Hello, I’m Dr. Maja! Learn my introduction to study extra about me and Miki, the kitten who made me a cat individual.
Final 12 months 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, at first. However he ultimately left it alone, because it wasn’t that shiny or fascinating. And he was already an enormous boy, being over 6 months outdated. This 12 months is a completely completely different story. Two kittens and Miki, and a correct Christmas tree. It’s certain to go fallacious!
It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like…
Christmas time! The loveliest time of the 12 months. We’ve had plenty of 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 just a little 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
Per week earlier than Christmas, I bought a reside 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 environment was excellent. Minnie, being Minnie, climbed on the tree inside the first 10 minutes. She discovered that sitting on the soil slightly below the bottom branches was truly an incredible place to cover from Nara, who was extra reserved and cautious. Nara approached it, however up to now (fingers crossed it stays this manner), hasn’t proven any intent to leap up on it.
The way to Maintain 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, just a little 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 circled and was in search of 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 up to now 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 decreased. It might additionally should do with the truth that she has a couple of different good hiding spots from Nara within the neighborhood of the tree which can 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 manner. The lights are solely on within the evenings and whereas I’m residence, 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 manner too excessive for her. And Nara is extra taken with exploring the remainder of the home than the tree, as I lately gave them entry to the opposite two flooring, hoping to maintain them busy. Perhaps there’s a likelihood the tree and the kittens will truly survive this festive interval.
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 a lot within the final 12 months and it’s turning into apparent he’s not a kitten, now at a 12 months and a half outdated. It’s laborious to think about that Minnie and Nara will relax this a lot a 12 months from now, as they’re each filled with mischief in their very own manner, and appear far more adventurous than Miki was at their age.
Miki does at occasions 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 a couple of 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 may be nonetheless a good quantity. Perhaps 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 collection.
