Chloé was found in a Dumpster. Yes, right here in “our” town. Some of her behaviors were a little rough around the edges. She loved being inside. She adored being around humans.

And, she even liked being touched. But she reached her touch-saturation point pretty quickly, and if you didn’t read her body language, chances are, you’d get bitten. Hard.

Despite Chloé’s cute white locket, nobody came looking for a bitey cat. So it was decided that Chloé would join a farm-cat colony where the cats were well cared for.

Being quite personable, Chloé was a standout. She soon figured out how to finagle her way into the farm house where the people lived. But the farm house already had enough cats living inside. Each time she’d dart inside the door, Chloé would be gently picked up and taken back outside.

On a number of these short trips back outside, Chloé got bitey with her caregiver. One day she bit really hard and that was the end of her stay at the farm.

Upon evaluation, Chloé had been giving clear messages. She wanted to live inside and be a housecat again. She still trusted humans enough to let them touch her. She simply didn’t care to be picked up. But, she liked being touched—on her terms. Chloé needs a catwise person who is fluent in the basics of feline body language.

Chloé likes to take charge. Her toll-booth skills are highly developed (i.e., she likes to hang out where others have to pass by her). And sometimes she swats. Chloé is also very vocally interactive and can carry on quite a conversation.

Chloé likes—being inside (at last!); being touched, but not too much; trilling and interacting vocally with people; polite other cats who are sensitive to her personal space

She dislikes—having other cats intrude upon her space; being picked up; loud anything