Hello, I’m Dr. Maja! Learn my introduction to study extra about me and Miki, the kitten who made me a cat particular person.
Final 12 months we had a mini Christmas tree, nicely extra like a single department, that we adorned. Miki was very eager to discover it and bat at it, to start with. However he finally left it alone, because it wasn’t that shiny or fascinating. And he was already an enormous boy, being over 6 months previous. This 12 months is a completely completely different story. Two kittens and Miki, and a correct Christmas tree. It’s certain to go fallacious!
It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like…
Christmas time! The loveliest time of the 12 months. We’ve had lots of snow already and a white Christmas after a few years. The kittens don’t appear too thrilled in regards to the snow. Nara has now had the prospect to expertise it since I’m slowly beginning to let her exit, however she hasn’t gone additional than the entrance door but. Minnie ventured slightly bit additional however stayed near me, and after a couple of minutes, realized my shoulder was nonetheless the most secure and most comfy place to be. Or at the very least the driest.
First Encounter with a Tree
Every week earlier than Christmas, I received a stay tree so I can plant it within the spring. Smelling contemporary and wealthy, it introduced a particular forest really feel inside the home. And with the snow outdoors, the environment was good. Minnie, being Minnie, climbed on the tree throughout the first 10 minutes. She discovered that sitting on the soil slightly below the bottom branches was really an amazing place to cover from Nara, who was extra reserved and cautious. Nara approached it, however thus far (fingers crossed it stays this manner), hasn’t proven any intent to leap up on it.
Find out how to Preserve a Kitten Away From a Tree
For the primary few days, I left the tree in the identical place, within the hope that Minnie would lose curiosity. However she hasn’t. She didn’t get any additional than the pot degree and the bottom branches, however she actually received hooked on it. So I moved the tree to a nook of the room, slightly bit out of the way in which, and raised it additional up, utilizing a metal bin. Initially, I used to be so proud, because it appeared excessive sufficient to cease Minnie from leaping up. However quickly sufficient, as I circled and was in search of her, there she was again on the lowest tree branches, having a good time.
She is aware of precisely what I imply after I say no, however the one factor that labored thus far was me bodily transferring her away from it, repeatedly, and distracting her from it. And I’ve to say, her curiosity in it has diminished. It could additionally must do with the truth that she has just a few different good hiding spots from Nara within the neighborhood of the tree which are simpler to get to.
Security Precautions
I positioned the decorations on Christmas Eve, however not on the bottom two ranges of branches to maintain it out of their method. The lights are solely on within the evenings and whereas I’m dwelling, in any other case they’re unplugged, as Minnie can’t be trusted. Fortunately, she hasn’t tried to eat any of the pine needles, and he or she hasn’t even seen the tinsel, because it’s method too excessive for her. And Nara is extra occupied with exploring the remainder of the home than the tree, as I just lately gave them entry to the opposite two flooring, hoping to maintain them busy. Perhaps there’s a probability the tree and the kittens will really survive this festive interval.
What Miki Thinks of It All
Miki couldn’t care much less in regards to the presence of a tree in our lounge. He came visiting to smell it as soon as and that was it. He’s grown up a lot within the final 12 months and it’s turning into apparent he’s now not a kitten, now at a 12 months and a half previous. It’s arduous to think about that Minnie and Nara will relax this a lot a 12 months from now, as they’re each stuffed with mischief in their very own method, and appear far more adventurous than Miki was at their age.
Miki does at occasions have his zoomies when he chases one of many kittens and tries to pounce and wrestle them. He appears to be having fun with their firm greater than he did just a few weeks in the past. And even Minnie and Nara appear to be getting alongside only a fraction higher. There’s much less hissing, though there may be nonetheless a good quantity. Perhaps it’s the Christmas spirit of kindness and pleasure that received into all of them.
This text is part of Dr. Maja and Miki’s sequence.