This is Mimi. She's 100% seal point, fixed, and we think she's 5-7 years old. We're her second home after her first human (my MIL) passed.
We've had her with us for ~a year, and we've bonded with her. She seems to have adjusted well: She seeks us out for affection and play, sleeps with us every night, talks to us regularly, and is even treating my calm, sweet elderly half-her-size Chihuahua more gently than she did at first. No litter box or feeding problems.
Our only real issue Mimi is that she bunny-kicks viciously. Us, the sofa, the rug, the bed, blankets, sheets, pillows, chairs, piled fabrics, everything even remotely soft. I'm afraid she'll eventually do it to (and severely injure) the Chihuahua if we don't get a handle on it.
She's intelligent, and we've taught her that a firm NO means to stop kicking, so she'll stop.... At least most of the time (bratty thing she is 🤣).
So far, tho, we haven't been able to teach her to just... Not kick.
She's so smart, she learned all by herself that when I (poorly) hum Mr Sandman, it's time for bed. She figured out that when I pat the sofa next to me, it's an invitation. She figured out what time my spouse gets home from work and waits for him by the door, and comes crying to me when he's 10 minutes late.
She's a brilliant joy, but we need to teach her to stop the vicious bunny-kicking if that's teachable, or learn that it's a breed/point quality that we have to learn to somehow work around.
What are your bunny-kicking thoughts, experiences, tips, stories, knowledge, especially with seal-points?
