What makes Mao so mean?
Mao is a mean kitty because he screams and screams and screams.
Mao doesn't cry - he screams between 80 and
100 decibels. This kitty could result in
material damage to one's hearing.
Mao came to live with me some three years ago. He's an adult
oriental shorthair show cat that needed a
place to spend the balance of his years. The
first indication of his proclivity to more than talk was when
I flew to LA to retrieve him and bring him back to San Francisco.
In the airport he made such a racket that people started looking
for the crying child. He kept this up until I put my hand in the
carrier. On the flight the only way to keep him from screaming was
to constantly touch him. Of course the fact that the flight ended
up circling the Monterey Peninsula for 45 additional minutes due
to air traffic didn't help matters. Thank goodness he's a charmer
and a flight attendant allowed me to hold his carrier in my lap
rather than put him on the floor.
I have learned that with Mao isn't not necessarily anxiety that
makes him yell, scream and cry. He hates the phone and begins
screaming as soon as I get on it. Strangers who phone ask if I
have a child having a melt down. Mao also screams as soon as you
walk out the door - he goes off like an alarm. He is very social
and likes to be with his person.
He also will sit in the kitchen every morning and scream until
he gets his cuttle fish treats. He knows where they are kept and
goes off like an alarm anytime he can convince someone to give him
some. He's a happy, healthy nine pound boy as a result of his
insistent for between meal snacks. Mao knows when I am expected
home and sits at the door and cries if I'm late. Needless to say
this high maintenance pal is never left home without a say in cat
sitter.
Meet Mao's "buddy", Neko.
Photo submitted by: Rebecca
Date last updated: 09/14/07
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