Now there are three of us sharing the house! Pixel, our newly adopted 7 month old kitten has had his first night here. After doing the paperwork and things at the animal rescue place we picked him up from the vet the next day. Desexed and microchipped. He meowed twice on collection and remained silent all the way home. He had his quiet place set up and there he hid. The drugs were probably taking their toll
Very early this morning a quick check revealed him standing on his carrier and very much wide-eyed. He purrs a lot. I mean really a lot. You can hear where he is just because he's purring all the time. Well, until he walks into a new strange room ( or one he's been in but has forgotten) then he lets out a confused growl before going back to purring.
So a very early morning for all of us. He's been eating, drinking and using his litter tray ( after a quick growl when walking into his room).
Anyway when he's asleep his purring stops and he is one very tired cat. So are his owners.
Some shots from this morning.
I think he's quite big for 7 months so he might be huge later. Like a big purring tiger. He doesn't have access to all the house yet since the bedroom and upstairs is enough for now. His toys and things will no doubt be used later. ( Don't want him to get too excited after his surgery). Toys? Oh yes we've got those:
... and some hiding tunnels.
He has a choice of beds and of course he ignores them completely. Where does he like sleeping? Upstairs in the dustiet place ever. Only tracked him down because of his purring.
Anyway, his cattery (first stage) is done. Interestingly he was butted his head gently against the locked cat flap a couple of times this morning. It's as if he knows.
Speaking of cat flaps oddly reminds me of how our big lemon gum tree is shedding.
Yes, it waits until there's a nice SE wind and then decides to drop its wooden skin into the pool. I think it's twice a year it does this - maybe once a year? Who knows? Obviously not me.
Every time it does it I think that there must be a creative use for the bark. There isn't though. Not that I can think of. So instead it gets raked and cleared up into a pile. Then the pile seems to throw itself back into the pool again.
That's Lemon Gums for you. Known for their active bark.
I prefer purring though. ( not me - but the sound of purring)
(Plus, see what I did there? Apologies for that).
