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cissy: the cat who thinks she's a tiger.

i read in a book by a cat 'expert' that as cats are natural predictor's they need a bit of a challenge getting food, especially indoor cats who can get bored, so its a good idea to introduce our cats to 'food foraging' by hiding kibble in a variety of places for a more natural way of feeding. well i started mine of easily by placing some lightly folded paper 'goody bags' near where they normally would be fed.

three non amused faces looked at me as if i was bonkers.

so i shook the little bags.

nothing.

i opened them up and showed my cats what was hidden inside.

nothing but blank stares.

i left the kitchen and came back a few hours later to find 3 hungry cats and lots of untouched food bags. yup just as i thought my cats are smart. why go to any trouble when they can just wait and get it in a bowl!

happy birthday cissy!

another week and another cat's birthday! this time it is the turn of cissy tigerlilly to have a happy birthday post! truth is i was not actually 'looking' for a third cat, i was happy with just two plus i could barely afford to look after another kitty, somehow though we were brought together and i am so glad i gave cissy her 'forever' home with us. despite being a beautiful kitty she was not going to be 'snapped up' at the rescue centre as she needed re homed with other indoor cats due to bad eyesight (so she could follow them around), plus she had a tendency to greet you by latching every claw and her teeth onto your arm! hence the tiger in her name! however, against the odds i knew she belonged with us.

i brought her home a year today, when she was thought to have been about a year old. so today we will celebrate her 'pretend' second birthday. orla loved cissy from the start, however it took a while for biba to adjust to having a new sister. they get on ok now despite the fact that cissy can be a bit of a bully sometimes, and i even caught them curled up together in bed recently. cissy also has another side to her, a real loving side that has earned her the name 'snuggle bug' or 'snuggler' as she seems to love the occasional cuddle with me under the duvet, in my arms. she also is very playful and is very sociable around folk. she is currently on a very strict diet due to her love of grub, and is known to scoff hers then try and polish off biba and orlas as well!