Herd your cats here

[evil_physics_witchcraft]

That sounds like so much fun! How did it go?

Elektra gave a perfect demonstration of scaredy-cat and the boys were great intrepid explorers until Thor curled up in the lap of my most difficult student and went to sleep.

so, win-win!

Sounds like that was a fun day! How cute!

[FishProf]

Last year all four cats just hid in a cabinet (which I blocked off this year) or under a chest freezer (no longer in lab).

Major improvement this time around.

[the_geneticist]

Thor, Loki, and Elektra are coming to school today for some animal behavior obsrvations.

Fingers, toes, and toe-beans crossed

Awww!  I wish I had an academic reason to bring my cats (and that the cats wouldn't just be freaked out of their minds the entire time).

[statsgeek]

Yin (of my Yin/Yang teenage boys) has now started going for the knobs to try to open cabinets.  Breaking out the child kitten-proofing latches again. 

[OneMoreYear]

Ricochet the squirrely tortie has decided to partially domesticate herself. She has now decided that sitting on the couch next to a human is a good thing. When I work from home on my laptop on the couch, she hangs out much of the day next to me allowing petting/scritches. She'll even do this when there is a 2nd human in the room (my SO). Previously, it appeared she was afraid of being outnumbered, as she'd only hang out in high spaces or across the room if we were both in the living room. It took 7 years, but this is considerable progress.  She had been cuddling in short bursts, but even that was inconsistent.

One of my childhood cats did not hang out near people until the last couple years of her life. Sometimes you play the long game.

[Puget]

Ricochet the squirrely tortie has decided to partially domesticate herself. She has now decided that sitting on the couch next to a human is a good thing. When I work from home on my laptop on the couch, she hangs out much of the day next to me allowing petting/scritches. She'll even do this when there is a 2nd human in the room (my SO). Previously, it appeared she was afraid of being outnumbered, as she'd only hang out in high spaces or across the room if we were both in the living room. It took 7 years, but this is considerable progress.  She had been cuddling in short bursts, but even that was inconsistent.

One of my childhood cats did not hang out near people until the last couple years of her life. Sometimes you play the long game.

How cute-- Cats work in mysterious ways!

Little Calico just in the last few weeks has decided that she is a bed sleeping cat. Before, both cats would come up for pets in the morning but neither would sleep on the bed at night. Then Little Calico discovered she could get pets while I was reading in bed a night too (shocking discovery!). And I guess once you're all cozy on the bed, why get off to go sleep elsewhere?

[Larimar]

Ricochet the squirrely tortie has decided to partially domesticate herself. She has now decided that sitting on the couch next to a human is a good thing. When I work from home on my laptop on the couch, she hangs out much of the day next to me allowing petting/scritches. She'll even do this when there is a 2nd human in the room (my SO). Previously, it appeared she was afraid of being outnumbered, as she'd only hang out in high spaces or across the room if we were both in the living room. It took 7 years, but this is considerable progress.  She had been cuddling in short bursts, but even that was inconsistent.

One of my childhood cats did not hang out near people until the last couple years of her life. Sometimes you play the long game.

How cute-- Cats work in mysterious ways!

Little Calico just in the last few weeks has decided that she is a bed sleeping cat. Before, both cats would come up for pets in the morning but neither would sleep on the bed at night. Then Little Calico discovered she could get pets while I was reading in bed a night too (shocking discovery!). And I guess once you're all cozy on the bed, why get off to go sleep elsewhere?

Aww, and good job to Richochet and Little Calico.

Thor, Loki, and Elektra are coming to school today for some animal behavior obsrvations.

Fingers, toes, and toe-beans crossed

Awww!  I wish I had an academic reason to bring my cats (and that the cats wouldn't just be freaked out of their minds the entire time).

I second this!