Still alive!

[st_aurafina]

Pandemic stuff is ongoing and tiring, but I'm alive and lilacsigil is alive. We are both alive.

We adopted two adult tonkinese cats. It was an exhausting round trip drive into Melbourne before the second lockdown, but it was entirely worth it. Their previous owner was rehoming them because they were not a good mix with the toddler, and now it seems the owner is moving back to Queensland. The kitties are six and five.



Amity is on the left, Sooky on the right. Amity is Sooky's mum.

[two chocolate brown oriental cats on a low bookshelf]

They're settling in well. They have the upper half of the house as their territory, and some limited mixing with Chewie in the other half. Amity is a champion jumper. We're keeping them separate with two toddler gates taped one on top of the other.

[two chocolate brown cats snuggling on a human sized bed]

Amity is a shoulder rider, and loves being up high. She's adventurous and chatty, and loves to be held.
She sleeps on top of me at night. She can open all sorts of doors. She has tiny protruding fangs and resting supercilious face, but is actually very friendly. She loves catnip and gets all drooly around it.

[brown cat on top of a carpet covered cat tree, at an open window with a view of greenery]

Sooky took a DNA test, turns out she's 100% that goblin. She's an absolute goofball, she boggles at everything, and has a super long, super independently active tail. She loves glitterballs and playing, she's as sleek as a seal, and I do not understand how her eyes fit inside her skull. She is much more shy than her mother, but she's a delight.

[boggle-eyed brown cat crouching on a wooden stool]

They've really helped to ease the pain of losing Baggins, not as a replacement, but because they both have their own character and it has been wonderful to get to know them.

Chewie is less pleased with the new arrivals, but since they've been here, he's stopped wandering the corridors howling, and is much more engaged with his world, even if he is often in a stand-off with Amity. The stand-offs are mostly vocal protests, but there have been two actual fights in three weeks. I think we're doing okay with the integration. Also, we got an outdoor cat enclosure so he has some space of his own, and he loves it.

[chocolate point cat climbing in an outdoor cat enclosure]

We're very happy with this cat family, even with the occasional hiss and snarl.


I don't know when I'll have time for another update, as work has been really frantic since the pandemic hit, and doesn't show signs of slowing down. But this was important! And I wanted to note it.

Stay safe. Wear a mask, if you can.

Comments

[lilysea]

They're beautiful! ^_^

Have been thinking of you with COVID hitting rural Victoria. Hope you can stay safe and healthy! ^_^

[smallhobbit]

Great photos of your new cats :) Thank you for sharing them.

[fred_mouse]

Kitties! Very exciting.

Appreciate you taking the time to update, have been thinking of the two of you and hoping that all was approximately okay.

[flamebyrd]

Such fine kitties! Thank you for sharing the photos. I hope the integration continues to go well!

[mergatrude]

*so many hugs* I hear it's been really hard on pharmacists, there.

They are bee-yoo-tiffle! Glad that they are bringing you joy! <3

[sholio]

Awwww, NEW KITTIES. :D

[china_shop]

Awwwww, look at them! They're gorgeous (and so is Chewie)! *hearts and hearts*

*hugs to you both* Keep safe! <3

[worlds_of_smoke]

What beautiful babies!

[likeadeuce]

Oh goodness I don't think I've seen tonkinese before, what beauties!

How big are they? They look large but I can't figure out scale.

And so glad you and LS are ok, for whatever values of ok obtain in *flails arms* all this.

[silverr]

Adorable purrballs. *.*

Take care of yourselves and stay safe.

[ex_flameandsong751]

Oh no, your cats are adorable. <3 <3 <3

I'm glad you're all right!

[andraste]

Tonks are the best <3 <3 <3. (The door-opening is such a thing with them - my parents used to have to jam their sliding door shut and then put a stack of heavy books on top of the jam if they really wanted it to stay closed.)

Hang in there - I can only imagine what your work is like in these times.

[dine]

so glad you are both alive, even if frantically busy! it's good to get a little update about important things like CATS - your new roommates are gorgeous, and I hope will settle in nicely with Chewie soon enough. that catio looks great; wish Olivier could have one

[eglantiere]

what a pair of beauties *__*

[auroracloud]

Many yays for being alive! *hugs* Hope things continue as okay as they can be in this weird time.

Kitties! So cute! They look like they've got loads of character, indeed. Hope your whole kitty family will eventually get along well as they get used to each other. Yay outdoor cat enclosure, too!

[lightbird]

Aww, what beautiful kitties!

Glad you are doing okay. I hope you all stay safe and well.

[marinarusalka]

What beautiful kitties!

[solo]

Oh, they're incredibly cute! And so sleek! ♥

[singe]

Aw, what lovely cats, all three of 'em. And I wear my mask religiously, believe me.

Hang in there! This pandemic mess will be a distant (and bitter) memory someday.

[pauraque]

It's good to hear from you! Those are some awesome cats. ^_^

[skygiants]

THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL

[lyr]

Congrats on the new kitties! They are so lovely and sleek.

I knew someone once who had trouble with cats who took an initial dislike to each other, and she told me that her vet advised her to pour the oil from tunafish cans over both of them and then shut them together in the bathroom for a bit. Apparently this worked well, because she said when she opened the door they were curled up together and licking each other. Possibly worth a try.

[kore]

....OMG, that's like a fanfic scenario for cats.

[kore]

YAY being alive and okay! And your new companions look so lovely! and fun even just in still pictures of them.

[ilyena_sylph]

AWWWW!

Babies! so pretty!

[lonelywalker]

Kitties! Glad you are alive, separately and together.