Mau stopped in her tracks 

Mau about to escape through the hole under the fence

Today is a blogging day. Haven't been here for a while so I will update the news.

Mau and Michou are still with us and still healthy. They had their vaccinations in August and we had to endure the meowing until we got to the vets in Kinver.

Now I've got to remember how to post photos here.

Mau, doing what she does best. 

Ah Mau is sleeping

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well the photos that are first on this page were supposed to go under the previous two. Never mind.

Michou in  a tree - she is the adventurous one

lovely Michou

 

I thought I had better say something about the cats this year as it's nearly gone.

But first something from 2011.

We went away for about 6 weeks and when we came back the kitties were not being at all friendly to us. Perhaps they didn't like us going away - perhaps they had forgotten us. Michou was the one who was friendly first and it has taken Mau a long time to get reused to me. She is fond of males but me being the only female in the home - human that is - she doesn't take to me.

So what has happened in the break? Well  Mau and Michou have been neutered. They were taken to the vet's separately. It took ages for their fur to grow back but there was no trouble at all with the ops. Before that Mau had been getting a bit edgy - perhaps she was getting hormones surging through her. Michou didn't have any of this. I think she was the runt of the litter. She is definitely smaller than Mau.

They had been revaccinated and wormed and defleaed. I haven't given them any more worm stuff or flea stuff since - it being very expensive.

The last trip to the vet's was accompanied by lots of miaowing, not quite so bad on the way home. Out of the two Mau is more nervous. Neither cats like being picked up and try to escape quite quickly - especially Michou. But Michou will purr far more and comes to see me in the morning for a wake up and a stroke. I wake up and she gets stroked.

Mau is getting more friendly towards me now and does not always scarper when I give her some fuss. She was even purring when I stroked her tummy today. She had taken herself up to the bedroom and was comfortably lying there.

I can't upload any photos at the moment as I have backed up the computer and took out most of my files as I am going to buy a new computer when the computer room has been decorated.

So what is cat life like now? Well the cats spend most of the day outside. Neither likes the rain but if they are caught in it they seem to stay put and come home later. I have a bit of an idea where they go to - there are some trees at the end of the cul-de-sac and I think they go there. There is also a sort of garden along the path in front of the house and I have seen Mau there.

Mau is the heavier cat and she is not as agile as Michou. She seems to eat more but lately Michou has been increasing her food intake and has become a bit less skinny.

Ammar has just rescued Michou from the little roof outside the bathroom. She got out because I left the window open and she pushed open the bathroom door and then of course she had to see what was out of that window.

Since we have been back home - we went away for a month - Michou has gradually warmed to me and is more affectionate than ever but Mau backs off every time I try to get close to her. She's ok when she's sleepy and lets me have a stroke but that's it.

They are looking like adult cats now and they are only about 6 months. Soon they will be going to get their lady bits removed or whatever it is the vet does to neuter them.

I wonder if they have reached cat puberty? We are still letting them go outside but its getting colder and we've had rain so they can't go out often.

P looked after them well when we were away. Now I want to get some more photos of them.

Latest news

Mau and Michou are getting bigger. They don't look like kittens any more. We tried them again with the collars last week and they are still wearing them.

They are definitely different personalities.
Mau is a bit more dominant and the one who starts the play fights. She is a bit of a jumper and can get a toy mouse that's been put onto the next to top drawer knob by jumping. Michou doesn't jump for the mouse at all. Mau seems a bit more scared of noises. She is slightly more aggressive and can bite and scratch a bit when you tickle her tummy but usually she lets you do that.

Michou is more adventurous. She had been out of the garden a couple of times now and has climbed on top of one set of fences. We have to be careful about this as she hasn't been neutered yet. Michou is more of a purrer, she starts almost as soon as you touch her. She likes to get hold of the cellophane that is outside my chewing gum boxes. She gets it in her mouth and makes horrid growling noises.

Both of them are becoming more lap friendly, but they have to choose to get onto a lap and will not stay if I put one of them on my lap.They like to explore the rooms and get into any tight spaces they find.

Cassie, the mum of Mau and Michou

I am going to put up a photo of their mum and one of their other siblings. Both their siblings have been adopted but not their mum yet.

Cagney, one of Mau and Michou's brothers

Collars

I bought an orange collar for the cat we were going to have called Fizz. It now belongs to Mau but she doesn't like it and Michou doesn't like her red collar. I think they are too young for them. I took a photo of each of them with their collar.

Get it off me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It looks nice but is annoying with that bell

 

Hi I'm Michou and I look pretty in the basket too

 

its hard to get a good photo of me as I am so black

 

Curled up cats

The kitties are on my desk between the keyboard and the monitor. They are both asleep or pretending to be; curled up head to head.

Our new favourite place

 

They like to look at the screen and follow the cursor, but its not a good idea to let them put their paws on the screen.

And its so cosy on Ammar's chair

 

They both went outdoors today. Very reluctant to really, Ammar tempted them with the pink ball on elastic. It did the trick. Mau wasn't too sure of the grass but Michou seemed to like.it.

getting up courage to go outside

 

 

 

 

sniffing is good

 

Michou is becoming more friendly to me now and has even sat on my lap. Mau is using the litter tray now and not having accidents, we put a plastic bag on top of the accident spot and it seems to have worked.

The Felix cat food in pouches is almost finished so I need to find where I can get it for a good price.


The two of them are still very active, doing some par cour when the fancy takes them. I don't really want them climbing the walls but it's so amusing to see them running and jumping so long as they don't include me as a surface as their claws are out then.

New Photos

Mau takes a look

Michou is coming out

Eventually I downloaded the photos taken of Mau and Michou since they have come to stay. Some are a bit blurred but I will keep them.

Mau and Michou on the climbing frame

 

Asleep at last

dinner

Mau is so prettty

Protective measures