[Magdalen] Moving

[Marion Thompson]

I'm hoping that Tipper and Archie will weather that storm all right.  At 
least they are 100% inside cats.  By the end of the house emptying and 
painting/plastering operation, they had become quite blase about 
upheaval and constant Stranger traffic and were almost sociable with 
Other People; they now have reverted and rush into the bedroom to hide 
under my bed.  Pity.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 6/17/2015 11:21 AM, H Angus wrote:
> Well, the paws thing might work too and would be rather less messy.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:54:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Moving
>
> I only heard of buttering its paws.
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 10:47 AM, H Angus <hangus at ctcn.net> wrote:
>
>> I have read of -- but never tried --  an old custom of buttering your cat.
>> Literally. When you get the cat to a new home, you put butter all over it.
>> The cat is of course quite disgusted by the mess in its fur, and sets out
>> to clean itself. By the time the cat has licked all the butter off, its
>> initial impulse to start back for its old home has waned, and it will stay
>> around the new place.
>>
>> Heather
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 4:52:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Moving
>>
>> That will help them check nothing is hiding under things and will help get
>> their scent on the place. Keeping low to the ground is also a sign of
>> submission if they did encounter a potential aggressor.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>>
>>       On Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 21:46, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>   Mine always do the first patrol of the property in snake-belly fashion.  I
>> don't know what that posture signifies.
>> Susan
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:48 PM, Molly Wolfmama <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I have an appointment with two guys and a truck for next Saturday
>>> afternoon.  Please keep my furpeople Oliver and Josephine in your prayers
>>> as they enter into our new abode. They are going to be two pussed-off
>>> pissycats.
>>>
>>> Molly
>>>
>>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
>>> other way. -- Mark Twain
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Before enlightenment pay bills, do laundry.  After enlightenment pay bills,
>> do laundry.
>>
>>
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