My cat is less than one year old. Today, she did something remarkable. She managed to open the window and run out. (Probably, it’s only a matter of time before she figures out how to open the door.)
She might have what I call “Separation Anxiety Disorder” (a term I made up). It means that when I’m around, she ignores me, but when I’m gone, she meows pitifully.
Just today, I pretended to be dead in front of her. She probably saw through it. Either she rushed over to bite my hand or tilted her head to watch the show. I got a bit angry and locked her in my colleague’s room (my colleague wasn’t there). She cried horribly… But as a strict owner, I wasn’t affected by her cries at all and left her alone.
After several minutes, she stopped crying. Then, I heard a scratching sound on the window… and then it was quiet again. I couldn’t help but open the door and run over to check on her. When I opened the door, there she was, squatting right in front of my room door, tilting her head and looking at me with eyes wide open like copper bells, seeming to show off or mock me… I was astonished and scared. I ran to my colleague’s room and found that the window was open. I had no idea how she opened it. Recalling that she always sat and watched when I opened or closed the window, it turned out that she had already memorized the trick. So clever!
She has an extremely strong imitative ability.
I was watching TV while cracking melon seeds. She was sitting on the coffee table watching me. Soon, she used her paw to pick up a melon seed and nibble on it, just like I did. That was the first time I noticed her imitative ability. Maybe she learned to open the window by imitating me.
Thinking back, I picked her up when she was one month old. She learned to use the litter box after just one demonstration. It was super easy. (Because my friend’s British Shorthair took several tries and still couldn’t get it.) She has her own little temper. If you spank her, she runs away. The more you chase her, the faster she runs, looking back at you as she runs. But if you stop chasing her, she’ll come back cheerfully. (Obviously, she enjoys the process of you chasing her as a form of sulking.)
She has an excellent sense of time and has figured out my work schedule.
For example, during my normal working hours, she understands when I leave and doesn’t make a sound. But if I leave during non-working hours, even for a few seconds, she’ll sense something is wrong and start crying as soon as I’m gone.
My friend said that you can tell she’s very smart just by looking at her eyes. She’s really shrewd.
Of course, the personality of Dragon Li cats is really energetic. They act crazy all day long.
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