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About Nutmeg |
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Nutmeg was our second kitten, and is an orange calico. We named her Nutmeg because we were thinking of keeping the spice theme with our cat names. Tom and I were naming off spices, and I was looking for nutmeg for a punch I was making for a Christmas party. Tom thought it would make a great cat name. Nutmeg likes to spend time with us in the kitchen, or wherever we are eating. She runs into the kitchen the moment we open the refrigerator or cupboards and is right there while we fix our meals, looking for |
![]() Nutmeg was the second cat to enter our lives. handouts. I am a sucker and always give her something, which obviously encourages that behavior. I even let her sit on my lap while I sit at the |
dining room table, which is very bad. Nutmeg is very sweet. She is especially cute when I get my shower ready in the morning. I'll start the water, and she'll go up to the tub, stand up on her hind legs, put her front paws up on the side of the tub, and look into it. She's also our little ball player. Whenever Tom eats a chocolate bar, he'll ball up the foil wrapper and throw it. Nutmeg will run after the ball and usually brings it back. She'll even find her little balls at the oddest times of the day, and bring them to us to play with her. |