9..8...7...6..5..we Have Ignatius! Options

[Jon730]

The Cat Shuttle was launced at 12:15 Local Time and re-entered on schedule at 13:00. The payload will be brought to Inbound Decontamination at the Vet at 14:15 Local Time.

All systems are nominal.

[E.M]

Well, well, well Jon, what can I say?

You look every bit the proud father and rightly so......Iggy has such a masterly look about him behind all that cuteness, I think you will find a very wise head on those little shoulders of his.

As Love Them so rightly said do not be overly concerned about him not drinking water if he is eating wet food. One piece of advice if you don't know this already, is to stick to the same brand of wet food till at least he is a lot older and his digestive system isn't so delicate as switching brands can have disasterous results on the rear end if you know what I mean. Same brand, different varieties are ok and when you progress from kitten to adult food try mixing a bit of the adult food in with the kitten food to begin with to give the digestive system time to adjust as adult food is very rich.

You could also try a little kitten milk half diluted with water in a coloured bowl (not white) every now and then if you are still concerned. Personally I would stay away from dry food until at least 6 months old or until the kidneys are fully developed and even then I would only give a small amount as a treat or a sprinkling of 'crunchy topping' as I call it.

So is M as smitten as you and a proud mommy, will she be picking up her paint brush in earnest...?!

Keep those picture and videos rolling, I think we all expect AT LEAST one picture a day!!!

When Iggy settles down you will be looking at him sleeping for hours and just willing him to wake up and start running round the house again. I must admit with my two I had forgotten how much sleep a kitten needs to recharge those batteries that I just couldn't wait for them to wake up again and entertain us. It didn't take long for my two to work out where our bed was and head up stairs once the lights were turned out but yes the first week or so they don't realise that when we go to bed we want to sleep! Or that at 4am in the morning is not our usual time for waking up and playing!

Love the meet and greet pictures, the tail bushed out, I'm so big and scary look is cracking!

Wishing you many, many more days of pure, unadulterated bliss with Iggy and his massive chainsaw purr!!!!

[Jon730]

When Iggy settles down you will be looking at him sleeping for hours and just willing him to wake up and start running round the house again. I must admit with my two I had forgotten how much sleep a kitten needs to recharge those batteries that I just couldn't wait for them to wake up again and entertain us. It didn't take long for my two to work out where our bed was and head up stairs once the lights were turned out but yes the first week or so they don't realise that when we go to bed we want to sleep! Or that at 4am in the morning is not our usual time for waking up and playing!

Last night he looned out again, with so much energy I was afraid he would hurt himself, literally bouncing off the walls! THEN he discovered the Cat Trick we all know....Getting up on the high dresser and JUMPING onto the bed. Once again, I was trying to read, and once again, I gave up. I turned out the light, and he took up what I guess will be his permanent sleepling place, on the pillow next to my head. I bought him a nice new cat bed, but he spurned it immediately. Waking in the middle of the night to a warm, actually hot, purring puffball is just the thing an insomniac like me needs.

I just realized this morning that Iggy is truly a dream-come-true, because here is what I posted March 24, in the depth of my loss of Milesy:

"In a week or two, when I am contacted by the Rescue Society I will conduct interviews. I will make eye contact and ask, "Who wants to win the lottery and be spoiled rotten?".
One will run forward and jump into my arms. (This has happened before!)
From that moment on, the New Hire and I will be intensely imprinting our personalities on each other. We will become an item."

Well, that is exactly what happened. The Kitty Lady brought up the basket of kittens, I made the announcement, and he popped out, climbed my leg (ouch), sat on my shoulder, climbed on top of my head, and tried to get into my shirt pocket! And he was only five weeks old at the time.

So if I seem overboard, he was already a special cat before he even was hired. Or Hired Me. He has not disappointed me-he has astonished me. He is SO happy to see me. When I walk in he shows off every crazy trick, then rolls around and purrs. I melt. I mean to go in and get a shirt, etc., then cannot leave, and when I do, I realize I have forgotten why I went in that room, and come out empty handed.


I think I am a Cat Person.