Welcome to the Wednesday Cats of Cats Blog! Each week, we proportion a tale from one in all our cat-loving Catsters. This week is set Crystal and her soul cat, Ivy.
Hello, Catsters!
The final time you heard from me, I mentioned how I prepped for Ivy’s arrival and what kind of preparation in reality is going into adopting a cat.
This week, I sought after to the touch on Ivy’s first few weeks with us, and a few of my favourite first recollections along with her.
Since Ivy used to be nonetheless a kitten after we were given her (in my eyes, she’s nonetheless just a little child!), she used to be doing all the issues kittens most often do! Snoozing A LOT, zooming round just about simply as a lot, and doing a ton of exploring.
We lived in a duplex at the moment, and even if it felt like a tiny-ish house for us people, it clearly gave the impression so much larger to her. The whole lot needed to be inspected – the whole thing. No stone used to be left unturned, no cabinet left unsniffed, and no crevice or crack proved too small for her to suit into. This resulted in a large number of cat-proofing round the home.
The watcher at the stairway
She arrived throughout the summer season months, and for the ones unfamiliar with South Africa and its climate: it used to be scorching. In reality scorching. Alternatively, I needed to stay all the home windows and doorways close all the time to make sure she didn’t break out and get misplaced. After all, she used to be curious concerning the ‘big outside’ and sat through the home windows ceaselessly to have a peek at what used to be happening available in the market.
‘I am merely a prisoner in my own home’
On the time, I used to be additionally the individual protecting our native ‘Garden Centre’ in trade, coming house with no less than 4 new vegetation each weekend. She took a liking to at least one plant specifically – and that plant paid the fee dearly! Thankfully, it used to be a True Bamboo plant and now not poisonous for her to munch on.
‘Wasn’t me’
Ivy discovered the place we stored her dry meals and treats in file time and attempted to crack open the container a couple of instances an afternoon till I after all close it away at the back of closed doorways. She used to be in reality very artful when it got here to this and used to be stuck red-pawed at some point! The container were status at the counter, and he or she used to be on most sensible of the counter looking to knock it off in order that the lid would pop off.
‘Nothing to see here…’
After all, her adorable crimson mattress used to be totally unused! As a substitute, a lot to my satisfaction, she slept curled up subsequent to my face or in my hands. She nonetheless does this to these days, and it by no means fails to soften my middle.
My favourite spot
Bathe time used to be particularly fascinating, along with her sitting at the bathe mat or the bathroom with a perplexed glance, making an attempt to determine why the people get into a large field to be sprayed with water. Kitty-nightmare, a lot?
Safeguarding the people
After some time, I started noticing that she used to be bored. Seeing as she used to be an indoor cat, she wanted a large number of enrichment. This used to be when she were given her first correct cat tree, which she ‘helped’ to gather.
Aiding cat tree meeting
As quickly because the field arrived, she gave the impression to understand it used to be for her! This cat tree remains to be with us and will get used day by day!
My kingdom
Those recollections are however a drop within the ocean – we’ve long past thru such a lot in our 3 years in combination, however I will be able to treasure the primary few months of her kittenhood perpetually!
What are a few of your fondest recollections together with your kitty?
Catch us on Cats Blog.com subsequent month, the place I’ll be speaking concerning the dreaded F-word: FLEAS!
This text options Crystal and Ivy in our Wednesday Cats of Cats Blog sequence.
