Cats & Cat Health

Well I am back home again in New Zealand from England and what a journey that is! Whenever I go there I vow never to do that trip again until I can afford to travel Business class! It is 13,000 miles to the UK from here and that meant several long plane journeys:

First a 2 hour domestic flight and then a 26 hour flight to Heathrow with a 2 hour stop in Hong Kong. Its not very comfortable in a plane for 26 hours and you also end up with jet lag that lasts for a week or more.

When I got home from England after 3 weeks away Alfie, my cat, made it known that he did not appreciate my long absence. He came to me and purred then turned tail and grumbled for a while! The following day he had got over his irritation and spent a lot of time purring and making up for lost stroking. It wasn’t as if he was left alone in a cattery, he was at home with my husband the whole time.

I hate to put him in a cattery as he really doesn’t settle in there. They always tell me he was grouchy with them.

So what am I going to do next year when my husband retires and we want to travel more? It is really bothering me. Any ideas folks?

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Also just posted a really funny cat video. Its big cats, tigers, being teased by a cheeky monkey. This monkey is really getting a thrill out of taking a risk. Must be a young male! To see the video go to the cat videos tab at the top of the page.

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This last few weeks we have a blackbird who is staking out his territory right outside our downstairs bathroom. He has been having a fine old time attacking his reflection in the window! I am surprised the glass is till intact since he flies at it over and over again. The first morning it woke me and I thought one of our neighbors must be using a staple gun.

We tried to get rid of the reflection for this crazy bird by hanging a huge fern leaf on the outside. That works but it keeps falling off. Not sure what to do next!

Anyway while we were away for the weekend our cat- Alfie must have heard this racket and went to see what was going on. He pushed his way through the bathroom door but he couldn’t open it again and had to stay in the bathroom until we returned. Poor little puss! He must have been in there at least 24 hours because our next door neighbor had left his food for Sunday in his dish but it hadn’t been touched.

He didn’t even make a mess on the floor which is amazing- though with no food I suppose that is understandable. He was very pleased to see us back again. So next time we will make sure all doors are either firmly shut or firmly open.

In case you think that we shouldn’t leave him on his own we have tried putting him in a cattery and he hated it and told us off good and proper when we picked him up. He is an outdoor/indoor cat with his own cat flap and our neighbor feeds him every day. He is much less traumatized by this than by being sent to prison at the cattery.

For longer trips we get a house sitter, so puss is very well cared for and cared about.

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