Missie (the kitten) and the Mystery Location is revealed!

Yes, we did actually get around to choosing a name for the kitten, and it didn't actually take us this long!

So Missie has settled in well, has used the litter tray well - no accidents, and is gradually learning not to bite and scratch us. She has some odd habits - particularly with her sleeping. She likes to sleep in odd positions - often with her head lower than her body, which surely is not that comfortable. This is Missie sleeping on Kyla's legs - a prime example of a strange place to sleep.





Here is Missie with her very first kill.
Clearly she is not going to be a very talented hunter - given that the fly would have already been feeling a little woozy from the insect spray dispenser we have!

We have mentioned to a few people, the mystery of where Missie was hiding while we were out.

We would come home, and walk through the house looking for her, often without being able to find her.
I was gradually able to narrow it down to somewhere in our bedroom. One day I came home, and went quietly down to our room, determined to work out where she was hiding. I looked under and around everywhere, including our ensuite, and all with no luck. Then I found her sitting next to the towels on the shelf in our vanity. I had already checked there, including behind the loose panel that covers the waste from the vanity. I also knew that she had not sneaked in there past me as she has a collar that rattles when she walks. This left me very confused, as the only other option in the vanity was inside the drawers. To get in there she would have to climb over a panel next to the drawer, through a gap of around 40-50mm. We found two cat hairs in Daryl's vanity drawer one day, and a warm moisturizer bottle in my drawer over the next few days, convincing us that we had indeed found her hidey-hole. Now to catch her in the act!

A day or two later, Daryl arrived home before me, grabbed the camera, and went to see if our theory was right. Here is the evidence, although some of the photos are blurred.

Here she is in the vanity drawer.




And here is a very blurred photo (but the only photo we have) of Missie getting out of the drawer, via the open shelf that the towels sit on.

She is very definitely an odd kitten!