Well, Floozy arrived 4 days before Christmas making herself quickly feel at home. Prune & Plum are still a roving displeased with their new family member & let her know in no uncertain terms just how cross they are.
Floozy though, despite her young age & small size is quite something & is totally unfazed by their grumbling, standing her ground & is very resilient indeed. So much so that she is not giving any ground & is still keen as mustard to be part of their gang. Luckily it’s all noise from Plum.. From for Prune, the one Floozy is most determined to take, there have been some swipes but it’s never with claws. Being a few treats out and hostilities cease, they have no trouble being in proximity when a lick-e-mat is put down or a few freeze dried chicken hearts are hidden in the fronds log felt of their Christmas pud forage mat. Bless them!
Heart screening time is here again & we have a road trip to Sheffield to pay a visit to our wonderful veterinary cardiologist Vicky Ironside. We will travel on our long journey to get to her home on February 22nd. Enjoy an evening then the next morning Prune &’Plum will both be having their heart screenings before we make our return journey on Sunday 23rd.
Prune is now retired but I am going to continuing to screen her keeping an eye on her heart as while it was within limits, last years scan did reveal she had undergone some changes.
At almost 3, Plum will be having her second screening & hopefully soon after I can get her together with her beau who was scanning in January l. This will be her second go at becoming pregnant with him. I am so keen for her to have success this time & produe her first litter of kittens at long last.
It’s such a shame we ended up postponing things after her failed first effort last year. Sometimes life has other plans for us & as it turned out my energies were very much needed elsewhere for most of the year.
I will be bringing the boy home to Plum’s domain this time because she is just so highly strung & anxious. I’m hoping that this approach will mean she copes better. I’m very grateful indeed that the owner of the boy is trusting me to allow me to bring him away. Fingers crossed it works out 🤞🏼
So before the trip toward Sheffield I must make myself up a new playlist since it’s such a long drive. Having the music ready will help me pass the time will allowing me to concentrate on the drive without having to think about finding the next album or artist to play.
While it’s only the two adult girls who will be scanned, I will probably take all three girls there with me. Perhaps I’m being overly protective here, but I feel very uncomfortable at the thought of leaving her at home on her ownsome without us being here. I know my son & my youngest 2 grandkids will be in situ here over that weekend - but they are not “her” people & they are not at all Sphynx focussed as I am. She will be their last priority & I’m not comfortable with this scenario . They’ll have their own agenda. I don’t want my kitten worried or confused, pining for us not understanding it’s only a night and day . She does meow to call out to me quite often still & I just can’t bear the thought of her crying for us & being unable to be at home to comfort her. She is so young. And so precious.
I’ve plenty of room in the car so it’s no bother to pop her in there with us. Just an extra cat carrier to pack & unpack at the other end.
