What is a person to do when it grows dark and chilly? Adopt a cat of course! Well at least that's what our admin assistant, Kyra, has done, welcoming an adorable dot of a kitten into her home.
Originally, Kyra had wanted to call her new cat Gremlin or Goblin. But after watching this tiny kitten - so small that she could curl up in the palm of your hand - strut around the room completely unfazed by the strangers around her, she realised that this kitten was a little queen and needed a name to suit. So Maeve it was.
It sounds corny, but it was love at first sight.
At just two months old, Maeve is a tiny ball of furry chaos as she ambushes her toys, sprints at breakneck speeds around the flat, and yells whenever she is cruelly refused human food. When she isn’t being a deadly predator in training, Maeve cuddles up on her favourite blanket and hot water, her tiny paws twitching as she dreams of hunting for treats.
This is the first time I have sole responsibility for an animal, so as much as I am excited, I am also very nervous.
Apart from a couple of accidents (one of them on Kyra, much to her horror), Maeve has settled in wonderfully, and is very quickly growing into a loving and intelligent feline. Kyra has plans to train Maeve to be an emotional support animal, but it’s still early days and Maeve is much too small for her harness.
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So until then, it’s lots of snuggles and Dreamies for Kyra and Maeve.