Her given name is Bagera (after the black jaguar from Disney’s The Jungle Book). Shortly after Gerald and I moved to a farm house in the country our vet told us he had a kitten he was trying to find a home for and wondered if we would be interested. I wasn’t too keen on the idea but Gerald thought it would be great to have a friend for our eldest cat, Simon. Seems this kitten’s mother was a stray who lived in the back of an abandoned pick-up where she had her kittens. When this pick-up was towed to town Bugsy had no choice but to go along for the ride.
Gerald and I picked her up on a Wednesday afternoon and she alternated hissing and yowling at us the entire way home from town. As soon as I put her in the house to introduce her to Simon, she arched her back and hissing, started hopping sideways. Simon just looked at her - he was such a mellow guy and so accepting of everyone. I put them together in our bedroom, thinking that would force help them get to know one another. It must have worked because they became inseparable. Everywhere Bugsy went, Simon followed and likewise, everywhere Simon went, Bugsy followed.
After 11 years she still hisses but has ceased the hopping sideways while doing it!
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