About PyriteAbout PyriteHi, I'm Pyrite, Jennie's precious little kitten. I am seven years old, but I am undersized and never really grew up.
Name: Bijou Buff Pyrite (but you can call me Pyrite)
Date and Place of Birth: 13th January, 1993; Melbourne, Australia (in Jennie's bed the day before her 21st birthday!)
Address: I don't go any further than next door, so I guess we live between a few different houses somewhere
I learned to meow for attention, be quiet for food, stay off the kitchen benches and basically stay out of trouble. Just recently Jennie has been training me to sit, drop, beg and offer my paw on command. I am quite a quick learner she says, but I'd never have the confidence to perform away from home.
Purring rhythmically and looking cute are good skills of mine, but my best ability is running away. If a car turns in the other end of the street I will be back home and under the house before the car has finished turning. Part of my running ability comes from my natural fear: Pick a noise, any noise, and I will be scared of it! I am good at interupting mum when she is at the computer, and this is done by a sharp head-butt to the elbow controlling the mouse, or jumping on the keyboard!
My favourite fun things to do are playing splash with my paw in the water bowl, paddling in the shower recess and cuddling people fresh out of the shower. You guessed, I like water, though I really don't like baths much, nor was that fall in the fish pond much fun. Due to this love of water, Jennie thinks I must be part Turkish Van Cat. Mostly I like to purr on Jennie's lap though, laying upside-down like a baby. Mind you, I also enjoy the agility and skill involved with stealing from the kitchen bin without being caught, or having the bin tip, that can be awfully frightening!
My hero is Nermal from the Garfield cartoons, and I guess I am a little like him, without the arrogance. I am cute and cuddly and in between I'm cute. But I am very scared of strangers and strange places so home is my only stage. I am getting a lot more settled as I get older now, and even sit on the lap of the occasional visitor, and I like to share too, sharing the couch with Nikita quite often.
I am the middle child now. Nikita is younger, and I like her because she lets me eat from her dinner plate. Cody is now the baby of the family, and though he was much gentler than Nikita, he is just so 'in-your-face' sometimes. Firefrost is my older brother, and we like to play together a lot. Sometimes he surprises me from behind though, and I get mad. Rosey is my mother, and she used to hate me, but now she gives me lots of love and attention, provided I don't bother her. The humans of the house are very good to me. Ian pets me when I ask and comes outside to save me when I am scared, but Jennie is my companion. She hugs me like a baby and gently rubs my stomach while I purr. She tried to find another home for me when I was young, but never found anyone suitable and I am really glad she didn't.