Sunday, January 11, 2009

The Whole Kitten Caboodle

When we went to the shelter the other day to adopt our cat, Chewy (short for Chewbacca), the volunteer working there told me a great story.

Apparently in the adult cat room, there are a couple of kitties who can be a little dramatic. One of them, Romilda*, spends all day lounging in her litter box. Now, I realize this sounds really gross, but you have to understand something. She doesn't do her business in her litter box. When nature calls, she walks over to Honey Bucket's* litter box and does the deed in there. Needless to say, this irritates Honey Bucket to no end.

So the other day, Honey Bucket was watching Romilda carefully for a chance to exact some revenge. Romilda got up momentarily to do something cat-ish on the other side of the room, and Honey Bucket didn't waste any time. She dashed into Romilda's litter box and left a big, fat, smelly present right in the middle of Romilda's living room, much like Todd Packer did to Michael Scott on The Office. She didn't even cover it up, like she normally would. No, Honey Bucket left her gift laying out in plain sight for Romilda to enjoy.

Romilda, of course, was immensely offended. The volunteer at the shelter immediately cleaned it up, but that wasn't good enough for Romilda. She spent the rest of the day hissing and spitting at Honey Bucket, who retaliated by looking extremely satisfied with herself.

The moral of the story: Cats are drama queens. No surprise there.

* - Names have been changed to protect the identity of the cats involved. And because I don't remember their real names. =D


This is our new cat, Chewy! He's not a drama queen. In fact,
the volunteer at the shelter said he thinks he's a dog. Go figure.

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