My name is Ips or Pretty Kitty!

Ips grew up in a Wyoming State Forestry office. Ips is a type of pine bark beetle. You can see the beetle-shaped pattern on the top of her head in the picture. So the foresters named her Ips. I call her Pretty Kitty. My husband was the mechanic for the unit. Because my husband loves cats, the foresters brought Ips in as a kitten in 2013 to control mice in the unit. She is an excellent mouser! My husband died in 2021. I have kept and loved Ips since then. For three years, I have driven from Wyoming to Florida and back with Ips. But now my daughter and son-in-law have gotten a parrot, and we are afraid Ips might eat Mango! Ips is not a cuddly kitty. She likes to sit near people, and she LOVES to be petted and brushed. Ips lives mostly indoors, but likes to go outside, too. She is 11 years old. She does not bite or claw except in play. She has beautiful green eyes. Ips is a manx, no tail!