Poseidon

Poseidon is progressing quite well and has grown quite a bit. He is still exploring a lot and is quite curious all the time. He is still thin however he is long. He is almost as big as Annabelle but not as thick. She has filled out since we adopted her and is just a petite cat. Poseidon is very talkative and vocalizes his opinion and his dismay when he disagrees or wants us to pay attention to his antics. He actually does like water and will fuss loudly if we shut the door to the shower as he wants to come in and shower also. He has this obsession with the toilet and as soon as the lid is shut he jumps around and on it doing all kinds of quirky things to get in. If we aren't careful he tries to play in the toilet flushing. While teaching him this was not good he was occasionally called pee paws and often got his paws washed. To Annabell and Hudson's annoyance he likes to stick his feet in the fountain water bowls and style his hair along with splashing everything and anything he can manage to get wet. He is the only Kitty in the house that is interested in the grandchildren. He plays with the youngest a little whereas Annabelle stays away and Hudson has a more curious at a distance attitude. Poseidon will play and then he moves on to whatever catches his attention next occasionally this is the older granddaughter who has discovered one of his toys or more likely if is a balloon or other toy he has decided is his very own as he has now discovered it all by hisself. Annabelle still hisses at him sometimes and acts like he is insulting to her intelligence however I often see them playing when she has decided it is time to play. Hudson plays with him in between resting and Annabelle's play time. Annabelle and Poseidon are rough when they play and although I have seen Hudson hold Poseidon down or away he is extremely gentle. Poseidon's favorite game appears to be "Ride the Kitty". He waits for the pounce and then up through the air and onto a kitties back he goes and stays till he slides off or one of them turns him over. Chase is the next popular game and you can hear all three sounding like a herd of dogs running up and down the stairs, through the girls tent, through their tunnels and then the girls tunnels, and then up and down their towers along with on and off all the furniture and in and out of the boxes set throughout the house they seem to like. There is one box in Jeffs office that one Kitty will sit in and sneakily poke any Kitty passing by through the air holes (think the box came from a plant order at some point). Poseidon will play at this game until the others won't play anymore. He is usually full of kitten energy and the other two take turns playing when they want and he waits somewhat patiently if they are playing. They don't all play at once that I have ever seen except chase. Poseidon is usually called by his name although sometimes he is Squirt and other times Slinky. He is quite full of silly actions which make us laugh and get us to play with him. For instance he loves to attack tails including his own and often when Hudson is walking around he stands on his back feet while dueling the tail passing by with both front paws. He also is very fond of being picked up so he can try to sit on shoulders and then there is the ever popular Kitty boxing that him and Annabelle seem to feel is needed every night when I have just fallen asleep. He has seemed to become somewhat of the Alpha in ways although we think Hudson is the "Nurturing " Alpha. Annabelle is still showing signs of jealousy and when Poseidon is on the bed with me or I am playing with him she retires to her house or her bed under my bed. He did take over the top tower seat in my bedroom for a while however they seem to trade out now. Annabelle has become more attached to Jeff since Poseidon's introduction to our family but she still meets me when I arrive home most of the time and makes sure she is downstairs when I leave for the day. They take turns spending time with Jeff however with me they are all usually in the room with me. At night he usually sleeps on a pillow above my head which used to be Hudson's nightly sleeping area and sometimes when Hudson has decided he will be using this area Poseidon cuddles up with me. Annabelle will get on the bed and sleep if Poseidon has decided to reclaim the top of the tower in the early morning. For the past month or so we have been spending a little time several times a day when possible holding Poseidon and rubbing his belly and neck and ears so that he has become comfortable with being a lap Kitty for a little while each day. Hudson had spent a year plus as a shelter cat and he is not very tolerant of being held. He does better each day but would rather be rubbed not held. Annabelle which was a feral has progressed very well and will allow some holding and picking up but she basically wants to lay on the lap and be rubbed. Poseidon, since he was a kitten and had some interaction with people on a regular basis is doing very well learning that cuddling is something he likes and he was not weary of it and people yet. Overall Poseidon has done very well as part of the family. He does have many quirks and actions that I have not seen in many cats or kittens ..... such as last night he was comtemplating the bubbles from the girls bath and once they got out and I had minimized them he decided it was time to explore in he jumped so that I felt the need to wash them off so he didn't eat them ..... kinda like my youngest granddaughter. He appears to be happy and when rest time comes he often curls up on me with his purr box going and head butting my hands for the rubbing to begin. If I am busy typing like now he climbs on my head like a Kitty hat and keeps the purring going till it is his turn and he has been rubbed. He is the same with Jeff.