The iniquity of Cat

[bunn]

At the moment, all the cats are staying indoors, because Nenya hasn't quite completed her vaccinations, and also none of the cats has yet worked out how to use a catflap, and we also want to make sure that Fankil will come back before he gets to go out.  I think he will: he's pretty good about coming when called, now, though we still can't touch him except very gently to boop his nose or stroke his chin.

I've taken Gothmog out a few times to explore the great outdoors with me, but she doesn't seem keen to go far and it's tricky taking her out and keeping the other two in, because Nenya was VERY keen to explore.


Last night I let Rosie Roo out for a quick pee, and Nenya crept up on me, then HURLED herself at the open door and fled.  We attempted to coax her back, but she wasn't having any of it.  It was dark and raining (and our house is a long way from traffic) so after a while we shut the door and let her get on with it.

20  minutes later I opened the door again and she came charging back in,  rather soggy and complaining loudly about how it had been WET and DARK and the whole experiences had been Not As She Had Hoped.

Then this morning I gave her a small bowl of tinned cat food which she ate very fast, then she charged madly around the livingroom until she made herself nauseous, at which point she charged up to the very top of the cat tree and was sick off the edge of the top platform.

Later, on, I discovered this poor sad dried-out newt, dead under the sofa, which I assume she must have brought in with her and abandoned, because I can't think how else it could have got there and I'm pretty sure it wasn't there yesterday.




I could have done without this, because I am still stricken with a horrible cough, sore throat and hurty lungs.  I feel FINE as long as I sit still and do nothing much, but we took a gentle walk with Rosie this morning which was moderately hilly (because Cornwall is moderately hilly, there's no escaping it) and I then duly felt appalling. 

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[grundyscribbling]

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Wow, Nenya.

[bunn]

She's definitely a Cat With Personality.

[gabriel_seven]

Nenya looks wonderfully healthy and sounds like she has settled in really well.

[bunn]

She's doing well now. I wish she'd be a little less pushy with the other cats, but I think once she can tear around the garden, that will help

[alithea]

The joys of pets, eh? We made the mistake of giving Wilbur a jumbo bone treat thing yesterday and he proceeded to have the runs all night :( He managed not to have an accident in the flat, bless him, but had to go out four times in the night and I've had to cart two buckets of water downstairs to wash the street this morning.

[bunn]

Oh no, poor Wilbur! Still, well done him for not having an accident in the flat.

[ylla.livejournal.com]

Oh no, Nenya! I love the story of her encounter with Outside.

At least you know she's feeling a lot better and more energetic now...

Get well soon!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I thought she would have learned from the experience, but she did it again last night! I'll have to let Rosie out through another door so I can set up a Nenya Barrier!

She's definitely looking a lot better now, though the fur around her spay scar is still growing out.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

That's a beautiful cat picture and I am not just saying that to be nice or because its a cat!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

She's very pretty. Well, I suppose most cats are, but Nenya is very easy to photograph well!

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I seems strangely appropriate, though I'm not sure why, that the dried out husk of newt is on Norse mythology. (Neil Gaiman's? Must read that.) It just wouldn't work on well on a Georgette Heyer.

That is a very pretty kitty. Shame about the vomiting from height.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

It is Neil Gaiman's : I have't read it yet, but it was lying around ready to be a pale-coloured stage for a dried newt! It seemed appropriate to me, too, and I wish I could work out why!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Harry and Thomas Leo are happy to stay in unless you open the door. Filipos will yowl to go out. Nenya is beautiful. Hope you soon feel better.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Nenya doesn't yowl, she just sits quietly waiting and plotting, until the door opens, then she ZOOMS!

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

Oh, Nenya! Iniquities indeed! And the newt was a nice touch.

Animals always do this sort of thing when you have the least energy to cope... Hope you are soon feeling better.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

She did it again last night, the horror! I suppose I should have been expecting it, but I honestly thought the experience of getting soaked would have put her off.

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

The Muppets are both content with sitting in the doorway in the summer, just sniffing. Bruno, however, has the deep desire to go out and check on his turf, so when it's warm out, if he's anywhere near the door it makes getting in or out rather a challenge. It's really quite impressive how such a large cat can move as fast as he does.

Now that it's winter, he is much less inclined to check out his turf, and when he does get out sometimes he doesn't even leave the step before he decides it's time to come back in. The screen door still confuses him, though--as you're facing out, the hinges for the inside door are on the right, and the screen door hinges are on the left, and he hasn't quite reliably figured out that when the screen door is open, the opening is on the OTHER SIDE from the inner door.