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My Cats And Their Favorite Music
Animals enjoy tunes too
My first cat Snoopy was a feral cat. She showed up one day looking hungry so I fed her. I thought she was young — maybe 6 months? Because she was so small and scraggly. Her fur was a matted mess.
Turns out she was over a year old and had given birth to kittens.
We adopted her.
It was a gradual process. She wanted to be part of our household but we started off just leaving her a soft blanket in the sun room along with food and water.
A vet visit followed. After which she was given a thorough brushing, which involved me locking us in the bathroom with my leather fencing gloves on.
She slept with us at night and woke up with us in the morning.
I had a job where I worked out of the home several days a week. So I would be in my office. Sometimes I would play music.
I noticed something interesting.
I would play whatever music I wanted, but when I played Enya, for example, Snoopy would come find me, lie down on my desk nearby and purr. I could gently stroke her and just enjoy her presence. She purred louder for certain songs, such as this one:
