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Meet Midnight, Cat Number Four
Midnight is my cat. When we adopted the three sisters that you have met in the last few days, we decided to let them have one litter before getting them neutered. They all got pregnant about the same time and their kittens were born within a week of each other. Altogether, we had 14 kittens!
At first the cats had them scattered around hither and yon, but we were afraid that would make the kittens too wild, so we placed a big dog house at the front and brought the kittens to it. What we thought was really cool was that the sisters would nurse one another's kittens. They didn't care at all. At any rate, there was a kitten (cream and peach color) that I wanted to keep, but we had two wild boys that were more shy, so we decided to keep them because we were afraid we would have a hard time giving them away. We named the orange tiger cat, Fido. He belonged to my husband. Unfortunately Fido ran away or was taken away before he was 1 year old. We never could find him. The other cat was mine and I called him Midnight. Okay, not very original, I know, but at least there is no doubt about which one I am speaking of when I say his name!
Of the four cats Midnight is by far the smartest. He can also be the most annoying. Midnight yowls like a Siamese cat. And he yowls when he wants inside, when he wants outside or if I am late making sure the food gets to him. When I let him in at night, he often starts yowling around 3 a.m. to let me know it is time for him to go out and hunt!
He is affectionate, but in short bursts. He loves to be petted for awhile and will actively demand that I do so, but when he is done, that's it..away he goes.
He is sooo smart. Let me give you some for instances:
1. Our bedroom door does not latch when it closes unless you pull or push until you hear the click. If we neglect to do that, Midnight goes over, stands up on his hind paws and pushes the door open and goes in. The door is imbalanced though and will swing shut behind him, though it is not latched. So he will then proceed to work at opening it from the inside. He has almost succeeded on a couple of occasions.
2. He understands all about counting down. Guess he learned it from watching the children. If it is getting ready to rain I will call the cats to come in. The other day, I did this and Midnight was sauntering down the path through the yard. Well, I wasn't going to hold the door all day so I told him so. I said "Midnight, get down here now, 5, 4, 3...." As soon as I said number five he started running! No lie! My children saw it! It was the coolest thing I have ever seen!
So now you have met all of my cats. And even though I am sure you know what Midnight looks like, here are a couple of pictures...just in case!
