Penelope

We've had our new cat for several months, so I suppose it's time to introduce her.


Her name is Penelope.

She's about three years old, but she often acts like a kitten. She's both terrified of people and loves them.


She likes to hide. When we first got her from the kennel, they told us that she would sit in her kitty litter box. Gross. Thankfully, now that she has an entire house to hide in, she avoids chillin' in the box. Instead, she'll go hide in the corner of the guest bathtub. Or under a chair. Or under our bed. Or, her favorite, under the couch.

The problem with her hiding under the couch is that Mr. A has taught her a game that she can play from under the couch. It's called "attack the feet". So you could be sitting down, minding your own business, just wanting to watch some TV, read a book, or get on the computer, and all of a sudden her swift paws will dart from under the couch and latch onto your unsuspecting ankles, quick as a flash! Seriously? THAT'S the game my wonderful husband decides to teach our cat?

I decided to go a more practical route to play with kitty. I've taught her to play fetch :) That's right, folks. Cats can play fetch, too. And when a cat brings the toy back, it's not all slobbery and nasty. Just sayin'.


Since Penelope likes to hide so much, she also doesn't mind hiding in blankets =^_^= In fact, she even has a favorite blanket - the heated blanket. Of course. Here she is all nestled in!


We did get her fixed shortly after we got her, which put her in the cone of shame for almost 3 weeks, one of which I was MIA, and Mr. A had to take care of her all by himself. Poor Penelope. She just couldn't always figure it out. She would still try to hide under the couch, but imagine trying to get the cone of shame under the couch - she'd manage it, but you'd hear the scrape of the plastic cone against the floor as she did it. She also had trouble figuring out how to eat and drink out of her bowls (don't worry, she'd figure it out eventually, she'd just have to hit the cone against the edge several times first).


Anyway, that is your introduction to Penelope, the newest member of our household.