Domo x 3

Domo's had many encounters with the "real" Domos, and here's what usually happens:

1. Kitten's boundless curiosity piqued. Approaches and sniffs. NHK Domos have terrified looks on their faces as they huddle closer together.


2. LET'S PLAY!!

Domo's Shelter Days

Photo by Esther.

Domo from his shelter days, ID#A071364--he looked so unhappy even his facial shape seemed different. He does still do the opened-mouth thing, though.


Photo by Esther.

Happy and curious Domo. Domo is constantly in "LET'S PLAY!!" mode, especially since we were away for the weekend and old kitty, who is practically in a coma, obviously did not play with him at all.


Photo by Esther.

Before going to the shelter, we almost adopted this pair of Siamese twins, a snowshoe and a flamepoint from Pet Smart, but decided somebody else would take them, and besides, two kittens would make the old cat want to die.

Catnap after Catnip

Domo after catnip.

Some kind folk gave us a white envelope labeled catnip so the kitties enjoyed some tonight. Yoda rubbed his face in it, Domo writhed in it, then they boxed each other. Eventually Yoda punched Domo out of the area with catnip and hogged it himself, rolling in it like a piggy. Soon, they each passed out, not too far from each other.

First Encounter of Two Kitties

Video by Esther.

Yoda was mad with jealousy when Domo came home. As soon as he saw the adorable kitten head coming out of the top of a cardboard box, he began a low growl. He inspected the cute little bowls with cute little food and water and seethed and glared. When Domo came near him, he hissed, or if Domo was close enough, Yoda repeatedly punched the poor kitten.

Domo continues to follow and try to make friends with the big kitty, though.

Domo's Accident

I had blocked the banister rails with large pieces of cardboard before bringing Domo home to prevent the tragedy of instant death of a newly adopted kitten. The other human was skeptical that any animal would be so stupid and without instinct as to suicidally plunge one story between wooden posts (unless chased by the big cat) and a few days later I removed a cardboard piece closest to the top of the stairs.

Sure enough, today, we hear a thump and witness poor Domo roll partway down the stairs and scramble all the way down the rest. No broken bones or brain damage, at least from the looks of it. My brother suggested the possibility of the big cat pushing him, but seemingly the big cat was sulking on the master bathroom floor at the time of the incident.

Naming Domo

Photo by Esther.

Domo might not have been Domo at all had he not screamed and farted all the way home from the animal shelter in his happypet.com cardboard box.


Previously considered names:

Mochi (the dessert)

Dan Dan (eggs, testes, as in he had GIANT, dangly chocolate-colored balls when we first met him but since we paid for his surgery and adoption fee two days before picking him up, he no longer has any. Later on the vet explained that they made incisions and removed his balls from the now greatly diminished chocolate sacks. He still occasionally enjoys licking his glistening little pink dicky, though.)

Domo (I love Domo. I've slept with a small stuffed animal Domo every night for the past half year, ever since I bought it from Danshui in Taiwan, and since my youngest brother gave me a big Domo, I now awkwardly sleep with both. Domo has a permanent scream on his face and farts when he is upset.)

Although once we were home the new kitten Domo never screamed again and only farted one or two more times before the vet orally administered a deworming pill, the name stuck. Do-Mo!