Showing posts with label Popps and Tanaka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Popps and Tanaka. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 03, 2018

Of cat trees and such...



In the grand scheme of all things cat, I think I should be grateful that at least 2 1/2 cats are using this tree that I had commissioned specially for all 5. Rez sat here only twice! This was because their old tree was already about a decade old and unstable although the hanging basket was a great favourite. It was never empty for long. But as I was not able to get one in Singapore, I had commissioned The Cat People, to do this one for us. Of cos Bujang has not gone up and neither has Akira. Poppy sits here everyday at night looking at the twinkling lights from across the room and Tanaka sits here sometimes - but for a short while. 
This was the colourful hanging basket that Bujang simple loved and he would chase everyone, except Akira, out of it if he decided he wanted to sit in it.

Tuesday, October 02, 2018

Family

Popps has become increasingly curious about the goings-on outside of the flat. We now have cat-safe 2 inch grills so we open the windows to allow for the breeze. So she also gets the breeze that flows through the house with all the attendant noise of people walking past, vendors bringing groceries and me ringing the bell. She usually meows to welcome me home when she sees me at the door and then she would immediately get down and go to the kitchen for a little snack of raw mackeral. She doesn't do this for anyone else though. She associates me with fish :)

These days she would watch amost of the people and would be curiously looking at them walking past. Before, she would just sleep on and she doesn't care about what happens outside of the flat.
She is also much more fond of Tanaka and they sometimes share the same space. In this pic, Ms Akira is under the table watching the both of them. Tanaka makes sure that when he is outside and Rez is about, that he stays close to his sisters as they would protect him and make sure he gets to sleep safely. Sometimes Popps would reprimand him if he has the zoomies as she finds it 'irritating' that he runs about the house. She has also taken to reprimanding Rez when he does the same. She told Fern last week that she feels more like 'family' these days. Also she knows that we have been trying to accommodate her preference for pine litter. Pine litter is dusty and as a result both Bujang and I keep sneezing for months and even Rez keeps itching because of the dust (we suspect). SO now she is trying to use another pine litter that is less dusty and she knows that we are using tofu litter in the bedroom. She doesn't like tofu as 'it smells funny' and would pee just outside the tofu litter box. But we told her that she has 2 other boxes with pine that she can use and please not to pee outside the tofu litter box. She says that she will 'try'. Hmmmm. 

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Finally...

Popps and Tanaka spent the morning together enjoying sunpuddles. This was a special moment as this was the first time they had sat so closely together, if at all. It had taken about 4 years to get here!

Friday, June 16, 2017

Family Time at home

 
This happened this morning and made all the difference in the world. When she first came to live with us, Popps used to chase Tanaka all over the house and told Fern that 'he smells' and she didn't like how inquisitive he was about her. But now they are comfortable with each other and he sometimes sits near her when Rez is about. He knows she would chase Rez off and so protect him.