I don’t want to jinx it, but no one shit on the floor this week!!!

Scruffy just got the all clear on his bloodwork. Three months ago there was a concern for kidney failure. (He’s 6). He’s my buddy, my shadow. He just drinks and pees a lot now I guess. I’ve been exhausted this week and he’s been a snuggle bunny while I rest up. <3

Today there were two cats fighting on my neighbour’s roof. My own two cats looked at the fight with dilated pupils, duster-looking tails, from behind a glass door. With Siegfrieda staring alternately the two cats and me, then timidly meowing, as if saying “can’t you fix this?” (Sorry Zizi, I can’t.) And Kika eventually getting bored and going back to her cardboard box.

I know one of the roof fighters, by the way. Same owner as that roof. Extra cute; fluffy, all black coat, friendly towards humans… and extra hostile towards other cats. She used to play with Zizi as a kitten, until she fell sick and spent two days in the hospital. When she was back, her behaviour towards other cats went from wine to water.

A second neighbour - a crazy cat lady - is considering to steal that roof fighter. If she does it… well, I know nothing, I saw nothing, the roof fighter’s current owner clearly doesn’t care, the cat is often fighting but still outdoors 90% of the time. The crazy cat lady has a thousand flaws, but at least she loves her critters.

Speaking on Kika and her cardboard box: she’s still behaving like a spoiled 16yo kitten. Including night zoomies and her loud 3 AM “I hunts! I hunts! Come, see it!” meows. Pawing us for attention, as if saying “excuses? I is here!”, just to run back to her cardboard box. (She’s slowly destroying it, and spreading bits of that box everywhere.) It’s weird how needy she gets in the winter without caring about the cold itself.

I should have gotten up to put dinner together 15 minutes ago, but our big orange cat is snugged up against me…

Hazel had knee surgery on her left hind leg a month ago, so we went in for follow-up x-rays. Turns out this silly girl somehow broke her RIGHT hind leg in the meantime. No idea how, she doesn’t seem to be in pain or uncomfortable. It’s her tibia. The vet said there is nothing to do, just let it heal. 🤦‍♀️

Fast asleep in the sun on the floor near my bed. I’m finishing my coffee and then I’ll get up and get him breakfast but he’s in no hurry so neither am I.

I’ve got to head out to lunch in an hour so he’ll be a bit sad but will likely sleep through the ordeal in the sun in the loungeroom.

The kitten I found inside a car engine at work a month ago is doing ok other than she farted on me 3 times today, and I’m not excited about it. I’m also trying to find anyone near me who will take her cuz I can’t afford to keep her much longer.

Neighborhood cats have been coming inside and eating our cats’ food. There’s easy access to the house via the cat door. I don’t mind, the food they eat is cheap enough, but these are male cats and have been spraying here and there, maybe even inside the house… one at least is definitely spraying in a shed that won’t close properly.

I’m thinking of befriending them and taking them into the vet for a little ‘operation.’ There’s a local plan that neuters feral cats for free. I think it would help the entire neighborhood. Fewer fights and whatnot. Just need to make sure they don’t actually belong to someone first.

Oh, and a cat pissed in my backpack `:| Hopefully I got the scent out. But now I’m paranoid about everything I own, and unwilling to leave the house for too long…