Great to hear that Ms Perrine is settling in! If you or friends go to any country fairs this summer, there's a thing that drives my cats wild that might work for her-- fresh sheep's wool. You can't let them have it by itself, or they might eat it and get a blockage, but you can tie it into a square of cloth and knot the teeny bundle up with twine.
That sheepy lanoliny "wow, what's that!" smell drove my kitties nuts when I brought home a little wool clipping that I was going to try learning how to drop-spin. I had to hide the clippings in a drawer, and they spent time trying to open the drawer! I don't think that processed fleece would do the trick since it's been washed to make it easier to spin. It's the smelly stuff they love. :-)
(PS the icon is Snark, our quasi-feral adoptee. She and Boo are 9 this summer!)
Thanks for the tip -- I'll keep an eye open. Wonder if there'll be any of that at Pennsic (probably just the washed-for-spinning stuff ...). Might have to wait until next spring before I get to te sort of fair you're talking about.
BTW, cute kitty icons. (I've been thinking about making a photo of Perrine into an icon specificaly for when I'm writing about her.)
Don't know about wool, but what there IS at Pennsic are those insanely potent homemade catnip toys from Falcon's Mew. Sugar LOVES them, and so does every other cat I get them for (I tend to fetch some for 3LFrs who don't go to Pennsic, plus I leave a bag out at work for all the cat people there - they're cheap). His favorites tend to be the ones that have kind of a compact cylindrical shape, like the burritos or the tiger tails or the dead parakeets and sparrows - easier to grab with all four paws and bitebiteBITE! (Though I would not advise giving her one within an hour of your bedtime. Trust me. Stoned Manic Predator Kitties are not conducive to sleep.)
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Great to hear that Ms Perrine is settling in! If you or friends go to any country fairs this summer, there's a thing that drives my cats wild that might work for her-- fresh sheep's wool. You can't let them have it by itself, or they might eat it and get a blockage, but you can tie it into a square of cloth and knot the teeny bundle up with twine.
That sheepy lanoliny "wow, what's that!" smell drove my kitties nuts when I brought home a little wool clipping that I was going to try learning how to drop-spin. I had to hide the clippings in a drawer, and they spent time trying to open the drawer! I don't think that processed fleece would do the trick since it's been washed to make it easier to spin. It's the smelly stuff they love. :-)
(PS the icon is Snark, our quasi-feral adoptee. She and Boo are 9 this summer!)
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BTW, cute kitty icons. (I've been thinking about making a photo of Perrine into an icon specificaly for when I'm writing about her.)
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