posted August 06, 2004 11:49 AM         

Well... yesterday morning Mau Kitty was calling at the front door to be let in from his night of who knows what but before he walked in he allowed this little kitten to enter first. Then he mosied over to his food dish stopping every now and then to be sure the kitten was following THEN he sat by and allowed her to eat her fill before he began eating... something he has NEVER done with our cat. Infact, when your cat Little (female) is eating if he walks up, it's pretty much known that she must pause and wait for him to eat his fill.

THEY ARE SO CUTE!!! When she's out of his eyesight he meows this deep belly meow I've never heard him make before. He looks all over for her until he finds her. Then, he just sits and watches her... occasionally playing with her. He even twitches his tail for her entertainment. They are both so cute I could squeese them until they POP!

Ok... so this kitten. She's 9 weeks old at the most. 9 week old kitties don't roam free. They belong to people. Can't steel someone's cat. I've gone door to door in the complex and no one owns her. She could have come to this huge housing development behind our apartments... but eh.. that seems like a lot of work.

What do you guys think I should do about this kitty who has seemingly adopted our family? I've opened the door lots of times for the big kitties to go out and play. She has no interest. She won't go out.

My kids already named her Shegwa (like Sagwa (Amy Tan's book and the PBS series).