Cat update

[smokingboot]

This house is suffering from Cute Overload. The Demonlord is so patient with the kittens, it's purest Awwwwww. Part of this may be down to him associating them with extra food - and food he likes too, he keeps raiding their kitty bowls, even when his own is full - but I'm going to have to do his rep a disservice and say much of it's down to pure laid-backness.

larians found him in the kitty room yesterday, having been accidently locked in with them. Crazy little black kit Dervish was sitting on top of the scratching post with him directly underneath as she paffed his head. He just blinked at larians balefully. He lets them catch his tail and only hisses or paffs when they take the proverbial - as in when Dervish attempted Death From Above on him. She stopped when she saw the glower of power, but he did follow up with a summary paffing de la paw. Death From Above was always his speciality. Dervish can't help her need to stalk/hunt/attack his tail, while Miss Match is simply enchanted with him, staring up at him with huge moochy eyes. They follow him around like particularly irritating little sisters. Last night Dervish cuddled up to him and they slept.

In truth, he's a very chilled out cat. His stitches come out tomorrow, and then it is time to let him out. Personally I am terrified of him getting lost again, but we have to risk it. He's going a bit stir-crazy.

Surya, if I may use my cod naarthn accent, is reet mardy with the kittens. So much for us getting her company, she was clearly happy at being sole queen of the cat house. She even hissed at Ralik on his return. He dealt with this fast enough by chasing her round her inner sanctum, my brother's bedroom. As for the kittens? she hates them. She hisses, growls, chases and has been a bit too quick to lash out with her paws. No coaxing changes her mind, and the kittens don't help, with their endless games of counting cous(sp?).

Still, they bring us an awful lot of happiness. I have mentioned the possibility of getting more, but larians is being unreasonably firm in veto, claiming that four is enough. Don't see why. All we need is a bigger house.

Comments

[ravenrigan.livejournal.com]

Awwww, Kittens! And the Demon Lord has a fan club!

No wonder Surya has got the pip!

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

This is weird, your message disappeared! Now it's back! Oh well.

Yes, the kitty politics is weird, but I think he definitely likes the little ones. They give him something to be amused at/contemptuous of!

Surya I just don't understand at all...

[velvet-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Aaawww. Hard to imagine Ralik being chilled out whilst being boffed by kittens. Poor Surya - I suspect Velvet would react similarly (assuming she hadn't eaten them already). Some cats just like their minions to themsleves.

Over time she'll probably learn to tolerate them. I had to go through this years ago when my cat and my parents' cat had to learn to share a house. Eventually they'd share the same sofa, but only at opposite ends.

They all sound adorable. Can't imagine why R thinks you should stop at four... ;o)

[sack-boy.livejournal.com]

Apparently there's lots of recently born kittens out there. But they might be a bit of a handful as they get older.

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Oooooh! Russ, can I have one? Russ?...Russ?

[sack-boy.livejournal.com]

The whole zooborns.com blog really should have a "Cuteness" warning.

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Sooo sweet! Thanks for posting them!

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Poor Surya? She's being appalling! But your words give me hope, thank you.

I found blood on the floor and still don't know if it was a nasty paffing or Raliks' stitches. Examined the kittens and there was a little pink stain on Mis Match's head, but couldn't find a scratch - and it hasn't daunted the little one from creeping up on Surya and irritating the bejasus out of her! So I just watch her, cuddle her lots and hiss at her when she is threatening the kitties, plus I keep them in the kitty room (our dining room) when I'm going out. She knows we disapprove of her disapproval.

Still, as you say, they have years to sort this out...

[thalinoviel.livejournal.com]

With our two the cat psychologist (no really we were that desperate) suggested we sit down and hand feed them together. It certainly helped, although they now come & fetch us to watch them have breakfast even though the food is already in the bowls.

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Wow.

Thinks of the job of cat psychologist. Now that really is a world beyond my imagination!

How does anyone understand what cats think?

Still, if it worked...

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

Aww! Please, please can you post some kitty pics? Cuteness is required!

And don't worry about Surya - she'll get hers when both kitties are her size and gang up on her :D I suspect peace will break out reeeeally fast after that!

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Oh I hope so...she's just so awful with them right now! As to putting up photos, all the ones I've taken are absolute rubbish. You'd think it would be impossible to rob kittens of their photogenic charisma, and twould be a wrong conclusion to reach! Somehow my photographic genius mutates them into beings as attractive as squid suitors.