Lumos is Finally a Real Cat!
Woman in the Middle | September 21, 2016September 11, 2016, over a year after he came into our lives, is the day that Lumos took the last step to becoming a real cat!
With three cats and one dog, everyone gets fed in a different spot – Honey the dog in the kitchen, Elderly Blackie the cat on a little table in the den, and the two young whippersnappers on the counter in the master bathroom. Unfortunately, all this time Lumos has not felt like he could jump up on the bathroom counter. We always had to lift him up to eat his food. This was annoying for him and us. We knew he could do it if he tried, but he just didn’t have the confidence.
The morning of September 11th I was cleaning the counter and everything was moved, leaving a big landing area. Before I put all the normal counter stuff back, Lumos jumped up on the counter!. But, after i returned everything to the counter, he stopped again.
But, the next morning, I was in the bathroom and he reminded me that he needed some dry food. I reached under the sink to grab the food and, lo and behold, Lumos jumped right up again, ready for his food the second I put it in the bowl.
It made me feel like the mother of a toddler. I was proud my baby made such a momentous step, but a little sad, too. I will miss the cute way Lumos would jump up and run to the entrance to the hall, look back and make some chit- chatty noises, to let me know he would really like me to go that way. Then, as I approached, he would run a little father down the hall, stop, turn, and chat a little more. He would keep doing this until he was certain I was putting out the food, Then he would sit on the floor, looking up, until I put him up on the counter to eat.
I am glad Mr. Hefty can now get on the counter himself, but I will miss our chit chats.
Sure, I can jump up on the counter now. But did she really just call me Mr. Hefty?
I too feed everyone at different spots. Hazel’s food is rationed because of her propensity to eat everyone’s food so the others are fed at heights that she can’t jump. Poor Mollie, a little thing at 7 lbs and 13 years old, had to jump up to a 36″ counter. Sometimes she made it and sometimes she didn’t. We put a short step in front but it wasn’t enough. Last week we made it higher and she seems to be doing ok. Haven’t seen Hazel manage it yet. Hazel’s limit hovers around 20″. Lumos has turned into a gorgeous cat. His feral mom would be proud.
He is adorable, isn’t he? A classic orange tabby cat. But I may be a little biased! Some pets really grab your heart and Lumos and his brother Nox have grabbed mine, darn them!
Thankfully when I had two dogs I was able to feed them at the same time in the same place without any problem
Yay, Lumos can jump up onto the counter now!