Thor, who is not quite eight months old, technically is still a kitten, but he does not look at all like a kitten.
Thor weighed in at 12.8 pounds, which is almost a pound heavier than Izzy. He gets plenty of exercise. His tail and legs are thick, especially compared to our other cats. Big boy.
Like most kittens, Thor like to lay in awkward places. Half over his bed, half on the arm of the chair, half on my pillow. He really likes that I moved my computer into the closet with a nice fuzzy rug on the floor. I took this picture because it looks like he has been skewered by three posts, when really one leg is between two.
Izzy is not happy with the new kitten and does not appreciate having to share litter boxes. Thor loves his litter boxes and is very good at digging and burying. Izzy has been marking and ruining rugs. To help Izzy out, I put down sand in the catio. The long summer heat killed all the plants in there and left hard packed clay, so I cleaned up the debris and spread bags of all-purpose sand in the main area.
I’ve read that owners should have the same number of litter boxes as cats, plus one. We have that, except at night when Izzy and Sophie are separated. So I added a nice large corner litter box to Izzy’s nighttime area (our bedroom).
I also picked up all the bathmats that were being used inappropriately, and replaced the most critical mat, right outside the shower, with a bamboo wood mat.
Thor the technical kitten (seven months old) and Missy the dog still play on the living room rug. Here is the most recent video. Here is one where Thor was much smaller. He has grown a bit.
As long as Thor maintains a healthy weight, he shouldn’t ever outweigh Missy who weighs 20 pounds, but visually he is getting closer in size.
We are finally cooling down here in Texas. We actually had a freeze warning in October, which seemed unusual. I did a few additional things this year in addition to shutting down sprinklers and disconnecting hoses. Basil turns black if the temperatures drop below 40 degrees. In past years I’ve tented the raised bed with plastic, with minimum success. This year I actually gathered my remaining basil and brought it inside to dry.
I also cleaned out the cat bench and put in new straw. I don’t think any of the neighborhood cats use it, but just in case, it has fresh bedding and a handful of dried lavender to deter bugs. I made this bench with the insulated compartment several years ago.
Critters and Craft 