NewCat is currently known as the Cat Without A Name as my dad is still (futilly, in my opinion) looking for the purrrfect cat-name. Since the cat's been here a week and he still doesn't know what to call him, I've given him an ultimatum until tuesday. We'll be taken the cat to the vet's then and if he doesn't choose a name, I will do so for him. It's kinda hard to form a bond with a cat if you have nothing to call it. 'Cat' only goes so far.
Cobalt Jade - Towhees are more ground-feeders; they'll go to those tray feeders if you have them, but IIRC they weren't big on tube feeders. They like to hop and kick to dig through leaf litter for tasties, so a tray feeder's more their speed.
Blergh. Head cold commencing. I had the 'ring of irritation' at the top of my throat Monday night. Now I'm stuffy and sore and still have to go into work. And it's 20F out. Nothing planned for this weekend, which is a good thing if I'm going to spend it being sick. My husband has a new toy (a Ninja Foodi) which is an airfryer and pressure coooker. But tonight he's making chicken soup in the crockpot for me.
On the bright side, I'm at 34,000 words on my Nano project. Yay! And I keep thinking about gathering my blog posts on how I wrote a book (from conception through marketing, a total of something like 20 long blog posts) and making a book out of it. It seems like books on how to write a book can sell well. Go figure.
Yeah, heard that as well. NormalCat (probably will have to rename, as NewCat is looking to be as normal as NormalCat, without a PsychoCat and TraumaCat to contrast with) has never been interested in catnip either. We had nepeta plants in the garden en they went unmolested by our cats for years until one wet winter finished them off.@ Friendly Frog, I read that it is estimated that only 50-75% of house cats react to catnip, your new cat may not take to it. There also proof that younger and older cats don't react to it as well as middle-aged cats. It makes me kind of glad that kittens don't react that well to it, because a kitten on catnip would be a crazy, hyper disaster.
Yeah, catnip seems to be freely used to hide a lot of faults in toys, until the scent wears out. Since the first cat we never bothered with catnip toys for all the others. But I was looking for a spray to draw his interest to things like the scratching post or the pet basket so he can claim them and if his scent is on them, he'll feel more at home.I've never been overly fond of catnip, myself. When I had multiple cats, catnip and real animal products (feathers, fur, and leather) were always triggers for fighting. Plus the idea that you have to essentially drug a cat to get it to play with a toy just rubs me the wrong way... means the toy is poorly designed, or it's an excuse not to personally interact with a pet. Always felt like a crutch to me. (The fact that most every commercial cat toy is laced with the stuff is another rant altogether.)
John: That's not very imaginative.
Lyman: Why spend a lot of time naming something that won't respond anyway.
Garfield: Truth!
Yeah, who knew, right?It seems like books on how to write a book can sell well. Go figure.
Nonono, no being contageous in the Cantina until I got my flu-shot!I think I (like everyone else here it seems) am getting a tiny cold. I'm gonna blame it on you people because I read all of your complaints about being sick. And no, don't blame my cold on the change of seasons. It was you people. (I'm kidding. It was the change of seasons.)