Hello, I’m Dr. Maja! Learn my introduction to be taught extra about me and Miki, the kitten who made me a cat particular person.
Final yr we had a mini Christmas tree, effectively 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 attention-grabbing. And he was already a giant boy, being over 6 months previous. This yr is a completely totally different story. Two kittens and Miki, and a correct Christmas tree. It’s certain to go incorrect!
It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like…
Christmas time! The loveliest time of the yr. We’ve had numerous 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 a bit of 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 least the driest.
First Encounter with a Tree
Every week earlier than Christmas, I bought a dwell 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 ambiance 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 truly an excellent place to cover from Nara, who was extra reserved and cautious. Nara approached it, however to date (fingers crossed it stays this fashion), hasn’t proven any intent to leap up on it.
The best way 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 stage and the bottom branches, however she actually bought hooked on it. So I moved the tree to a nook of the room, a bit of bit out of the best way, 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 rotated and was on the lookout for 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 to date was me bodily shifting her away from it, time and again, and distracting her from it. And I’ve to say, her curiosity in it has lowered. 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 might be 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 approach. 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 she or he hasn’t even seen the tinsel, because it’s approach too excessive for her. And Nara is extra excited about exploring the remainder of the home than the tree, as I not too long ago gave them entry to the opposite two flooring, hoping to maintain them busy. Possibly there’s a probability the tree and the kittens will actually survive this festive period.
What Miki Thinks of It All
Miki couldn’t care much less in regards to the presence of a tree in our front room. He came to visit to smell it as soon as and that was it. He’s grown up so much in the last year and it’s changing into apparent he’s now not a kitten, now at a yr and a half previous. It’s arduous to think about that Minnie and Nara will settle down this a lot a yr from now, as they’re each stuffed with mischief in their very own approach, and appear far more adventurous than Miki was at their age.
Miki does at instances 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’s nonetheless a good quantity. Possibly it’s the Christmas spirit of kindness and pleasure that bought into all of them.
This text is part of Dr. Maja and Miki’s sequence.
