Little Fiona was the runt of her litter but incredibly tenacious…

When I got her she was both afraid of a new space, and also wanted to explore every corner of it.

She was a little climber, so getting up the stairs was no issue with her precise needle claws.

She’d climb up onto my shoulder, the couch, even up the stairs no problem!

There were a lot of tumbles going down the stairs…

In this specific video I had picked her up and took her downstairs and she was not happy with me!

She was determined to go down the stairs on her own, so she climbed back up them after I set her at the bottom, and proceeded to practice again.

It’s quiet, but turn up the sound for her triumphant “mrah!” At the end.

She’s 5 now and a beautiful queen! Rests on the top of all her towers!

I took the photos yesterday at Zoo Knoxville, the baby was born on Feb 17th and just came out for public display. He had to be separated from mom as she wasn’t producing enough milk and will be reintroduced to his parents next week now that he is big enough.

hehe so many toes in this photo😆 save some for the rest of us man!

This was from a year ago when she was about a month old. She is nearly as tall as this scratcher now😢