Cat Antics

Conrad My 8 to 5 Cat

I was supposed to have Conrad at my vet by 8:30 AM. I tried to catch Conrad at 7:30 AM, and he was nowhere to be found. I also saw Kohl at 7:45 AM as he needed a distemper shot. I went to my other house and caught Bella and Cali immediately.

I started looking for Conrad again. I went upstairs to the basement and could not find Conrad anywhere. I looked back at the furniture under furniture and on top of the table, and still, no Conrad to be seen.

I took the three cats I could catch to my vet for their shots. I told him I could not find Conrad. I tried to locate Conrad when I got home, but he was still nowhere to be seen. Kohl sat on my lap after we got home from the vet. I read a history book for a while and then looked for Conrad again. It was 1:30 PM by now. I picked up a few items in town. I visited some people in the Rest Home.

I went outside and got some of my yard equipment ready to go. I cleaned out my cat litter boxes for the second time. I tilled my garden, and I planted some seed potatoes. I returned to the house and looked for Conrad again, and could not find him anywhere; it was 4 PM by now.

At precisely 5 PM, Conrad appeared out of the blue and looked at me like what are you going to do now, lady? The vet’s office is closed for the day. I swear Conrad can tell time somehow, and he is genuinely my 8 to 5 cat.

We will go to the vet next week, and Conrad will be surprised. I will catch him at 6 AM. I will store the cage in the room where I will see him three days before our vet appointment. I hope you and your cat are on time for your next vet appointment.

I caught Conrad this morning after he complained to me and hid under my bed for a while. He hid on the back of a card table, and I could grab him by the nap of his neck and put him in my cat carrier. I called my vet, and we got right in. Conrad got his distemper shot and his worm medicine. Conrad decided his visit to the vet was not that bad after all. Conrad rode in the front of my vehicle, where he could keep an eye on me while I drove. Conrad said the visit to the vet was worth all of his trouble in the long run as it would hopefully keep him in excellent health.

I had my Cuckoo Clock repaired, and it did not work on the wall where it used to work. My clock repair man told me to move it to another wall.

I moved the Cuckoo Clock to another wall, and it would work for 11 or 26 hours and then stop. There was no rhyme or reason for my clock’s erratic behavior. I checked to make sure the watch was level, which it was. One day my clock stopped after two hours; I was highly frustrated with my Cuckoo Clock.

Conrad, my youngest house cat, loves watching birds eat out of my bird feeders. He loves to play with cat toy birds that sing or make a noise.

Conrad could not reach my Cuckoo Clock, which used to hang on the wall. The new location for my Cuckoo Clock was next to the bookcase in my dining room. I was reading a book one day in my living room when I saw Conrad jump on top of the bookcase and stop the pendulum of the Cuckoo Clock with his paw so the pendulum would not hit him in the head as he tried to remove the singing bird from my Cuckoo Clock. I told Conrad to stop and jump down from the bookcase, which he did.

Conrad is very clever. He waits until I am outdoors before he stops the clock. Conrad has finally lost his fascination with the wooden bird in the Cuckoo Clock, and the bird can come out directly to announce the hour and the half-hour without worrying about Conrad dismantling him.

I told my clock repair man to ask people if they have a cat before he repairs their Cuckoo Clock. He got a chuckle when I said to him that Conrad was the cat burglar; my Cuckoo Clock is glad it can still announce the hour and the half-hour without Conrad’s help.