December 19th 2015 - Scentsicles

OMG my kitten is the devil re-incarnated!!!  She absolutely hates my christmas tree, she has trashed it.  She has bitten my mini parcels hanging from it, has chewed the tinsel, got tangled in the lights, chewed branches, climbed up it, knocked baubles off it and it looks like it has been dragged through the cat flap and back (not that I have a cat flap, but i'm sure this would be the effect!)

I posted on a forum that I am a member of to see if anyone had any ideas - some I was given included sliced oranges under it as cats don't like orange smell - she licked it and then laid on it to sleep.  Cinnamon sticks under it - she bit them and ran off with them in her mouth.  Water spray gun - she just ignored it.  Shout at her - she just ignores you!  And lastly a lady suggested scentsicles.  I had never heard of them, googled them and ordered some.  They arrived today.

I can safely say they stink (I got the natural pine smelling ones) and although the smell fades after a few days if you walk past them and make a breeze the smell is strong again.  BUT on a good note the kitten absolutely hates them more than I do!!!  She has not gone near the tree let alone attacked it.  I'm so glad someone told me about them.

It has also meant that I have been able to re-decorate the tree and make it look nice again.

However, the little cow decided that as she couldn't damage the tree she would claw the corner of my fireplace wallpaper to bits and by bits I mean shred it!  I can't even re-decorate before christmas as the paper as at the back of a cupboard that has god knows how much stuff in it.  So I have now put a stick there as well.  And i've covered the damage with her scratching post that she has no interest in what-so-ever!

I have never known a kitten like her and I have had many cats during my life both as a child and as an adult.  None of them have attacked the tree, clawed my walls etc.  She has cat toys and we do play with her loads.  She is just totally nuts and never stops, she is constantly on the go and doesn't sleep much, she runs around jumping on/off things like something possessed!  Again I have never knwon a kitten like it.  I swear she has ADHD!

November 19th 2015 - Spayed

Today my poor lil kitten went on a trip to the vets to be spayed.  As much as I love kittens and as cute as she is I couldn't risk her getting pregnant (there are loads of tom cats around here) and many people with kittens who cant find homes for them.

This does mean that once her inscison site has healed and her fur has grown back she will finally be allowed to go outside, that is assuming we dont get too much bad weather/snow etc.

Everything went really well with her operation, she came home a few hours later and was begging for food.  She has been climbing and jumping like she normally would, she doesn't seem to realise she has had an operation.  I just hope she doesn't do herself any harm.

July 16th 2015 - Kitten

July 16th 2015 - Kitten

So today my friend sent me another pic of her kitten that I am having off her.  I commented about how cute she is and I can't wait to get her.  My friend said that Mum isn't really bothered by them and is isn't feeding them and just getting fed up of them, the kittens are litter trained, eating solid food and on kitten milk so if I want her early I can.

So I went and got her today.  We have named her Starla, she is gorgeous!  She is still really tiny and very playful.  She has taken a feather and a puff ball from the craft box and is playing with them, as well as a small rubber "spikey" ball and an empty drinks bottle.  She has also chased the laser light round the room.

I introduced her to Flame our eldest cat, Flame hissed and spat at Starla, Starla just bounced towards her!  This has happened 2 or 3 times, but it was expected.  Willow our other cat came towards kitten, Starla moved and Willow ran out of the room with the kitten hot on her heels. LOL!  I'm sure they will all get on, they are going to have to as all live here.

She has curled up beside meon the sofa and gone to sleep.  She was sat up but as she got into deeper sleep slid over,so she is now laying down.  My boys are really happy that we have her and all thinks shes lovely.

June 16th 2015 - new gate

June 16th 2015 - new gate

It occurred to me at stupid o'clock in the morning that we have no door between the dining room and kitchen, and the kids like to leave the back door open as lil man (5) cant' reach to open it from outside (it's from the kitchen).  This isn't usually a problem but in a few weeks we will have a young kitten that needs to stay in the house for couple of weeks so could be a problem.

So I started thinking (never good at that time of morning) and thought about metal baby safety gates but the kitten will fit through the gaps, then I thought about the mesh travel type but my youngest son wouldn't be able to climb over it as only small.  It then came to me to make one!!!  Well to get hubby to make one.

So I looked on pinterest and found this one.  Which gave me an even better idea.  stood against the garden fence is a gate we had on the decking at the old house, it is of picket style of which kitten could get through, but I also have loads of pickets.  So today me and hubby filled the gaps in the picket gate with more pickets, had to cut part of it off as too wide for door frame, added hinges and fixed it up.  I just need to get either a bolt or hook system so that it stays closed.

In theory putting it up this early may help the kids get in the habit of actually closing it behind them before we get the kitten.  I'm not stupid and I know cats can climb and jump, but hopefully by the time the kitten is big enough to climb up it or jump over it, it will be old enough to actually go outside or at worst we can get to it b4 it does get over.

The other 2 cats have both looked at it a bit strangely as it wasn't there when they went outside earlier.  The older of the 2 has 1. jumped over it and 2. pulled it open with paw.  The younger of the 2 has sat down beside it and meowed, she didn't even try to open it or jump it!  As pretty as my youngest cat is she really is very stupid, i'm sure she doesn't realise she is a cat and CAN jump and climb! lol!

June 15th 2015 - No name

June 15th 2015 - No name

Why is it harder to come up with a name for a kitten than a baby???  I wouldn't even say its because you have 9months to decide with a baby because with all 3 of mine I had names picked out for both boys and girls from once I knew things were going ok with the pregnancies.

I am getting a kitten in just over 5weeks and at the moment it has no name.  Well technically that's not true, we have a name if its a boy but not if its a girl.  This may not sound a big problem but it is for me.  Both my other 2 cats (and the 1 that died and the 1 that we took in that went back to old owner) all have mystical/wiccan/pagan names.  We have flame and willow at the moment and the other 2 were phoenix and gizmo.

This is the cute bundle of fluff that is coming to live with us soon that has no name!