As Mr. Bond approaches his teens (around cat-seventy,) he’s not entirely happy about it. He’s puzzled about why he wants to nap more often. He watches the kittens, and seems to vaguely remember when he was that lively. He asks for attention a little more often, since he’s missing some play time. Though never treat [...]
Posts Tagged ‘growth stages’
The Early Years
As a kitten becomes an adolescent, they draw on all they have learned, so far, about the world. We want those experiences to be good ones. But we, and they, can also handle the bad ones. see more Lolcats and funny pictures Cats are more than the sum of their early experiences. This is not [...]
Give Them a Birthday
All my cats have birthdays. Whether they are accurate, or not. see more Lolcats and funny pictures Olwyn’s is pretty close; the vet who examined her at the shelter was working with a kitten who was too young to leave her mother. When we got Reverend Jim, he had likewise been examined by a vet [...]
Cat Growth Stages: Domestic Life Cycle
It can be difficult to discover a cat’s age unless they are very old or very young, because cats give definite signs of what age they are in, but not how long they have to go to complete it. Cats also play with our perceptions by acting more confident, and older, than they feel. see [...]
The Peak of Kitten Powers
Our kitten, Olwyn, is a little over five months old. She is communicating well with both sets of lifeforms she lives with; the humans, and the cats. Olwyn is about the same age as now two-year-old RJ was when we got him. But their core competencies at this stage of development are markedly different, and [...]
