Being Tyrant : A typical day

Tyrant's typical day starts quiet early in the morning, somewhere in between 5-6 AM. After this time, he would neither sleep nor let us sleep. More often than not we have to show him the door and lock ourselves in the bedroom for that blissful sleep of one more hour. 

In the early hours of morning, he typically sits on his favorite box bed in the balcony for some time before waking up completely and running around the house stopping only to bite or chew on his toys or to check if our bedroom door has opened. The moment we open the door of our bedroom he will charge through and sit on the bed as if to claim, "I am here. You cannot take me out now." But then he is a kitten show him a string and he is all charged up to chase and kill👿. 

While he is generally playful in the morning, Tyrant's gear

What, I am just being cat!!

change exactly at 8 AM. In between the playing and running around, Tyrant's clock would tick and he would constantly meow sitting in the kitchen till you give him chicken. His bowls are always filled with food and water to ensure he does not go hungry or thirsty. But he won't touch the dry cat food unless some boiled chicken is mixed in the cat food.  

Post breakfast Tyrant would be more interested in "hunting" and "killing" his toys (bells or balls attached to strings). He can play like this for hours. Late in the morning his philosophical time starts. He would sit in one balcony, looking out at the trees, plants, birds, people etc.,   for some time and would suddenly run to the next balcony as if he suddenly remembered something.

 

On some days Tyrant gets interested in gardening i.e. he will scratch the plants or pluck the flowers. He is especially intrigued by Peace Lily. Every time a Peace Lily flower shots up, Tyrant would be restless unless he has plucked it. He gets  his lunch at 1 PM and if we are home, he would again demand his share of chicken. After lunch Tyrant would be found on either our bed or guest bed. If we are home, he will sleep where we are. One part of his body should always be touching some part of our body. If we move, he moves. 

Post lunch sleep is the relaxed long nap that extends till 6 PM in the evening. I try to wake him up around this time for playing but he is generally resistant and lazy. We still play on-and-off till 8 PM which is dinner time i.e. another piece of chicken with dry cat food. For few hours after the dinner Tyrant remains as charged up as the morning hours except that he is more interested in chasing small insects. 

We are generally off to sleep at 10.30 PM. Earlier we used to keep Tyrant out of bedroom as he would wake up every 2 hours. Recently he has started sleeping almost whole night and hence we just leave the door of our bedroom open. Tyrant would jump in the bed whenever he is done with "hunting". He would snuggle with either of us (he is so soft, feels like a live stuffed toy☺) and sleep till the early hours of morning when he wakes up again to eat, play, sleep and repeat!!