For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.
-Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites
Fuji has (a) nicely figured out.
Now, although there’s a girly cat in our house, Ophelia, Fuji isn’t interested in her. She’s a wee bit too hefty for his liking. Instead, our lovable soft grey cat has another love interest…
…enter, stage right, the pink and blue elephant.
That’s right, our cat has a “thing” for something that doesn’t remotely look like a cat. It’s big, and floopy, and it’s got a long trunk, it’s got googly eyes; and it’s blue. We won it at the fair a few years ago.
There’s no buying dinner. No loving gazes. There’s just the mount, the kneading, the climax, and the dismount. To make matters worse, he’s got the libido of several pubescent rabbits. About every 15 minutes the cycle renews itself.
Why do we know about this torrid affair ? He usually drags the elephant out in front of the TV. He’s nothing if not an exhibitionist.
I have a good friend who’s cat is the same way as you described, but this Fuji is a male.
Sorry, my friend Mona misunderstood the gender of your cat. I have a male siamese/tabby cat that I christened, “Fuji”. Very interesting to know that there is another one out there. My cat doesn’t mount stuffed animals, but he used to chase around our older male tom-cat and try to mate with him…sometimes he even tried to mount my arm when I was sleeping. *ugh*. Now he’s neutered and his humping days are over…
Me from BE, and your background does funny wiggly things when I scroll down
But nice design otherwise.
I had a cat that kept up an affair with a teddy bear for over ten years. The same bear. Even though it was washed regularly it still seemed quite disgusting after awhile. I got a new bear. No go. A monogamous, neutered cat…his best performance was when I was selling my house and it was being shown by a realtor and the cat took the bear, literally, on the dining room table in front of everyone. The cat is dead. The bear went to the trash. But, every once in a while some stranger will ask me if that was my cat…seems the story went around the block a few times.
Heh heh heh!
I have a female cat that does the same thing. Her name is Mouse, (she was the runt of the litter) She likes to knead any pillow but especially the ones on our bed. she also likes to snuggle up to my wife’s “Angel Bear” she keeps by her desk.
Great post and a very nice blog.
Hm, sounds like my Max, though he prefers towels or t-shirts.
One of my friends has a male cat with a long lasting relationship with a stuffed beaver she made in highschool. The beaver is usually carried out where everybody can see him before he starts the show.
LMAO.
Cats. You gotta luv em.
My dog does that with a stuffed animal I got at Dollywood. We know when she does because if you hit the thing, it lets out a creepy laugh. Very funny.
I have a neutred male Poodley-type thing that puts on a similar show. He never does this when we’re alone in the house. Nope. He waits until there’s a good four or five people in the room, grabs one of the couch cushions drags into the centre of the room and puts on a little performance. If there aren’t enough people in the room to watch, he’ll just sit with one of his toys and cuddle them. He puts the show on only for guests.
You know what they say! Opposites attract! Its ok though my dog’s “love interest” is a old blanket. Poor things gonna build a complex.
I’ve got a beautiful Staffie with the same issues. He will hump anything from a discarded bottle in the yard to our inflatable pool.
Shame…
My friend has a Pug that lusted for his stuffed buffalo. He took turns attacking it and humping it. A love hate kind of thing I guess.