Category: Hachitaro News

Hachitaro News, 19 September to 1 October

I wrote before that Hachitaro’s eyes were blue. But I was wrong: that was the case just after he came to our house; the colour has settled down now, and I could say it’s amber. Among the three cats in our house, he has the darkest eyes.

Soon he will top 1900g. We think he is about 14 weeks old now, and he got big faster than we thought. We thought a kitten must be fluffy, but Hachitaro has a muscular body. He moves busily. He is a spider cat who climbs up to the top of window screens without any difficulty (180cm, about 6 feet). How can we stop him doing it? His half brother, Kuro, also moves fast, but he is slower than Hachitaro. Compared to them, Kyoku moves very slowly. (For our pace, though, Kyoku is suitable.)

‘Coo–lululululululu…’ Hachitaro says, like the sound of a wooden sliding door that’s hard to open, as he runs past. He never miaows like regular cats!
He plays well with Kuro: they are both young, and brothers.
Kyoku sometimes plays with Hachitaro in slow motion, when he is in the mood. Kyoku doesn’t seem to like rough and self-centred Kuro very much. Small Hachitaro seems to like both of them, so he is a cushion between them. Kyoku has been taken out of his past easy-going single life, and became more moody than before. When he doesn’t feel like playing, but Hachitaro comes to play with him, he threatens him. Kyoku’s suffering will continue for a long time. Aa–ah.

– YS, 2 October 2006

2 October 2006