Kittens!

Today we visit a friend who's cat had 2 three weeks old kittens. One grey tabby and one black, perhaps tabby too. They are not, as you can see, cornish rex, but awful cute none the less!

They did not really like to held, but cried for their mum. The kittens had not yet dared to leave their 'nest'. So it was a bit hard to take pictures since their nest was rather dark.

Very soft and fluffy!

Tengil outside

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from the cats!

Big cats!

Both cats are now around one year old. Tengil is now a quite large cat (some would say a bit fat..) but Most is more slender. Sometimes, however you look at them and think "Haven't they always been about this size?" Of course they have not which the following pictures will show!

First out is the oldie, Tengil. Before you could easily hold him on one arm and now two arms are hardly enough.Then we have the small cat, Most. Before he was a really small kitten with a big head. Now his a big cat with a small head. Before he looked somewhat like a really cute frog, but now I think he looks more like a owl or something.

Happy birthday Tengil!

Happy birthday Tengil!
Today is Tengil's birthday! He's now one year old. We've had a small party giving him tuna as birthday cake and some snuggling privilege in the bedroom, where the cats usually are not allowed. Tengil went around on and under the blanked and purred!

It's getting cold

It's getting cold outside, as well as inside. Since we have electric-elements we can't have an element-bed for the cats (you shouldn't cover it). So we created our own little bed, which we put on the floor in a corner next to the element. Here the cats can curl up together and enjoy the heat of the element. Which they do quite often.

Psss... in just a couple of weeks the its Tengils birthday!

The water cat

I've been slow on updating the blog... but I will try to do better now.
Some updates:

• Most is neutered. It went well and he totally charmed the staff at the vet.
• Tengil has got a bit fat since he was neutered. So now we are controlling how much food they eat.
• We have discovered why the cats' water always end up outside the bowl. Most likes to step with his front paws in the water bowl.
• Most likes to pick up the drain filter in the shower. He seems to have a growing interest in water.
• Tengil has caught his first 'animal' bigger than a fly. He caught 3 dragonflies one afternoon.
  

Tengil really enjoyes to be outside, but Most still acts like he is a small cat which have to crawl around.
Here is a picture of Most taken i the summer cottage. He likes to sit up on the railing and look at the butterflies.

Summer times!

Our vacation has started for us, which means basically two things for the cats, that we're around more and that we're around less. We spent some four-five days away from the cats. They stayed in the flat and had a cat watcher come by twice a day to feed and cuddle them. Apparently they got more and more cuddlier as time went by. Now that we're back they seem quite the same, they didn't seemed thrilled with joy when we came home but appreciated the cuddle.

Most has gotten quite the little cuddlier. If you go and sit down in the couch he comes running and lies in the lap. He rolls around makes sure you know how absolutely lovely it is to have a little cat in the lap. Tengil on the other hand is not as obvious in his cuddle. He more likes to stretch out on your legs, but sometimes enjoy a good cuddle to.

Wen spent a couple of days in the summer cottage. And of course, the cats were outside in their leashes. They are now big cats so they can be outside without constant watching. So we have put the cats leashes on a rope so that they can walk around a bit. Since the leashes are of flexi type, this gives them much space.

Sleeping positions

Not only does the cats sleep in strange places, they sleep in strange positions. More than once we looked at the sleeping cats and said "That can't be comfortable".

Tengil, stretching his neck?
Most, flying in his dreams?

Sleeping places

This post will be about the cats sleeping places. They have some funny places they like to sleep on. We have a small loud speaker stuffed in a bag with a blanket around it. The bag is open and placed on another speaker (just temporary, we moved in some months ago (closer to six months...), and that's one of Most's favorite places to sleep on. It doesn't seem to be particularly soft, but that's not a problem. Actually, if we place a towel or anything on a furniture the cats will think it is for them to sleep on. Tengil has another place he likes to sleep in, the laundry bag. In fact, everything about laundry is interesting. In the winter, the lamp on the aquarium was a popular place to sleep on.

The new place to sleep, or play, is the drying rack, especially if there is a towel on it, but clothes works to. Towels has the advantage by making it possible to slip between the racks and sort of hang in the air, lying on the towel.

Outdoors

We spent the weekend in the summer cottage and the cats got to experience some outdoor life. This picture shows how unproportional Most is right now, his tail is so long, and his head a bit small, but very cute!

No balls!

Today Tengil was neutered. I will spare you any before and after picture!
We brought him to the vet in the beginning of the day and picked him up after work. Sometime during that time, he was castrated. We were a bit worried how he would take it all. But everything seems to have gone fine. Apparently, he got pat very much since his fur was so soft :)

Since he stayed the whole day at the clinic, he's been up and running since he got home, he's even played a little with Most. He's very hungry, haven't eaten anything since last night. Most was very hungry this morning since he didn't have anything to eat during the night either. They will both get to it something to eat tonight.

Most on the other hand has been all alone for the first time ever! It seems like he has been looking for Tengil, but when Tengil got home, Most ran and hid under the bed. Both Tengil and the transport bag probably smelled differently. But now everything is ok. In a month or two, it will be Most turn to make a trip to the clinic...

A new place

This weekend we took the cat to my parents summer cottage. It was the first time the cats were there. It was the first time they were away from home, but seemed to like it quick. There was some new features for them though... For one thing, they learned that people could walk past the window (doesn't happen a lot when you live on third floor). At first they were a bit scared but soon they realised it was just me and tomek walking by. There was also bugs to catch which both cats found extremely fun. For the first time they saw an animal bigger than a dog, cows. Both cats were quite impressed... or something....

Since the weather was good, we took the cats out in the garden (in harness and leash). Tengil liked it and walked around and lay in the sound. Most still is a bit worried when being in outside. But he's one month younger than Tengil... it will come. It's extremely tiring being outside so both cats spent much time indoor, sleeping. They are such city cats! Acting like grass is unpleasant to walk on and fresh air is some sort of punishment.

We also tried to feed them from the same bowl and discovered that Most had a smart way of stealing the food from Tengil...


No one can accuse him for being stupid....

Cute!

Have you seen something cute like this?

It is good to have a friend...

After the first two days when Most had arrived, I gave in to paranoia and declared my fear that he and Tengil never would become friends. 3 days later the cats proved me wrong. To proof this, I put together this potpurri of picture of the cats snuggeling together.

Two new toys

Both the cats are fine and they are really good friends now. Most is in that active age and runs around a lot. Today he broke his first flower pot (one of my favorites). He has also gained some size to Tengil now and can now successfully attack and throw Tengil to the ground.

We've bought the cats some new stuff. First up is a new scratching post in shape of a troll tree. It has become Most's home, its a bit to small for Tengil. Most also does attacks from the tree, he practically dives on to Tengil and toys.



The other toy is something that really is a storage item for kids. It has also become Most's toy. The first time he went absolutely crazy and he loves it. It seems that he tries to break the record to climb bottom to top.

Window cat

One day we walk up and heard a sound of glass bouncing against floor. When we got up, we noticed that the little candle glas we have in the window in the cats room was on the floor. I tried to figured out how it ended on the floor and came to the (quite unlogicale) conclusion that the cats must have bounced against the wall, so that it bounced and thus threw the glass on the floor. Later that day, the cats were very quite, so I went to look for them. I threw a quick glance in their room, but saw no cats. Looked in rest of the apartment, but couldn't find them, so I looked in their room again. And there was Most, sitting on the catoilett. And Tengil, up in the window which has hardly any window-border. That explained the glas on the floor.

This is how it looked. I think Most looks rather funny, you can see how he wants to be where Tengil is.

A walk in the park

Today the cats and I have to entertain ourselves while Tomek is away with friends. Since it's such a great weather I decided to bring the cats to my parents garden. None of the cats have been there before. Tengil has been outside a couple of times and Most two times. They've been quite careful though and almost acted like they couldn't walk on the grass.

So I packed a little backpack, put the harness on the cats and packed them in their transport bag, filled a box with litter sand, packed all things in the car and off we went. The cats meowed the entire drive, the whole 5 minutes...

Then I unpacked all the stuff in the garden, but the cats were a bit afraid to go out. But Dad used the rat-under-the-blanket-trick and then they dared to come out. It took a little while but both cats started to walk around in the garden and explore. Most found it especially fun to walk around the greenhouse. The first time he sneaked around it, but as he got more confident he walked with his tail high.

Most dared to use the temporary catoilett, but Tengil seemed to think that there was to much around to use it, so he just sat in it.

After two hours the cats were rather tired so we went home. Now, to exhausted cats are lying on the floor in the sun, completely dog-tired.

Sleeping cats

The cats are coming along nicely as friends. They play together, eat together and sleep together. But most on Tengils terms I think. Most have discovered Tengils old cardboard box, and Tengil has discovered that Most uses it sometimes. Then Tengil wants to sleep in it too. Not so much space for both of them though...

This weekend we had the first visitors since we got Most. I was a little worried how it would go, since Most was a little reserved when we got him. But it went absolutely fine! He totally charmed my mom. He was lying in the box with the salmon pink blanket and starting purring when she scratched his neck. Then he started rolling around, being such a cute kitty. Most people think that Most is the cuter of the two, but that's probably because Tengil is bigger and more cornish. Most looks more like an ordinary cat. It will be very interesting to see if he will become more cornish during time.