Friday Cat Blogging: Gunther Exposed.
September 22nd, 2006 by Kelley
I know what this looks like….but no, Gunther doesn’t have a drinking problem. He does, however, have an unexplainable addiction to boxes. And bags.
Not only does he love climbing into boxes and bags…but he goes especially crazy for the bags full of ‘kitty weed’ (a.k.a. cat nip). He knows we keep it in the fridge, which is one of the reasons he tries to climb inside of the fridge everytime I open it. Once he gets his claws on the baggie, he shreds it open and rubs his whole body in it like he is some kind of bird taking a dirt bath.
I never had cats growing up, so Gunther is a whole new experience for me. I honestly thought cats were hair balls with no personality that made you work for any ounce of affection. Gunther has proven that that is so not the case. I swear he thinks he is a human. In fact, this morning, as I was calling him for his breakfast, he ran in from one of the bedrooms and without hesitation climbed into and took a seat on one of the dinning room chairs. Normally he comes to his dish in the kitchen, but I guess today he was feeling a bit extra-human.
It must be genetic. The Bruce has the same condition. We had a couple of empty 12 pack coke boxes out last night, and the was rubbing on them, sticking his head in the same hole, and at moments, literally falling down on top of them as he rubbed over the boxes.