Have you seen the film Awakenings (based on the Oliver Sacks book) ? Victims of a mysterious disease spend their whole day in a catatonic state of minimal consciousness, but with medical intervention, they awaken for a short burst of activity before returning to their normal immobile existence. This exactly describes my cats. A whole day of lying around is interrupted only twice a day. Firstly before brekky, there's the morning frenzy involving much miaowing and jumping on people's heads and "accidental" knocking over of stacks of CDs, which only ends when the tins of cat food are opened up. And a similar scene unfolds before teatime, whereby magazines and books on the coffee tables are "accidentally" pushed off, or ripped to shreds in a claw-sharpening exercise.
But now that I've made this connection, I know not to be upset. Instead I'll be writing to Oliver Sacks for advice on this serious medical condition afflicting not one but two of my felines.
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