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| Name: |
Eliot
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Age: |
Thirteen years old
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| Gender: |
Female
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Kind: |
Calico
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| Home: |
North Hollywood, California, USA
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I
adopted Eliot (nickname Ellie) in 1998 and am so lucky to still have her
after two bouts of Hepatic Lipidosis (liver disease). The first time was
when she was six and I prayed and prayed she would not go just yet, even
though the vet recommended putting her down, because she is the most
loving, fun, feisty, attentive cat I could ever hope for. I have two other
cats and Eliot always manages to take center stage when the other two come
around. The second time she was hospitalized was right after she turned
thirteen. I know I had been fortunate to have her double her life span but I
still visited her twice daily at the hospital to let her know how much I
love her. She recovered! I know now she came into my life as a healing
force for me and I guess she knew that I could use a bit more and I thank
her for that! Eliot is a female who's named after a female writer, George
Eliot, who had to use a male's name in order to get published.
Eliot can be sleeping at one moment and suddenly get up and run through
the house like someone's chasing her. She leaps to the top of her pet
condo with so much force that it shakes! Her pupils widen and after about
three laps in the house, she settles. She loves a few games, especially
the one where I cover her up (like with a light kitchen towel) and then
quickly pull it off her. She loves to grab at it and whenever she feels
satiated, she just lets the towel fall on her one last time and takes a
nap covered up. Whenever a new toy comes into the house she has first shot
at it, whether the other two like it or not! She's the only cat out of
three that calls me from another room to ask to get settled for a nap,
either in one of the bedroom drawers, or under the bed covers. Or she'll
call from the bathroon for me to turn the faucet on for her so that she
can drink from it. While I'm on the computer she wants to be held and
wraps herself around my neck, making it difficult for me to move but I
love when she does that! She's the cleaner of the house. She cleans both
the other two cats, whether they like it or not! She's actually very high
maintenance but I do love that she returns all my attention with so much
by wanting to be wherever I am. Oh! I hear her now! She wants help getting
under the bed covers, gotta go!
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