Our third entry in the furballs introduction is Monster. Calico cat, almost 6yrs old. Monster wasn’t always her name but she was one when she was a kitten, so I started calling her that and it stuck.
Originally her name was a Hunger Games pun that nobody but me seemed to find funny/understand. She has these fiery orange streaks across her sides—and it took her about 3yrs to grow into her fur, so it especially looked like fire. So, I named her Niss, the Cat on Fire.
But original names rarely stick here, the nicknames are just so much more fun and accurate!
Anyway, here’s this cutie:
And I mean. How could anyone resist this? She’s lying on a blanket, which is on me, and that is her favourite place to be. I am her Extra Special Bestest Hooman, have been since we brought her home as a baby—about 9wks.
Story: we got her from some folk who had an unexpected litter. I taxi’d over, and the first time I picked her up she scurried up my arm to perch on my neck. I got many scratches that day…then I took her out in the cat carrier, and she cried loudly all the way home, hanging onto the bars like a prison cat. I let her out in the bathroom, closed the door so the others couldn’t get in, set down the carrier, opened the door, and stood back.
The poor baby was so scared, she was trembling, but she slowly came out, did a very quick scan for hidey spots, and immediately launched herself across to hide behind the washing machine 😂
It took a couple of hours. After some fruitless attempts by me & Cuddles to get her out, I sat on the floor and read quietly til she poked her head out.
I eventually coaxed her out properly, fed her some treats, and had a little playtime. That was enough to exhaust the tiny ball of fluff, and she crawled onto my lap and fell asleep.
From that day onwards, she’s been my lil baby and I’ve been her hooman. She’s literally sprawled out down my legs as I write this.
Monster is a little timid around others. Even Cuddles only occasionally gets to give her head scritches, and when anything unexpected happens she tends to go hide.
When she wants to sit on me but my lap s not available she either goes to ask Cuddles to get my attention, or she walks up to sit on my chest, or she just sits next to me and goes MROW til I pay attention. She is also prone to just sitting somewhere, staring at me, waiting for me to get the hint. But as soon as I pat my lap, she’s on in a flash.
She will also MROW at Doofus dog whenever she’s in the way 😂
She’s mellowed a bit since we got Cally last year, and has a lot of fun punching her in the face (because Cally loves to playfight but is absolutely dreadful at it).
Names Monster also answers to:
Il Monstro
Monstrous
MonsterCat
My Baby Monster
She is empathic, loyal, very intelligent, gentle and sweet. She loves looking out of windows, and every night at bedtime treat time, she lets
It’s so lovely getting to hear about your sweet critters. Thank you for sharing. Please give Monster scritches from me (she will like them from you better!).