Kitten under the bonnet

FelineOverLord

What a gorgeous chap he is. I bet he's gonna be a big strong fella, judging by those paws.:D

Carry

FelineOverLord wrote: »

What a gorgeous chap he is. I bet he's gonna be a big strong fella, judging by those paws.:D

Yeah, when I saw these paws I thought as much. He'll be a real Cookie MONSTER!

He is already growing fast, almost as big as the grown-up cats of my neighbour. And boy, does he eat!

FelineOverLord

Carry wrote: »

Yeah, when I saw these paws I thought as much. He'll be a real Cookie MONSTER!

He is already growing fast, almost as big as the grown-up cats of my neighbour. And boy, does he eat!

They certainly put away the food at that age. It wouldn't do any harm to get some Parazole wormer from your vet for him. Kittens often have worms and that's make him very hungry too. He reminds me of the foster kitten we had a few years ago, the people who adopted her sent me a photo of her a year after they adopted her and I didn't recognise her at first, because she'd gotten so big.

Carry

FelineOverLord wrote: »

They certainly put away the food at that age. It wouldn't do any harm to get some Parazole wormer from your vet for him. Kittens often have worms and that's make him very hungry too. He reminds me of the foster kitten we had a few years ago, the people who adopted her sent me a photo of her a year after they adopted her and I didn't recognise her at first, because she'd gotten so big.

Thanks FelineOverLord (what an apt name!), will do that.

Cookie reminded me by the way of my old cat (a big black and white one, too) who came with the house. The owner only wanted to sell it to someone who would look after the cat and was accepted by the cat.
To say "no problem" would be an understatement - I think I bought the house because of the cat, at least she was a major buying point for me. And the cat came up to me at my very first viewing, cuddled up and so the sale was settled. Never mind the pitfalls of the house as such ... :rolleyes:

She is buried behind the house (no pictures, that was a time before I could afford a digital camera). Cookie looks like the second coming or so

Carry

The cookie monster cat is more monster than cookie by now .
He grew big and confident and very much in charge of the territory.

And yes, he is a charmer. He even managed to charm the paws off my dog!
My dog is smitten with the cat, after much barking, hissing and staring contests. And the cat is fascinated by the dog and catty clever to know how to play my doggie.

Now the two of them are almost best buddies - the dog sniffing the cat with the usual doggy affection (it took some time until the cat understood his sniffing language), the cat rolling over and boxing playfully the dog on the head, the two of them do the catch-me-if-you-can-game (which the cat wins, of course), without hurting each other (I am still supervising).

Hell, the dog is even pining for the cat if he is not around :rolleyes:.

Lately the cat has this new idea of following me and the dog on our daily walks, if it's not raining. Pied piper anyone? It's me out on front, followed by my ever sniffing dog and behind her the cat. If the cat is not right behind us, the dog refuses to walk further: "I don't go anywhere without my cat".

It's only a question of time until the cat moves in. They are still a bit wary about the house which is the dog's place to defend, and the cat does respect it.

It's so fascinating how two animals of different races approach each other against all prejudices, how they learn and accept.

I wish humans could be like this.