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Catching Up: Nov. '08 Cat of the Month

January 10th, 2009

Yes, I’m a bit behind on this. Good thing there aren’t thousands of fans who have been waiting for the latest entry.

Tigger is the November (of ’08) Cat of the Month. She came to us in Spencer, a half-grown, semi-wild tabby cat. She is still a little on the wild side, even after all these years. She despises the other cats and most humans. I think she wishes she and I were the only creatures living in our house, maybe on the planet—and is secretly plotting on how to make this come about.

A sleek and temperamental cat, if she were human I’d picture her with the looks of Audrey Hepburn but more of Katherine Hepburn’s personality.

Every once in a while when the door is open, she makes a lightening fast dash to the outdoors and quickly reverts to her feral cat persona. Any approach is met with hisses and deadly glares—we simply have to wait her out. Eventually, we begin a conversation of cajolling “here, kitty kitty” (on my part) and tentative meows (on her part) and slowly the trust is built up again and she’ll scoot through the door. Of course this involves holding back the other cats who naturally want to see what’s up—so I alternate between “Get back!” (sternly) and “Come on, Tigger!” ( encouragingly). When she finally comes in, we all breathe a sigh of relief and have a glass of wine, or cup of tea, depending on mood.

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