A cat is a cat

Now it's just a couple of days until cat with no name arrives. We went to see him last week and he was so small. But his color seems really nice, he will probably not be chocolate-tabby masked, but rather chocolate mackerel tabby (tigrerad on swedish).
Tengil is up and running as usual, things have gone very well with him. He plays a lot but also cuddles a lot. He's started to learn to play on his one. Right now he's playing with a little ball with a bell inside. Very funny. He's also exploring upwards in the apartment. We got the double bass (kontrabas) back and kept it in its soft case next to a book shelf. One day we heard a strange sound, and discovered that Tengil had climbed to the book shelf top, using the double bass. We removed the soft case after that...

Here's a little video clip on Tengil playing in a a tube. When we got him he was a bit smaller, and could easily crawl through it. He still can, but now he also can enjoy spinning in it.

Preparing for new cat and a walk

Less then two weeks until the new cat arrives, still no name. So today we went to the pet shop to buy some more things, we decided to buy one more catoilett, the same type as before since it works great For you who don't remember, its a self cleaning catoilett, that is, you turn it around and the lumps fall into a certain scoop. No need to dig into the sand! (This is how it looks)

Then we of course bought some more toys. The funniest toys so far has been toys that are not toys, but junk, preferably junk on a string. We also bought a harness and a leash and started to prepare for a walk. Previously this week we bought a new scratchy thing, since Tengil still prefers the carpet... But it didn't work. Fun to play with -yes. Good to use your claws on - no. I've also ordered some books about cats, but they haven't arrived yet. Yes, we buy a lot of stuff.

I've weight Tengil today, 1,9 kg. Yes, he is getting big!

Anyway, we put the harness on Tengil. It wasn't very easy since he thought it was something to play with. Once it was on we started to play with him and it went fine. He didn't seem to mind the harness, but did spend more time than usual throwing himself on the floor and rolling about. But all in all, it went fine. Now we also have to put on the leash and train him with that. The harness is just used for training when he's gotten fully grown, we'll buy a new, fancy one.

Working from home...

.. is not easy when you have a kitten. I tried this afternoon, but Tengil was rather active, which meant that I had to watch him and stop him from doing all kinds of stuff he shouldn't. Later he settled down and I discovered that he almost fell asleep if I stroke his ears.

Tengil likes to play with buttons, especially big buttons on cardigans. I don't know why, but he pulls and bites them. He discovers things to play with on the most strange places.

Now it's about two weeks until the second cat arrives. Before I used to think that Tengil and the new cat would be around the same size, even though, they are one month apart. But now I really think that Tengil has grown, he has definitely become fatter, so their size will probably differ a lot. I really hope that they will get along. We choose kittens who were rather active and enjoyed playing with their siblings. I really think they would benefit of each other, a human just can't play with a kitten as a cat would.

Why cornish?

This is Tengil's fur. As you can see it got waves. That's one feature for the cornish rex. The fur is also very soft to touch, like velvet. I think Tengil will have a good fur when he's grown up, both his parents had wavy furs and he seems to have thick good fur (not that I know what I'm talking about). That's the most obvious thing that separate cornish from other cats. They also have big eyes and ears and are slim. Tengil looks somewhat like a rat, from time to time. He's not round and cuddly as most kitten. But I really like his look, and from my point of view, he's really cute.

One other thing we liked about cornish rex is that they are active and some even say they're a bit like a dog. I like that, I don't want a cat that just lies on the sofa, but rather is interested in what I'm doing. Today Tengil helped me do the laundrey. He assisted in climbing around in the laundry bags and made sure I didn't forget some clothes in a paper bag.

It is sunny today, which seems to be a little problem for Tengil. On one hand, he wants to lay in the warm sunspots, but on the other hand, that quite boring and he want's to play. This leads to a little problem. We see a cozy kitten laying in the sun and goes to pet him, but Tengil instead sees a hand to play with coming towards him... I've solved this temporary by attaching the vippa in the book shelf so that it sticks out, this way, he can lay in the sun and still play.

What have changed?

First of all our living room. It is now covered in cat toys or cat related items. We have the scratching-pole, the playtunnel, the 'vippa', the mice, the bed, the bed made out of a cardbord box, the cardbord box for playing in, the paper bag for playing in, the cat-grass on the table, the 3 blankets on the sofa (one actually is for protecting the sofa where Tengil likes to climb up on it), the feathers (from the Vippa) and last, but not least, the paper - there are small pieces of paper everywhere!

Other ways things have changed. Well for one thing, we are greeted by a cozy cat, who just loves the curl up on ones chest and purr.I spent this morning with the computer on the lap and Tengil on my chest. I now have to shower with the door opened, otherwise Tengil sits outside and meows. My hands now have some scratchmarks, not as many as I anticipate though.

I've also learned some lifelong knowledge, for one thing, don't lift up a cat to the face when having a piece of paper tissue stuffed in you nose (I've changed here since a friend thought that we put a a4-paper up our noses to play with the cat, that is not the case, I had a nose bleed). It will get ugly! Don't walk around without socks if a kitten is nearby. It will get ugly!

Yesterday was the first day with sun here since Tengil moved in with us. Tengil spent some time trying to catch the sun on the carpet. There was one area with sun on the carpet and Tengil ran from one side of it to the other to catch it. Then he found some good sun spots to lay in, like this one:

Just a picture

A nice picture of Tengil playing.

Play and sleep

Today was Tengil's first day home alone while we were working. It wasn't such a long dag, about 5 hours. Tomek played with him for an hour or so before going to work, and then we came home for lunch. I think it went fine. He probably sleept in the sofa.

We have also started to let Tengil sleep alone. It went good the first time, he sleept the entire night . But the second time, we made a mistake and let him sleep for to long so he woke up when we went to bed. Out to sleep in the sofa for Tomek. The next night, we learned from our mistake and played a lot with Tengil so that he was really sleepy when we went to bed. It went good. He's such a good boy, yes he his!

Right now he's sleeping in my lap in the cheezebow position and snoring a bit. I've had a headache today and went home early from work and had to take it easy. Tengil was really nice and cuddled with me. I went to sleep and when I woke up he sat on my hand and purred. Oh, before all of this cuddling he played with me. He lay between my legs and played (bite and scratch) the inside of my thighs. Thank god for thick jeans! He also enjoyed playing under the blanket.

Here is a picture of Tengil helping Tomek work (Tomek did not have thick jeans!).



Tengil sleeps a lot and when he sleeps he can sleep trough anything. I've made him this little box to sleep in.


This is Tengil playing with the scratch pole.