willowoak: (Default)
( Jul. 11th, 2004 09:28 am)
Well, as I mentioned last time, Munchkin has gone hunting in the Summerlands.

Merlin is 16 and not terribly interested in playing. But Freya is only 3 1/2 and dead set on playing as much as possible ALL THE TIME. So we have a stand off here. And if she isn't trying to play with Merlin, she's on me. So, I started thinking that Freya needs a kitten.

And yesterday I found one and brought him home. He's somewhere between 2 and 3 months old. The foster care had named him Moe. I was going to call him Snorri (private joke), but he's decided that his name is Odhinn.

He's a little bit, not much bigger than my hand. Black with rusty orange undertones, medium length hair, and amber toffee eyes. He's even got black whiskers. He's also got a meow like a rusty saw -- the meow is much bigger than he is. :-) He's sweet, inquisitive and very loving and has decided that I'm his human. He also doesn't see why he's confined to the back room, and has already escaped twice. He's ready to meet everyone, why aren't they ready? Very well named.

Merlin and Freya are currently very edgy and unsettled. The first time Odhinn escaped, he ran right into Freya, and she was so startled, she couldn't react. Now she goes and sits by the door and hisses sometimes. Merlin's just hissing and growling at everyone. I foresee an interesting couple of weeks.
willowoak: (Default)
( Jul. 11th, 2004 07:28 pm)
So, the initial introductions have happened, and I have one supremely confident and unintimidated kitten and two shellshocked adult cats.

I let Odhinn out this afternoon, and he scampered out under my feet. Merlin and Freya started hissing at him. He got under my skirt for a minute, got bored and bounced into the kitchen. Merlin and Freya headed for the sofa. Odhinn finished with the kitchen, went into the living room...got within three feet of Freya, she hissed, he scampered off to investigate the bedroom. He came back, she hissed, he scampered off to the kitchen again. No slinking, no hissing back, just scampering off to investigate other cool stuff.

Then of course, Odhinn had to climb up me. After all, I AM a cat toy. Merlin and Freya were not amused. Merlin headed for the cat tree and ensconced himself on the top. Freya hid behind a box. Odhinn made himself comfortable in my elbow...Freya jumped on the arm of the sofa. Odhinn got within a foot of her, and she hissed and swatted him. He curled up in my elbow. She retreated.

I think he won. I couldn't stop laughing. He wasn't scared, he wasn't belligerent, he just bounced around.

My favorite Odhinn story so far, though, is from this morning. I was laying on the floor, and he was curling up between my hands and purring. Then he looked at my tattoo -- and reached out and patted the raven. Looked at it again, and patted the raven again. And then headbutted the tat. I just started laughing. As I've said before, well named. :o)
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( Jul. 11th, 2004 07:47 pm)
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willowoak: (Default)
( Jul. 11th, 2004 07:52 pm)
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