Biggie...Biggie... Biggie
Jul. 2nd, 2021 09:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisSince I got the pill pockets - a week+ ago? - we have a routine. Biggie hangs out and waits for me to get off the treadmill and then he scampers into the kitchen and sits on the kitchen counter waiting for his pill in a pill pocket. He gobbles it up and then goes on his merry way.
This morning, he was not around when I finished the treadmill. He did not come scampering when I got out his pills and pill pockets - this was highly unusual. So I got my coffee and went to look out on the terrace. There was a little gray bird on the railing and Biggie was on the other side of the chicken wire out on the ledge! Before I could put my coffee down to go get him, he came in through his door with the fucking bird in his mouth!!
On the up side that bird had a very quick death. I grabbed a bread bag and by the time I got back to Biggie he had dropped the bird and I was able to scoop it up and disappear it. Biggie then spent a good 10 minute sniffing around looking for the damn thing.
I'm now wondering if I should just take down the chicken wire. It's bound to be safer for him to have easier access to the ledge. If I can, I'll wait until my brother gets here and for a second opinion.
Biggie, Biggie, Biggie...
I did discover that the Seattle Humane Society (which is where I got Biggie) has a Home to Home service which looks interesting. Although, do I have enough issues to overcome without taking on a cat that is getting rejected from it's current home? So, yes, I am considering.
In other news, the cool is heavenly. The house is now back to normal after the big bake off. Even the sewing room/guest room is inhabitable. So grateful.
I have a couple of quick errands to run today and a baseball game to watch tonight and probably some Bosch binging in between.
This morning, he was not around when I finished the treadmill. He did not come scampering when I got out his pills and pill pockets - this was highly unusual. So I got my coffee and went to look out on the terrace. There was a little gray bird on the railing and Biggie was on the other side of the chicken wire out on the ledge! Before I could put my coffee down to go get him, he came in through his door with the fucking bird in his mouth!!
On the up side that bird had a very quick death. I grabbed a bread bag and by the time I got back to Biggie he had dropped the bird and I was able to scoop it up and disappear it. Biggie then spent a good 10 minute sniffing around looking for the damn thing.
I'm now wondering if I should just take down the chicken wire. It's bound to be safer for him to have easier access to the ledge. If I can, I'll wait until my brother gets here and for a second opinion.
Biggie, Biggie, Biggie...
I did discover that the Seattle Humane Society (which is where I got Biggie) has a Home to Home service which looks interesting. Although, do I have enough issues to overcome without taking on a cat that is getting rejected from it's current home? So, yes, I am considering.
In other news, the cool is heavenly. The house is now back to normal after the big bake off. Even the sewing room/guest room is inhabitable. So grateful.
I have a couple of quick errands to run today and a baseball game to watch tonight and probably some Bosch binging in between.
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Date: 2021-07-02 04:56 pm (UTC)Yikes! Good thing that Biggies agile and has a good sense of balance if not so good for the bird.
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Date: 2021-07-02 11:02 pm (UTC)I'm impressed by Biggie expressing his essential catness in the teeth of the obstacles! Awe-inspiring.
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Date: 2021-07-03 05:19 am (UTC)Seems like a second cat might give Biggie a distraction...but who knows if it would improve his behavior or make it worse?
Long ago, I lived in a 3rd floor apartment and my cat would always sit on the ledge out there and watch the world. He never fell, nor even came close as far as I know. I'd probably remove the wire if I were you, but then again, my old cat was no nearly so.....Biggie. haha
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Date: 2021-07-03 06:30 pm (UTC)Honestly, can you put up a wire enclosure of the WHOLE space, top to bottom? I personally have a horror of falling or having someone I love fall. That would make me absolutely crazy with anxiety for him!