OMG. Ember was funny today.

[wnylib]

I just bought a pair of platform sandals, which I love since I'm short. The tops are white leather with little sparkles glued onto them, which I don't like, but I discovered that I can pick them off easily enough.

I put them on when I got home (before removing the sparkles). Ember backed away from me and crouched down in that slinking posture that cats use with things that they don't trust and might want to attack. So I put one foot forward for her to check it out. She hissed.

I took the sandals off and extended one out toward her to see that it's harmless. Nothing doing. Ember did not trust either the height or the sparkles. Vehement hiss, followed by a swat.

I left the sandals on the floor for her to check out in her own good time. She sneaked up on them and stretched her neck out to sniff them, then backed away and went to her dish. Like, "If I ignore them, maybe they will go away."

I will see later if she is ok with them after I get the sparkles off.

Never saw her react to shoes before.

[Ocelot II]

1. Keep an eye on her. She might try to "kill" them.

[wnylib]

6. Possibly. At the moment, she still distrusts them

too much to go near them. In her opinion, shoes are not supposed to reflect sparkling light. I'm inclined to agree regarding everyday wear shoes.

When she was about 4 months old, she raced across the floor and plunged her front paws into a sandal that I'd just taken off. She was so little then that most of her body would have fit into the one shoe. She looked up at me playfully as if she got the joke about her size compared to mine. "Look mom, I can put TWO feet in one shoe, with room left over."

[applegrove]

2. My late Monster, a cat, attacked a banana when he first met one. I thought

then I should probably eat more fruit.

[applegrove]

3. Your cat is a fashionista.

[wnylib]

4. You might have a good point there.

Perhaps Ember's objection to the sandals is based on fashion sense. "Egads mom, those sparkles are so tacky."

In which case, I agree. I would not have bought them if I couldn't remove the sparkles. The sandals will look good without them.

[applegrove]

5. I love sparkly things. I just bought fireless candles that have embedded

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fairy lights in them. Because you can never have enough sparkles.

[wnylib]

7. I have candles like that, too.

I like sparkly things in some cases, too, like jewelry. Even in shoes for special occasions. But they do not work, IMO, with these shoes. So they are coming off. The leather tops of these sandals are wide bands, with little cutouts in them. The sparkles just gild the lily, unnecessarily. I often tweak clothing and jewelry to suit me. I get a style or color that I like in general, even if there is something about it that I don't like, and then alter it to my taste.

[applegrove]

8. Sparkles are so messy too. Glad your cat and you agree.