>  >  RH> But no warning at all, that's weird.
>  > Yup, it was.... We warned everyone to be careful with her... 
>  > especially as she'd bite without warning.... 
>  >  
>  RH> Not a nice kitty.  I hope she at least knew how to hunt. 
> 
> Not really... she'd play with mice, and scare them to death, maybe, 
but
> didn't really properly hunt...  It did still work to chase them out 
of
> the house, though...    She'd been raised in a shelter, and then 
was

Scared their tails off.  

> with friends of ours... she'd chosen Richard as her person when she 
was
> still a kitten, long before she came to live with us... she may 
have
> been abused at some point as well...  She could be sweet, but she 
was
> also very unpredictable....  She mellowed out a lot while she lived 
with
> us.... 
>  
Sounds like she definitely was mistreated early on. 

>  >  > RH> Cats always need more slaves.
>  >  > They think so, true....  
>  >  RH> They know so; humans are just dense.
>  > Color me dense, then... (G)
>  > 
>  RH> The cat probably did that for me.
> 
> I'll gladly have them around, but I'm not going to be their 
slave... 
> 

Or so you think. The cats have other ideas.
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