17 Wednesday Mar 2010
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I realised this morning that I have no photos of me with Loki, so here are some very dodgy quality ones taken with the webcam after yoga class. This is me at my desk trying to get some work done, but the little guy kept asking for a cuddle. He has now left me to snuggle up with his best buddy, Azar…
14 Sunday Mar 2010
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… and am making my balconies even uglier than they were before.
But it’s all in the name of kitteh protection. Livia from the cat shelter warned me that the (ugly) green plastic mesh I had going across the balcony railings wasn’t going to be enough protection for Loki, and I can see her point. He’s still a bit small to jump up that high, but it won’t be long before he can and I don’t want curiosity – or a stray pigeon – to cause him to inadvertently leap to his death.
So I have attached a second piece of mesh that goes from the top of the railing to the wall at a 45º angle, which ought to do the trick. Am now waiting for the owners of newly opened posh hotel next door to complain…
11 Thursday Mar 2010
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These two guys are slaying me!
It’s just too adorable how they have become inseparable these days. And you can really see how Loki looks up to Azar as the “big brother”. He’s very monkey-see-monkey-do and tends to copy whatever Azar does, such as eating asparagus and grass. He also copies Azar’s favourite cuddle position in bed, and tucks his little nose under my chin (but on the other side of my head). The other night they were nose-to-nose like this, both of them purring away like mad, and I thought I would melt on the spot. Loki even submits to grooming by his big bro and they always siesta together now.
As for whatever was ailing Azar, having Loki around has really perked him up. He’s eating well now and his “dislocated shoulder” must have healed itself because the two of them tear around the apartment chasing each other like maniacs. So nice to see Azar getting some exercise! Meanwhile, Loki is a lean mean kitteh machine … he plays hard and sleeps hard. He also eats a LOT, and I think it was watching him eat all the time that got Azar interested in food again. So it turns out to have been a good match after all. Phew!
More kitteh cuteness below the links…
07 Sunday Mar 2010
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05 Friday Mar 2010
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Last week when Yolanda the vet told me I’d have to start force-feeding Azar I cringed, remembering the ordeal of having to wrap Sunny in a towel and struggle to get him to take his liquid meds. But with Azar it turned out to be a piece of cake! As you can see in the pics, Nog holds him without a towel or any kind of restraint, and although Azar squirms a little, he doesn’t clamp his mouth shut tight like Sunny did, and he is quite okay about getting everything down the hatch – believe me, this is a cat who immediately turns into the Tasmanian Devil when he doesn’t want to be held. And okay, there is a bit of “food spray” resulting in much washing of Nog’s sweaters, but since I’ve been perfecting my technique (including plenty of kisses on the head between squirts of food), I think Azar has actually come to enjoy eating this way…
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