Bungalow Cats: May 2010

Milton went back to the Sanctuary after staying at Pasadena petco for several weeks. But shortly after, he was adopted by one of our Kitten Rescue volunteer Dianne. He is doing really well and we received an update.

I have done a few adoption days at Pasadena but mostly I am a regular volunteer at the Sanctuary. I first noticed Milton the Wednesday after he came to the Sanctuary from the BFAS fall adoption event. I immediately fell in love with his adorable little face. I had three cats, wasn't really looking to add to my family, and figured there would be no problem finding him a furever home. Six month later, that furever home was mine.

Milton has fit right in since the instant he joined the family. I have three very mellow cats – well two I would describe as mellow and the third is hyperactive but loves other cats. I didn't expect to have any problem with Milton integrating into the family, and I was right. All three cats were sitting there waiting to see who was in the box (since it wasn't any of them). When I opened the carrier Milton popped out with his typical curious look on his face, but no fear. Jack and Sasha sniffed him once or twice and walked away. Pandora got right in his face and seeming to feel somebody needed to say SOMETHING briefly hissed – no response from Milton. So she hissed again, still no response. So she hissed a third time, walked away and laid down and stared at him. With the introductions out of the way, Milton began his exploration of the house, and he's been exploring ever since.

Milton`s personality goes beyond curious to fascinated. Everything fascinates him. He's not much of a talker, but he has almost a bark when he gets excited. The first big attraction was the mirrors in my house – seeing another cat he hadn't heard (or smelled) coming would at first startle him, then he would start to walk up to the cat and when, god forbid, the other cat didn't retreat but, instead walked towards him, he would do the little side walk with an arched back thing and bark once. When nothing happened he would walk away and lose interest – until the next time. While he seems to have gotten a bit more used to the mirrors every so often that doppelganger cat will sneak up on him again.

The second big fascination that developed was water – he's right up there with Poseidon in his love of water. The second week he began sleeping in the sink and even tried to turn it on a time or two after sitting on the counter watching me. He drives my housekeeper crazy because he sits on the counter while she tries to clean the kitchen and chases her hand as she washes dishes or wipes down the counter. He's gotten in to the sink and grabbed the dish sponge and carried it away into the bathroom (it now is stashed under the sink again). The most recent favorite is the bath/shower. Actually all of my cats like my tub for some reason, but none to the extent Milton does. As I take a shower he chases the drops running down the shower door. As soon as I finish he jumps into to shower and bats at all the water drops left. He's even jumped in after I've taken a bath and before all the water drained and didn't freak-he started chasing the water down the drain instead.

Everything Milton does is done with gusto – from eating (all his then trying to crowd out the other cats and eat their food too) to playing with his tail (he chases his own tail) to chasing Pandora and being chased in return, to seeing a bird through the sliding glass door and running full blast across the living room, stopping just in time when he realizes the door or the screen is closed.

He is an adorable, funny, loving little boy and even the other cats would agree a great addition to our family.