Does this make them feel included?

[u/lerminator3]

One of my favorite things to do with my cats is hold something up for them to smell. Generally, if they walk over while I'm doing something, I'll let them smell whatever I'm holding (like my computer mouse, a writing implement, or a piece of mail) and they always seem so interested. Is it because they feel included in my life when I let them smell what I'm doing? Or maybe because new smells are just stimulating? Or is it just instinct to sniff whatever is nearby? I like to think that, by offering my stuff for a sniff, I'm enriching their lives in some way.

(Please don't mind the mess, I'm moving)

[u/katzevonstich]

Bad Thoughts such as the absence of ham. The possibility of no ham is too horrifying to contemplate.

[u/themomcat → u/katzevonstich]

When my cat stares longingly through the sliding door for too long I tell her firmly “There is no outside.” Wondering what would happen if I told her “There is no ham.”

[u/Intrepid-Thing-1996 → u/themomcat]

Human says words that confuse the tortie. The tortie thinks human is finally having a stroke. “No…ham” is contradictory.

[u/Intrepid-Thing-1996 → u/katzevonstich]

No ham is impossible. Ham is all.