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I've got weird, and if anyone could actually explain the weird, that would be really cool. Morti deliberately soaks her tail in the bath. She sits on the edge of the tub, with her tail in the water--as much as she can possibly get submerged without really stretching or hanging her actual butt...

Not sure if these really count, but they're strange for us. Yesterday and today, El slept on people [my partner, who was also sleeping], with any nearby hand as a pillow.

I need to get going on those cat tree plans, then. El might be really into that.

El: Just caps. So far. Either Boost caps [the nutrition drink] or the tiny little caps from the cheapest bottles of water you can get. Like, three bucks for more than I can lift at Sam's Club. Morti: Whatever toy she brings. Only that toy. I couldn't even sub Thing 2 for Thing 1 and fool her...

Oh, they're clever. I got this silly trick or treat basket at the dollar store, and as of today, it is officially the toy box. I put an assortment of toys in there [annoying chirpy birds, rattly tubes, and some caps and rings], and they both seem to 'get' it: toys are in the box, and they're...

This may be more about human than cat behaviour, so: my apologies if this is the wrong section. Morti started bringing me her toys and dropping them in front of me. I, being dense, did not understand what might be going on until someone told me that some cats fetch. Morti is one of those...

Mazie: Oh yeah. Zombi and I had conversations. And El is quite the chatterbox. 1CatOverTheLine: I am a known weird person. And one more escape from El, and everyone on my street will know it, too.

Inkysmom: That's a level of affection I miss. Zombi was devoted to us. I think, under the lack of trust and the fear, there's a cat nearly that affectionate in El just waiting to come out. Mazie: The mom stuff was what I thought was the only time cats meowed at each other. Mom to kitten...

They're getting wonderfully soft.

Foxxycat: I'm glad there are other cats that wag their tails in something other than warning. Inkysmom: Good point. Although Morti seems to think she's from tech support. I feel like I'm almost an expert at un-catting computers now.

Yeah. I didn't even have a chance. I was woken up, taken to PetCo [the shelter has a small branch there], and we met these two cats that I thought were done growing. And I was apprehensive and sleepy and just not sure. They were both in one pen, even though there were empty pens [sterile and...

I was directed here, so I dug up some more Morti toes.

I was just trying to figure out how to word something about how the size of a cat, and their years, are disproportionate to the impression they leave. El showed up in one of her erratic, ultra-lovey moods, parked her butt in my face, and kneaded my stomach. The impressions cats leave.

FrogQueen: The differences are awful because I want what I had. Not fair, but true. The similarities hurt too. El's normal 'hihi so excited to exist' meow sounds just like Zombi's 'help me I'm stuck/hurt/afraid' meow. Which works out great for El, since she can wake me up in a second just...

Nahui: All my well-crafted arguments against two fell apart when the shelter basically said 'hey, two for one?' about these two. They were even in the same cage together. It would have been wrong to separate them.