What a weirdo!

Yesterday, I outlined some of Gizmo's weird habits and fetishes. I decided that there's more to the story than I told you. To make this easier for me to organize, I'm just going to list out some of his weird habits. So, without further ado, I present to you "Gizmo: The secrets behind the teeth":

- Gizmo is most definitely a morning cat. We keep the bedroom door closed at night so that he doesn't wake us up all night and he's always up and waiting for us when we wake up at 8am or so. He usually greets us with lots of purring and rubbing. Unfortunately, this is one of the few times that he shows affection.

- His morning ritual is the same every morning: he rubs, purrs, demands to be fed, and then enjoys "belt time". What the heck is "belt time?" Gizmo has become quite fond of rubbing on my belt as I'm putting it on. Every morning.

- As you can see from yesterday's photos, he has developed some strong feelings for random inanimate objects. These include (but are not limited to): our sponge mop, our broom, our lint roller, and the yardstick.

- He loves to unravel the toilet paper and shred the tissues that stick up out of the box. If you open the cabinet under the sink, he'll make an effort to steal a cotton ball. He doesn't really like to play with it, as you might think, though. No, he eats it. We've decided that this probably isn't very healthy for him, so we don't allow him to "play with" cotton balls anymore.

- We found out tonight that he has a special place in his little heart for a new Halloween ink pen that Olivia recently purchased. He stole it out of Olivia's hand and then took off with it in his mouth. When we approached him to retrieve the stolen goods, he continued to run. We finally got him pinned in the kitchen after chasing him around the apartment for about a minute. When we tried to pry it from his jaws, he growled and hissed at us! I had NEVER heard him growl before. Wow. he must feel pretty strongly towards that pen. See the photo below of him caught in the act.

- In the tradition of Pollard family cats, THIS CAT CAN JUMP. Even though he's an indoor kitty, he has some STRONG legs. In the past few days, we have placed a "stringy" toy in the top hinge on a door in our apartment. He has (a few times) been able to jump up and retrieve the toy at that height. Now, stop reading this and look at a doorway near you. Take a look at how high that top hinge is. I would estimate that it's about 4.5 to 5 feet off the ground. Amazing.

That's about all I can think of for now. Take a look at more photos of the boy:

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Caught in the act	Infatuated with the lint roller

Posted by Jeff at October 19, 2001 12:21 AM