I like to think this helped us establish some common ground right from the start. One of my favorite things about Pixie that some people may not know is that she and I are from the same planet. If I answer her with a meow, though, she comes running to me with lots to say, so I think she really just wants to tell someone about her day. Cute points! She also enjoys screaming in the hallway either because all the doors are closed at 3am (she must be lonely) or she’s just been quiet for far too long. When I pet her, I get a “mrrrrr?” squeak in response, followed by loud purring.

This is her standard greeting for strangers and her way of saying WHAAAT WHO ARE YOU? YES PET ME? ACTUALLY STOP THAT WTF NO?, but it is understandably disarming to people who didn’t expect to be yelled at for saying “hi” to a small, striped cat. Just to make sure you pick up on her half-Siamese heritage within the first five minutes of meeting her, she’ll begin yelling at you. What she lacks in size, Pixie makes up for in volume, and by that I mean Pixie never shuts up. She weighs just six pounds, and I like to think of her as “a little wisp of cat.” Pixie is a Siamese/tabby mix and exceeds in living up to her name, which means “playfully mischievous.” Pixie may not have the voluptuous, camera-ready fluff of a Fancy Feast model, but she rocks eyeliner as well as Jessica Jones. I felt like you needed to know what kind of cat lady you were dealing with right up front). (Yeah, I used the word “cattitude” unironically. While Pixie is a bit of a drama queen, she excels when it comes to creativity and friendship.

In this extremely biased review, I’ll explore Pixie’s cattitude in a few key areas: social skills, intelligence, curiosity, and general kittyness. Meet Pixie: my feline BFF for the last 11 years.

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