Elli is the most lovely pain in the ass

Elli has been living with us for a bit over half a year now. She lives in her own room because she is still aggressive towards Lumia. Elli can have short visits in the apartment with strict monitoring. Lumia's safety comes first.

Elli is happy and relaxed in her room, the only thing she sometimes seems to want more is human company. Other than that she has everything she needs in the room and maybe a bit extra as well, it seems I like to buy things for the cats... Who can blame me, I've tried to buy cat toys that Lumia would like for years so we have a shelf full of all sorts of toys.

But back to Elli's character.

Elli loves to cuddle

Several times a day she will come sleep on top of us. Right now as I'm typing she is laying on top of my left hand with her haid on my shoulder. She just stopped purring and fell asleep.

You might think that not all times are good times for cuddles, but according to Elli, you are wrong. If she has decided that it's time for cuddles, she will keep coming back no matter how many times you put her on the floor.

So while it's lovely, sometimes her attention makes things a bit difficult.

Elli is very vocal

Elli is a very active communicator. Unfortunately, her voice is far from nice.

If she is alone in her room and wants company, she will meow at us. Many times it really sounds she is saying "Hewwo", so we are always joking that she is trying to yell "Hello! Hello!". Who knows, maybe she is.

It took me a while to be able to tell whether she is afraid or just seeking attention, but now I think I know most of the time what she is feeling.

Elli has a fixation on my prompter

I have a prompter on top of my screen. For some reason, she very often starts yelling into it. I think it has to do with seeing me in its mirror. But she also would want to step on the prompter. So, quite often you can hear me telling her not to go in or on the prompter.

Elli has zero manners

With all the love to my brother and his family, they taught Elli no manners. She has slowly started to understand the meaning of no. But only sometimes.

If you don't pet her when she wants you to, she will bite you (not hard though!). Or if she doesn't get her way, she bites. This is something we are trying to get her to stop, but considering she is now over 12 years old, it's not very likely she'll become a model citizen.

She doesn't understand that the mouse and the keyboard of the computer are off limits. Obviously, cats cannot understand why, but they can be taught to keep clear (for the most part anyway).

Elli is clearly still getting used to not always getting her way. It's sometimes tiring to try to teach these things to her, but then again that is the only way she can learn.

Elli is also super lovely

When she sleeps on you, she is the cutest. She will actually sometimes even snore, she will fall deep asleep. So there is clearly trust there.

She also has a habit of playing with my earrings while lying on top of me. That I usually have to stop at some point so she doesn't break the earrings... or if she bites my ear as collateral too many times.

When she lies on top of you, she might also take your hand between her front paws and hold it. Sometimes she might lick the fingers, sometimes maybe a little bitey bitey. That is just so adorable.

All in all, we do love Elli but oh boy she can be a real pain in the ass. I still hope she will stop being aggressive towards Lumia so we could have them both be free in the apartment. We shall see what happens. Until then she can live in her single room kingdom.