Ruth aka Kattaddorra
The first article in the Cat Village series was: Would You Like to Live in A Cat Village?
and this led to: Cat Village
In which, in her comment, Caroline suggested we have a new page entitled ‘The Kattaddorra Test’ and I thought that might be a bit of a fun article.
So here it is:
To be welcome in Cat Village everyone must pass ‘The Kattaddorra Test.
Interviews will be carried out by a team of five experts from PoC who will question applicants thoroughly on their knowledge of cats. As we have more than five experts we will have to devise a rota so that it will be random whom applicants have to face, which expert will carry out the actual interview and which experts will listen to the replies.
To be allowed to live in Cat Village applicants must have five yeses from the panel. Don’t worry if you want to join us but you don’t know all there is to know about cats, our experts admit there is much to learn and the only condition is to be willing to do that.
The following questions are amongst some of those you will be asked and you only need to answer them truthfully:
- Are you a Cat Adorer? Maybe you say you love them or you worship them, it means the same.
- Do you believe a cat is for life, through good times and bad, part of the family, not to be disposed of like an unwanted possession?
- What is your opinion on declawing cats?
- Do you believe that cats deserve a healthy diet and veterinary care, even though you may be short of money would these be a priority?
- Should all cats be inoculated, neutered and micro chipped?
- What is your opinion on bathing cats?
- Do you believe that flea baths and flea collars are toxic and can make your cat ill or even cause his death?
- How long would you happily leave your cat on his own?
There must be many more questions to be asked, these are only a few I’d ask if I was conducting the interviews. What questions would you ask if you were on the Kattaddorra Test Panel?
Now I’ve been thinking of the PoC people who have both cats and dogs and it wouldn’t be very nice not to have them around, so maybe we need a Cat and Dog Village too, right next to Cat Village where people with well behaved dogs along with their cats could live.
I know a real softie of a dog who lives near us, her name is Rosie, she’s a King Charles Spaniel and she wags her tail at our two cats. So we must not discriminate against all dogs, only the noisy ones and the ones who chase cats.
Yes Cat Village and Cat and Dog Village could exist nicely side by side.
Some possible questions on the application form or at the interview:
LOL. That is a testing question. I’ll have to try and answer it. I think the answer is to compromise. Wait 5 minutes and then politely ask if you can have a pee. Lift him off your lap gently and position him comfortably in the place you have just left.
Would that answer get me into Cat Village?
Nice vision. We could watch our cats play together while we while talked together and then vice versa 😉
LOL! “What is your opinion on bathing cats?” Oy my goodness, that one had me near tears–I can just imagine interviewees sucking in their breath on this one…rofl. I think you might also ask, “How would you respond if your cat is sound asleep, happy and content, tucked in to the crook of your knees or on your belly, and you feel a strong urge to pee…?”
Another good question to ask is “how do you react when your cat inadvertently bites or scratches you for no apparent reason?” Very important to know. We can’t have folks who yell or punish cats in our village.
I can already picture the community catio area where we can sit sipping tea watching the cats lounge, stretch and roll.
Love the poster. I can actually really see it happening because the poster brings it to life ;). The standard would be high, very high because the applications would dramatically outweigh the places available.
Just image how excellent the residents would be. I think the selection procedure would be very important. It would ensure harmony.
I wonder whether we should interview the cats too? If they got on with Jozef, Walter, Gigi, Marvin and Charlie that would do.
There would be no harm in interviewing the cats too. It makes sense.
Once the cat village had been in existence for 1000 years and more, the cats would interview the humans 😉