Year One, Tiggs was our little fuzzball growing growing growing.
Year Two, Tiggs turned into a teenager.
Partway through Year Three, Tiggs has turned into a somewhat grouchy, sometimes cuddly cat. Lack of human contact beyond us as his adoptive parents in the first year under COVID conditions probably affected his socialization in ways I couldn't have anticipated, as I've never had an unfriendly cat before.
I also note that I did what so many parents do, which is to take lots of pictures early and then slack off as they get older.
I recorded some of our nicknames for him. We've had a ton of fun with this.
- Mr. Stripey Pants (I think this was his very first nickname)
- The Tiggmeister
- Little Man
- Buddy Boy
- The 6-inch Tsunami
- The 8-inch Avalanche
- The 10-inch Tornado (he kept growing)
- Poophead (most frequent, if we were logging usage)
- Tiggalator
- Mr. Tiggs
- Butthole (catbox reference)
- Master Blaster, Master Bottom Blaster (another catbox-cleaning refernece)
- Meow Mix
- Cute Boots
- Boo Cat (associated with a particular leaping movement on hind legs, front paws outstretched like a Scooby-Doo ghost)
- The Stripiest
- The Paunchy Predator
- Catnip Evermean
- Fur Face
- Killer Kitten with Murder Mittens (coined during our move from Seattle to Olympia)
- Kitty Boy
- Pounce and Bounce
- Mr. Investigator
- The Merino Muncher (because he chews holes in my clothes like a giant Mothra)
- Floor Shark
- Ankle Shark
- Paunchy Boy
- Striperino
- Striperoneous
- Paunchus
- Stripeness Everpoop
- Poop Noggin (classing up Poophead a bit)
Kitten Chronicles Year 3 Day 46: Never fails--if I leave a container open I catch a kitty. pic.twitter.com/mUO6FbkXgO
— Barb Chamberlain (@BarbChamberlain) August 27, 2022
Kitten Chronicles Year 3 Day 55: My sweetheart set up a temporary table so I can reach things with my unbroken left hand. This gives Tiggs a whole new angle on the fireplace, which he already found fascinating. Must investigate! pic.twitter.com/40OPNQgIH9
— Barb Chamberlain (@BarbChamberlain) September 5, 2022
For more on the reference to a broken hand, a post on my broken wrist.
Kitten Chronicles Year 3 Day 65: We started watching Inside the Mind of the Cat on Netflix https://t.co/bYbONThjR3 and Tiggs settled in front of the TV to watch with us. He left briefly for a snack and then came back. Too dark to take a pic but pretty funny.
— Barb Chamberlain (@BarbChamberlain) September 16, 2022
Kitten Chronicles Year 3 Day 67: Tiggs hard at work on the laptop. I left the room with him facing toward me, came back to find that he had turned around and resettled on the laptop facing away. Doesn't seem bothered by the beeping it makes with repeated key presses. pic.twitter.com/TZOMb0jaRk
— Barb Chamberlain (@BarbChamberlain) September 17, 2022
Kitten Chronicles Year 3 Day 83: Had to put away the yoga mat because Tiggs the Weirdo Cat was chewing on it. Mat gone, he started rolling around like he had catnip in the carpet, then leaped up, bristling at an invisible enemy. Cat brain! pic.twitter.com/jf1tVJUu1m
— Barb Chamberlain (@BarbChamberlain) October 4, 2022
Kitten Chronicles Year 3 Day 98: Tiggs observing my work station by balancing on top of the skinny skinny monitor: the modern techno cat version of a narrow branch high in a tree. pic.twitter.com/rkNC0zU8fU
— Barb Chamberlain (@BarbChamberlain) October 18, 2022
Kitten Chronicles Year 3 Day 116: Oh, the fun you can have with a big cardboard box with holes cut into it. Wait for it. pic.twitter.com/w9IHS4Wc73
— Barb Chamberlain (@BarbChamberlain) November 5, 2022
Kitten Chronicles Year 3 Day 125: If you haven't take a breath yet today here is 90 seconds of Tiggs enjoying the sunshine and taking a little bath. If you have a pet in your life, time to administer some pets. pic.twitter.com/T3pFK9W4oe
— Barb Chamberlain (@BarbChamberlain) November 14, 2022
Kitten Chronicles Year 3 Day 128: Possibly the last kitten chronicle posted on the birdsite but Tiggs was so cute today I just had to share. pic.twitter.com/YZvcOWiSR9
— Barb Chamberlain (@BarbChamberlain) November 18, 2022
Kitten Chronicles Year 3 Day 130: It's that time of year again--kitty stretches in front of the fireplace. pic.twitter.com/Zf6PDBLgZB
— Barb Chamberlain (@BarbChamberlain) November 20, 2022
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