Kenta’s Kangaroo

This is Kenta’s favorite cat toy. At first I thought it was a porcupine then I thought it might be a possum. I googled possum and it definitely is not one but a picture of a hedge hog also came up and that’s what I think it is. We’ve had it for many years and it used to be filled with catnip. My dad used to give da Boyz a package full of cat toys every Christmas. Even I never bought them gifts. None of da Boyz played with toys much. Theo loved playing fetch with crinkly balls; Mr. Max and Thompson played with catnip toys once in a while. Diego-San was too dignified to play with toys. 

Alias and Norma aren’t much into toys either. Norma does love to stab a toy with her front paw and and standing on her hind legs, fling it around the room squealing all the while. Alias has a favorite mouse toy that he’ll play fetch with.

So there’s a large bucket of mostly unplayed with toys that Kenta has checked each one out at some point. He loves his hedge hog most though. No matter where I put it, he’ll grab it with his mouth and bring it somewhere else. I constantly ask him,  “Where’s your porcupine?” A few days ago I put it on top of the living room sofa for the first time. Kenta either couldn’t find it or determined I finally figured out where the hedge hog belongs. 

This morning he was lying on my lap on the living room sofa so I pulled the hedge hog down to him. He immediately picked up his friend and brought him halfway up the stairs. From there he batted the hedge hog down to the bottom of the stairs and pounced on it. He then lay on his back inviting a tummy rub from me. He repeated this several times and was delighted I was helping him play. For the first time in the history of the world, a cat displayed absolute glee.