Beginnings 5/10
Romeo
Romeo has had many problems, including a massive infestation of fleas and ear mites that he brought with him from the shelter. I think we have finally gotten the upper hand but wasn't easy. The poor little guy was so miserable. He was even losing his hair because of it. It is growing back in nicely now.
The cat has sampled many sleeping places in the house. I think he has decided that his favorite is my bed. For awhile it was the bottom half of his pet carrier with a certain blanket placed on a high perch, but then we took him to the vet in it.
Romeo has become somewhat of a little captain destructo. He is a klutz and has broken several things in attempts to jump up on bookshelves and tables. He tends to miss or slip. Of course this isn’t counting the times that he knocks things off of shelves intentionally. He has also taken up using my blue rocker chair as a chew toy.
We have also been doing a lot of cat research lately, which isn't easy considering the limited resources at the library. If you go to the pet section and then to cats it looks like a lot of books but 90% of them are on breeds. There is a "Cats for Dummies" book and one out dated pet care book. There are also several books on how to talk to your children about cats, two holistic pet care books, one psychology of cats book, and a few on cat myths and lore. That's it. The reason we have been doing some research is that we have never adopted an adult cat before. We have always got kittens. I don't care what the books say, getting an adult is harder. They already have their own personalities and it is a big adjustment to everyone. With a kitten they are growing up around you so you get to know them gradually and there is no big adjustment. They grow up with you and don't have to relearn anything and you don't have to sit there and try to figure out what is going on in that kitty head of his because you already know from experience. We are just trying to make it as easy as possible for everyone.
Romeo also had his first "well kitty" vet visit. Because it was his first visit he got a goody bag full of samples and toys. The vet and the nurse kept going on about how beautiful and well behaved he was. When they were cleaning his ears he almost didn't fight at all. They said it was the easiest ear cleaning they have ever done.
websites of the day:
http://www.sorabji.com/livewire/faces/
http://anagramsite.com/
http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html
http://www.streetmattress.com
http://www.carthedral.com/carthedral/index.htm
http://www.kissthisguy.com/
Romeo has had many problems, including a massive infestation of fleas and ear mites that he brought with him from the shelter. I think we have finally gotten the upper hand but wasn't easy. The poor little guy was so miserable. He was even losing his hair because of it. It is growing back in nicely now.
The cat has sampled many sleeping places in the house. I think he has decided that his favorite is my bed. For awhile it was the bottom half of his pet carrier with a certain blanket placed on a high perch, but then we took him to the vet in it.
Romeo has become somewhat of a little captain destructo. He is a klutz and has broken several things in attempts to jump up on bookshelves and tables. He tends to miss or slip. Of course this isn’t counting the times that he knocks things off of shelves intentionally. He has also taken up using my blue rocker chair as a chew toy.
We have also been doing a lot of cat research lately, which isn't easy considering the limited resources at the library. If you go to the pet section and then to cats it looks like a lot of books but 90% of them are on breeds. There is a "Cats for Dummies" book and one out dated pet care book. There are also several books on how to talk to your children about cats, two holistic pet care books, one psychology of cats book, and a few on cat myths and lore. That's it. The reason we have been doing some research is that we have never adopted an adult cat before. We have always got kittens. I don't care what the books say, getting an adult is harder. They already have their own personalities and it is a big adjustment to everyone. With a kitten they are growing up around you so you get to know them gradually and there is no big adjustment. They grow up with you and don't have to relearn anything and you don't have to sit there and try to figure out what is going on in that kitty head of his because you already know from experience. We are just trying to make it as easy as possible for everyone.
Romeo also had his first "well kitty" vet visit. Because it was his first visit he got a goody bag full of samples and toys. The vet and the nurse kept going on about how beautiful and well behaved he was. When they were cleaning his ears he almost didn't fight at all. They said it was the easiest ear cleaning they have ever done.
websites of the day:
http://www.sorabji.com/livewire/faces/
http://anagramsite.com/
http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html
http://www.streetmattress.com
http://www.carthedral.com/carthedral/index.htm
http://www.kissthisguy.com/