I’m up at six o’clock in the morning because Linus gave me quite the scare. I should probably go ahead and state that I wasn’t even sleeping when said scare occurred somewhere around 4:30. I was lying in bed, suffering from insomnia as usual, watching Picket Fences. That’s when Linus started to heave like he was going to vomit. He didn’t. No, instead he seemed to be struggling. Then he started acting ever so strangely. He was raising his head up and down and back and forth, not at all unlike a snake being charmed. There was a considerable amount of stringy drool dangling from mouth as he did this. I thought he was choking. And maybe he was. He does swallow anything he can get his cute little paws on. Just a few weeks ago he threw up a pen cap. It was blue. He seemed to be breathing just fine. And, after a quick google search for “choking cat,” I learned that he probably wasn’t choking after all. I also learned what to do in the event he ever chokes for reals.
This is the second time he has acted this way. He had another episode like this a few months ago. It was almost exactly the same. He seems better now, just a little more guarded than usual. Has anyone ever heard of such strange behavior from a cat? Maybe I should go see Dr. Kim.
He’s eating now. And I’m tired.
