Category: Cats

Presentation of toe beans

On By CarynIn Cats
Photo description: dilute calico cat curled up in a carpeted tunnel with all four paws stretched forward

Sophie the calico cat likes the carpeted cat tree. She tucks herself all the way back in the tunnel to escape from Thor the gray tabby.

Photo description: blurry picture of a calico cat in the top spot and a gray tabby guarding the second tier

He looks guilty

On By CarynIn Cats
Photo description: large gray tabby in a blanket lined basket tucked into the closet

I deliberately put a basket in the closet as a cat bed. I found Thor the cat in the basket and he looked like I caught his paw in the cookie jar. Silly kitty.

We are hunkered down for the storm. It has been raining ice. Yuck.

She had an adventure

On By CarynIn Cats, photography

Izzy the calico cat is kept indoors, except for the catio. She is allowed in the yard under supervision, but is not allowed outside the fence. She protests to this gilded cage, but she is an urban princess and not prepared for the things that live in our woods. Still she tries, and did manage to slip out the door when I was distracted. I only found out when I let the dog out and she came sauntering back in covered in dust. She was quite pleased with herself. When I checked the trail cam, there were photos of her adventure, all the way out behind the chicken coop.

Photo description: calico cat with collar in the fall leaves by a wooden step
Photo description: calico cat on the steps looking across the meadow at the neighbor’s cat

The pictures didn’t show any encounters with other critters. The series stopped after the one where she spotted another cat.

Closer

On By CarynIn Cats

Thor the gray tabby really wants to be near Sophie the dilute calico cat. I’m not sure if it is adoration, or just fun for him to get in her personal space.

Photo description: Gray tabby on a piano bench looking at the camera, dilute calico sleeping on an office chair behind the piano bench
Photo description: cat tree covered in carpet with a dilute calico in the tube on top and a gray tabby on the level below, looking up, photo credit to my eldest

He sings to her too, plurts and trills. Sophie is remarkably calm about the whole situation, he only gets a bat with a paw when he gets really close.

Rewrapping a cat post

On By CarynIn Cats, Craft, Life Hack

The favorite scratching post in the house needed a fix-up.

Photo description: cat scratching post with the jute rope broken and falling off

When I last rewrapped this post, I took some of the carpet off the top to provide a higher area for scratching since I have longer cats. From the picture, it really wasn’t necessary, even the big cats scratch the middle of the post. To rewrap this time, I purchased 160 feet of 1/4 inch jute rope.

Photo description: bundle of jute rope, pliers, and a staple gun for the rewrap project

My future self is not going to be pleased with me, because as I wrapped the rope, I stapled it down on the back every few inches. Last time, I only stapled the top and bottom, which made it easy to remove, but I believe shortened the time of use. The last wrap lasted slightly less than a year.

The most helpful thing this time around was that my eldest held the rope above the scratching post, so it was easier for me to wrap the post from the bottom up smoothly.

Photo description: freshly jute rope wrapped cat scratching post

The new rope, while marketed as 1/4 inch, has a smaller diameter than the old rope, and a tighter twist. It will be interesting to see if it holds up better.