We have called Chiana. She is named for the lovely, very feline, very grey, very feisty girl in Farscape . As you can see the only other color than grey that you can see is the interior of her mouth which is pink. This is just like our cat.
I've never owned a cat before and it's quite an experience. To start off with, she is very loving.. and sleeps with us all the time... she purrs and often even suckles on my skin as I believe she had to leave her mom a little too early. There was nothing to be done though, the mom was a stray that friends picked up and tended to while she had her babies, but she was also sick.
This cat seems to have multiple personalities... one moment she is loving, the next she wants to chow down on my toes... My biggest problem has been keeping her away from my computer cables. She is fascinated by them. Dolly told me she thinks they are snakes and it's instinctive. I am going to try and find something that she'll not like but that will not be harmful to her to deter her from doing it. She already chomped through my microphone cord and I had to splice the wires back together. I've heard that there is a product called bitter apple spray. I'll try and find some in a pet store here, if not, I'll try and get it online. I'm not happy about the cable chewing because, of course, not only could she ruin my computer and accessories, but also because I'm very afraid that she may also electrocute herself. Everything with a cord or wire seems to interest her.
She is the sweetest thing though, don't you agree?
Dolly also told me to put aluminum foil where you didn't want her going or chewing. Since she is so attracted to the coils of cables behind my computer, I got down on all fours (now, who's the animal! ;-) ) and put up sheets of tin foil taped at the back and underneath my desk. She doesn't seem too afraid and goes there all the time. The foil reaches to the ground but I've taped it there... so she can't get behind without making a bunch of noise... The deterent seems to be that I can hear when she's there and get her out before she does too much damage.
I know some of you have cats... I would really appreciate any tips and hints you could give me because this seems like a hopeless cause. HELP!
4 comments:
oH ho ho, a cat. We'll you're in trouble now, Maggie! You can expect nibbled toes for years to come. And missing socks. A holes in couches. And untold messes if you have potted plants. But it's hard to stay mad at things as cute as that. A little squirt bottle and a loud 'PSSSHHHHHHHH!" noise go a long way to deter kittens. Unless you have one of those water loving cats, in which case you are hopelessly screwed as they will just glare at you and continue doing whatever it is they were destroying. As well, a couple gentle boots to the rump help kittens learn what is good and what is not good behaviour.
Good luck, you'll need it.
A little water gun or spray bottle will work wonders.
If he digs in your plants just line the bottom where the soil is with tin foil. Cats don't generally like tin foil.
Very cute kitten :)
In the uk we call that colour blue but it does look grey)I have one the exact same colour at home. We have had lots of kittens, I think the cable chewing will soon pass. I would try and bunch all the computer cables together to lessen the interest to the kitten, make sure no toys ar in there.
How old is the kitten, I am guessing about 8 week?
I am sure you are going to have loads of fun with your new family member. No get that torch (flash light) and get that kitten chasing the light about the house :)
Salut Maggie! Patricia de la chorale ;)
Quand un de mes chats fait un truc pas gentil, j'utilise aussi l'eau en spray.
J'ai aussi conditionné mes chats par rapport au ton de ma voix et au gestuel. Je n'ai qu'à utiliser une grosse voix et pointer mon doigt vers le nez pour que le chat comprenne qu'il ne faut pas faire. Évidemment, c'est un truc que tu dois utiliser souvent au début, c'est un apprentissage pour le chat.
Ca marche ou pas, à toi de voir avec ta personnalité et celle de Chiana :)
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