Betty's Pub 20.1
Main Menu => Pet's Place => Topic started by: Betty on June 06, 2015, 07:43:58 PM
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3 years ago today, my kittens arrived home from the SPCA after getting their shots & stuff at 6 weeks old. I had visited them since they were a little over a week old, but I wasn't able to take them home until they were 6 weeks old.
It was less than a week after I took them home, I found out I was getting laid off from work. Had I known sooner, I probably wouldn't have adopted the kids because I would have thought they were un-affordable. But I'm glad I did. It's been a fun & adventurous 3 years with my cuddly little fur balls.
It wasn't until a week before the adoption date that I made up my mind as to which ones to adopt from the litter of 4. I couldn't adopt all of them for a small apartment with only myself to care for them. I didn't want just one because the poor thing would get lonely or go crazy alone in a small apartment when I was away or busy. Although they all seemed to play with each other equally well, when it came to nap time these 2 seemed to curl up with or beside each other the most. Even at 1 week old I saw (and photographed) the boy sniffing out for & finding his favorite sister.
Flipping through photos I had taken on my visits to them, there were a lot of them with those 2 cuddling up to each other. The boy always sought out Suzie when it was nap & cuddle time. Suzie also loved cuddling more than the rest, so welcomed all the attention from her brother.
So they seemed like a match pair, & most likely to get along with each other.
The first photos, with their collars & tags are still on, are from that first day that I got them 3 years ago. They kept tearing the collars off, & chewed them to bits by the first day, so haven't worn one since. The rest are from the following couple weeks in June 2012.
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BTW, Suzie does not have deformities on 1 side of her face. That's the natural coloring of her fur, eye area, & nose. She's quite healthy & normal.
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First spider of the season got in the house. Suzie the cat was staring at the crack between a closed door, & the door jam. There was the tiniest spider hiding there... probably to escape the cat. I managed to catch it, & throw it outside. Spiders kill all sorts of nasty bugs we don't want around. But I don't want the spiders actually living inside with me.
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Kitties were anti-social for the first time in a long time. They would not come up to bed to sleep last night... which they almost always do. Maybe with too much attention for their anniversary weekend, they had enough of it, & just didn't want any more interactions. Suzie spent most of the night on a kitchen chair or the one near the computer. Boy-cat kept going under the bed. So they didn't want to spend the night around each other either.
They're social again today, bringing me their toys, or wanting lots of petting & back-scratching. I saved a can of tuna just for their special weekend, & have been mixing it in with their dry food. I also mixed up a batch of dry milk to pour over it. With only 1 can of tuna, I'm trying to make it stretch as a treat in their food for their whole special weekend.
Of course they don't understand that it's their 3-year anniversary, but they know there's something special to get milk & tuna mixed in their food all weekend, with lots of extra playtime/cuddles. They're loving it.
As long as I know that I'm making their anniversary weekend happier & more fun than their normal day that's good enough for me.
As they get frisky, I've been sprinkling the last of the catnip on them. At this rate, the catnip will be gone by Monday.
I'm thinking of making a favorite dish of theirs for their anniversary weekend dinner tonight. Lightly salted rice & beans. With a little tuna & milk mixed in, they'll be in heaven.
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Cleaned the litter box. Watching the kitties push & struggle to pee just a few drops in it. You see, they really didn't have to go because I cleaned it right after they're done using it so they're not waiting in line for me to take a long time with COPD to clean the box. But they can't resist trying to dirty up a freshly cleaned litter box even if they just went a half an hour ago.