The calm before the storm

 Bujang and Popps in relative calm. 

This used to belong to Bujang. He loved the peace and quiet of grandma's room and her small and tidy bed. 

        This used to be my space

Now of cos Popps rests here. He has not protested as yet. He very patiently has given up many of his spaces and now feels the stress of not having a space of his own. 

      

 He doesn't sit much here at all. 

I do not know if his back hurts him when he sits here so it's taken over by

             And his long time obsession

               

He told Fern last Sunday and he now tries to leave the cats alone as he wants time to himself and to spend time doing things with me. He wants peace and quiet. 

Yesterday, I think he got really fed up with Popps who refused to allow him into the kitchen for dinner and later  they got into a little fight. There was yelling, screaming and Popps 's fur flew all over grandma's room. They both got time out and I got bitten by Bujang on the foot as well. 

He did not make noise to get out from the room as he knew he was in trouble and Popps stayed in her cage the whole time they were on time out. 

Yesterday they both had a session with Craig, a reiki master who is also trying to help Bujang with his back problems. 

Bujang had this to say:

"He said he had enough of Poppy encroaching on his space and pushing the boundaries. He resented this as she is 'nice' but keeps pushing closer and closer."

Bujang spent half of the night sitting close to me and grooming on my blanket. He has not sat this close to me for a long long long time. Cat_aunty said he was sorry for biting my foot and losing his temper with me. He did not even yell the whole of last night and after this, he went to sleep on his fav new sleeping place - the upside down chair. 

Miss Bossy Boots has only this to say

"She called Bujang a bully but quickly retracted this and admitted that she did try to get too close". 

I hope these 2 would make up or at least give each other space. 

Thursday with Popps

I have been a very busy cat. I decided to supervise san when she was doing chores. Here I was giving her tips on laundry. I can't imagine how much laundry the beans have every week. san says most of it belong to us kitties but I'm not so sure.

I had also sat to look at her cleaning skills. I must say she was thorough as I could sit comfortably on the kitchen floor to rest. Of course I was also waiting for a treat of beef. That was why I was near the fridge.

This was clean linen day. I had a nap in moonlight.

This is my vantage point. I sit here when the beans are busy with chores in the kicthen or when they're cooking. I remind myself  that it is probably better to be a kitty (in a good home)

san took this picture of me last week as she was preparing to celebrate Chinese New Year. I had to remind her that the first day of Spring was only yesterday and so Chinese New Year would be in two weeks. Sheesh! Even_I_ know that.

All in all I must say that everything is satisfactory and I am glad to be here where everyone loves me and I have a home. Now the only other thing is for me to convince san to stop cleaning my ears. She said I had gunk in there and it was unhealthy. I reminded her that I am 10 years old and had never been sick in all that time (except for a few fights with other cats). Secretly though I am glad to have someone wo would do all this for me (she told Craig that) but I have to keep up appearances!

Akira and Popps

I heard Popps say that I am a spoiled kitty. I must say I can't help it. I am just lovable. I sit on san's lap every evening and I only need to meow at her to make her sit still. I have also grown much in confidence and am actually glad that Popps is living with me. I told Craig that even though we may not be friends, I am grateful that she is here as there is less focus on me and Tanaka is afraid of her. 

San tells me my fur is growing although very slowly and I am more outgoing these days. Life is better now for me with Popps here. She is a strange kitty with strange habits but she is ok. 

Monday Mood

I am too cool for this

On Saturday, she decided to sit on the bed as it was fresh linen day. I was curious to see why she was in and out of the bedroom all afternoon and so decided to see what she was up to. And here she was. She is a kitty who can stare down a lion!

I decided that she was ready to go outside. We had posted about this yesterday but I thought it would be nice to have something in video as well. For a first timer, in a walking jacket, she did very well. My other cats took a few days (except Tanaka who took to it like a fish to water) to learn how to walk with harness before they graduated to a walking jacket. When Fern asked about it she said:

"I had been walking and running outside a lot all these years" so it felt strange.I told her this is how your mummy helps you to see things outside so you won't get bored. Then I asked her why she tried to get away. She said she thought she could. I told her never to do that again as it scares everyone and she is safe in the house. She said she knew.

Note: She has weekly Reiki as well with Fern. I hope to get her to feel better and more in tune with the amigos. So she gets to talk to Fern weekly as well. Its like having your own psychiatrist. :). As with everyone else, she has monthly sessions with Craig.

Saturday Easy

             

                                  Another quiet day at home. 

Akira is doing some work with Craig to make her more confident in her self. Bujang has come a long way and he is now more able to sit by himself in open spaces. 

                         

Like in this picture that we posted before. This was a first for Bujang as too open to everything. 

Craig asked Akira why she kept biting her fur and her reply was that she 'was not confident enough to take part in life' but at the same time she really wanted to do so and so she took it out on herself. But we will see how she progresses in confidence. 

                             Akira on Saturday morning looking out the window. 

Saturday Easy

               

I told san that I have not been in the blog pictures for many many days and today should be my turn. So here I am sitting by san's window this morning before breakfast. The teddy bear behind me belonged to my rainbow brother Totoro but we like him there as it was his favourite place and we feel his spirit close to us everyday. 

                  

san: Since Bujang is doing well with Craig, the Reiki teacher who is helping him with his emotional traumas, I thought Akira might be able to get the same help from Craig to help her with her overgrooming.  The little fuzz that was growing over her limbs is now no more. 

But at least the skin is not red nor were scabs evident so she has not bitten through it. It surprises me as she is more confident than before and is so much calmer and happier. So it may be the case that it is a habitual action. 

                

                  No worries san. We will soon get all this sorted out as well. 

Wednesday Chat

Hmmm...too much work for me

I had asked Craig in early March this year, to help with Bujang's anxieties as he was vocalising more and more at night and very loudly as well. After Craig had helped me with Tanaka and Akira, I thought I should not leave Bujang alone as he had already asked Fern why 'he was not mommy's favourite anymore." This was when I thought he was much too obsessed with the iPAD cat games and did not allow him so much time on the iPAD :). Now of course he has graduated, with my help (?) to Nat Geo Nature documentaries, which he did not like as much as kitty TV.

Craig: What a real gentleman he is. He is very wise and gentle as you have said and it was wonderful working with him.

It appears that Bujang has anxiety at the moment which is causing him to be nervous. This anxiety is felt quite strongly in his solar plexus which is where you would expect anxiety to be felt. Looking at the cause he feels it may be a sensitivity to an ingredient in his food. Also, it may be worth checking his blood pressure. I am not a vet so am not diagnosing anything but would suggest maybe mentioning this to a vet the next time you see one.

The anxiety is being affected by some of the tension between Tanaka and Akira. Bujang is extremely sensitive to his environment and any emotions or tensions will be picked up by him even more so than the other two cats. He said that he has spoken to both Tanaka and Akira and will keep doing so after I explained what has been happening the last few days and also about the treatments. I also reiterated what I said to Tanaka and Akira that you love them all equally very much and that you hope that they will be able to get on. Bujang will definitely be able to help with this although the anxiety needs to be worked on first.

san: I am now giving him Freeze Dried Raw food which I need to get online. He had some digestive problems from when he was a kitten. I give him some probiotics as well.

The last time he spoke with Craig Bujang had this to say:

Bujang is a very sweet and kind gentleman and is a pleasure to work with. Before I started the treatment I connected with him and asked if there was anything that was bothering him or wanted me to know before the treatment. He did mention that if it is possible could he spend a little longer outside. I said I would pass this message on to you.

So now he gets  longer walks :))

Tanaka Tuesday

 Tanaka sitting pretty on new bed sheets

Figuring out sunpuddle patterns 

san says this week she would post some offur our thots here and we would get one entry each or maybe she may do this fur a whole week as we talk a lot. I can't help it if we have many fings to say. However, most of what we have to say will be about our own learning about ourselves. 

san wants me to say that if you are a new reader to our blog (err...we know we do not have many but its polite to explain), we have 2 Reiki healers who help us and we have 3 people who talk to us as well. Furst, we have Laura Stinchfield who was the furst one to talk to us 2 years ago and san had blogged about her already. She was the furst one who discovered that my sisfur Akira may have some trouble with her spine. Then we have our friend Fern, who speaks with us every week and who gives us Reiki. We had also spoken to Craig MacLennon and he had helped my sisfur, myself and san to work out our troubles. san says because of Craig, she was able to work out that it could be her own fear that may contribute to our problems as well and she is also learning to let go of hur fear that we would fight. Now offur cos we are better together although san still allows us separate times outside.

What you are going to read about now is my conversation wif Craig about why I do not allow my sisfur Akira to be outside. But now I am better at this and I fink I need to learn many fings about how to be a family.

"I connected quickly and the communication flowed easily. He was a joy to speak to and has such a beautiful vitality to him. I started by asking what he thought of Akira and his response was clear that he did not like her and that the space that they share is his. He explained that it was not that he hated her, but rather that he felt that if he gave up some of his space and allowed her access to it that Akira would get more love than he does. He acknowledged that they are both loved but Akira is 'pretty' and because of this she may get more love if he lets her have more freedom. He was worried that he was not as playful/sweet as she was in her own way and that he could not compete with this and would get less love.

All animals have their own spiritual paths and Tanaka is the protector cat. He loves this role and not only protects your house from pests, but also spiritually. I reminded Tanaka that being a protector requires courage and strength and that you were very appreciative of this and loved him very much. I showed him that he has just as important skills/path as Akira and that it was not possible that one could be loved more than the other and there was no need to feel threatened and compete with each other. He was very responsive to this (especially as he now understands how important his role is) which was great. I told him that I thought it would be beneficial for him if I did a clearing of his energy bodies (to removed any negative energy) and then to attune him to Reiki as this would help him when feeling threatened and help him when he is being the protector. Without any hesitation he said I could."

san and I hope that you are much entertained by my conversations with Craig. Nowadays I have less jealousy and I told Fern that I am now just curious about my sisfur and how I think she is cute. I still call her 'little girl' cos that is how I see hur. I also tell Fern about ordinary fings that happen in our house. Last week someone in the house had stomachache and had put some smelly stinky stuff on it. san told Fern later that it was grandma. So we talk about impawtant stuff like my food and some not so impawtant stuff like ...well if its not food, its not so impawtant.

Offur cos some people (including san's bean family) tell san that she may be wasting her money and time on animal communicators and reiki fur animals and she should donate to other things that are less 'exotic'. But we think or rather san thinks that all investments in healing are good investments.