into the main part of our home. The cats’ water and food are in there
along with their litter box, a tall scratching post to observe birds at the outside feeder, and enough cat toys to open a pet store.
For the last year, Whyspurr has been playing a prank on Myster E. and he has yet to cat-ch onto it! When he goes to use the litter box, she paws-itions herself behind the French doors, crouched down peeking through the glass at him -- waiting.
After he uses the kitty washroom, he walks back into the house. Whyspurr,
who’s waited patiently the entire time, springs out at him. Her action leads them to spin around the house chasing each other like kittens.
Do cats get alzheimers? Myster E. is either walking into his sister's trap knowingly to join a game of chase, or he is honestly forgetting to look?
Every day, we stand and watch Myster E. as he jumps out of the litter box. We think "Today is the day he is going to look for her! Nope!"
Then, as he causally strolls back into the house, he is once again not aware of her, and he definitely never thinks to look through the glass panes for his trickster sister.
Meanwhile, she wiggles her furry little rear end in anticipation of her approaching "prey" then jumps out at her brother. Every time, he acts stunned as she rushes him. He jumps in the air, totally surprised, and the chase is on.
One thing is for sure, they still feel
young enough to “hunt” and exercise together and we are grateful for every day with our beautiful fur babies....errr furry seniors.
We are learning several things by observing cats; every family has a comedian, even if it is the cat! Plus, unlike Myster E., we keep our eyes open for the obvious!