Ah, kittens

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1. Do they know that we might be displeased over

messes, or is it their natural cleanliness that makes them sheepish when they make a mess?

I have never, ever scolded Ember for puking up hairballs. It would be cruel and pointless since cats can't help it. On the contrary, I tell her that she's still my "good girl" (words. that she knows) and give her scritches. But she always looks sheepish, like she feels that she has done something wrong. She hides while I clean up.

Maybe it's the clean up that makes her realize that it's something I have to get rid of and therefore, that I don't like it. She always has such a guilty look on her face.