Guest Blogger: Susan Gottfried
"Little girl, where is your OFF switch?"
It's non a inquiry I oft inquire my foster kittens. In fact, to hold upwardly honest, I don't mean value I've always asked a kitten where its OFF switch is. Truly, I don't mean value they conduct hold them, although inwards Nikki's case, I sometimes wishing she did. You know, similar when she's trying to plough my sleeve into a chew toy. Or when she decides to lunge for my hair. All typical kitten behaviors and, inwards almost cases, easily taught that this is undesirable behavior.
But Nikki's non a typical kitten. She's a hoot in addition to a trip in addition to a lot of fun in addition to a beloved in addition to a doll, all rolled into one. She's also a thief – a thief of your heart.
You've been warned.
I've never met a kitten to a greater extent than people-centric. In fact, it is her love of humans that sent her to my trace of piece of job solid inwards the get-go place. I got a call: "Every fourth dimension 1 of the staff walks past times her, she sticks her paws out in addition to mews at us. It's pathetic. Please. Take her home!"
I laughed, figuring she had only been smart plenty to recognize the shelter workers equally the people amongst the ability to accept her home. But… no. This daughter loves humans. On a few—very few—occasions over the past times month, she's slept on me. She purrs equally shortly equally you lot alternative her up, or equally shortly equally I allow her out of the foster room inwards the mornings. I don't allow all my fosters out, but Nikki made it clear from the get-go fourth dimension I walked inwards in addition to she walked out that 1 room wasn't plenty to comprise her. We compromised past times keeping her inwards for 2 weeks, fourth dimension for her to grow big in addition to potent in addition to ready to run into Milo in addition to Lucy, my permanent cats.
I'm non certain my trace of piece of job solid is, either. She spends her fourth dimension racing at laissez passer on speed some the house, oft chasing Milo in addition to Lucy. They've figured out where she can't jump, in addition to those are the "I've had enough" spots. Lately, my role has been on that listing because equally I've been trying to work, Nikki has taken to rolling through the nest of cords on the floor. Today, she managed to restrain correct on my surge protector in addition to hence perfectly, she flipped it off. My figurer was plugged inwards to that protector. You tin figure out what happened. Personally, I'm all the same trying to figure out if I should express joy or cry. (Thankfully, I am a compulsive saver—a habit brought on past times a preschooler who used to need my attending past times flipping the ability switch on the figurer itself.)
It's similar living amongst the Tazmanian Devil from the Looney Tunes cartoons, alone Nikki is dark amongst a white splotch on her chest. I genuinely am non certain this kitten sleeps.
I'm taking her dorsum inwards a few days; she's big plenty straightaway to notice her forever home. Whoever takes a jeopardy on this infant inwards constant motion is inwards for a lot of fun. She only can't teach plenty of the humans some her (and she loves other cats, too). And I bet that whoever takes her dwelling trace of piece of job solid volition notice they can't teach plenty of her, either.
But if they notice her OFF switch, I hope they allow me know where it was hiding.
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