More Happy Cat Ideas

It's February 1, 2009. I'm getting ready to watch the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet, rather than the SuperBowl, and want to see the Kitty Half-time show. As you know, I love my two cats enormously, and consider them to be my "babies".

I don't know if your cats would like it, but my TC loves for me to pet him and stand over him while he eats. If I stop petting him, most of the time he will stop eating and just sit in front of his food dish and talk to me, as if to say - I'm waiting for you to continue to pet me. He has Mommy well -trained, so I generally stand over him while he eats. Sweetie on the other hand, just wants the food bowl in front of her, and then she'll act like she trying to bury her bowl, when she has had her fill. She will go back to it sometimes, and snack. I feed my babies both canned and dry food. Canned food gets served two to three times a day, while dry food bowls are over the house for anytime snacks.

Both TC and Sweetie love soft, warm, fuzzy things to sleep on. Either a fleece blanket on top of the bed, or the fake sheepskin pads that are available in the stores. They generally prefer to sleep on the furniture - top of chair, sofa, loveseat, bed, and I've found that if I put a fleece blanket on top, it helps keep the cat hair from getting too embedded into the furniture. One of TC's favorite sleeping pads, however, is the self-warming pad, that apparently reflects the body heat back to him. This comes in handy in Illinois, where winters can be cold, even inside the house.

Sweetie likes to lay in front of the heater vents in the floor in the bedrooms or the bath room, and also likes to stare at the humidifer that tends to "bubble/gurgle". She can stare at it for hours at a time. I've been told that if you can't find your cat in your house, look for the warmest place, and that is where you will most likely find them. This has been true in my case, and it might also be the case for your babies.

Give your babies lots of love and attention. Both of my cats love to be brushed. However, they both want to be brushed at the same time. Generally, I have one cat on my left, and one on my right, and alternate brushing between the babies. Consistent brushing helps to remove some of the cat hair, but I find that they keep shedding anyway. It doesn't matter to me, as the t-shirt says - Around here, cat hair is a condiment.

That's it for today. I'll post again soon.