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Nov. 9th, 2024 06:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anaisninjaWasn't expecting little blue on the way to fetch fliprock snacks and Qua treats. Hello you.
Feeling more residual regret about things I should have done for Ish, and one of the things I wish I had done was to get him a cat tree. I was so, so broke when I first found him and his brother in the seawall, so that was the last of my thoughts at the time. But seeing all the toys and treats my sisters have for their cats made me realize I had been depriving my boys. Hell, I feel like I've been deprived after seeing how many options are out there that I had no idea existed.
I do remember offering Ish and Qua some simple toys when I first brought them home, but they didn't seem to know what to do with them. Ish liked the feather wand I got, Qua had minimal interest. Catnip was something Ish actively avoided; Qua would drool on it profusely and conk out. When my bro came to take care of my ass last year after my surgery, he had brought some cork mice for them to play with, which neither Ish nor Qua expressed interest in. But all the stuff I saw that T was offering her new cat really opened my eyes to the possibilities.
Started off with a new catnip scratch pad, some catnip infused mice, and a grow kit for cat greens. No idea how Qua will react to greens. I'll bring them to where Ish is buried if he doesn't go for them. I remember Ish tearing into some plants after I put them somewhere I thought was out of reach.
So many things I would have done differently. Enrichment is important, which I have thought about for our birds often, but have been out to lunch on for my boys. Bleah. Sometimes I have teh dumb and don't figure out the obvious right away.
Feeling more residual regret about things I should have done for Ish, and one of the things I wish I had done was to get him a cat tree. I was so, so broke when I first found him and his brother in the seawall, so that was the last of my thoughts at the time. But seeing all the toys and treats my sisters have for their cats made me realize I had been depriving my boys. Hell, I feel like I've been deprived after seeing how many options are out there that I had no idea existed.
I do remember offering Ish and Qua some simple toys when I first brought them home, but they didn't seem to know what to do with them. Ish liked the feather wand I got, Qua had minimal interest. Catnip was something Ish actively avoided; Qua would drool on it profusely and conk out. When my bro came to take care of my ass last year after my surgery, he had brought some cork mice for them to play with, which neither Ish nor Qua expressed interest in. But all the stuff I saw that T was offering her new cat really opened my eyes to the possibilities.
Started off with a new catnip scratch pad, some catnip infused mice, and a grow kit for cat greens. No idea how Qua will react to greens. I'll bring them to where Ish is buried if he doesn't go for them. I remember Ish tearing into some plants after I put them somewhere I thought was out of reach.
So many things I would have done differently. Enrichment is important, which I have thought about for our birds often, but have been out to lunch on for my boys. Bleah. Sometimes I have teh dumb and don't figure out the obvious right away.
