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Apollo settling in for his first night home

Apparently Chipotle bags make great kitty forts

Hi!  My name's Lisa, and I'm the owner of a jerk of a cat named Apollo.  He's a 1.5 year old, 16 pounder, orange tabby cat.  Yes, he's adorable, yes he has his very cute moments, but don't let that fool you.  He is a huge hassle to deal with.  Every day, we (we being myself and the boyfriend that I live with) come across a new trick he's pulled, a new stupid habit, or some other ridiculous thing that we didn't think any cat would do.  I've got stories about him that surprise even seasoned feline owners.  So keep tabs on this site, and you'll get to hear all about his apartment antics.

Instead of starting out with a recent tale, I'll just describe his personality, and how we came across this lovely little heathen.  I got him the beginning of last summer at an animal shelter.  I had finally graduated college, had a decent job for the summer, and decided that a kitten was exactly what our house needed.  At the time, I was living at my parents' house, and in addition to the proposed kitten, we had 3 other cats.  I figured it would be great, he would have playmates and/or companions to hang out with.  So we headed out to the shelter, and we found this adorable little kitten passed out in a little 3 year old's arms.  He squeaked at us, sprawled out in our arms, and was the calmest little guy there.  We thought he was perfect.  We took him home, set up a cozy little bed for him, and renamed him Apollo, since we thought it was a bit more fitting than the name Sprucer they had given him at the shelter.  He was a little sweetheart the entire night, curling up on everyone's lap, poking at feet, and even sleeping in a little ball on my pillow right next to me all night.

His act didn't last long.  Come the next morning, his wild side emerged.  I woke up to a full body kitten face tackle.  At 7am.  On my only day to sleep in.  So he got nudged out my door, and he promptly went and did the same thing to every other occupant in the house.  Apollo's new favorite hobby was waiting around corners for people, so he could use his spring-loaded sneak attack on people.  It's pretty impressive, he could reach up to your waist.  And he didn't just jump, he grabbed on.  These attacks weren't limited to people either, as the other 3 cats were his pretty much constant unwilling playmates.  Instead of sleeping through the night, he also developed the "2am Freakout," which surprisingly comes at almost the exact same time every night.  He gets twitchy, gets very hyper, and attacks anyone and anything he can find.  This included faces, feet, doorknobs, desk chairs, sleeping cats, squeaky toys, and anything else he comes across.  Thanks to this awesome trait, he was and still is locked out every night from the bedroom.

For the most part, he's kept up this same personality.  Apollo is a bit bigger (OK, fine, he's colossal), but he still acts just like he did as a young one.  Since then, he's moved out away from the other kitties into a lone kitty apartment (for the time being, at least).  Due to his impressive weight gain, he's now on diet kitty food and has limited feeding times.  Which means his entire day revolves around eating, or begging to be fed.  To make up for attacking other cats and other people, he attacks anything he can find, from my cactuses to sponges he finds in the bathroom.  Apollo seems to develop new habits or quirks on a daily basis, and provides me with an endless supply of stories and tales of his most recent adventures.  And by following this blog, you'll get to hear all about them!