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Willow is a sweet, beautiful, affectionate, and playful kitten. It took her a couple of months to adjust to being around people, but once she and her siblings were healthy and ready to come out of their safe space and join the household, she flourished.Willow loves to play with her siblings or, perhaps better yet, the Cat Dancer (a toy she finds irresistible). She will flip and leap trying to catch the little cardboard bits and occasionally ends up leaping right off a couch or colliding with a sibling mid-air. However, if she’s with a more dominant sibling she may hold back rather than compete with them. She also loves to be pet and to cuddle on or beside her human. She also likes to sleep with her humans. However, humans need to be prepared for her to mistake any legs and feet covered by blankets for cat toys. Thick blankets are helpful, as are regularly trimmed cat claws.Willow is very comfortable around her human family members, except the human with the deep voice. Although the deep-voice human makes her nervous when he speaks or moves around, she will hang out nearby when he’s doing something quietly, and sitting down. She is also comfortable around the resident cat and will nap on the same bed. However, they don’t interact much because he’s a tad grumpy about having so many kittens around. She is not a fan of the resident dog, and he is scared of the kittens, so they mostly just don’t interact. If he comes to close, she will hiss and/or run away. She would be happier in a home without dogs but will adjust just fine to being in a home with a calm, respectful dog who givers her space.Willow is still very shy around unknown people and will typically run away. However, she has started to come close to new people if there’s a Cat Dancer to play with. Therefore, Willow will do best in a home with a littermate (preferably her twin, Luz) and an experienced human who knows how to coax a shy, initially reluctant cat out of their shell. Such a human will be rewarded with cuddles, kisses, purrs, and plenty of entertainment. Using the human’s bedroom as a safe space for the initial adjustment period will probably help, too. Being picked up and pet helped her learn to get used to handling and may help her get used to her new human(s). Although she hissed a bit at first, she never bit or scratched her humans.Willow has a lovely medium length tabby coat that will benefit from regular brushing. Luckily, she enjoys being brushed!