So, we got Roxie at the Wal-mart on a HOT (98 degree, full sun) kind of day. She was the last left, there was another sibling there getting taken home.
WAY too young to be taken from mom, 4 weeks old. Skinny and PANTING. No water in sight.
I took her because I was appauled that someone would have such a young kitten away from mom, and in the hot sun like that. I felt so bad for her.
She has been a WONDERFUL addition to our home. The biggest love bug you have EVER met! Her and Polly are inseparable. Polly is a very quiet kitty, hardly a word out of her. Roxie, on the other hand WHEW! Such a WHINEY BUTT!! So, whenever Roxie gets a bath, toes clipped, ears flushed out etc, she whines and whines and Polly comes running to her aid, just to make sure she is ok!
ANYWAY
My point to the post.
We
I am not sure that Roxie is the brightest star in the bunch. She has yet to learn that certian things she does result in us getting after her. NOR has she responded well to Positive reinforcement.
She claws incessently at anything smooth. It is funny to watch her, but she has such an OCD about the way she does it, you wonder if everything is okay upstairs.
The ONLY things she has "learned" is that when I call "Kitty, kitty, Kitty" She is rewarded with wonderful Scratches when she comes running, which she does every time.
She's learned the sound of the wet food opening.
And she has even comes to the sound of my nails scratching against fabric, IE: My comforter, or the couch arm. She comes running as she realizes it's time to cuddle.
Like I said, she is such a little lover! But I wonder if there might be some slowness or other learning dissabilities that we don't know about due to her being exposed to such high heat at such a young age. Jordan teases her, that her father is also her brother.
Can cats be not-so-intelligent? I thought all cats could pass the Bar if they were given the chance. I know that dogs, with inbreading, can be not so bright.
Thoughts?
(I will never love her any less regardless! She is my cuddle monster. I am just curious)
WAY too young to be taken from mom, 4 weeks old. Skinny and PANTING. No water in sight.
I took her because I was appauled that someone would have such a young kitten away from mom, and in the hot sun like that. I felt so bad for her.
She has been a WONDERFUL addition to our home. The biggest love bug you have EVER met! Her and Polly are inseparable. Polly is a very quiet kitty, hardly a word out of her. Roxie, on the other hand WHEW! Such a WHINEY BUTT!! So, whenever Roxie gets a bath, toes clipped, ears flushed out etc, she whines and whines and Polly comes running to her aid, just to make sure she is ok!
ANYWAY
My point to the post.
We
I am not sure that Roxie is the brightest star in the bunch. She has yet to learn that certian things she does result in us getting after her. NOR has she responded well to Positive reinforcement.
She claws incessently at anything smooth. It is funny to watch her, but she has such an OCD about the way she does it, you wonder if everything is okay upstairs.
The ONLY things she has "learned" is that when I call "Kitty, kitty, Kitty" She is rewarded with wonderful Scratches when she comes running, which she does every time.
She's learned the sound of the wet food opening.
And she has even comes to the sound of my nails scratching against fabric, IE: My comforter, or the couch arm. She comes running as she realizes it's time to cuddle.
Like I said, she is such a little lover! But I wonder if there might be some slowness or other learning dissabilities that we don't know about due to her being exposed to such high heat at such a young age. Jordan teases her, that her father is also her brother.
Can cats be not-so-intelligent? I thought all cats could pass the Bar if they were given the chance. I know that dogs, with inbreading, can be not so bright.
Thoughts?
(I will never love her any less regardless! She is my cuddle monster. I am just curious)