Welcome to the Wednesday Cats of Catster! Each week, we share a narrative from certainly one of our cat-loving Catsters. This week is about Crystal and her soul cat, Ivy.
Hello, Catsters!
The last time you heard from me, I mentioned how I prepped for Ivy’s arrival and the way a lot preparation really goes into adopting a cat.
This week, I wished to the touch on Ivy’s first few weeks with us, and a few of my favourite first reminiscences along with her.
Since Ivy was nonetheless a kitten once we obtained her (in my eyes, she’s nonetheless slightly child!), she was doing all the issues kittens normally do! Sleeping A LOT, zooming round practically simply as a lot, and doing a ton of exploring.
We lived in a duplex at the moment, and although it felt like a tiny-ish residence for us people, it clearly appeared loads greater to her. Every little thing needed to be inspected – every part. No stone was left unturned, no cabinet left unsniffed, and no crevice or crack proved too small for her to suit into. This led to plenty of cat-proofing round the home.
She arrived throughout the summer season months, and for these unfamiliar with South Africa and its climate: it was sizzling. Actually sizzling. Nonetheless, I needed to hold all the home windows and doorways shut always to make sure she didn’t escape and get misplaced. After all, she was curious in regards to the ‘massive exterior’ and sat by the home windows steadily to have a peek at what was occurring on the market.
On the time, I used to be additionally the individual retaining our native ‘Backyard Centre’ in enterprise, coming residence with at the very least 4 new crops each weekend. She took a liking to at least one plant particularly – and that plant paid the value dearly! Fortunately, it was a True Bamboo plant and never poisonous for her to munch on.
Ivy found out the place we stored her dry meals and treats in document time and tried to crack open the container a number of instances a day till I lastly shut it away behind closed doorways. She was really very intelligent when it got here to this and was caught red-pawed in the future! The container had been standing on the counter, and she or he was on high of the counter attempting to knock it off in order that the lid would pop off.
After all, her cute pink mattress was utterly unused! As an alternative, a lot to my delight, she slept curled up subsequent to my face or in my arms. She nonetheless does this to this present day, and it by no means fails to soften my coronary heart.
Shower time was especially interesting, along with her sitting on the bathe mat or the bathroom with a puzzled look, attempting to determine why the people get into an enormous field to be sprayed with water. Kitty-nightmare, a lot?
After some time, I started noticing that she was bored. Seeing as she was an indoor cat, she needed a lot of enrichment. This was when she obtained her first correct cat tree, which she ‘helped’ to assemble.
As quickly because the field arrived, she appeared to comprehend it was for her! This cat tree continues to be with us and will get used each day!
These reminiscences are however a drop within the ocean – we’ve gone by means of a lot in our three years collectively, however I’ll treasure the primary few months of her kittenhood ceaselessly!
What are a few of your fondest reminiscences together with your kitty?
Catch us on Catster.com subsequent month, the place I’ll be speaking in regards to the dreaded F-word: FLEAS!
This text options Crystal and Ivy in our Wednesday Cats of Catster collection.
