Sweet Maine Coon Kitten Gets Tiny Pillow as a Gift from Her Vet and Falls in Love
Some gifts are small, but they land exactly where they are needed. For one tiny Maine Coon kitten named Belle, that gift came from her vet, and it was a pillow just her size.
Belle had been separated from her litter and was going through a rough stretch when the little pillow arrived. What happened next turned a simple comfort item into an unexpectedly adorable obsession.
And once Belle got attached, she really did not want to let it go.
When Katie Gaber adopted Belle, she moved away from her litter and joined her forever home in North Dakota.
Sweet Belle was a mere 8 weeks old and extra clingy.
“We knew she was the cat for us when she clung to us, not wanting us to let her go,” Gaber explained.
In addition to her new human family, she gained a new feline sibling as well: Jazzy. Jazzy wasn't exactly looking to snuggle with an excitable kitten, leaving Belle wanting a fuzzy friend of her own.
The day Belle went for her first vet visit, she was not the most excited, especially since she was going to get spayed.
And if you loved the sweet clingy vibe, this is like the cat caught sneaking into a baby’s crib for cuddles.
“When we dropped her off, the vet decided to give her a little pillow to keep her company, and she fell in love with it,” Gaber said. “After we picked her up, the vet gave us the pillow and told us that she really liked it and thought we should keep it for her.”
Belle had apparently tried out one with catnip at first but was strangely uninterested, so the vet gave her one without catnip. That did the trick!
The cute little pillow wasn't anything extravagant. It was a small, square, ravioli-shaped piece of terry cloth, but she would not let it out of her sight.
“Since then, she has carried the pillow wherever she goes,” Gaber pointed out. “We find it all over the house in random spots.”
Belle even uses the pillow, well, as a pillow sometimes, which to me sounds like the sweetest thing ever.
Belle seems to have held on to her tiny pillow because it provided her with so much comfort when she was tiny and scared, much like a child's security blanket.
“I think she likes it so much because of the soft texture,” Gaber explained. “My mom likes to believe it makes her think of her mother in some way, and that's why she finds comfort in it.”
Whatever the reason, I do know this: Belle has blossomed into a beautiful kitty, and her relationship with her tiny pillow has touched our hearts.
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