It’s been pretty uneventful around here this past week, but
Bailey is still adorable! J She appears to be about 3.4lbs which is not really
an increase from last week, but I can’t say that I trust my scale as much as
the vet’s scale from last week. The other cats are accepting her more and more,
though none of them are terribly excited about her. The best with her so far
seems to be Chloe, who hates all of
the other cats, so that’s kind of nice. They’ll chase each other a little bit,
but not too often.
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| Bailey & Chloe (with Emma's foot in the corner) |
In cat tree news, they’re all learning to accept it and they
sleep I usually see at least one of them somewhere in it. Thank goodness! I was
starting to worry that it had been a complete waste of money and what do you do with an unused giant
cat tree? J
I don’t know that they’re using it for scratching at all, which is troubling. I
hear clawing on my furniture from time to time and I’m not happy about that!
Bailey’s week started out with me stepping on her head. Poor
little girl. I was really concerned about her, but she seems to be just fine.
She ran under my feet as kittens do, and I just couldn’t avoid her in time. But
all is well. About mid-week, she managed to fall in the toilet too! J
She’s surprisingly water-resistant! She recovered from that as well and is
still fascinated by the toilet. I think she’s trying to figure out how to drink
from it, but just hasn’t mastered it yet.
In health news, she hasn’t needed a trip to the vet yet this
week, so that’s great! Unfortunately her eye is looking red again and it’s
getting watery as well. She was getting drops the majority of the past week which
seemed to clear up whatever the problem is, but now that I stopped the drops,
the problem has returned…again. Grrr! She’s still sneezing a bit and has these
really long sneezing fits every once in a while. It will literally be about
10-15 sneezes in a row! I think next week may require a vet visit. L
Certainly a call, if nothing more. In positive health news, I discovered I no
longer have to force her vitamins down her throat! J The vet seemed to
think the chances of her just eating them (it’s kind of a jelly-paste) was
unlikely, so I have been using a little syringe-like thing to force them into
her mouth. She finally learned how to move her head just in time to get the goo
all over her fur, but had no problem with cleaning it off. Eventually I just decided
to try putting it directly into her dish and, lo and behold, she ate it! So
good news there at least!
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| Super bendy cat! |
She’s discovered the hole in the comforter that I use for
extra warmth. She’s found she can climb right in it and “hide.” It’s adorable,
but I do worry a bit about her trying to eat the filler inside the blanket. So
far it hasn’t been a problem. This morning she was all curled up inside the
comforter, completely covered, and it was really cute. Well, I think everything she does is cute! J
She discovered a love for steak last night! My father had a
lot of leftover steak, so he shared with the kitties. I didn’t give any to
Bailey, but someone else didn’t want theirs and she raced in to gobble it up. I
had no idea she would be able to chew it, but she got it down (it was cut up
pretty small, but still, it’s steak!).
I think she had a new love! J
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| Moxie's tail does not taste like steak! |
As for poor Mr. Barclay, he’s been pretty much left out in
the cold this week. Bailey wants to spend pretty much all of her time around
the other cats, leaving Barclay sulking by himself. Poor puppy! They
essentially live in separate areas of the house, which doesn’t help, but Bailey
just kind of looks and Barclay and proceeds back to wherever the other cats are
currently hiding. They still get along just fine, Bailey just has little
interest in him. Barclay needs another puppy! Sadly for him, that’s not gonna
happen any time soon! J
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| Barclay could also use a bath! :) |
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| Mini - who's actually quite skinny, but doesn't look it here! - and little Bailey! |
Hope this put a smile on your face for the week!!!
What a cutie :) Poor baby, falling in the toilet! That's what she gets for snooping I guess!
ReplyDeleteShe's fascinated by the toilet. Maybe she thinks she's a dog! :)
DeleteThis definitely did put a smile on my face, as always. It seems like everything she does is adorable! She's so animated and expressive. Do you have any techniques to train your cats from clawing excessively on furniture? I could definitely use some tips!
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I've really found that helps with furniture scratching is having a huge cat tree/scratcher. Not too practical, but it definitely helped when I first got one. The one I just got doesn't seem to be enticing them to scratch on it though :/
DeleteI think the secret is probably finding a material that they like to scratch and keeping that around in a place that they enjoy.
A few of my cats will use those disposable cardboard scratchers which are insanely messy, but if it saves furniture, I guess it's worth it! :)
The placement of something really seems to make a difference too. And spraying some catnip spray on whatever you want them to scratch can help too...assuming they like catnip.
I hope that helps some! Let me know how it goes!
Thanks, Christine! My cat Gia seems completely determined not to stratch on cat trees... I don't know what her deal is haha. I may just have to try a different cat tree... she's such a spoiled cat ;) Thanks for the tips :)
DeleteI hope something works. Next time you're at the vet with her, you might ask them for ideas because they really ARE supposed to be experts! :) In my experience though, trying different textures, places, the catnip spray, and also trying different sized scratchers can all make a difference. And then there are cats that are just immune to anything for scratching! :)
DeleteMy first cat wouldn't use a scratching post either. He ended up being declawed - I know, awful, but I didn't realize what they did back then :(
Since I changed the scratching posts, one of my cats, Moxie, has taken to a chair for scratching too :/ I think I may have realized part of the problem and it's the arrangement of the tree. There isn't a tall post that she can get to easily, and she's one who loves to stretch out when she scratches. I need to turn the tree around a bit and hopefully that will help!
My cats are insanely spoiled too! They literally run the place :)
She is so cute and I love the way how kitties and puppies are clumsy and they play with everything. My dog is clumsy all the time when he's playing with our cat even if he's almoust 2 years old and he always runs under the feet when you're going to prepare some food. :D
ReplyDeleteYour dog sounds great! Not many are so playful by two! :)
DeleteMy dog is ALWAYS under my feet when I'm cooking too! I'm constantly tripping over him :)
Pets are so much fun. I don't know how we'd live without them! :)