I met a very cute little kitty yesterday. She was going to live with us for a few weeks while her mommy finds a new place to live. The poor little thing was pretty stressed from her second move in a week, but she seemed to be okay with being here. Unfortunately, we learned just how allergic to a cat I can be, and it quickly became obvious that we needed to return her.

I picked her up and cuddled her as I was taking her back to the carrier. She purred and purred, breaking my heart. (At this point the allergy medicine was coursing through my veins and the rational part of my brain had shut down). Just as I started to waiver about returning her she saw the cat carrier and decided to break my skin to match my heart.

Now, usually it’s a struggle to get a cat into the carrier, but once they’re in, well, they’re in. With this in mind, I certainly wasn’t expecting this tiny little ball of cat to become a winged hell beast from the planet Twylar.

As I was latching the carrier door she launched herself against it, hooking her paw through the bars and planting her claws into my hand. When I pulled back, cat still attached to my hand, I pulled opened the door and pulled the cat out with it. Now, most cats would let go and run and hide. Not this one. She attacked. I’m just thankful I was wearing long pants. Looking at my hands you’d think I’d gone a few rounds with tiny vampires. Kitty’s going to have to refine her technique, though, if she plans to go Pro. She missed my veins by mere millimeters at least a dozen times. When I got her back into the cage we had to use a towel over the door to latch it. I’ve really never seen anything like it.

Husband took the cat back while I cleaned up the blood (all mine) and took a shower. I feel terrible we couldn’t keep the kitty, but I feel even worse that Husband didn’t think to warn them when he returned her. I’m hoping that no one lost an eye when they opened the carrier. She really is a sweet little kitty and she’s been under a terrible amount of stress. She wasn’t being malicious, she was just freaked out. And I’m not just saying that because her mommy is a blogger…