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| Name: |
Einstein
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Age: |
Nine years old
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| Gender: |
Male
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Breed: |
Tabby Mix
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| Home: |
Bay Area, California, USA
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When
we eat Thanksgiving dinner, we have to lock up Einstein - with Nova
for company - in the bedroom. Einstein is an absolute maniac when it
comes to poultry. He loves poultry more than fish. After our dinner,
they each get a little bit of turkey (Einstein has/had FUDS [feline
urinary disease] and this is the only time he is ever allowed to eat
anything except prescription cat foot). Einstein wolfed his down and
Nova's too (Nova doesn't have any interest in food outside of standard
mealtimes - like a normal kitty!)
I had gotten everything cleaned up so there was nothing out to tempt the
Poultry Loving Scoundrel (Einstein). Paul was snoozing in his easy
chair, and I went out on the deck to smoke and relax. When I went back
inside, the refrigerator was open, and Einstein was feasting on a turkey
wing! That cat (he's only about eleven pounds) had opened the refrigerator
(with his little paw), detached the wing and dragged it across the
kitchen floor to the carpet where he could munch in comfort! Do you
believe it? Paul didn't believe me at first, but he tried twice more
that night and again in the morning! We had to rig the refrigerator with
a bunji cord to make it kitty proof!
Months later, we still have to rig the fridge - he tries the door every
once in a while just to make sure. And, he has taught Nova to open the
fridge too! Nova, though, does it just to play with the door, not to get
anything out of it. Einstein's main activities (besides monitoring the
premises for eatables) involve chasing Nova (who is actually bigger than
he is), sleeping, and guarding against bird invasion (though he would
probably welcome a turkey). He is very empathic, and I consider him an
"emotional therapist."
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