carpet-o-phobia

[ceagle]

Me bruddah has a cat who used to be a lovey-bouncy kitten.. but over the last few years has been quite the recluse, hiding nearly all the time and just coming out for food... then hustling back into the shadows.

Recently, he pulled out all the carpet and they stained their concrete into a stylish, clear-sealed flat floor... easy to clean, and no more carpet.
Now this cat has suddenly (after like over 5 years of being a hermit) become extremely sociable and loving again... *boggle*

Did Sigmund Freud ever encounter such a cat case? :D

Comments

[canid-anubis.livejournal.com]

Maybe he's had a stroke :)
Maybe the carpet was staticy enough that he was zapped all the time (Oh, if I could only make such a carpet ;) )
-Canis

[loveyouenola.livejournal.com]

Wow! Maybe the cat was getting claws caught in the carpet? Or something to do with the colour? Who knows...

Or maybe aliens stole the cat, replacing it with a replicant while they did experiments on the real kitty.. But real kitty escaped, and the aliens accidentally retrieved the replicant instead of re-capturing the test subject!

That must be it.

[shellypants.livejournal.com]

Oh how bizarre!

I want to do that to a place someday--I LOVE the look of sealed concrete floors.

[xianjaguar.livejournal.com]

Here's my theory:
Cats and "change" don't normally get along well.
Often change will freak a cat out into being something entirely different.

For example: My ex's family had a demon-cat named Toter.
Toter was the meanest cat you'd ever seen, hiding under the furniture all day long, and hissing and swiping at people with her claws if they dared come even a tiny bit close. This even applied to my ex's parents, who hand-raised Toter from a kitten (she was a Feral kitten when they found her).

Well, my ex's parents moved one day to another house...and guess who became loving, needy and wanted to sit in everyone's laps? Yep. Toter. My ex said it was one of the few times anyone was ever able to pet Toter, who had taken to following at everyone's heels and demanding to be petted and loved on. All because of change in her life.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

a stroke.... of amicability and affection, yep! :>

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you could work in our government at Area 51 ;D

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

It looks really good, yesh!... kinda like an auburn-rust-mauve mix... with a nice shiny clear seal.. bark!bark! :>

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Wow.. reassuring to hear similar stories... I guess it's a change for the better in both cases! *hugs*

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

Possibly an alergic reaction? A change of environment can have a lot of impact on any living thing really :)