My Halloween kitty is possessed!

[flewellyn]

The youngest of my cats, Bella, is a Halloween kitty for many reasons. She is orange on top, and white on the bottom. She is very easily spooked. And, she was rescued by my sister as a young kitten on October 31, 2000. This is not only the day that I celebrate as her birthday (celebrated with, um, snuggles...she never wants a present), but it's also the reason for her full name: Bella Lugosi.

Yes, for real.

Now, however, I'm a bit worried that she might be taking this too far. She is currently sitting on the floor by the sliding door, looking out onto my balcony at a group of birds that are hopping around on the deck and...oh, I don't know, doing bird things. And she is making this truly bizarre throaty squeaking and squawking noise.

It does not sound like a cat meowing. It sounds like wet rubber galoshes walking across a linoleum floor. Low-pitched, slightly raspy, and not something you expect to come out of the mouth of a six-pound feline.

Maybe she really is a Halloween kitty...

Comments

[parrhesia.livejournal.com]

Is it the first time she's done it? All my cats have done that, to greater or lesser extent, when watching prey. some sound slightly like they're chewing, or gargling, some are more chirrupy and dry. It's purrfectly normal...but cool that she's doing it today :)