What makes Una so mean?

We have a couple cats that certainly fit the Meankitty bill. However, one of them rises like curdle cream to the surface. Our beloved Una Noel Shabooboo showed up at our farm on Christmas eve several years ago. I took her in and found her a home. The home was in fact a rabid cesspool of familial dysfunction.

So I brought her home to live with our 20 pound Buddha cat, Grendel (the name does not begin to describe his laid back zen attitude - he truly is a hairy little buddha). She proceeded to beat the crap out of him. Did I mention she only weighed 2 pounds?

I am the crazy cat lady with the invisible homeless cat magnet. Over the years we have had numerous kittens show up on our doorsteps. While the kittens are still young (under 1 year of age), Una dotes on them. Once they hit a year, she begins a merciless program of beatings and torment. It's really quite horrifying to behold. She even drove one cat out of the house to be consumed by a great horned owl (sad story... let's not go into details).

She absolutely refuses to be touched unless you've just stepped out of the shower. We've determined that she is highly sensitive to static electricity and the only time you don't shock her is when you are wet. We live in the high desert of SW Colorado so that don't happen too often. She wants nothing to do with human contact and also routinely kicks the dogs' butts. Even the horses don't mess with her. She is tiny with these hideously white claws that gleam out of her velvety black paws. And she gives no warning. She can be sleeping peacefully and you simply walk by and her obsidian claws of death wreak havoc upon your defenseless flesh.

Photo submitted by: Krista and Flint
Date last updated: 10/25/05