I found Watson when I worked at the local SPCA- he and his
sister were brought in from a tough neighbourhood. At 8 weeks
old, he had already had a taste of being tough: his ear had been
torn in a fight.
After his hernia recovery (he fell out of a tree) is when he
showed his true colours: his adult teeth were coming in so he
tried them out by biting anything he could get his grubby little
paws on: me, my husband, the other kitten, his toys and
eventually, his favourite chewing toy was our German Shepherd,
Misty.
But he grew out of that. His new favourite hobby was to
attack our other kitten, Greuber, whenever he got the chance.
Watson would lie in wait and would launch himself after Greuber
(who was peacefuly sleeping). His targets kept growing as he
did: first it was Greuber, then it was the dog. He routinely
kicks the dog off her bed, eats her food and launches himself at
the dog so he can bite her face, ears, nose and head. He's given
her a few scratches to the general eye area. He then decided
that the dog's bed wasn't good enough and started sleeping on
our bed. Night after night now he takes up half the bed for
himself and makes my husband and I move to the other half.
Occasionally, he'll sleep on top of us both and with just a look
keeps us still until he decides he wants to move.
He's earned the nickname "vampire kitty", not only because of
his long teeth, but he'll climb onto the chair under the
pretence of grooming poor, unsuspecting Greuber, but then...he
bites Greuber on the neck and won't let go. Wherever Greuber's
sleeping, that's where he must be.
His mean nature extends to those poor woodland creatures such
as birds and mice (no squirrels here thankfully). He plays with
them, kills them and plays with them more until their mangled
bodies don't resemble anything small, furry or feathery anymore-
they are quite literally a shell of their former selves. Nothing
is safe from this cat.
He doesn't even have to say a word to get his way. Everyone
thinks he's the perfect little angel kitty. But we know
better...
