The charm offensive continues

A month after the spay, Madam Harley has recovered her bounce and pounce, and seems to have picked up some extra along the way.

Robert (by his own account) is sometimes hard pressed to keep up with demands for attention, string play and good conversation required through the day. Harley feels free to interrupt keyboarding for to discuss the view from the lounge window; she will now hop from futon to lap, if said lap is being carelessly squandered on an ordinary chair.

The lap thing is new; to date she's had her butt firmly planted on the futon itself, but increasingly she seeks out lap time. Maybe it's a chilly-weather thing - when she arrived in late August there wasn't as much call for laps.

She's still not a pick-me-up cat - she goes rigid with front paws straight out to brace herself away from you. I'm hoping regular short pickups will help soften her view.

Some cats have the 'evening crazies' where they roar around the house for no apparent reason after dark. Madam sees no great benefit in sticking to such a restrictive schedule. Post-breakfast, mid-morning, lunchtime, late afternoon and evening crazies are all equally good, as needs require. A concentrated bout of hot string action can redirect the crazies, but not much can stop them.

Robert brought down the old scratching post from the attic, and it's proving a great hit, even in its somewhat run-down state. So apparently some cat toys are acceptable, even if there's no cardboard box to compare them to.

With a home base assured, she's now set on seducing all the visitors of the house.

So far, maredudd1066 purplemermaid edith_hedingham and noirzette's cousin have all succumbed - and those are just the folk on LJ.

While she's happy to accommodate guests in the lounge (we tested it out on Maredudd recently when he stayed the weekend) unfortunately visiting humans have so far proved disappointing in the kibble-dishing dept. The usual instructions don't have the desired effect. Evidently not all humans are equallly clever.