It's been a really long time since I've been by here.
And right now, I feel like talking about cats.
So, here I am.
Tub and Dood are 4-1/2 to 5 years old now, adults, no longer young cats/kittens.
They are both indoor/outdoor cats.
The house is always open.
They come and go as they please.
Surprisingly, they spend a lot of time in the house, maybe more outdoors.
They do roam but not very far.
They're both neutered.
It's been a long time for them since the eruption.
They seem to have completely forgotten about it.
When I brought them back from our temporary evacuation home after 3 to 4 months, they were ecstatic.
They checked everything out and comfortably moved right back into the house and area.
Being more social and outgoing, Dood has made friends with our closest neighbors.
That's obvious because Dood began picking up behaviors that were discouraged by us.
He learned them somewhere else, most especially that the kitchen is a place for food.
They are fed and eat out on the lanai, all the time around here.
Whenever they sense they're about to be fed, they run to follow us out to their bowls on the lanai.
Even now, they're still never fed in the kitchen by us.
Now, he is constantly around the kitchen checking for food.
But, Neither cat is a beggar.
They're both well mannered.
Plus, they've both learned that the new pop-top of a can being opened means food
They didn't learn it from us.
As kittens they were fed both wet and dry food.
They stopped eating the wet food.
So, we stopped putting it out for them.
He learned the sound of a can opening somewhere else.
Tub has learned it from Dood around here.
I was adamant that they would not be taught to be kitchen pests.
Other than being underfoot all thr time now, Dood is not a beggar.
But then, they always have food and water in their bowls out on the lanai.
Whenever the food gets down to about a 1/2 bowl, they get stressed and come get us to add more.
They don't like their bowls to be less than full.
The biggest problem I have with them is that black cats are very hard to see in the dark.
So far I haven't, but it's very hard to not step on one when walking around with all the lights off, gotta be real careful and step lightly.
Both cats have begun to show scattered white hairs in their coats.
Dood is getting a lot more that look as if they might turn into spots.
Hopefully not.
I like black cats.
The sun just came out.
rather than continuing with this, I'm going out to work in the yard.
And right now, I feel like talking about cats.
So, here I am.
Tub and Dood are 4-1/2 to 5 years old now, adults, no longer young cats/kittens.
They are both indoor/outdoor cats.
The house is always open.
They come and go as they please.
Surprisingly, they spend a lot of time in the house, maybe more outdoors.
They do roam but not very far.
They're both neutered.
It's been a long time for them since the eruption.
They seem to have completely forgotten about it.
When I brought them back from our temporary evacuation home after 3 to 4 months, they were ecstatic.
They checked everything out and comfortably moved right back into the house and area.
Being more social and outgoing, Dood has made friends with our closest neighbors.
That's obvious because Dood began picking up behaviors that were discouraged by us.
He learned them somewhere else, most especially that the kitchen is a place for food.
They are fed and eat out on the lanai, all the time around here.
Whenever they sense they're about to be fed, they run to follow us out to their bowls on the lanai.
Even now, they're still never fed in the kitchen by us.
Now, he is constantly around the kitchen checking for food.
But, Neither cat is a beggar.
They're both well mannered.
Plus, they've both learned that the new pop-top of a can being opened means food
They didn't learn it from us.
As kittens they were fed both wet and dry food.
They stopped eating the wet food.
So, we stopped putting it out for them.
He learned the sound of a can opening somewhere else.
Tub has learned it from Dood around here.
I was adamant that they would not be taught to be kitchen pests.
Other than being underfoot all thr time now, Dood is not a beggar.
But then, they always have food and water in their bowls out on the lanai.
Whenever the food gets down to about a 1/2 bowl, they get stressed and come get us to add more.
They don't like their bowls to be less than full.
The biggest problem I have with them is that black cats are very hard to see in the dark.
So far I haven't, but it's very hard to not step on one when walking around with all the lights off, gotta be real careful and step lightly.
Both cats have begun to show scattered white hairs in their coats.
Dood is getting a lot more that look as if they might turn into spots.
Hopefully not.
I like black cats.
The sun just came out.
rather than continuing with this, I'm going out to work in the yard.
They are both absolutely gorgeous!
