It’s chilly outside, a high of 34 degrees Fahrenheit, -1 degree Celcius. I have the worlds most refined thermometers. Cats.
That right there is the primary furnace vent. Forced hot air, plugged up by cats. It’s cold in the room, but they are in heaven.
Such a life is that of a cat.
Bailey and Keeley, laying together. Totally relaxed and apparently squished together tete a tete. They play fight, but it’s scenes like this that show how close they truly are.
Both Bailey and Ysabel stood around long enough for me to brush them with the Furminator. Here’s the results. They are both very happy, purring through the entire experience and now, especially Ysabel, are much softer and sleeker and happier. Keeley was vent-bound and couldn’t be reached for comment. LOL.
Bailey on the left, Ysabel on the right.
What an adorable pair, these two! Keeping my lap nice and warm!
Our new little kitten, Ysabel crashed hard-core and slept for six hours! When she woke up she was famished. I made a plate of food for her and she polished it off. Then she ran around the room like a crazy kitten and started to meow. Her incision looks perfect still, and the store on her tongue is progressively getting better and better. I think she has integrated in the flow of the house, next it’s to meet Bailey and Keeley. Step by step.
Looks like there are absolutely zero parasites so we can drop quarantine! Still getting used to the house, then migrate to wet food, then introductions. The loonies are on the path!
I have a 25 hour long playlist on Spotify that is solely composed of Cat relaxation music. Currently it’s playing throughout the house and especially for felines, and also for their hapless human lap-warmers, the slowly paced lullabies and carefully composed music interspersed with isochronic beat patterns have chilled all felines right to unconsciousness. Instead of mobbing the door leading to Ysabel’s welcome room, they are on my lap, or near me, totally lounging, sleeping, and napping. Even the new kitten digs the music, and has likewise fallen asleep.
It may be wishful thinking, but this music seems to be having the same effect as Felidae does.
There is another note of kismet in all of this. The way we discovered Ysabel, just how free and easy all this has been so far. Right down to the right gadgets and the service and the music to bring it all together. It feels effortless, although I freely admit that this has only just started, but perhaps if I stay optimistic everything will follow suit and work out for the best.
This all assumes the music doesn’t put me out like it is the cats. Who thought it, music enhanced introductions. What a marvel!
We’ve finally got Ysabel’s Room in order. I moved the bed to the library where the resident cats eat and hang out. It’s next to a big pair of windows, so that’ll work out for bird watching and relaxation. We set up the introduction crate with a kitten cavern and a poly pad cushion on the base of her crate. The crate is in the corner so she will feel maximally safe and protected.
Then we put one of the Google Homes in the room and set Spotify to play feline relaxation music in the background.
Ysabel will be ours at 3pm tomorrow, Friday 6/29/2018. We’ll go to KL Cat Hospital and then home.
Wish us all luck!
Last week Scott approached me and mentioned that he saw an article online from the Kalamazoo Animal Rescue, a local no-kill animal shelter and fostering service that places cats and dogs with their new forever homes. The kitten he met was named Baby by her foster mother, and she was born on April 11th, 2018.
Scott met her first, then I met her afterwards in a second encounter. These photos cover that experience. After we did a lot of soul-searching and talking it out, we decided that we had room and heart enough for this new kitten to be a part of our lives. In these pictures, she was just washed and was cold and shivering. By the time we were done holding and cuddling with her, she was almost dry. The shivering gave way to some loud purring and she napped gently on both my chest and on Scotts.
She’s scheduled to be fixed tomorrow, and then after that we’ll take her home to live with us. As kittens go, she is incredibly sweet and even tempered. She’s been bottle fed by multiple humans, she has socialized with many other cats and kittens, dogs, goats, and pigs, so integrating with our two at home shouldn’t be too much of a problem for her. She is FELV and FIV negative, something that was important to make sure of before we could get any further. The link below will take you to the iCloud Photo Sharing site with her baby pictures.
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B15GfnH8tGpb1UY
Welcome Home, Ysabel Josephine. We love you.
https://youtu.be/wqkHFsUcfvY
Some cats, when they perform a body roll and ask for a cat hug, there is more to it than simply wanting affection. Bailey is a simple cat, he is predominantly composed of wiggles and cuddles as this video depicts.