Cat blogging!

[elfs]

The Watchout

You'd never know it from looking at this photograph, but these two rompers spend their days wrestling endlessly, trying to prove their dominance.

When we first got him, Boscoe (the orange male) was a skinny, weak rescue cat with little energy and no trust. The trust has come in after a month of living with us, and so has the energy. Despite a level of finickiness much higher than that of Necco (the grey female), he's put on a significant amount of weight, most of it muscle, and his coat has built up impressively. He's a gorgeous cat caught between a need to seem haughty and a neurotic desire for affection.

Necco, on the other hand, has no such neuroses. She's a tiny bundle of energy, leaping from beds and windowsills, pouncing without warning and generally causing great chaos. She's also an eager tunneler, burying herself under any blanket or sheet she can find. Last night, I got the cold nose treatment between my nethers at about 3am. Grr.

Still, other than a stubborn respiratory infection in Necco, both of them are healthy and settled in.

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[autopope.livejournal.com]

"Stubborn respiratory infection" -- uh-oh!

We thought that was what Mafdet had when we adopted her. Nine years later(!) we know better -- she had cat flu as a kitten, leaving permanent scarring of the sinuses. The result is that she's the snot-rocket from hell; walks up to you, purring, then unloads a fire hose of green goop while shaking her head.

If she's still sniffing in a month's time you'd better invest in a steam-cleaner for the furniture. You'll get your money's worth out of it.