*CRICKET

Cricket is affectionate, vocal, and playful. She was a pregnant stray, so we don't know how old she is, but she seems very young. She likes lots of attention. When she was pregnant, she'd sit in our laps and purr. She's small: she was 8 pounds when pregnant with four kittens! The birth was a difficult one, and she was anxious after, mewing at us to come watch the kittens while she rested, asking for lots of human help. She had a hard time settling down, pacing around and demanding pets from anyone who visited the kittens. She's calming down now, but still asks for lots of pets, long strokes down her back, scritches on her chest, and sometimes belly rubs. Her favorite toy is a feather wand, but she will sometimes play fetch with a catnip mouse. I think she'd like another cat to play with - she tries to play with her kittens but they're tiny, so she switches to licking them.