People ask me if Cerebellar Hypoplasia means that the kittens are less mentally competent than other cats their age. The answer is no. No, no, and oh NOOOOO, bad kittens, Don't touch that ---!!!
Even with their reduced motor control the kittens have still managed to get into just as much trouble as any other 8 month old feline. They can open zippers. They have retrieved long-lost shards of glass from behind bookcases, and they have managed to extract a bag on oatmeal -- not once, but twice! -- from a second shelf behind several heavy jars without moving anything else.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I give you Exhibit A:
The oatmeal evidence is clearly strewn across a favourite floor mat with incriminating squeaky balls left nearby. Despite being evolutionary carnivores, the kittens crave carbohydrates for reasons I cannot start to fathom. As mentioned, this is the second oatmeal incident which occurred after I thought said-oatmeal was stored well-beyond prying kitten paws. I was wrong.
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