Conrad In Memory Of My Dear Cat Conrad

Conrad was born on my farm. I adopted his Mother, Lizzie. His Father a long haired black Tom cat took up residence on my farm. Lizzie had four kittens. She had a long-haired black and white kitten that I named Peter, a short-haired kitten that died, a short-haired black kitten that I named Conrad, and a Russian blue-looking kitten that I called Nicole. Conrad is long and sleek. He looks like an early Egyptian cat. He loves to play with catnip toys for cats. He loves to wrestle with Garfunkel. He sleeps on a rocking chair in my bedroom at night. He loves to watch TV.

Lizzie died recently. Conrad seems to know that his Mother died. Conrad has been sitting on my lap quite a bit lately. Peter seems much more protective of his kittens after his Mother died. Nicole has been helping watch over Peter’s kittens more than usual. It seems they have some sixth sense in knowing that their Mother is gone. Conrad has been talking to me a lot lately with his vocal meows. Conrad watched Master Chef one evening. They were fixing foods that had crab meat as the main ingredient. I suppose he was hoping I would fix some fish for him. He does get tuna that has been canned in water now and then. Conrad has become very affectionate towards me lately.

Conrad cuddled up next to Garfunkel this morning. Garfunkel cleaned Conrad’s entire face and ears for him. Conrad played with an empty spool of thread for about 30 minutes. He would bat the spool around and then retrieve it from under the couch and repeat the entire process. Conrad then played with a gray toy mouse. He tossed the mouse up in the air several times. Later, he played with a toy dragon I got for my cats in Scotland. He then finished the day playing with a blue plastic toy bunny rabbit. This evening, Conrad sat in my lap and purred away contentedly. He watched a blue jay and several squirrels eating away at my bird food in my hanging bird feeders by the picture window.

Yesterday, Conrad sat on the ledge of my picture window, batting away at any bugs that happened to land on the outside of the window. He also played with his cricket catnip toy. He managed to get Kohl and Garfunkel to groom him. They both licked his face and back clean for him. He watched a rabbit eating the bird food that had landed on the ground. He meowed softly, then jumped on my lap for a while. He purred away contentedly as I patted him on his head. I also gave Conrad a neck massage. Conrad had a wrestling match with Kohl, and Kohl won. He had a fabulous, exciting, and fun-filled day.

Conrad discovered that Hallmark had made a toy rabbit that would move if you pulled its tail out. Conrad held the toy rabbit down with both feet and pulled the tail out of the rabbit with his teeth. The rabbit commenced to jiggle and wobble. I was shocked to see the rabbit move as I was unaware it did. I watched Conrad pull out its tail again. I was amazed that Conrad learned that the rabbit would move. Unfortunately, he has discovered how to remove the fringe from the end of my oriental rug. I suppose he thinks he is doing me a favor by removing what he believes are hair mats or matted fur. He has not worked on the rug for two days. I hope he never works on it again.

It was Garfunkel’s birthday on July 26, 2015. I had a tuna party for all of my house cats. Garfunkel, Kohl, and Conrad ate tuna canned in water, and I ate an open-face tuna sandwich. Conrad licked Garfunkel’s face clean after the cat’s birthday party.

This morning, Conrad played with a blue plastic rabbit that lights up and a foam practice yellow golf ball. He also plays with his daisy cat toy stuffed with catnip every day. If he wants to jump on my lap, he always meows first, as if to ask permission.

Conrad lived to be 11.5 years old. He always enjoyed playing with catnip toys, sitting on my lap, or lying in a heated car bed. He had been taking medicine for six months, but it stopped helping him. He lost muscle mass, and it was too hard for him to get around, so I had him put to sleep today, 3-4-2025. He was an excellent house cat and never did anything wrong. He was brilliant and very loving. He figured out how to play with any toy immediately. He would get all of the treats out of a treat dispenser ASAP. He could open up trays in memory cat treat dispensers immediately. He was a sleek and regal-looking cat. Conrad brought a lot of joy into my life. Conrad is now reunited with his cat family in heaven. I will dearly miss Conrad for the excellent and outstanding cat that he was.

 

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