INTRODUCING ZIGGI....or "that darn cat!"

That's Ziggi!!!! She is a very beautiful yet somehow eerily wierd cat. In fact, she has been officially diagnosed as "neurologically impaired". She is just darn different. Afraid of things she shouldn't be and not afraid of things she should be afraid of. Examples? Not afraid of fire and actually tries to climb in a fully engulfed fireplace to play with the wiggling flames. Afraid of sky and sunsets. When the sun is going down, she gets down in a huddle by the sliding glass door and keeps a wary eye on the sky as it gets darker and darker. If you disturb her in any way during the every evening ritual, she jumps sky-high and scrams away in fright! She is not even the least bit cuddly but she will sleep about 6 inches from where you are sitting on the sofa but don't make the mistake of trying to cuddle or she's gone. Just recently (she's about 1 1/2 yrs old now), she has allowed me to lightly stroke her back as she is sleeping beside me. But if I get carried away and try to pick her up to bring her to my lap, she's gone. She does love to play with Princess but only on her terms. She is always up to something as she is a slow learner regarding the word "No!". I found the need to keep a loaded water gun on the coffee table. As she hates being squirted (she keeps an eye on the squirt gun's location most of the time), she is sorta getting the idea that to avoid being squirted, she might avoid (sometimes) certain activities that annoy me (like jumping to the kitchen counter right in front of me!). But , all in all, she is a great cat to have around because she is so totally entertaining. I have to add that there are times when she is so afraid and freaked out by something so innocent that I really feel sorry for her . She looks so worried sometimes that I swear she actually feels 'worry' and actually frets. Or is it just her delicate face and special eyes that make her look like she's worried? Either way, with that and all her special 'needs', she pretty much rules the roost at our house.