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We adopted a black kitten who grew into the biggest kitty we've ever had. He was the best non-verbal communicator I've ever seen. If I dropped a pill on the floor, he'd spot it for me and stare at it till I picked it up. He was kind of a neat freak, because he'd stare at anything that was on the floor that wasn't supposed to be there-alternately stare at the item, then stare at me judgementally, until I picked up the item. We kept the basement door open so the kitties could get to their litter boxes and have as much space as possible to roam. They were 100% indoor. We had a recently installed outside door in the basement that would blow open if a storm came from the northwest. The first time it happened, we had 2 cats, our big boy and a furry Manx girl. She was his pet, and they both knew it. When I got up and was making coffee, the black kitty was acting very strangely, staring at me, staring at the basement steps and blocking the Manx girl's effort to get downstairs. She would always try to get outside, like some kind of wild child. I finally sensed a difference in the air flow and went down to look around. The door was open. I got it shut and blocked, realizing that my smart boy had alerted me to the problem, and prevented his girl from getting out. After that, I would check after every storm, and found it open once more.

I miss both of those kitties. They were the best.