This week my friend Rachel and I had a fun skype date and I got to know a lot about her adorable kitty, China Cat Sunflower!! Rachel and I have known each other since 8th grade and since we only get to see each other maybe once a year now it was so much fun getting to see her (and China!) on my computer.
China is three years old and Rachel has had her for two years now, her "birthday" of living with Rachel was actually just a few days ago. China was living in an old ladies basement next to Rachel's Grandma when she was rescued. The old lady took a bad fall and ended up going in the hospital and was not going to be able to take care of China anymore, which is where Rachel stepped in and adopted her.
Her name comes from the song "China Cat Sunflower" by The Grateful Dead. Rachel was having a really hard time picking out a name for her and one night at a friends party that song came on and everyone agreed that it was the perfect name for her new cat.
Some of China's funny personality traits are...
Wanting to be held like a baby on your shoulder - she can stay like that for hours and often will turn her head and give kisses while she's being held.
Loving to get her butt spanked - not like a real spanking but more of a continuous patting. According to Rachel, "A happy cat gets their butt spanked, I spank her butt at least twice a day."
Crying in the morning at very early hours to get fed but when she gets her food she walks away and doesn't eat it.
And my favorite trait China has, (which I think is more of a talent) is when she meows at people on the phone. Rachel got China to start doing this because her boyfriend wanted to talk to her one night on the phone, so Rachel reinforced her to meow into the phone by giving her treats. Now China associates the phone with treats so she follows Rachel around the house meowing whenever she is on the phone. Rachel showed me and I thought it was the cutest thing in the world because she was talking to me, but Rachel is trying to teach her not to do that anymore
Rachel and her boyfriend love China so much they even got each other flasks with China's picture on them for Christmas!
I think China is a very happy cat now that she is living with Rachel. All through our skype call China kept coming and sitting in Rachel's lap and giving her kisses or touching her nose to Rachel's, it was so sweet to see. And I know that Rachel is happy she rescued China and brought her into her family. One thing Rachel said was, "I've had a bunch of cats and they've all been assholes. They haven't liked me or don't want to be around me, but China is the best and the only cat who wants to hang out with me, sit on my lap and give me kisses all the time."
Thank you Rachel and China Cat Sunflower!!!
