Meet Our Cats: William

On September 2, 2014, I was birding at Gemini Springs when I found a mother cat and two kittens. According to a park staffer I spoke with, the cats had been abandoned at the park. After securing the two kittens in a box and the mother in a crate, a third kitten marched out of the woods towards me. That third kitten was William.

I thought we'd bring all of the cats to the humane society, but between my parents and ourselves, we kept all of them. My parents have the mother, Samantha, and her daughter, Pokey. We kept the two ginger kittens, William, and his brother Timmy.

William has always been extremely playful. As a kitten, he'd jump under sheets and play fight with his siblings. He'd jump on us and other cats and then run playfully away. If we walk by him on the couch, he likes to bat as us with his paw for no particular reason. His favorite game is to play fetch with a balled up piece of paper.

Only in the last year or so has William started to show affection and enjoy more quiet activities, like sitting on the couch and being petted. We used to think that he seemed anxious or on edge a lot of the time, but he's finally started to mellow out a bit. He used to have a bad habit of chewing wires. Thankfully he has mostly outgrown that. Recently he has also figured out that he likes to be brushed, and that getting his nails clipped isn't the end of the world.

William's Likes

  • Playing under clean sheets
  • Playing with bunched up paper
  • Eating canned food
  • Snuggling with his people at 4AM

William's Dislikes

  • Snuggling at any other time of day
  • Having his nails clipped
  • The smell of toothpaste
  • Strangers

Posts Featuring William

Massive Fun Adjustable Ball Track Cat Toy

This is a huge 16-foot long track toy for cats. The track comes with four balls that roll within the track and can be batted, hit, and stopped by paws, but not leave the track. The huge size of this fun flexible track toy means endless shape configurations and hours of fun!

Patriotic Kitty Toys for 4th of July Fun

Add patriotic baubles to your cat's toy collection this summer to celebrate patriotism! Debut these fun stars-and-stripes pillows, kickers, and catnip toys in time for Independence Day so kitty can share in the fun of the mid-summer holiday. Cute little patriotic cat toys left about in your home...

List: 2019 Cat Needs Best-Selling (Besides Toys)

Toys were tops for this webshop in 2019. Here are the other cat needs best sellers for the year. Does your cat have everything he or she needs? Litter box and food related needs are well-represented on this list.

Eco-Friendly 4-Pack Travel Litter Boxes

Are you going to be traveling with your kitty this summer? Pack along a set of four biodegradable litter boxes for your on-the-road days to make travel easy and mess-free.