Aiden versus The Bed
I think I might have mentally scarred my cat?
Usually in the mornings Aiden sleeps with me. Sometime during the night he'll come in, he'll jump up on the bed, and curl up on my chest or my stomach before drifting off. I'll wake up to a warm, fluffy, purring weight snoozing on my body. Aiden's always been really affectionate and I'm happy he likes to be with me, and on mornings when I don't have any particular place to be - no school, no work, etc. - I'll just lay there and let him sleep a little longer, even if I've already woken up. But one morning I was sleeping on my back and Aiden was on my stomach, and I just really wanted to sleep on my side all of a sudden. In my hazy tired mind I thought I was somewhere near the middle of the bed, and if I turned over very slowly, Aiden would gently drop onto the covers next to me and he could adjust his position and go on sleeping. I didn't open my eyes to check, I just did it...
And I heard a very loud thud. Apparently I'd been sleeping right at the edge of the bed, and when I turned I made him fall right onto the floor. Aiden wasn't hurt, he just huffed, lifted his tail in that haughty way of his, and left my room, very much awake now. But now whenever Aiden gets on my bed, he acts like my blankets are shaky ground. He lifts his paw way up and very slowly puts it back down, as if the ground beneath him could be pulled away at any second. It takes him ages just to move a foot across my bed with how careful he is, always checking to make sure it's safe. And he keeps doing it, every time. He doesn't trust the bed at all anymore, not until he's on top of me.
I feel kinda bad? ^^'
Sorry Aiden....
Usually in the mornings Aiden sleeps with me. Sometime during the night he'll come in, he'll jump up on the bed, and curl up on my chest or my stomach before drifting off. I'll wake up to a warm, fluffy, purring weight snoozing on my body. Aiden's always been really affectionate and I'm happy he likes to be with me, and on mornings when I don't have any particular place to be - no school, no work, etc. - I'll just lay there and let him sleep a little longer, even if I've already woken up. But one morning I was sleeping on my back and Aiden was on my stomach, and I just really wanted to sleep on my side all of a sudden. In my hazy tired mind I thought I was somewhere near the middle of the bed, and if I turned over very slowly, Aiden would gently drop onto the covers next to me and he could adjust his position and go on sleeping. I didn't open my eyes to check, I just did it...
And I heard a very loud thud. Apparently I'd been sleeping right at the edge of the bed, and when I turned I made him fall right onto the floor. Aiden wasn't hurt, he just huffed, lifted his tail in that haughty way of his, and left my room, very much awake now. But now whenever Aiden gets on my bed, he acts like my blankets are shaky ground. He lifts his paw way up and very slowly puts it back down, as if the ground beneath him could be pulled away at any second. It takes him ages just to move a foot across my bed with how careful he is, always checking to make sure it's safe. And he keeps doing it, every time. He doesn't trust the bed at all anymore, not until he's on top of me.
I feel kinda bad? ^^'
Sorry Aiden....