More About Lacey

Lacey has been here a week now and is settling in well. She is more relaxed and sleeping more and better. I don't mean at night, for she's always been good at that but she now rests better during the day.

What is she like and what do we know about her, aside from the fact that she likes this↓ spot, day or night?

She's 8 years old and came to us with a good bill of health.

Lacey doesn't eat wet food that comes from a can. This may be due to her having always and only been fed dry food (kibble) in the past.

She does not eat much but does hound us for cat treats.

For at least some of her past, she was without human company for much of the time. She was left alone, and someone would come in to top up her food and water. I do not know any more than that and hope that it was just in later times before she was surrendered to the cat shelter. It does make me sad for her, but she doesn't seem to be the worse for wear for it.

She is a people cat in a sense, following us (particularly Sue) about the house. She will almost always be on the same floor as us and usually quite close by. One day when Sue was going up and down regularly to sort some things out, Lacey followed her each and every time.

She sleeps with us every night and for the whole night. She stays at the bottom of the bed in a spot that doesn't interfere with our positions. She does not wake us early.

Despite wanting to be near us, the girl is not a lap cat and doesn't prefer much petting.

But she's not timid either. She will climb onto my computer desk when she wants treats and will also climb on me for the same reason.

She loves treats. She even likes her kibble presented as treats more than taking it from a dish. She seems to almost require prodding to go to her dish. It's very strange.

Lacey may look a bit overweight but I think she's mostly just stocky.

Due to her age and bulk, she's not a prodigious jumper, which suits us just fine. Her limit may be making it onto the bed. (You know how high modern beds are these days.)

Sue got her as much for me as anything as I am more of a cat person than she. Sue thought that a cat would give me company at night when she goes to bed hours earlier than I. Well, that plan has gone a little awry as Lacey goes to bed when Sue does. However, she also comes to visit me periodically looking for treats, so I still get some company. In general, even though she's not a lap cat, she's close by, and I like having her around.

As I have said before, the tv interests her more than other cats I have known. There are bird videos for cats on YT that grab her interest for awhile. Here she is ↓ looking at birds on my computer.