I'm
in the bathroom dressing after a shower and the door suddenly opens
very slowly. From the light of the bathroom through the open door I
can see The Maj porning. He's lying on his back with legs akimbo
perfectly framed by the doorway while The Boy slumbers in our
darkened bedroom. I'm puzzled by the door's movement wondering if a
friendly poltergeist is trying to draw my attention to The Maj's
comedy pose. It's only after I lean forward to investigate that an
explanation presents itself.
As
a house cat, The Maj doesn't get the same amount of exercise an
outdoor cat might so we've attempted to create various distractions
around the flat to encourage activity. One of these attempts at
inspiring physical exertion is a piece of elasticated string that
dangles from the bathroom door at a height requiring The Maj to jump
in order to successfully attack. On this occasion (like so many
others), he has failed to disengage his paw and a trip wire of
elastic stretches between the bathroom door and where he lies.
Many
times, have I entered the bedroom to find The Maj looking startled as
he gives a Nazi salute unable to attach his claws from one of his
scratching posts. He is a constant source of entertainment and more
recently has taken to spring cleaning. On the terrace outside, he's
perpetually licking and eating cobwebs – behaviour perhaps
indicative of cats' curious nature. Like small children, animals
seem to want to sample the world through their mouths and are
attracted
to movements, instinctively wanting to touch.
Research
shows spiders often eat their own webs as they are made of protein so
I at least know The Maj's web fetish is harmless and actually acts as
a kind of healthy supplement for him. And while his hair may give
everything in our flat a ginger tint, I now know if I hold him up to
the ceiling, he's at least happy to get rid of some of those hard to
reach pesky corner cobwebs.
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