Cat updates
Jul. 14th, 2008 09:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robotech_masterWell, over Saturday and Sunday the cats calmed down. By Sunday, they were playing a little, and Diva was even tolerating having Benji right next to her, as long as he didn't get too familiar. (I've updated the photosets I linked to a few entries back with Saturday and Sunday pictures.) When I got home from work today, I swear I saw them either groom or nuzzle each other a little. The advice I received about putting them together right away has definitely worked.
Sunday afternoon my Aunt Becky came over to meet the new cats, and today both she and Uncle Denis came over to visit me. They brought with them some cat toys and a pair of self-feeding-reservoir water and dry food feeders, which I have been happy enough to put to immediate use. We dropped Benji off at the vet's to lose his man-parts, then went to a Subway for dinner.
I have to admit to having kind of mixed feelings about neutering Benji. I suppose part of it is a sort of sympathetic cringe at the idea of neutering (or being neutered in general). Also, I thought that pair of little fuzzy orbs under his tail was really cute, and it'll be a shame for him to lose them (though nonetheless, I still think "neuticles" are silly). Another part was that it would have been kind of neat to see what his kittens would be like, if he had them—but there's no way I could afford kittens anyway, and it would be irresponsible to bring more cats into the world when there are so many unwanted ones here already.
Something else I learned about my cats: Diva is a litter-flinger. She digs like a mole, flinging stray litter every which way. (As one of the photos in the photostream shows.) Though, to be fair, she did help me when I went to sweep it up, batting at the broom whenever it got into range of her so it would know who was boss. I went ahead and got a covered, self-filtering litterbox, and have just set it up. Here's hoping it works as well as the packaging claims. (I know that covered litterboxes can trap the smell. But this one does have a vent with an air filter in it, and I plan to take care of it twice daily anyway.)
I'm going to miss Benji until it's time to get him back tomorrow.
Well, I should go ahead and shower and get in bed. I haven't been getting enough sleep lately, and tomorrow comes soon.
I'll keep updating the photostreams if and as the cats exhibit more preciousness. (Also, a friend should be sending me a better digital camera this week so I can get some better shots than blurry cellphone images.)
Sunday afternoon my Aunt Becky came over to meet the new cats, and today both she and Uncle Denis came over to visit me. They brought with them some cat toys and a pair of self-feeding-reservoir water and dry food feeders, which I have been happy enough to put to immediate use. We dropped Benji off at the vet's to lose his man-parts, then went to a Subway for dinner.
I have to admit to having kind of mixed feelings about neutering Benji. I suppose part of it is a sort of sympathetic cringe at the idea of neutering (or being neutered in general). Also, I thought that pair of little fuzzy orbs under his tail was really cute, and it'll be a shame for him to lose them (though nonetheless, I still think "neuticles" are silly). Another part was that it would have been kind of neat to see what his kittens would be like, if he had them—but there's no way I could afford kittens anyway, and it would be irresponsible to bring more cats into the world when there are so many unwanted ones here already.
Something else I learned about my cats: Diva is a litter-flinger. She digs like a mole, flinging stray litter every which way. (As one of the photos in the photostream shows.) Though, to be fair, she did help me when I went to sweep it up, batting at the broom whenever it got into range of her so it would know who was boss. I went ahead and got a covered, self-filtering litterbox, and have just set it up. Here's hoping it works as well as the packaging claims. (I know that covered litterboxes can trap the smell. But this one does have a vent with an air filter in it, and I plan to take care of it twice daily anyway.)
I'm going to miss Benji until it's time to get him back tomorrow.
Well, I should go ahead and shower and get in bed. I haven't been getting enough sleep lately, and tomorrow comes soon.
I'll keep updating the photostreams if and as the cats exhibit more preciousness. (Also, a friend should be sending me a better digital camera this week so I can get some better shots than blurry cellphone images.)