Karma will love a Cat Dancer, I’m sure! And Karma is a wonderful name for a cat. The one kitty I had who was named Karma was indeed Good Karma, Bad Karma. She was a lovely tortoiseshell color, longhaired, looked about half Persian. We came to realize that she didn’t deal well with other cats; although time helped, she just really didn’t want anything to do with them. To increase her happiness, we found her a home with a little old lady who wanted a nice, quiet kitty to keep her company. They were very happy together.
“I’ve noticed that if I start doing work, read, watch TV, or knit, she’ll come and sit on the couch with me. If I nap, she curls up against my knee and naps with me.”
She’s very attached to you! She wants to be doing whatever you’re doing, much like a small child.
“She’s got this habit of sneaking onto my pillow at night so that if I roll over I get a face full of kitten! That wouldn’t be a problem if she didn’t reflexively claw at my face. If anyone knows how to break her of that before I become accidentally blind, that would be great. :)”
I’ve gotten around this by reaching around the back of my head to touch the kitten first, to distract her. Also, you don’t mention if you have long, loose hair or not. If you do, and it’s loose at night, she might be intending to play with your hair, not necessarily claw your face. One other trick you could try is to aim a quick, silent puff of air at her, if she claws at your face. That usually works to interrupt whatever the kitten was doing.
You will find cats just as entertaining and enjoyable as dogs, I think. Thanks for sharing your “Karma” experiences with us!