
So, Housemate and are watching his mother's cats while she is away snow-birding. One of whom is Morris. Yes, orange tiger, just like the commercial.
He's an enormous cat (bigger than Butch) who's painfully shy. He hates men, and is usually found lurking under the beds. A tight fit for a cat I'm estimating weighs 20+ lbs. I mean, to look at him, he's about 1/2 the size of Mr. MWP.
He's started to warm up to me (mostly because I'm female and live in the 'warm' room, I think,) but the past few nights, he slinks up onto my bed and purrs his giant fluffy heart out. He's not super keen on being touched, and that's ok, so I just share my bed with him. Sometimes, it's like he wants validation - he'll sneak up to the head of the bed, I'll scritch his ear for a second, and then it's back to the foot of the bed. He's quite pleasant company, and leaves a nice large warm spot for my toes. :)
I rather like this cat a great deal, and will be sad to see him go home. I mean, he's splayed out 6 ways to sunday, and even still he's purring in his sleep. And he's got he cutest little pink cat toes!
- k.