It's very simple to play pranks on domestic animals, and most if not all cat owners will do this with their pet. From fake throwing the ball to a dog, or hiding cat nip just out of reach of your cats it's just kinda fun to do and good for you.
Lance (our big cat) has become pretty tweaky lately and startles at just about anything. When we make kissy noises, he starts. When we stand up from the couch he runs away. If I twitch my toes when he's near my feet, he'll do a vertical leap and then run away. I try not to do these things to him on purpose because I'm afraid he'll start pooping or peeing every time he gets scared and I don't think I could deal with the constant clean up.
But today presented itself with too good of an opportunity. Anna's back at some point in the last 48 hours seized up on her and she's been trying to fight it off with a combination of pain killers, heating pads, massages from me (because I'm so nice like that) and I even fished out my Shiatsu Chair Massager I got from my days at the Discovery Channel. I had it all set up in the comfy chair, but Anna decided to stick with the heating pad and the couch.
So as we were watching TV after dinner, we noticed that Lance had gone over to the chair and sat directly on the pad. I started to giggle, and Anna (who sadly has come to realize that this type of giggle means I have just thought of something terrible, awful, or just plain old mean) asked "What the hell just popped into your head?"
"That massager has a vibrating seat pad."
"Oh really?"
"Oh yes indeed."
"You aren't really going to...?"
"Yes, of course I am."
"Ok, if you let me finish, I was going to ask if you were really going to do it without getting it on film"
".....I love you."
So I got my camera out of my backpack and....
He has since forgiven me, and we've had some good cuddling tonight. Besides, he knows I feed him 50% of his meals, so he better get over it.
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