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December 20, 2004
still surprising me after all these years
this morning i woke up to little white paw prints all over the house. moses kept flicking one of his hind legs uncomfortably. i picked him up and he let me hold him belly-up-- i always feel uncertain about doing that, for fear he might claw me in the face. but he didn't seem to mind. the problematic hind paw was caked with damp clay from the litter box-- yuck.
i got some paper towels and some warm water and decided to give it a shot. he let me hold him belly-up again. i figured he wouldn't tolerate his hind paw being touched, much less cleaned with a damp paper towel-- but much to my surprise, he was totally cool about it. he let me really clean it up for him and even started purring. i've never had such a good look at a cat's hind paw before-- it's pretty interesting.
he's usually completely intolerant of having his hind claws clipped or of any combing or brushing-- however gentle-- around his hindquarters-- so it was a total surprise that he was such a sweetheart about this. i guess it was so uncomfortable that the warm water felt good.
after he was very sweet and wanted to cuddle on the sofa while i updated the ipod.
Posted by lisa at December 20, 2004 10:36 AM | TrackBack
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