Hello, I’m Christopher! Learn my creation to be told extra about me and my foolish Russian Blue cat, Olga.
I didn’t know a lot about Russian Blues till I followed one, however after gazing Olga develop into from a psychotic kitten to a pleasant, mischievous, middle-aged woman, I’ve discovered so much. Her bodily traits, like her blue coat, mild inexperienced eyes, and 10.06-pound weight, appear to apply the breed same old.
Olga is a rescue cat; I’ve by no means had her DNA examined, and I’m now not knowledgeable at figuring out tom cats, so she might be purebred or combined. I feel she has quite a few Russian Blue blood pumping in her veins and shows many of the behavioral characteristics that made the breed well-known.
Russian Blue Conduct
She was once aloof and violent as a tender cat and affectionate with out being clingy. She’s smarter and extra coordinated than I to start with gave her credit score for and will open and shut doorways, catch paper balls like an outfielder, assault me after I sleep overdue, and hit upon after I’m having a foul day.
Alternatively, some Russian Blue folklore makes me giggle after I take into consideration Olga. Even the nicknames Archangel Blue and Maltese Blue aren’t correct representations of her. If the rest, she’s extra of an anti-Christ than an Archangel. Russian Blues supposedly have “Mona Lisa smiles” as a result of their upturned mouths, however Olga’s appears to be like extra devious and very similar to Lizzie Borden’s.
Archangel Folklore
There’s a fable that Russian Blues watched over small children whilst they slept and secure them from the Nineteenth-century model of Freddy Kruger. If simplest the children on Elm Side road had a colony of tom cats, such a lot of murders will have been avoided, so long as they didn’t have cats like Olga.
She’s no fit for an evil spirit, poltergeist, dream murderer, or holographic vacuum cleaner. I will be able to rely on her to dispatch bugs, however anything, whether or not herbal or metaphysical, reasons her to dash in concern. Olga is a stealthy runner and grasp at mixing in with the shadows, and an outsider in my house wouldn’t know I’ve a cat until they stumble over the muddle field.
Olga the Courageous (Meek)
She’s fierce when faced via crammed mice, paper balls, and flies however runs when she hears a helicopter flying over or a pyrotechnic explosion. Olga isn’t a guard cat and might not be the most productive babysitter for youngsters, however I really like the concept cats in northern Russia secure snoozing small children as a substitute of stealing their breath or cursing them, as different superstitions recommend.
Olga’s ancestors traveled with sailors to different Ecu nations after leaving Arkhangelsk, and it’s conceivable that their seafaring tactics and tolerance of water have been retained in Olga’s genes. She’s by no means been on a ship or noticed the sea, however she isn’t afraid to play within the bathe water or assault me at the uncommon instance I’m within the tub.
Ahead of I discovered to stay the toilet door locked, she attempted to swat at me during the bathe curtain, and a couple of years in the past, when I used to be within the bath, she knocked a shampoo bottle into my head after casually taking a walk at the slippery edge.
I remind visitors to fasten the door ahead of they get within the bathe as a result of I don’t need my pint-sized Norman Bates to wander in and scare them. I’m happy with Olga for being suave and relieved she hasn’t discovered methods to care for a butcher knife.