Tiger’s scabs and scratches are healing up well and he’s regrowing fur over the patches that were missing. He’s incredibly confident and nothing much fazes him at all. He’s very cuddly and loves to lay on your lap while you read or watch tv. He sleeps on my bed at night by my feet, very patient and settled. He really does not at all like the cat scratching post I’ve bought. He was clawing one armchair and one rug in particular, but I’ve rolled up an old rubbish rug and encouraged him to use that instead and I’m really surprised at how quickly he’s taken it up! He really loves it, he stands on it, reaches out to his full length and claws it with great enthusiasm.
He also gets into restless moods, where he plays coy and rolls onto his bowl, mewing and pretending to be cute. Don’t be fooled! It means he wants to play fight and if you tickle his tummy he’ll chomp your arm. I throw him a little green bug that vibrates when you pull a string, he really hates it and attacks it with a vengeance then runs away and dashes down the other end of the house. He also likes to stalk his rug, he sneaks up on it from behind an armchair then bites and claws it. Then, feeling most pleased with himself, he takes himself off to the laundry for a snack. Here he is on his rolled up green rug:
Cleo has been more nervous being moved to a new house. She can’t sit still when she’s anxious, she moves in circles instead. So the other night, I was blogging away at my computer and she wanted a cuddle. But she was feeling too anxious to stay on my lap. So she lapped me for an hour instead. She’d jump up onto the computer desk, rub her face against mine, stomp all over my keyboard, on one occasion spill my drink, and then straight off the other side of the desk. Only to circle around behind me and do it again! She was making good time too, I think the whole circle took about 10 seconds to complete and she kept it up for the hour! I tried cuddling her but she’d jump straight off. I tried sitting with her on the couch but she’d just do a new circle of the couch instead. She was purring earnestly the whole time!
She’s feeling more at home now though, yesterday she circled for about 20 minutes before she could settle down onto my lap where she stayed for the rest of the night. She also sleeps on my bed, but she likes to be either up by my face, or sometimes underneath it, where you can hear her washing herself and purring, like a kind of reverse beneath-the-bed-monster. She’s more restless than Tiger though and hops up all night long for drinks, snacks, toilet stops, and presumably, just to check that the lounge room furniture hasn’t gone anywhere. 🙂 She’s also allergic to me reading in bed and gives sleeping on any open book a really good shot!
Here she is licking her lips after dinner tonight:
They’re both such sweet cats. I hope we can find good homes for them. I’ve had to rethink the litter tray with both cats indoors, it’s just not big enough for two, and the kitty litter is very expensive! So I’ve borrowed an idea from another cat owner, and I’ve got a big low sided plastic box and put half a bag of potting mix in it. This should accommodate them both a lot better, and can be put straight out in the garden compost so they’re actually contributing to my garden and I’m putting one less thing in my bin which always makes me happy. The slight downside is that the potting mix does cling to their feet a little more so it gets walked around the laundry. But I can live with that, they were kicking the litter all over the laundry anyway. I hope that’s got that problem solved. 🙂
Sarah K Reece 