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Kitty Stars of the Week for May 14 - 20, 2000.
Sirus (on the left) and Neo are Abyssinians. When the picture was taken
they were about 5 months old. They recently turned one year old. They
are from different litters but they are only two days apart in age. Neo
is a Red Aby and Sirus is a Ruddy.
Neo is almost twice the size of his
brother now, but he is very much the gentle giant. He doesn't like to be
held or cuddled much, unless it's around 4:00am. Then he politely, but
firmly wakes mom or dad up (usually by lying on their shoulder and
putting his face right up to theirs and purring very, very loudly) and demands
his share of their attention. During those early morning hours he loves to
be scratched, especially on his belly. He, oddly enough, loves to have his
underarms scratched and will extend his front legs out as far as he can to
give them better access. He also loves to have his toes played with. He shows his
appreciation of their attention with copious amounts of drool which flows
freely (much to mom's delight :-). His favorite activities are cricket hunting in the
basement and playing in a dripping faucet in the bathtub. Despite his size
Neo doesn't really seem to eat much, and mom and dad suspect it's because
they can't find him any cricket-flavored cat food.
Sirus has remained generally small, and thankfully has kept his wonderfully
big ears. He is undoubtedly the dominant cat in the house and mom and dad wonder
how he stays so small with all the food he hoards. He was born into a
household of many cats and evidently had to learn to be quick and vicious
in order to get food. Mom and dad affectionately call him their little
piranha. When holding cats treats out for them, Neo will take one very delicately
from their hands while Sirus starts chomping and doesn't stop till he's
reached their elbow. When he's not drawing blood, he can be found curled up in the
nearest lap. Sirus is a lap cat and insists on lots of attention from
anyone willing to provide it. If alone in a room he'll meow loudly, demanding
someone come and give him the attention he deserves.
Sirus follows mom around like a puppy and sleeps with her at night. He prefers chicken-flavored food and
turns up his nose when they try to sneak in the fish flavored variety. He
lets mom and dad trim his claws and brush his teeth, but not while his brother is
watching. He joins his brother for hunting crickets, but he's smart enough to
know when there aren't any crickets downstairs and lots of laps to cuddle up
in upstairs!
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