Me and my Bestie!

Split personality ①

Walter is a complex character.
Unlike my first impression of him when I met cats protection (oooooh he is so friendly and cuddly !!! ) he has grown up to be schizophrenic, even.
He is very independent, and protective of his private space.

"If I was an only cat I'd probably get fed more instead of having to share and steal food!"

"I Ain't Sitting In Your Germ Infested Lap!" 

If you try to put him on your lap, forget it!

If you stroke him too long, he'd give you "SNifff!"

and walk off , shaking off the invisible germs you put on his coat.


Of course he hates being brushed, he'd rather be crusty and stinky like the CRUSTY DREADLOCKED PUNK CAT that he is.

At first when we discovered this stubborn trait, we mistook it as Walter turning into a mean cat.
But, as time went by, we realized, he is a cat that does not take any BULL, (well he does, but he makes a point that he don't like it!) ....
and we started finding his stubbornness ...

 SOOOOO CUuuuTE!!!

He thinks he is so tough but look how fluffy and cuddly he is!!! He only a BABY trying to be tough! Awwww!

When he is sleeping I love to fluff his fuzzy head and kiss him!
I gotta get my daily dose of "SNiiiff!"  from him! 

 He is enjoying his peace and quiet , but his big sister
("Higher-In-The-Cat-Hierarchy-Hime) 
came and started making a racket on his favorite Alone-Time cat tree...


If it was Mieszky or us Humans he'd either do
"SNiiiff!"
or
"PReeow!"
and
  a whack,


but with Hime, he just sits there and bears it!  AWWWWWW.....
You can see the annoyed look in his green cross-eye!
Cannot go against the Hierarchy!

OOOOOOH , Poor Walter.
I'm gonna have to go give him another kiss now!
 
Oh, Shane already beat me to it!!!

"SNiiiff!" 

Shudder!

Walter, Your stubbornness is like a love magnet!

Split personality ②

Always There For You .... Mieszk!

I just noticed that I have been taking someone's love for granted.

Mieszko.

He is regularly overlooked when taking pictures, because

a) He is not cross-eyed (Walter)

b) He is not always doing quirky weird things (Hime)

c) He is not, "not the sharpest tool in the box" (Alsan)


Mieszky has a quiet,undemanding character. He isn't pushy,or loud, but he looks hurt when he is neglected. ... Doesn't that just break your heart??

He loves being with everybody.

Hime , the Busy-boss of everyone,
usually whacks everyone when she feels bored,
but she won't mind if he comes to sit next to her when she is sitting on my lap.
She will even lick him and he will be there, so happy to be groomed! Awwwww.

With Pazzy, it was a different story.
He didn't like Mieszky for the first 6 months....
It was like, "I'm the ONLY Stripey Cat in this House!!"
Or maybe Mieszky was bit too gay and soft for Pazzy's Neanderthal Ways??
He used to always hiss at Mieszky if he got too close.
Pazzy was never mean to anybody else before... not even to Walter who was always Hyena-ing his food whenever there was a chance!
My friend says Pazzy is jealous because Mieszky's good looks is threatening to Paz.
But , as time went on, he accepted Mieszky , and will let him sleep close to him as long as Mieszky doesn't touch him.
("I don't do that gay stuff, man, keep your distance!")

Now Walter, he is something of an Nihilist...
doesn't care about anything or anybody, (except for foo0000d) but sometimes he doesn't mind sleeping with Mieszky .

But when he feels like it, Walter shows him "boundaries".

In Walter's mind, there is a"Cat Hierarchy" that looks like this:

Hime
Aslan
Walter
Mieszky

(looks a bit like a band tour shirt!)

Therefore Walter thinks he has the right to whack him, or muscle his way into Mieszky's food if he wants to!
Technically, Mieszky is older than Walter..... So maybe the "Cat Hierarchy" is based on who came first, or who has the strongest personality??

... Mieszky don't care where he is in the Hierarchy. He's happy being at the bottom!

He is always sitting next to me,
or on me,
it's so subtle that I don't even notice that he is sitting on my lap anymore!

And when I speak to him, he looks at me with very human eyes, trying to understand what I am saying.

Sure enough, he understands more words (in both English and Japanese) than all the other cats !! He is the first to respond to the all the important phrases, like, "Who wants Treats???"

If I ask him,
"Should I get up?"
he grunts and replies,
"Rrrrrpipppp!"

Mieszky loves his momma!

He is the most royal and smartest cat I have ever had, who said Pedigree cats were stupid??
I don't think being Pedigree makes any difference in animals , Mieszky understands me because... ♥ ♥ HE CARES !　♥♥

He puts his head on your hand when you stroke him!!
Not a bad bone in his body!
He's always there for you!