Socrates At Home
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I finally made it home around noon today. This morning's delivery went smoothly, without any problems or hitches at all. That kinda makes me nervous, but hey ya takes em where ya gets em.
I called in to dispatch to let them know everything was delivered, I was empty, and I was heading for the house. They asked how long I planned to stay home this time so they know what to lood for load-wise. I asked they try to find something that picks up on Monday. That means they'll probably find something for Tuesday
I got in, paid for a week of parking for my rig. It's 5 bucks a day or 20 bucks for a week so it's easier to just go ahead and pay for a week. I packed everything up, called for my ride to come pick me up, and put Socrates in his carrier.
This is the first time I have locked him up in the carrier. He's played in it and gotten familiar with it, but he's never actually been locked in it. At first he thought I was playing a game with him but after about 5 minutes he realized "Hey! I can't get out!" and started meowing for me to release him.
My ride showed up and we came home with Socrates riding on my lap, still in the carrier. He meowed the whole way. I imagine at this point his primary thought was "WTF is going on here? Where's my truck?". We made it home and I moved the bike outside, all of my stuff inside, except the laundry which my ride takes to my mom's to be washed. I then turned on the water and power, moved Socrates inside, set up his food and water as well as his "home" litter box, and released him. I showed him where the litter box was and where his food and water dish were and then left him to his own exploring.
I wondered how he would react to the new environment. No big deal, he's a trucking cat. It seems nothing phases him now. He walked around, looked at everything, and then found a comfy spot to take a nap (my foot stool).
He seems to just accept stuff now as normal even if he's not seen it before. Curious, yes, freaked out, no. He's now officially a worldy feline I guess as long as I am there he figures it must be ok.
He's not liking this heat very much though. My little place gets pretty warm even with the tiny little air conditioner running full speed. He's panting and obviously not comfortable, as I am not comfortable, but otherwise seems just fine.
I have discovered that he doesn't like cold water. The gallon jug of water I use for him had run out so I bought a small bottle of water to give him. It was ice cold and I thought he might enjoy that in this heat. He sniffed at it, stuck his tongue in it, and backed away. He refused to drink it until it had set long enough to warm up a bit. Too different I guess.
I'm hoping the heat doesn't cause him too much distress. The place will cool down a lot once the sun sets and it may even get a tad chilly at that point, but in the mean time he's not liking this at all. I always keep the truck at a comfortable temperature so this is something new for him. But he's handling it in typical kitty fashion by taking a nap.
I called in to dispatch to let them know everything was delivered, I was empty, and I was heading for the house. They asked how long I planned to stay home this time so they know what to lood for load-wise. I asked they try to find something that picks up on Monday. That means they'll probably find something for Tuesday
I got in, paid for a week of parking for my rig. It's 5 bucks a day or 20 bucks for a week so it's easier to just go ahead and pay for a week. I packed everything up, called for my ride to come pick me up, and put Socrates in his carrier.
This is the first time I have locked him up in the carrier. He's played in it and gotten familiar with it, but he's never actually been locked in it. At first he thought I was playing a game with him but after about 5 minutes he realized "Hey! I can't get out!" and started meowing for me to release him.
My ride showed up and we came home with Socrates riding on my lap, still in the carrier. He meowed the whole way. I imagine at this point his primary thought was "WTF is going on here? Where's my truck?". We made it home and I moved the bike outside, all of my stuff inside, except the laundry which my ride takes to my mom's to be washed. I then turned on the water and power, moved Socrates inside, set up his food and water as well as his "home" litter box, and released him. I showed him where the litter box was and where his food and water dish were and then left him to his own exploring.
I wondered how he would react to the new environment. No big deal, he's a trucking cat. It seems nothing phases him now. He walked around, looked at everything, and then found a comfy spot to take a nap (my foot stool).
He seems to just accept stuff now as normal even if he's not seen it before. Curious, yes, freaked out, no. He's now officially a worldy feline
I guess as long as I am there he figures it must be ok. He's not liking this heat very much though. My little place gets pretty warm even with the tiny little air conditioner running full speed. He's panting and obviously not comfortable, as I am not comfortable, but otherwise seems just fine.
I have discovered that he doesn't like cold water. The gallon jug of water I use for him had run out so I bought a small bottle of water to give him. It was ice cold and I thought he might enjoy that in this heat. He sniffed at it, stuck his tongue in it, and backed away. He refused to drink it until it had set long enough to warm up a bit. Too different I guess.
I'm hoping the heat doesn't cause him too much distress. The place will cool down a lot once the sun sets and it may even get a tad chilly at that point, but in the mean time he's not liking this at all. I always keep the truck at a comfortable temperature so this is something new for him. But he's handling it in typical kitty fashion by taking a nap.
