It has been a long, long time since my hair has been cut by a hairdresser. I dislike going to the hairdresser, with one exception, Michael, who cut my hair in the 1990s in the little city. He was a lovely human being, and did a wonderful job. I miss him. We moved away from the little city in 2004, and although I’ve given it a go with various other people, I’ve been disappointed every time.
My hair has been irritating me the last few months. So last night Attila put on his hairdresser hat, and cut my hair. He took quite a bit off, as requested, and I like the result. Not a fancy haircut, but serviceable, and as attractive as I am ever going to be.
Ginger came to us with an obsession for having his belly rubbed. He harbours a relentless need for belly rubs. That is Attila’s department, because Ginger thinks I am another cat and occasionally bites me in play, which does not work for me. I pet him, show him a lot of affection, but I am always leery of those teeth. I don’t heal as fast as I did in my youth.
Ginger has developed a new obsession. This was my doing, mea culpa. I had been reading about cat diets, because Ginger was challenged with hair balls, being the furriest cat I know of. So as a result of my research I decided to see if a little bit of squash puree would settle aid his digestion. By golly, it does! He loves his squash. He loves his squash so much that, when he hears me open the refrigerator door, he comes running into the kitchen in hope.
If I walk into the living room with a dish, he is fixated on that dish, any time of day, any dish. He will decide he wants his squash, or more squash, and sit by his food and water bowls and caterwaul.
I am working on making this obsession easier for both of us to live with. I limit him to a tablespoon or so once a day, provided in the evening. I’ve dedicated a blue dish to kitty squash, quite different from the other dishes in the house, so that he will recognize when his special treat is on the way.
I have been amazed at how keen he is for squash. He turned up his nose at catnip, and tuna on a plate, preferring his dry food. But squash, food of the Gods as far as Ginger is concerned. Thank goodness it is good for him!
How fortunate it is that we have an incredible amount of frozen squash puree in our freezer, dating back as far as 2017. It is still lovely. He will soon have consumed the last of the 2017 squash harvest, then we will move on the the 2018 pureed squash. We grew squash and pumpkin this past summer, so our supply is ongoing. Ginger is eating premium organically grown squash puree. Lucky cat!
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“Ginger is eating premium organically grown squash puree.” It’s perfectly true but it also made me laugh because I’m sure his orange majesty expects nothing less. Thank you for the happy image. But squash? Cats are weird.
Wendy, I too find cats weird, lol! Tonight, as we were preparing our dinner, he heard the refrigerator door open and went a little crazy, running around, yowling, sitting the refrigerator, then running around in circles again. As soon as he’d had his fix he settled on the sofa and went to sleep. Gotta love that weirdness! 🙂
It always surprises me how much a bad cut or a bad hair day can get me down. I’m old enough to know that looks aren’t what’s important in life, but I like to be able to stand my own face in the bathroom mirror! Glad you got a cut you’re happy with.
Kate, it is surprising what a difference it can make to my day depending on what I see in the mirror. It isn’t vanity, not anymore anyway, because that ship sailed a while ago. I just like the way I look better when my hair is certain ways. My other big thing is hair care, I don’t like it, never have, and for many years I had very very short hair because I could shower, towel dry, and go. But that kind of cut is beyond Attila, and I don’t want to subject myself to expensive appointments, so the really short style is not for me. So shoulder length and simple is what I chose as the least troublesome all round, and I am not depressed by what I see in the mirror.
That’s so cute, that Ginger loves his squash. We give our pups canned pumpkin, to help with their digestion. They really like it – but not as obsessively as Ginger.
I got my hair cut at the beginning of the summer. I do one of the local hairstylists, after learning DH has no eye or hand for cutting hair. Sometime in the next month I might have it evened out slightly, but I’ll leave it longer to help keep me warm in the winter months.
I smile at Ginger and his squash cravings! So much like humans and their cravings! Haircuts! Julia and I have an economical solution. I cut her hair and she cuts mine, but! I alone cut my bangs (aka ‘fringe’). When she cut them, they were way too short. (Fortunately, that was during the worst of the pandemic, and so few people saw me with bangs revealing part of my forehead.
Teri, Ginger has a lot fewer tummy upsets since he started enjoying his squash, a lot fewer hair balls. So it is win/win/win for his enjoyment, his health, and our pocket book.
I am very lucky that Attila can provide a reasonable haircut. It isn’t perfect, but no one looks at me anyway, I am fairly invisible at this age, so it passes social muster with ease. The local hairstylists near here (very few) are very expensive, and their cut is not any better than Attila’s work, so I save us $100, which is what a cut amounts to after taxes, and the tip that is expected. It is a wonderful thing to find a hairstylist that you like, glad you have found one!
Joan, Ginger is quite the character! I think the woman who raised him from a baby considered him her child and treated him like a human baby. He is very spoiled, we enjoy his most of his antics, and the squash obsession is very entertaining.
I loved having bangs! But I have to have them at just the right length, if they touch my eyebrows I get migraine headaches, so weird but true. So they need to be trimmed at least once a month, and Attila does not do bangs to my satisfaction. I cannot cut my own hair, I don’t have find motor control with one of my arms so the cost of entry to figure out a way to do it has been too high for my temperament. So no bangs anymore, I grew my hair to all one length so that it could be trimmed at home, and a lot less frequently. Bangs are great though!
I cut my own hair. Shoulder length and no layers so fairly easy. I occasionally buy my cats canned cat food with pumpkin in it but very expensive so they don’t get it too often. How funny that your Ginger is so obsessed with it. Glad it works on his hairballs. My one cat loves belly rubs and the other cat likes them only when he is laying on my lap on his side. If he is on his back and you try and give him a belly rub you might lose some blood!
Eileen, what a wonderful skill to possess, cutting your own hair! It is easier without layers, Attila does not do layers.
I was shocked the last time I looked at the grocery store at the canned pumpkin, it was $6.99 for a 28 ounce can. I am so glad we can grow our own squash and pumpkins, thankfully they are pretty easy to grow on our soil and in our climate. Cats have such different personalities, fascinating!