I live in a one bedroom second floor apartment for the handicapped. The doors DO have handles instead of knobs which I need because I have a good deal of arthritis in my hands. This wise guy can jump up, hit the handle and now pull the door open........on the first try.

Another cat is out of the question. I can't afford to take proper care of a second animal and will not cut corners on their care. I play with him for 45 minutes in the morning and then again after supper. He stays busy with independant play durring the day when he isn't snoozing in the window. He has two trees and all sorts of hanging toys in the living room and bedroom. His favorite activity is chasing noisey balls.......a regular soccer player.

I agree that he acts like he comes from a ferral background. His original owner got him at seven weeks. I understand he was exceptionally hyper as a young kitten.........whatever that means. She had to give him up after a month when she found out that she had an agressive cancer and could not keep up with him while dealing with chemo etc. A elderly male neighbor kept him on a tempory basis until a forever home could be found. The cat was well fed, watered, and litter trained but the gentleman didn't interact with him much. He was pretty much on his own relative to socialization for the next four months until I took him.

I didn't put the Rescue Remedy Drops in his morning water today because he was calm. I guess I am going to need to do that proactively. He has had a complete health check up recently because I thought that there might be a problem but the vet said he was the picture of health..........just a stinker. He did do labs on him.

When I was growing up, my family bred daschunds and some of them were real stinkers when left alone. As a matter of fact, his behavior is much like what they would pull.

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