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| Name: |
Cleocatra
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Age: |
Four and a half years old
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| Gender: |
Female
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Kind: |
Medium-Hair Tortoiseshell
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| Home: |
Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA
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When
I walked into Petsmart I had my heart set on a pure black kitty
to adopt. Every time I passed Cleo she butted her head against her
cage door to get my attention and it didn't take long to realize that
we were meant to be together. Those luminous eyes just melted my
heart! I had never seen such coloring on a kitty and learned she was a
Tortoiseshell. She was a year and a half old when we met.
Cleo is strictly an indoor cat, which even if that wasn't a rule of
the adoption, it would go without saying for me, having had a fatal
experience with a beloved kitty in the past. She sits up all night on
a stool in front of the window facing the street like a little
sentinel--I call her my Owley-Cat. And when it's time to go to work
she's there like clockwork at 6:30, in my room batting at window
blinds and knocking things around--generally doing things she knows
drives me nuts. No chance of sleeping in with her around!
The maximum time limit for being held is 20 seconds, and she'll allow
petting when she's in the mood. She's irresistible to me though and
she's pretty patient with allowing me to maul her on a regular basis.
She plays with all her toys but I think she prefers licking Q-Tips,
cotton balls, and chewing on straws! She also goes nuts in the morning
when I reach for my glasses, trying to get a chance at chomping on the
thin earpieces before they reach my head. She has a very quiet purr
and sometimes I have to put my ear on her to hear it. I guess she was
born with an extra-strong muffler. Sometimes we'll find her in
unexpected high places, sitting like a statue and waiting to be
discovered. And then of course she has her nightly crazy-run which is
prefaced with a chilling yowl! Cleo is such a funny, well-behaved
little sweetie and I can't imagine life without her. She's an unending
joy!
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