Update on Milo and Boo

[kybearfuzz]

I haven't posted a kitty cat update for a bit. Milo the Cat (TM) and Boo the Kitten appear to be getting along pretty well, as he's licking her. Boo has been in the house for about six weeks now and I'm surprised how much she's grown. She's no where near Milo's size, but she's definitely growing up faster.

I'd forgotten what it was like to have a kitten in the house. The last kitten I had was back when I was a teenager. They certainly do take a lot more work than the average housecat, but we (Milo and I) are adapting. It's the little surprises that Boo does that catches me off-guard.

For example, when I clean the litter boxes, she watches. Not from a distance, but right into the mix of it. She will literally sit just outside the box while I clean it. When I move from one box to the next (there are three of them), she moves along with me. When I am done, she just leaves. She wasn't waiting for me to clean it so she could use it, she just wanted to make sure I did it right, I guess.

The other night, I was in the shower and she jumped onto the tub rim between the transparent shower liner and the curtain. I took the shower sprayer and blasted the liner, making her jump. She leaped back up a second later and I blasted the liner again. She jumped down again. Thinking she was done, I went back to scrubbing my naughty bits when the shower liner attacked me. I saw a black blur fall from the liner, scratching my big toe, and then back out. Boo drew blood. Another joy of having a kitten in the house.

I'm sure there will be more stories as little Boo grows up.

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the update on your feline friends! :)

[osodecanela.livejournal.com]

This makes me miss having a cat even more. Noah (also a ginger tabby) disappeared last Thanksgiving; he was 10. His litter mate Nathan went missing 8 years ago. Both very sweet cats but skittish about strangers (& anyone other than my husband and I constituted strange)!

We're moving this fall so we can't even think about a cat quite yet.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry Noah disappeared. That must be hard not knowing what happened to him.

After the move, maybe you guys can think about adopting a new ginger kitty. In my mind, no house is complete without one.

[barak.livejournal.com]

Cats be silly. They're probably planning to gaslight you now. ;-)

[man-of-snows.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reminding me of how "in your face" kittens can be. With Mojo, he got peed on once or twice by accident before he figured out to steer clear of the toilet.

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

Ah, kittens!

But of course she has to monitor you cleaning the litter boxes. Monitoring things is kitties' main JOB!

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

Wow, that photo takes me back. Fade Boo to a medium grey and it could be Mr. Marmalade (a name my parents disdained as too long, so he was known simply as "Cat") ... and "Mouse", a pearly grey female, the runt of her litter and so named because she didn't really meow, she just kind of ... squeaked. ;)

Ginger kitties rock. ;)

[ui-tomcat.livejournal.com]

Clean up my waste human slave!
Love hearing other people's kitty stories but don't miss my furniture being clawed up! Nothing cuter than kittens!