Tabby cats are really something! They have looks and unique personalities, being both cool and sweet.
My little Mimi was born to a cat of my mother’s friend, an aunt. I hadn’t seen her mother, so I don’t know what she looked like. She must be pretty, I guess.
This was the first time I saw Mimi, probably just after she turned a month old. I came back from a business trip and found a little kitten at home. It was quite a surprise. Why? Because my mother used to dislike small animals very much. At that time, there seemed to be a mouse in the house, so my mother brought one back, and that was my Mimi.
She’s the first cat in my life. I never thought of raising a cat before. When I used to live with a roommate, the roommate had a black cat. I occasionally fed it, but it wasn’t mine. So Mimi is my first cat.
The black cat my roommate had before seemed quite easy to raise.
What’s it like to raise a tabby cat? Compared with the black cat, I feel that tabby cats aren’t as clingy, but they aren’t as aloof as rumored either.
She’s extremely naughty. This stool of mine is a bar – stool, 75 centimeters high, and she just jumped right up on it.
She doesn’t actively cling to me. Usually, she basically ignores me. Of course, there’s no chance for much interaction as I have to work during the day and only get home in the evening. However, ever since I got her, every day when I’m almost home from work, I can hear her meowing. It feels really nice. Then when I enter the house, I give her a hug, and then she runs away.
I’m not sure when it started. At first, she would only lie on my legs when I was washing my feet. Now, whenever I lie down, she runs over and squeezes in with me.
Mimi looks really ugly when she’s asleep. Hahaha
Later, she started sleeping on the bed with me. She’s so soft.
She plays with my phone charging cable. It’s such a long one!
Raising a tabby cat means having a very naughty pet. She has a ton of energy. Every morning at around six o’clock, she wakes me up and then does “parkour” on my bed. Haha
But now it’s much better. Usually, if she meows twice and I don’t get up, she’ll just go back to sleep with me. She probably knows she can’t wake me up.
I’ve had her for a while, and she’s quite familiar with people and has become relatively clingy. Generally, when I pick her up and say, “Come on, give me a kiss,” she knows to give me a little nuzzle. My younger brother is always angry because when he wants a kiss, Mimi won’t give him one.
She sleeps spread out like a cat – pancake.
Oh, the downside is probably that since I got her, there have been constant scratches on my hands and arms.
The first time I got scratched, I was like, “Oh my god!” Now looking back, I’m like, “Oh…” Now I’m used to it.
Probably because she was too young when she came to my home and didn’t have time to learn from her mother cat, when she plays with me, it’s like she’s hunting. And when she was little, I liked to tease her with my hands, so now she really loves playing with my hands. I brought this on myself.
But still, the happiness and joy she brings far outweigh the negatives.
I feel that tabby cats are really worth raising. They are healthy, good – looking, lively in personality, and easy to raise. Raising one is also a lot of fun.
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