CATS ON TUESDAY

 

My hair producing Kim is worse then a sheep ! She was again full of knots and I had to take her to the groomer. As usual it was a nerve-racking enterprise, which took me at least 15 min before she was finally sitting in her carrier and in the car !



Once in the car she didn't protest too much but meowed pathetically the whole way long.



From the moment on she sat on the table she didn't move anymore and even purred, and during the grooming procedure, the phone rang, the young woman picked it up, took her notebook and wrote an appointment down, and Kim didn't move at all, she even made herself comfortable and closed her eyes. And I am not even allowed to show a brush, she runs away like a flash ! The amount of hairs coming out of her fur was quite impressive.



Rosie loves to sit besides me and we do our neighborwatch together, while I was busy on my computer



Spring weather had moved in, and a new neighbor dog too, so she smelled the new dog safely behind the bushes.



Arthur was in his element. He had the visit of little Toby ! He was always with him, ran behind the tricycle, played football (soccer) and with the little cars. When Toby saw that Arthur was eating grass, he pulled out some grass for him and put it on the terrace and was a little disappointed that Arthur didn't eat it. So he took a broom and cleaned my terrace ! Arthur found this very amusing and tried to catch the broom. It was very funny to watch them both.

CATS ON TUESDAY

CATS ON TUESDAY

For once most of this post is concerning Kim ! I had to take her to the groomer it was more than necessary. But as she is an autistic cat (I am sure of that), very intelligent but not social at all with humans. She is mostly outside not far, but when the weather is bad she comes in around 10 pm and sleeps at Mr. G's feet.

On the night before, we were both nervous and waited that she would come in. At ten she appeared and went to bed with Mr. G. I quickly shut all the doors, put a litterbox, food and water in the guestroom, and then returned to pick her up which of course was impossible. But she had felt something strange her instinct told her that there was something unusual going on so when she saw me she disappeared like a flash downstairs to get out of the house. Instead she found the door closed, ran into the guestroom and I quickly closed the door. We both pushed a big sigh of relief, she was inside !

Next morning we tried to get her out of the guestroom into the staircase where she would be trapped. I finally had to use the broom to get her out of under the bed ! Finally with a lot of desperate meows we managed to push her into the cage. We were exhausted !



Kim not very happy in the cage, "sang" the whole way long in the car until I arrived !



And then happened (as usual) something very strange. Sophie without any problem took her out of the cage, put her on the table and started working on her. And what did Kim do ?? She purred and purred as if she would get payed for !



A big knot is hanging out here



and then she was the best and most friendly cat in the world. She continued to purr, made pasta with her paws and stroke her head on Sophie's hands. Things she has never done with us ! It was offending !



and this was the result, after nearly one hour of grooming an extraordinary patient cat ! Apparently as the winter was so cold the animals had more hair. It was enough fur to make coats for 3 naked cats !

As soon as we arrived home, she jumped out of the car and disappeared in the garden, and we only saw her in the evening again.



Rosie checks the weather after having done her morning gymnastic. Besides that she has catched a mouse again, and has put it with care into Pookies bowl, nothing special happened.



Arthur who thought he had slept enough and wanted to go out, did his morning cleaning and Yoga exercises, and then stated that it was raining,



which made him very angry ! You can see it on his face.



But as he is a philosopher, he just thought he could keep company to the cushion until better days !



Pookie, rain or not rain, as volontary inside cat doesn't care about the weather. After having mistreated with energy,  the sofa with her claws, she collapsed on it for another napping round.

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CATS ON TUESDAY

The good news this week is that Rosie is completely healed and back to her old self, with gathering her mousies around the food bowls and playing with Arthur.





Arthur who always surprises us discovered chocolate cookies which were laying on a plate on the table ! He started to eat the crumps and we were so surprised that we didn't move and let him eat. Mr. G. broke another cookie for him and he ate it too ! Crazy cat !


Kim at the cat groomer

But the hit of this week was Kim ! As you may know Kim is a very shy cat who only likes cats and just supports humans. She would never sit on a lap and she doesn't like to be petted. She also is mostly outside and only comes in for food.

With her long hairs she gets a lot of knots and this hurts probably. But it is impossible to brush her ! She runs away even when you hold the brush behind your back she feels that you have something with her in your mind. So 3 times per year we have to catch her and I go with her to a pet groomer. Just see how she behaves there ! and I had told the girl the very first time, that Kim is wild and would scratch and get histerical ! As you can see there is another way to get out the knots of a long haired cat than shaving the poor thing completely.

The 15 € I payed for that were really worth it !

CLEANING SESSIONS

CATS ON TUESDAY

We had rain all week and only 17°C (63 F). What do cats when it rains ? They apparently also want to be clean but not by taking a shower outside.


Sir Arthur busy with grooming, an acrobate could learn from him !



Then he collapsed into a deep nap, completely exhausted by his effort !



Miss Rosie did the same, but with far more elegance, look at her little leg, she stretches it like a dancer from the Moulin Rouge !



and ..... also goes back to sleep !



Miss Pookie is a good cat, she thought Mr. Gattino's trousers would need some ironing so she took care of that !



Lisa choose the Sofa and so far managed not to fall down.



Kim thought she could be a nice decoration on the table and posed as mop ! Since she had been to the Beauty Salon, her hairs didn't grow long anymore and she changes slowly into a short haired cat, except her tail, it stays bushy. Isn't that strange ?