Wickedness with Whiskers

Sophie

To be accurate, Sophie at present is pretty quiet and not what we perceive to be her usual  lively self

This is because yesterday she received her first vaccinations and that has caused a reaction whereby she has become quite subdued. Bingo last year also had a negative reaction to his annual  jabs, but was back to his punchy self the next day.

Sophie  has now been part of the domicile for two weeks, so we’ve got to know her tricks and tendencies quite well.

She is generally a bundle of energy and very playful, even retrieving one of her toys when you throw it for her. And she’s a scratcher, a leg climber and a distracting small beast where she insists on human participation in her play.

Her wickedness comes from her attempts to claw her way up fly screen doors and  sharpening her claws on the stereo speakers, which B has now turned to the wall to prevent her doing so. She also drags the tea towels to the floor when they’re hanging on the oven door.

Now about 11 or 12 weeks old, she has grown a bit, but is still very small. Though not a greedy cat, she does mostly like a variety of food and unlike Bingo doesn’t bolt it down.

She hates her photo being taken, so you have to be patient and wait for an opportunity to capture her image.

Whatever, she’s certainly enlivened our usual routines with her presence.

Here’s Trouble

Sophie

With Bingo now gone missing for eight months, B had a strong feeling last Wednesday that he would find the perfect replacement on Gumtree.

The prices for pedigree oriental cats is astronomical these days, over $2000 in some cases, but on Wednesday there was an advertisement for a Siamese/Bengal cross kitten at a reasonable price. The kitten looked very much like a Siamese with blue eyes and points, so he rang the seller and consequently  arranged to drive all the way to Wantirna to purchase the kitten. She was the only kitten for sale, and the seller said that he was minding her for someone else. As she has not been vaccinated or microchipped explained the reduced price, and on first sight we liked what we saw – an exceptionally  cute and pretty kitten.

So we now have a new feline companion and her name is Sophie and she is about nine weeks old and very small.  Her mother apparently was Siamese and her father a Bengal, so she could grow into an interestingly patterned cat, with any luck she might develop spots and stripes.

I wanted to call her Dido, but I’ve been overruled and she is now Sophie, which is OK by me.

Anyway back to the kitten, Sophie has settled in well and loves warmth and affection, and has a vocal opinion about everything. We have discovered she likes cooked chicken, though she is not a greedy cat as Bingo was.

Being female we hope she won’t have a desire to wander. We plan to keep her inside for the most part, still mindful of Bingo’s disappearance.

The next few months should be more interesting than normal, distracting too with kitten mayhem and madness.