A house does not feel complete without a cat, at least not for me. Don't get me wrong, I love our dog but somehow you need a cat around - even if they do ignore you half the time - to make the house feel like a home. Therefore in June this year, I managed to persuade the family (or perhaps coerce is a better word) to go on a hunt for a new kitten!
Everything moved very quickly and by the 11th of June, we bought home a 12 week old, silver tabby kitten. It took a while to name her, we went through a plethora of names ranging from Merlot and Kit Kat to Mia, Willow and Luna. Finally we settled on the name Millie (which has now turned into Millicent when she is naughty) but suits her to a tea.
I knew getting a kitten would be expensive but I hadn't quite realised how much! You have to factor in the price of the cat itself (especially if they aren't a rescue cat, which Millie isn't) plus food, litter, toys, scratching post, vet bills including vaccinations, worming, chipping and any illnesses - not to mention anything they break when running around the house. Its also important that the new member of the family fits into the rest of the house. When looking for a cat, we decided our main criteria was that they would be Independent, calm, playful and loving. However, we ended up with a needy, crazy, playful and feisty little minx. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Now she is growing, she is calming down however atleast once daily something snaps and she goes completely nut job crazy running from room to room (good luck catching her) and even climbing up the curtains for entertainment. She enjoys a good swinging ball (get your mind out the gutter!) and anything that makes cat and bird noises. So far her favourite toy is a mouse type creature dangling from a fishing rod contraption - it keeps both us and her amused and requires less effort from us! We are looking forward to letting her out the house where she can run off her energy, come back for cuddles and unfortunately (but definitely going to happen) can bring us lots of living (and probably not so living) presents.
Her and our spaniel have an interesting relationship. At first Millie was very wary and skittish around Sophie, however things have changed. She now enjoys jumping both around and on top of her, in addition to taunting her by jumping on top of her cage and dangling a paw between the bars. Its a very funny thing to watch - although I'm not sure Sophie feels the same.
My phone and camera are slowly filling up with hilarious and cute photographs of our little monster so to end this blog post, I thought I would share a few of them with you all.
Hannah
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