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My Sunday Photo 25th November 2018

Ash

Is it too soon for more photos of Ash?

a tiger striped kitten curled around with his paws over his head — The comma position

Ash is now 7 months old and the time has just flown by. He has changed from this cute little kitten that needed to be carried down the stairs to a big blundering kitten that can bound up the stairs in seconds. He’s often been up and down three times in the morning while waiting for me to descend.

a cat lying stretched out with his paws together — The prayer position

He goes from running around like crazy to curled up and asleep in a matter of seconds. He gets into some of the most ridiculous positions, but he does prefer to stretch out rather than curl up.

He’s started going out now, he bounds around the garden like, well, an over excited kitten. He loves jumping on the trampoline and playing on the slide. He follows his big sister around everywhere, it’s a shame, she can’t even escape him outside now.

two cats on a green slide. One is sitting at the top of the slide, the other is sitting on the bottom rung of the ladder. — Garden Play with his big sister

Brother and Sister

It’s hard to tell whether they actually get on or not. Sometimes, not often, they will curl up and sleep together. Mostly, Sabrina is avoiding Ash as much as she can. But, a lot of the time they are chasing each other around the house and pouncing on each other. It’s hilarious to watch Sabrina following Ash’s every move by peaking out from behind the curtain. Then, when he gets close enough, she pounces on him and the chase begins. Then the process will continue with Ash hiding and pouncing on Sabrina. Honestly, they are like a couple of young children playing hide and seek!

My Sunday Photo 15th July 2018

by Anne Sweet 14 Comments

Ash, my new kitten, is now nearly fifteen weeks old, so I thought it was time for an update.

I love this little kitten so much, he’s been a pain at times, but he’s also very loving and sweet.

He’s still sleeping with me as I can’t trust him with our other cat Sabrina overnight yet. He has now found a spot by window on the floor where he likes to sleep best. I guess he can feel a breeze from the window which keeps him cool. He’s so fast though, as soon as the Little Man opens the bedroom door in the morning Ash is out of there in a shot. We let him go as we’ll be joining him soon.

When we first had him he was so tiny he had difficulty going up and down the stairs, now he races up and down them.

He is a good boy and always uses the cat litter tray. He hasn’t wrecked anything yet, but he does like climbing up the curtains and having a good chew on any shoes or slippers left around. Thankfully, he scratches on his post and hasn’t had a go at our new settees.

He loves it if there is a moth, fly or even spider in the house, he will keep on trying until he’s caught them. He’s going to be a good hunter when he grows up.

He has an amazing colouring, stripes on his body and spots on his belly, it’s like a cross between a cheetah and a tiger, so we call him a chiger! He’s got such big ears he could be a bat.

Ash and Sabrina

Our other cat Sabrina is still not happy, but you can’t blame her. Whenever she comes in the house Ash can’t wait to play with her. He follows her around, hides and pounces on her, runs at her then runs away quickly, he’s a proper tease. But poor Sabrina is not amused and just bats him away. I guess it’s a good job we’ve had such good weather as Sabrina is spending most of her day outside under the trampoline.

We keep their food separate so that Sabrina doesn’t have to share with him. They are on different food at the moment anyway. I’ve caught Sabrina having a sneaky snack on his baby food though.

I think things will get better once Ash is older and a little calmer.

At least Sabrina gets the house to herself once Ash has come to bed with me.

I Decided to Send my Cats to Cat College

by Anne Sweet 10 Comments

I have two cats and although they are getting on a bit I wondered whether you could teach an old cat new tricks. Time for Cat College

Salem and Sabrina came to join us nearly 10 years ago as kittens, and we got them from an old lady. Their mum was a ginger cat and their dad was black. So although both cats are black and white, when the sun shines you can see a ginger tinge in their fur. The very first thing they learned was how to gobble up their favourite kitten food. Then they soon learned many other tricks, like escaping from the garden and climbing up the curtains.

They both have very different characters so I wondered how they would get on in Cat College. What is Cat college? I hear you ask (go on ask!) Well, it’s just something I set up for a bit of fun and wanted to share with you.

The first class was;

Construction

We gave the cats a box and asked them to build something. Pretty easy task don’t you think? The kids would have turned it into a fantastic castle, or dolls house. But the cats? Well, lets see how they got on.

First up is Sabrina who decided that the box made a perfect podium. Who needs to construct something when you can just sit on it? Or maybe she’s learning how to address her followers, we could have a future catminister on our hands.

Then there was Salem, who constructed….a bed!

Board Games

Board games are important for interaction and learning. They are also fun, and cats like fun don’t they?

Well, Salem seemed to think the board games were lots of fun.

But on closer inspection we can see……

That he’s actually sleeping in the box. Is he ever going to change?

Obedience

Dogs can learn to obey commands but can cats? Well, I’ve been teaching Sabrina to fetch my slippers for me.

Well done girl! (what do you mean, the photo is staged, I can’t help it if she decided to sit next to my slippers!)

Homework

After all that work you would think that I’d let them off with homework, but no, they need to keep notes of everything they have learnt and Sabrina was keen to get started.

Look how attentive she is!

I give them both an E, for Effort of course!

Well, that’s how my cats got on at Cat College, but I wonder how these adorable Kittens will get on at Kitten Kollege?

Warning! cute video coming up!

This post is a collaboration with
WHISKAS®, but all thoughts are my own. Check out their website for more information on their cat food and their YouTube channel for fantastic Kitten Kollege videos.

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