The street has gotten all excited at it being December. We have been watching all the neighbours putting out their lights and decorating their trees in their gardens. It looks very festive if not terribly early. ManSlave said it would be OK to put our outdoor lights along the roofline top and bottom so that we can glow and shine and make our neighbourhood happy. The kissmouse tree won't go up for a little while yet and we don't open any cards either until the tree goes up - All those envelopes will be exciting to dash about in.
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This week has seen ups and downs with a few changes for us all. After the Year end was finally done, Momma rewarded us with a new wooden scratch post. Our older one is still really good but just a little tatty for the house. We have a shorter, but wider one, with two big beds and a hammock. It will be safer for the babies when and if any arrive. It took me just an hour to bagsy the top bunk and I have a neat ensuite cataloo just off to the left for those early morning tinkles.
The older post has been moved out to the House of Fun for the boycats. Ikon and Magnus like to sleep snuggled up together and now have extra beds to also get away from one another should they need that too. They have been very funny when Momma goes out early mornings to clean them out. She opens the doors and they race in and out come rain or shine, jumping and sliding through the tunnels. They make the most of the toys before they are put away for the day. They lay on wet paving stalking birds and then run in at full speed and slide all over the floors with wet feet, yawping and yipping they turn tail, slipping on their butts and they run like cartoon characters trying to gain leverage. Momma laughs at them as she skips out the litter trays and then has to wash the floors all over again! Ikon runs so fast on his wheel and is looking more svelte than his sedentary summer lifestyle shape.
The older post has been moved out to the House of Fun for the boycats. Ikon and Magnus like to sleep snuggled up together and now have extra beds to also get away from one another should they need that too. They have been very funny when Momma goes out early mornings to clean them out. She opens the doors and they race in and out come rain or shine, jumping and sliding through the tunnels. They make the most of the toys before they are put away for the day. They lay on wet paving stalking birds and then run in at full speed and slide all over the floors with wet feet, yawping and yipping they turn tail, slipping on their butts and they run like cartoon characters trying to gain leverage. Momma laughs at them as she skips out the litter trays and then has to wash the floors all over again! Ikon runs so fast on his wheel and is looking more svelte than his sedentary summer lifestyle shape.
Some of the girls have been over to the HOF to play on the wheel and on Monday, SaBreena was happily watching the Horrible Horraces feeding when Magnus stalked her and chased her relentlessly around where on the highest shelf he pushed her off and there she hung from one single claw dangling in mid air and then her nail ripped out of it's casing and down she tumbled, blood everywhere and him still trying to grab her and she was beating him with the now soggy blood drenched paw all over his cream coat. When Momma finally caught them both she wasn't quite sure who was bleeding at first. A quick check of both cats revealed the poor paw! Rinsed in Leucillin to try and stop any infection. Despite washing the paw all Monday and Tuesday it started to smell and get a pus build up behind the nail bed, so Momma started her on antibiotics then. Now at the end of the week and we are making headway with it's recovery. Momma has to make sure she has used the litter tray before she soaks that paw as the first few times she nipped for a wee and came out with a clay boot on! Sigh...who does that?
Before the squabble between Magnus and SaBreena, they had been playing boyfriend and girlfriend with a few funny moments as he tried all sorts of holes to dib his bits into. Ears and noses were the popular choice in the beginning, then, all of a sudden with SaBreena he figured it out and she being a virgin too wasn't sure about standing correctly and rolled about exposing her belly and neck, Magnus sitting on her head. Then he figured out he could grab her neck and she would trill and quiver all over, twisting in his grasp he kicked and placed her, making low growling noise when she didn't behave and then the magic happened!! SaBreena was dumbstruck and furious and wouldn't let him near her again THAT HURT! But as he wooed her over the next three days and waited patiently whilst she was feisty and mean. He was quiet and waited and pounced when he could and boy is he a champion doer! He really knows his stuff and will be a kind and gentle stud boy. Now we wait to see if all his hard work and effort will pay off? Watch this space!
Tyga has a moving date of the 10th, so we are preparing her to leave home, packing her bags and getting all the nasty things out of the way like routine worming. For three days she has had that nasty Panacur stuff but is super good to administer until this morning when she was wise to the administration and turned her head quickly, bounced out of Momma's arms, spat the white liquid all over Momma, the bed, the carpet, the hall carpet, the stair carpet, the kitchen floor, the stair carpet and finally Momma grabbed her in half flight as she leapt onto the navy bedding, white foam everywhere. It looks like a flock of Seagulls has visited our house! Momma only said just yesterday how the carpets need a steam clean.... get on with it then woman, can't procrastinate any more!
Well, besides helping Momma in the office to finish some Christmas gifts that's all that's gone on this week, besides manSlave changing the catflap in the kitchen from an open type to a closed clear door type that is lighter for us and also keeps the freezing cold drafts out in the winter enabling us to play on the floor without freezing our toes off! Now just to practice using it. Ironically, Fillycat is the first to master it properly. She is a fun wee thing and we love having her here. She is very quirky looking at the moment with long legs and body growing well. The gangly stage you could say where the face changes to funny shapes. That's why, often you can't choose a kitten at this age for breeding or showing because the gangles get them and they just look plain odd! Who cares, she is a treasure to be around and fun to play with, her cute looks will return in a month or so.
The final thing is the plastic wheel has been moved to the CatPod so us girls have somewhere to run. Pearl, Robyn and SaBreena use it the most and every time it is used it sounds like a train is trundling through the house and makes everyone jump. How do folks have this type in their homes? We do miss the lovely wooden one the boys have, but unless Flaire stops widdling on it, we won't be getting one for us to use!
Today is quite exciting because for Momma's Xmas gift, she is getting a new oven and it arrives next week, so ManSlave is cooking the final roast in the old unlit oven. It's a tiny bit of pork. Enough for just a simple meal. Not sure there will be enough for a nibble later? Pfft. Never mind, I shall survey the goings on from the fridge bed.
Have a lovely bright and cheery day despite the gray stuff outside.
Your Queen Vee =^..^=
Tyga has a moving date of the 10th, so we are preparing her to leave home, packing her bags and getting all the nasty things out of the way like routine worming. For three days she has had that nasty Panacur stuff but is super good to administer until this morning when she was wise to the administration and turned her head quickly, bounced out of Momma's arms, spat the white liquid all over Momma, the bed, the carpet, the hall carpet, the stair carpet, the kitchen floor, the stair carpet and finally Momma grabbed her in half flight as she leapt onto the navy bedding, white foam everywhere. It looks like a flock of Seagulls has visited our house! Momma only said just yesterday how the carpets need a steam clean.... get on with it then woman, can't procrastinate any more!
Well, besides helping Momma in the office to finish some Christmas gifts that's all that's gone on this week, besides manSlave changing the catflap in the kitchen from an open type to a closed clear door type that is lighter for us and also keeps the freezing cold drafts out in the winter enabling us to play on the floor without freezing our toes off! Now just to practice using it. Ironically, Fillycat is the first to master it properly. She is a fun wee thing and we love having her here. She is very quirky looking at the moment with long legs and body growing well. The gangly stage you could say where the face changes to funny shapes. That's why, often you can't choose a kitten at this age for breeding or showing because the gangles get them and they just look plain odd! Who cares, she is a treasure to be around and fun to play with, her cute looks will return in a month or so.
The final thing is the plastic wheel has been moved to the CatPod so us girls have somewhere to run. Pearl, Robyn and SaBreena use it the most and every time it is used it sounds like a train is trundling through the house and makes everyone jump. How do folks have this type in their homes? We do miss the lovely wooden one the boys have, but unless Flaire stops widdling on it, we won't be getting one for us to use!
Today is quite exciting because for Momma's Xmas gift, she is getting a new oven and it arrives next week, so ManSlave is cooking the final roast in the old unlit oven. It's a tiny bit of pork. Enough for just a simple meal. Not sure there will be enough for a nibble later? Pfft. Never mind, I shall survey the goings on from the fridge bed.
Have a lovely bright and cheery day despite the gray stuff outside.
Your Queen Vee =^..^=
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