We left the cats alone for a long weekend.\u00a0 We confine them to two rooms of the house while we’re gone, but, well, sometimes that doesn’t work.\u00a0 The house does some settling, and at certain times of the year, some doors will stay closed and others won’t.\u00a0 Which doors varies with the time of year.\u00a0 At the moment, the parlor door is the one which doesn’t latch.\u00a0 So we blocked it closed with a large piece of cardboard and a box.\u00a0 But the box wasn’t heavy enough to prevent certain cats from moving it (I’m looking at you, Tarzan).\u00a0 When we got home, the door was slightly ajar (but the cardboard was still blocking easy ingress and egress.\u00a0 I’m surprised most of the cats were where they belonged when we got home.\u00a0 I think Tarzan was the only one missing for certain, and he was probably lounging somewhere upstairs.<\/p>\n
All four of the kittens looked at us like we were aliens.\u00a0 So much for memories.\u00a0 Delta and Floyd weren’t too bad.\u00a0 One set of curtains was knocked down behind a dresser we have in front of one of the parlor windows.\u00a0 I was trying to pick it up to put it back across the window, but I was having trouble lifting it.\u00a0 It turns our Rossie was holding it down (she was under that dresser when we left for the weekend, too, but I don’t think she stayed under there all weekend).\u00a0 Once I disturbed her too much, she bolted, but she bolted to the kitchen.\u00a0 I closed the swinging door behind me to block her in there, and I discovered Ruby was there as well, also looking like she thought I was ready to eat her.\u00a0 I captured Ruby and began calming her down.\u00a0 Mr L. came in a few minutes later, and Ruby freaked.\u00a0 I recaptured her while Mr. L sought out Rossie.\u00a0 Rossie allowed him to approach and pick her up. He held her and talked to her for a little while, and she seemed to enjoy it.\u00a0 When she began struggling, he set her down on a box, and calmed her some more.\u00a0 When he let her go, she stayed on the box for a very short time before stepping down and taking up residence on the register by the back stairs.\u00a0 She’s still there.\u00a0 It’s as if she missed us.\u00a0 She has had plenty of opportunities to bolt to one of her hiding places, but so far, she has not.<\/p>\n
The four litter boxes were very ready to be scooped, and the two food towers were nearly empty, but plenty of water remained in both water towers.\u00a0 I guess they didn’t try to make too many fish swim while we were gone.\u00a0 That set up works okay for three nights and four days away.\u00a0 More than that, and things could get less than optimal here.<\/p>\n
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