Happy Tails: Miss Tipper and Jacqollyne

In this month’s edition of Happy Tails we meet Tipper, who was adopted as a buddy kitty to big brother Ziggy.

VOKRA often has single kittens available to adopt as a “buddy” to homes with existing kitties, who can teach them all the in’s and out’s of cat etiquette.

Here adopter Jacqollyne tells us Tipper’s story.

About Tipper

Miss Tipper, or “Princess”, is 5 years old and I adopted her in 2017 when she was about 4 months old. I’d learned she’s quite sweet and loves to hide under blankets, which she continues to do.

She was on her own at the foster home, as her siblings and mom were adopted first. She was playful and had the most gorgeous eyes. I got her to be a buddy for Ziggy who was lonely after his buddy passed away. Ziggy’s only 5 months older than Tipper.

I remember she cooed a lot when I brought her home and liked to sit really close to me. She’s a very chatty kitty. She saw a blanket and quickly burrowed under it. She has a knack of hiding without it looking like she’s under the blanket!

She helped Ziggy get out of his funk from being a recent only cat. She keeps me company especially when the other two kitties are napping.

She’s the best supervisor cat ever. Whenever any work is being done in the house or outside she’ll stay near the worker and watch to see they’re doing it right. (Ziggy’s a big chicken, according to Tipper, ‘cos he hides the whole time).

What Tipper loves the most

Tipper hanging out in her super fancy catio!

Tipper loves all treats even more than cat food!! Her mousey is her favourite toy and scatter rugs. She loves to rearrange rugs.

She loves to play with toys and has a few fat mice toys she throws in the air and then bats them around the house. Tipper’s other favourite thing to do is suntan! And she LOVES to sit in boxes.

Tipper likes to sleep under blankets away from the other cats. She’ll play with her donut toy and run to me for pets. She prefers humans it seems, but likes to run around the house with her two cat siblings.

All three sleep on the bed with me, but Tipper usually wants me to hold up the top cover for her so she can snuggle under the blanket. Then she wants her head scratched for a while before I’m allowed to go to sleep. No cats are allowed to touch her fur. Only humans can. She’s very particular about this.

But Dusty, the third cat in the household, can be near her on the bed when Tipper’s under the blanket. Tipper loves to eat off a spoon. She does this most days, but sometimes she wants you to feed her. She’s very entitled that way. If she doesn’t want food she turns her head and scrunches up her nose! This is how she got the nickname Princess! My mom taught her to eat from a spoon!

Tipper is a very sweet cat. She loves men and ice skating. She loves to brush up against your leg and she like to be held. She loves pate food the best and occasionally has an extra serving when Ziggy and Dusty are sleeping in the afternoon.

Tipper’s glad Ziggy has Dusty as a wrestling mate ‘cos she HATES wrestling.

She’s a Princess after all. She’ll watch the two wrestle and look at me as if to say “ here they go again”.

Want to share your Happy Tail? Email kotm@vokra.ca for information about how to share your kitty’s story.