Friday 17 November 2017

Talkative Cats


I have Korat and Thai cats ruling my life. These natural felines from Thailand are noted for being talkers. Some quiet, some scream, some sing the songs of their ancestors. And then there are some who are really skilled at dialogue. My Thai Bluepoint boy, Sam is one such.

Sam doesn't talk a lot but when he does, it's clearly in distinct sentences. Even my home hair dresser commented on it. I just knew he was asking about what she was doing to me. I explained human hair grows a lot longer than Korats' does so we have it cut to stop it getting a tangled mess and to make it easier to look after. He gave me his acknowledgement short meow and took himself off, curiosity satisfied.

Normally Sam has a wee chat then shuts up. After his stay at the vet's last year, he didn't stop talking for three days after he got back the second time, I got chapter, verse, and Cliff notes! The vet did say as we were leaving "He's quite talkative. I suppose it's the breed?". I'd answered, "They do talk a little". In hindsight, the vet must've thought I was a lunatic if Sam had been chatting like he did those three days! He was certainly a hit; he stank of numerous perfumes and aftershaves.

He finally shut up when I picked up the crate to put it away. He ran round in circles talking at ninety miles an hour. I stood there, crate in one hand, the other on my hip. When he finally took a breath, I said "I know you're really, properly well now and don't need to go back to the vet a third time. I was just going to put it away.". He plonked his butt down and replied "Oh!".