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| Name: |
Twinkles
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Age: |
Sixteen years old
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| Gender: |
Female
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Kind: |
Calico
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| Home: |
Gretna, Louisiana, USA
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is her serene highness, Princess Twinkles. She was born to an abandoned
former pet in the neighborhood, caught and socialized by my sister and nieces.
Given the beauty and delicacy of the color of coat and eyes, she quickly
became my sister's idol. Nothing was too good for Twinkles.
I inherited her a few months ago and she now resides in majesty at my house.
In just these few months, however, she has became a very different kitty.
Until recently, she had never played, not even as a kitten. Her place in life
was to look regal and accept the adoration of her human subjects.
Now at my house, at the age of sixteen, she had started to romp across the floor
with jingle balls, to viciously attack innocent leaves in the back yard, and
play in paper bags! (Did I mention running at high speed through the cat
door?).
I guess she figured that the diva routine would only work with my sister.
Still, being the grandam of the house, she enjoys frequent snoozes, preferably
in the sun.
She will occasionally just sit around and looks statuesque as before but she
now pursues these other proper feline activities in addition. She has even
turned into a bit of a chow hound. Previously, never overly interested in
food, now she, again, acts more traditionally feline. Sometimes I get so many
head butts when I'm near the refrigerator that I almost expect black and blue
marks to appear.
Twinkles is the aunt of my other cat, Spooky, and after being re-introduced
into the same household, maintains a distant but tolerant relationship with
him. Spooky will offer friendship to her, but it seems to be beneath her
dignity to consort with him.
Twinkles has had her share of ills over the years unfortunately (for example,
she has only two teeth left), but nothing seems to dampen her spirit for long.
She usually even walks around with her eye closed. It's so strange we
sometimes speculate whether she is blind or not (but she never bumps into
things, so I guess it's just her way). But she is a beauty, either way.
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