Magnoun – My Birthday Present

A fellow Fulbrighter, Nicole, took in a pregnant stray cat, cleaned her up, fattended her up, and helped her have her babies.  We went to visit the six little 10-week-old munchkins and playing with those Egyptian street cat kittens was a blast!  Five boys and one girl.

Three napping on Justin’s lap

We had a terrible time deciding between the black & white with spot on nose, and grey & white tabby one, both sleeping on my lap!

Meet Magnoun. This little guy ended up coming home with us.

His life has great rhythm, with about six successions of the following daily: play, eat, poop/pee, sleep – play, eat, poop/pee, sleep – and etc.

He is such a cuddly kitten.

Although he’s pretty funny whenever something is new to him.  Curiosity and jumpiness in equal parts.

But most of all he wants to cuddle.

He’s sacked out having a twitchy dream on my lap as I type this.

Yes, he’s coming back to the States with us, insha’allah.  We simply pay a vet to create a certificate saying he’s up to date on his shots (which he will be, but it’s Egypt, so bakshish means it doesn’t have to be true). And a reservation on our flight ensures he can come on board with us.  We may need to look into sedatives for the 30 hour trip, however.

Lastly, great news, he’s totally litter box trained! Nicole did a great job with these guys.  Many, many, many more pictures to come.  He cracks us up all day long. I can’t wait until we get to introduce him to our other cat Emma, at home in a few months.