Calvin the problem child

calvin's mommy here. where to begin??? so many issues and foibles. lets start with the latest strangeness. this seems to be affecting them both - but i think pixie is probably following calvin's lead.

since monday the cat's sleeping pattern has altered. usually they play in the morning after breakfast. they sleep in the afternoons and are awake and alert in the evening and then sleep again at night.  they'll wake up from their naps when i come home in the evening - generally around 630 and have their evening meal.  normally they'll be active between 630 and 10, and more relaxed after 10. but since monday its been the opposite. they'll wake up from their afternoon sleep when i come home but unlike normal they'll go to sleep after the evening meal untill dinner time and then be wide awake post dinner. yesterday the followed more of the normal routine i.e. awake and playful for a few hours after 630. the only thing different seems to be that they got canned food in the afternoons from monday to wednesday. and yesterday they got their regular boiled stuff. strange. will have to observe closely and see what happens.

in other news calvin has finally gotten over his absolute fear of going out. for the past couple of months he had been absolutely terrified of going out. there was the multiple earthquake incidents, and the fire in the building, and teh repeated vet visits - all of which happened one after the other, in the space of 3 months. and all of which required bundling up the cats in a hurry and running outdoors. the earthquakes and fire were particularly traumatising because they were the running down the stairs at odd hours, huddlign outdoors and strange places and too many people and too much outdoors to take. all of that combined freaked the hell out of him and he showed zero interest in goign outside (whereas previously he loved taking walks with me) in fact there were a couple of times when he freaked out just because we picked him up! all that is behind us now and he insists on going outside at all random and inconvenient times of the day. training is insueing to try and get him out at a reasonable time. the problem with that is a reasonable time means that there are people outside and outdoor people are scary.

calvin did the strangest thing the other day. i gave them chopped up raw chicken and liver and heart. pixie was chewing on a piece (she had picked it up from her plate and was munching on it on the ground) calvin stops eating, stares at her for a while, makes a U turn around his place and faces pixie (they normally eat side by side) very casually reaches out with his paw and snatches pixie's morsel and happily muches away. (this is the same food he has in his plate btw). pixie has this stunned look on her face as if she has been horribly wronged and is shocked into non-action. to comfort her i offered her a piece of food from my hand and had to hand feed her the rest of the meal. calvin was so self satisfied with himself for stealing taht one piece that he left the rest of his food and sauntered off and stretched his statisfied post good meal stretch.

we are still struggling with calvin's finickyness and refusal to eat breakfast - which was the very same food as last nights evening meal which he ate happily. i dont get why he will eat the same food at one time and not at another time (and its not like the food has gone bad or been sitting around for days) from one meal to another, he decides that he doesnt like it and refuses to eat it.

Pixie Purrrss

Hi :) I'm pixie and i want to be your friend

Peekaboo

I can has cuddle?

cuddle cuddle cuddle cuddle cuddle Purrrrrrr

poor little me is sick

Winter is here and I is sick. Poor little me.


Horrible horrible evil evil vet mean man poke me with needles. And I have to drink yucky medicines.
First pixie was sick and had evil vet smell. But she got ok and the evil smell went away. So then I let her cuddle.


But then I was sick and cold.


Then mommy took to evil vet. I no like. But I better now.

(p.s. comment from mommy – calvin is not sick in any of these pics – they are just his funny poses)

earthquake and me

me no like. the ground under me was shaking (ok so more like my pedestal on the floor of the 4th floor apartment was shaking!) it disturbed my sweet slumber. i was happily sleeping on my pedestal when everthing started shaking and rattling. and i got picked up and taken outside! oh the horror. When mommy or daddy picks me up and carries me outside its usually to go to the V.E.T. ugh. But usually they put on their outside clothes when they do that, so when they jumped out of bed in the middle of the night and ran around like headless chickens while the world was shaking and grabbed me while still in their indoor night clothes i knew we were in for some trouble. and then horror of horrors, they ran down the stairs - do you know HOW LONG it take to go down 4 flights of stairs? i can tell you it takes too damn long. and THEN we just stood around the outside with lots and lots of humans. i held on to mommy for my dear life. even pixie was scared. i could tell. and she is usually too stupid to be scared of outside and humans. i think even she could feel that mommy and daddy were upset. i dont like it when they are upset. after some time (too too long!) we went back up and boy oh boy was i happy to be home. i don't understand why we had to go outside. by the time we got out of the door, the shaking had stopped. so why all the fuss. no one really explained nothing to me. i just hope it dont happen again. i don't like the outside. still its good mommy was holding me. i dont want to ever go anywhere without mommy.

alas no pictures

wow its been a month since i showed the world my awesomeness. are you guys ok? how did you manage to survive without seeing my beautiful handsome face and knowing what i have been up to? worry not. i am back. alas unfortunately you will have to live a few more days without seeing my gorgeous face. the camera's broke or some such thing.

but i can tell you whats been happening in my life. i've been learning how to drive! yes i know im a cat but you have to understand we are much smarter than you give us credit for and we just need the opportunity to prove that we can achieve great things. you humans really underestimate cats. we cats can make the world a better place just through our genius and sheer beauty and elegance. in other news i've taken to peeing on the beanbag.

do you realise how hot its become? seriously. i need a personal air conditioner following me around everywhere i go. or maybe the entire apartment and the great outdoors should be air conditioned. (note from Calvin's mom: by outdoors he means the apartment building corridors!). But since mommy and daddy really dont have the money to do that.... they went ahead and.... sob... shame of all shames.... they... they shaved me. sigh. i look like a skinny anked cat with a big head and a fluffy tail. i cry myself to sleep at night. but im seeing a therapist and im trying to access my inner beauty. i think my inner beauty might be a lion. i have the mane for it. repeat after me.... i look like a lion... i look like a lion. on the plus side at least im not boiling my ass off in a fur coat.

flashback friday

i remember the day i first went to my big boy alone home. i was playing with my brothers and sisters and my mom. dad was looking on from a distance. i remember mom and dad talking about which kid looked like which parent. my one brother and two sisters looked just like mom.... fuzzy white clouds with pushed in faces. my one brother and me looked like my dad... well at least thats what my mom said. dad was all golden and long flowing fur and majestic and very unapproachable. now that i've grown up i look at myself in the mirror; i have doubts about my mother's fidelity.

i think she may have had an affair with an orange tabby. how else do you explain the tabby marks on my legs and the straight profile? but don't get me wrong.... I for one am glad mom slept around with some alley tom.... i mean how else do you explain my dashing good looks and distinguishing marks on my face and legs.

but back to that day. i remember playing with these two humans. they smelled nice. i climbed on the female's lap and played with her fingers. i liked them. they must have liked me too cos they brought me to their home. i was so excited.

i frolicked and explored

i ate my first meal at my new home

found a nice hiding spot.

i finally fell asleep in the male's lap

and i was happy.

me n ma chair

this me
this me n ma chair

i likes ma chair

i means i really reaaally likes ma chair

ma chair is all mine

any stoopid who tries to get in ma chair can kiss ma.... foot?

stoopid can haz dirty outside chair

let me introduce myself

I'm just a laid back kinda dude. devilishly handsome if i do say so myself.

i just love just laying around my apartment. just letting it all hang loose.

this my favourite chair

this human feeds me and changes my litter. i let her hold me sometimes to reward good service.

this one amuses me and sometimes feeds me so i keep him around as backup feeder.

this ma stoopid sister

she annoys me

so this ma life. its good. eat. sleep. play. annoy the humans. torture the pixie. sleep some more. life is good indeed.