Humphrey – update

It’s funny how cats react sometimes isn’t it?

We acquired Humphrey as a stray about 7 years ago.  So we don’t know what happened to him to make him leave home and live rough.

He had been looked after because he wasn’t too thin, or unkempt when he started coming into our garden.  But he was and still is a very jumpy cat.  All kinds of things spook him like the rubbish lorry, vacuum cleaners and washing machines which are common things for cats to hate.  But he jumps at someone walking close to him and if you speak a little sharply to him he cowers.

I hope that he wasn’t hurt physically as a kitten but it makes me wonder.

Just an aside – not about Humphrey but our other cat Portia.  She used to fear the vacuum and flee as soon as it was switched on.  Now she’s deaf she sits there as calmly as anything even if it’s next to her.

Last night Humphrey came in because it was cooler and sat on my lap.  He usually has a cuddle for about 5 minutes then because he’s a big cat he moves to sit next to me so he can stretch out.  Last night he curled up like a hot water bottle.  A very large one!