Hey Pet Parents & Pet Lovers,
Kalista is an interesting kitten. Although she does a lot of hiding, she also does quite a bit of peaking her head into places she shouldn’t be.
For example everytime my partner comes home, she gets so excited to see him (even if he’s gone for 30-minutes) and runs out into the hallway to stretch out by his feet. Although rare, she has done this a few times with me and I’m terrified that one day I’m not going to notice her run out and I’m going to leave her out there by mistake!
You see, Kalista is fairly stealth. A lot of times you don’t notice she’s around because of how quick and quiet she is. So, don’t be overly surprised if I have to write a post about how our kitten snuck out, just like our ol’ pal Misty did a few years back.
Kalista’s curiosity is most seen when we open doors to rooms she’s not usually allowed in, like the laundry room or my closet. These doors are usually sealed during the day, but Kalista has somehow found a way to open them. My closet is fairly easy since we had to break off the doorknob when we first moved in. (The doorknob was jammed and it seems the owner before us installed the doorknobs backwards making it only possible to open from the inside with a credit card or lockpick.) But, somehow she’s started to open doors with working doorknobs and I don’t even know how.
While I wasn’t there, I truly believe she’s the culprit who opened my office door while I was at work. Since it’s happened about 3 times, but I can let out a sigh of relief knowing our new windows have screens.
I think Kalista’s favourite place to sneak in is our laundry room. It’s the room we open the least often and it has two large playgrounds for her to sniff around. This is also the place where Kalista gets locked in the most. She could be sleeping on her cat tree or playing with her toys in the living room, but as soon as she hears the laundry door open, she’s already hiding behind a basket or sitting her cute self in one of the machines. Oddly enough, she’s never made it on top of a machine, but I need to be grateful since I don’t know how I’d be able to get her from behind the machines.
I’ve tried training Kalista to stay out of “off-limit rooms” I enter, and have really focussed on training her to not run into the hallway, but it seems her curiosity overpowers that. While I’ll keep trying and share tips with you that I learn, she really puts a whole new meaning to “curiosity killed the cat.”
Never in my years of being a pet owner have I met such a curious cat, especially such a curious cat who is so afraid of humans. How is she so certain that someone’s not going to be in the hallway and if there is a stranger will she immediately dart back into the apartment?
Who knows, all I know is that she’s an adorable handful who I’m grateful to have.
Sorry I haven’t been posting as much. My work caught up to me and I’m trying to take more time for myself when I have time off. Winter break comes in 6 more weeks and I’m excited to have reached the hump of my semester. I’m looking so forward to cuddles and hot chocolate with the kitties. (Well, the hot chocolate for me, and not them!) Here’s to counting the days down to Winter Break!
Well. little Kalista, you sure are quite the handful! An adorable one, nonetheless.
Our Angel Toki was like that…quick as a wink he’d be through a door and then hide so you couldn’t easily find him. Though none of our furry ones have ever been allowed upstairs he found that place so fascinating if only he could gt in…and he would lie in wait at the top of the stairs and shoot through the door before you even knew he’d been there. Then he would hide under a bed, or behind a desk, or get in the closet…he was a meezer rascal!
Minko was sort of like that, but to a lesser degree…but…he learned how to open the bedroom door, he’d just jump and jiggle the doorknob until it ge way. If you were on the other side of the door, it sounded like a small thunderstorm, accompanied by chirps and mrouws like “why don’t you just open the door for me so i don’t have to do all this work?”
He stopped doing that when he got sick, though he still would sniff and mrouw at the bottom of the door…
Curious kitties are always so interesting. When I used to live with my parents we used to keep the basement closed and Walker would always meow at the door so he could go downstairs and sit on the couch (even though he had two perfectly good ones upstairs to sleep on!)
We love Eastside Cats’ quote ! Nicely said for Kalista ! Purrs
It’s quite an awesome quote, eh?
My kitty, Pretzel, is good at slipping outside before you know it.That’s how she got pregnant. Unfortunately, one of the 4 in the litter survived. She’s fixed now so no more kittens.
Oh my! Yeah, that’s a huge fear of mine. Both have been fixed though. But I know my next male cat I’m going to wait longer to fix him. (Sadly we didn’t have a choice with Beau.)
Very curious and so adorable.
She’s very adorable! I just wish she liked cuddles more!
We hope Kalista’s curiosity doesn’t get her in trouble!
I hope not either!! By the way, did you see the e-mail I sent you?
The entire saying is:
Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back!
Kalista is a darling kitty, and her name seems purrfect for her.
We all understand taking a break; real life gets in the way of blogging, but not in the way of our love for our critters!
Hahaha! Glad that the satisfaction brought the cat back! I hope she’s satisfied with our home 😉