Raincoaster thinks that Morcilla looks insane, and I do get the “crazy eyes” thing, which is accentuated by that random orange flame above her right eye and the silly “milk moustache”.  Morcilla was also the runt of the litter and remains quite small for her age. But what she has in spades is charm and personality. I mean, hey, I was all set to take the adorable chubby orange boy until I brought all the kittens home for a few days. And it ended up being this one who stole my heart, flirting with me from day one. Almost like she knew this was her one chance to win the kitteh jackpot in terms of great places to live. Her other three siblings didn’t fare so well and were eventually left at 10 weeks old to fend for themselves at some place in the country belonging to of a friend of Pablo’s. Fuck.

Anyhow, this little flirty girl may look nuts – and I’m sure she is as nuts as all kittens tend to be – but she has amazing interpersonal skills. She really wants to communicate which ends up being both lovely and hilarious. She also reminds me so much of Azar and I keep thinking “this one is really mine!” but I rather suspect it’s the other way round.

… you can feed me now!

I mean just look at the difference. And Luna is somewhere in between. Which means I still don’t feel comfortable leaving Morcilla on her own with the other two when I’m not home. In fact, everyone is getting along just fine and there’s no actual fighting. But Morcilla really loves playing and will fling herself with wild abandon at these guys, which is all fun and games until the other two decide to play back. Loki just doesn’t know his own strength and even Luna can get Morcilla pinned down in a very dangerous looking way. Especially when they start chomping or “rabbit kicking”… the little one cries out in pain and usually manages to squirm away, but on several occasions I’ve had to break things up.

By the time we get back from holidays Morcilla will be about the same age Luna was when we took her in (close to four months) and, I think, will be more able to fend for herself. I remember being concerned about Luna getting hurt by that big galoot Loki until Luna showed herself to be a turbo-charged ninja kitten. But Morcilla is still too small.