RIP Lucious

Lucious was a third generation kitten. Our Pip’s grand-baby via the female we kept from her first litter, Caoimhe. He was a solitary kitten for Caoimhe. She only had one baby, which is very odd for a cat to have a singular birth. For days Caoimhe kept waiting and looking for more babies but all she had was Lucious.

Caoimhe was a very smart and efficient momma cat and her every move was watched attentively by her momma, Pip. It took Caoimhe three days to figure out where she wanted to keep Lucious. The first 24 hrs. she had him stuffed into the kitty-condo with her, eventually she moved him under Joseph’s desk until he got the age of exploration. Then she moved him to the boys’ room, what would end up being her only mistake.

During his time in their room she litter trained him. There was to be no kitten sized litter pan for Lucious. Caoimhe began by physically putting him the litter box to do his business and then she would take him out. Just this week Lucious began getting in out of the big litter box all by himself. He played on and under Baby Boy’s bed exclusively which resulted in today’s loss. He was accidentally stepped on as he darted out to attack Baby Boy’s ankle for some play-time.

He was a unique little kitten and he will be greatly missed. As you can imagine, while this is difficult for the whole family, Baby Boy is taking this very hard.