Furry Paws News Update

Oscar seems to be recovered. He’s looking chubbier (which has a lot to do with Minnie, but more of that in a moment!) and is more active. He seems mostly happy to be an inside cat, although we have let him out once or twice for an hour when it’s generally quite traffic-wise. The idea is to give him a bit of time outside to loll around in the sun, but to limit it so he’s inside most of the time, thereby minimising the risk of him getting squashed. It feels a bit like he has entered retirement, although he’s only 10.

Minnie on the other hand, is driving us MENTAL! She will sleep all day and then miaow all night to be let out. We haven’t let her out at night for around 2 years, but I think being kept inside during the day has given her too much energy. Plus she was refusing to eat her dinner and losing weight (which Oscar picked up by eating all her meals!). So we’ve tried her on different food which thankfully she is tucking into with great enthusiasm.

But the miaowing continues, so the last couple of nights we’ve put her outside. I’d rather not have to, but she sounds like nails on a blackboard and it’s quite hard to get a restful sleep with that going on. She doesn’t go on the road really, so her chances of getting squashed are much lower than Oscar’s. Perhaps as the weather gets cooler she will be happier to stay inside. In the meantime she can sit in the carport all night! Last night she was very keen to come back inside at around 3am-ish but I ignored her – she can’t have it both ways.