DR>> I'm so glad that you adopted the mother.  Adult cats are truly
 DR>> wonderful  little critters.  My first cat, KD, was adopted as a
 DR>> grown-up and she has been a real joy in my life.
 WL> I specifically asked for an adult cat.  Kittens are cute and
 WL> very affectionate, but I wanted to avoid the six-month-old
 WL> crazies.  IIRC, that particular phase is like a combination of
 WL> "the terrible twos" and teenage years in humans.
Six-month-old crazies?  Uh oh!  I haven't heard of this one before.  Boy
will I be in trouble!  
 WL> I was hoping -- assuming, actually -- that the cat I adopted
 WL> would already be "fixed".  Meko wasn't; the local Humane
 WL> Society gives the adoptive human a certificate, honored by all
 WL> the local veterinarians, that is equal to the cost of adoption
 WL> when applied toward spaying or neutering.  So, lucky me, I got
 WL> to take Meko to the vet just as she was beginning to get used
 WL> to her new home.
That happened with me and KD.  Two or three days after I adopted her,
she was off to the vet's office.  It worked out well, though.  She's a
happy little critter.
 DR>> KD prefers the middle of my bed or inside my underwear drawer.  Honey
 DR>> prefers  clean laundry.
 WL> Meko's behavior has changed drastically since she came back
 WL> from the vet's.  Before, she would hide under the bed and paw
 WL> at anything (such as toes) that came within range.  Now, she
 WL> won't come into the bedroom at all if I'm there.  In fact, she
 WL> spends nearly all her time in the utility room and kitchen.
 WL> Her favorite bed is in a laundry basket -- but it's filled
 WL> with old throw rugs.  Clean laundry gets put away immediately,
 WL> so she's never had a chance to develop that taste in lounging
 WL> locations.
Clean laundry gets put away?  Well I'll be darned.    Actually, I
have fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, so the apartment suffers in its
cleaning detail.  The cats don't seem to mind.  More stuff that they can
play with and get into.
 DR>> In this house it is fried chicken.  Bacon is not to be shared.  Bacon
 DR>> is for  the cats only.  
 WL> Haven't tried bacon yet, but Meko is indifferent to fried
 WL> chicken.  She doesn't care for chicken-flavor Pounce, either.
 WL> She's a *strange* kitty.
How can you tell?  
 DR>> My beasts are amused with the hall closet.  I'm pretty sure they think
 DR>> it is  an opening to another dimension.
 WL> Are you *sure* it isn't?  And does the vacuum-cleaner monster
 WL> live there?
The vacuum-cleaner monster moves around a lot.  Sometimes it is in the
hallway, sometimes in the living room, sometimes the bedroom, sometimes
in their bathroom (the walk-in closet at the end of the hall).  The odd
thing is that the hall closet door keeps opening and closing at various
times during the day.  The cats and I live alone and no one else is
doing it.  Hmmm....maybe there is *something* in there.
 WL> NEWS FLASH!  It appears Meko is not interested in catnip --
 WL> but that toy mouse's tail is irresistible.
Cool!  So she won't have to go to catnip anonymous(e) one day.  
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