Posted by Stranger99 on September 30, 2000, at 7:21:27
In reply to Re: Kitty Logic (long), posted by stjames on August 30, 2000, at 1:27:18
> > Reply to St James,(but of course to everyone!)
I also thought it was interesting to hear some of your animal behavior observations. I did know about the rubbing on the legs thing, but did not ever hear anything about the hunting idea, where they don't bring you their prey as a prize......
I recently had some experiences with my cat that you may be interested in.
I have an interest and share beliefs that Native American Indians (as well as other cultures) have on animal spirit medicine - a belief that we all have totem animals and that other animals will also come into our lives to help teach us something or share their medicine to help us with what is going on.
During an intense time for me, my cat had woken me up, meowing and pouncing and playing with a grasshopper that she had caught. That time, as I woke up not knowing what was going on, I pretty much patted her on her head and went back to sleep. She then left a mouse for me on the doorstep. And I already knew what Mouse medicine was for it had come up for me before. So I thought about what kind of significance this might have. And it made some sense to me. She then caught another grasshopper, so I looked that one up, and I cried because of how much the spirit medicine for that one rang true to me.
To me, my cat was not bringing me prey to try to teach me how to actually hunt, but instead how to pull strength from that particular animal spirit.
It's something that we can do without our pets' help by noticing our surroundings, or paying attention to gut feelings you get when you see animals or especially dream about them.
During that time, maybe I wasn't paying attention enough, or trying to just work things out on my own when the animals were saying, hey we're here to help too.I have two books that I use as references in case anyone is interested in learning more. One is called Animal Speak by Ted Andrews.
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