worry put to rest

When I got Macy the Cedar

Valley humane shelter had a profile on her. It was written by her previous owner. One thing it said was that she loved being brushed. This was good because when I got her she had massive amount of hair coming off of her. She had not been brushed while she was there and really needed it. When I got her home I found out she indeed does love brushing.

She is a very quiet cat and hardly makes a sound. She makes more of a chirping sound than a meow and is very sweet. Sometimes she seems so overcome with emotion her mouth opens the nothing comes out. We call it the silent meow.

Normally she only makes noise when she wants food or when she wants brushed. She does love getting brushed and makes her noises to get brushed. Recently my hands have lost capacity and I’m finding it very difficult to brush her. Since she loves it so much I was afraid she would lose interest in me because I couldn’t serve her interests as a cat owner is supposed to. Now other people are picking up the slack and brushing her.

This morning I found out I was worried for nothing. I got out the brush and held it for her so she could rub her chin. She came over right away and laid on my chest. She rubbed her chin a little bit and then I moved the brush to a more comfortable spot and she did not follow it. She stayed there and started purring. She wanted me to scratch her chin and ears without the brush. She has never chosen getting scratched over the brush until now. She stayed there purring for about 20 minutes. She is such a sweet kitty!