Meet Mallory! or, Cat-less no longer | the havens
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May 28, 2011 by healingmagichands Once the wedding was over, I went out to where The Kitten formerly known as Jewel was enjoying life on the farm with her mother. She was old enough to be on her own, and so I brought her home.
Posted in cats, dogs | Tagged cats, dogs | 21 Comments	21 Responses
on May 29, 2011 at 2:04 am | Reply Daddy Papersurfer
The copra vase : A vase made of copra – made to be climbed … then used as a scratching post … soon to become dust.
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on May 29, 2011 at 12:06 pm | Reply healingmagichands
An excellent definition, DP. Probably scarily accurate. . . Except for the dust thing. She will be getting a cat tree soon and that ought to satisfy her desire to be UP.
on May 29, 2011 at 5:04 am | Reply bigbadjohnnyp
Mallory eh?
The joy of kittens!
I may have mentioned this before, but I am a strong advocate of a water pistol as an aid to explaining what really MUST not be climbed, scratched etc.
on May 29, 2011 at 6:35 am | Reply healingmagichands
Oh, me too. The most excellent training tool. However, we didn’t mind her climbing the vase, it was the “trapped kitten inside a hole she couldn’t get out of” cries that motivated turning it over. . .
on May 29, 2011 at 12:08 pm | Reply healingmagichands
Well, also, we have discovered that the kitchen utility spray bottle is superior to the water pistol because it has a larger water capacity and thus requires reloading less frequently. The side effect of this is that when I use the same thing to mist the plants my boys used to get a paranoid look of “What have I done” when they heard the spray even though it wasn’t any where near them.
on May 31, 2011 at 8:30 am bigbadjohnnyp
I can imagine their fear! Our various cats all reached the point where we only had to head for where the water pistol was kept to stop whatever it was they were doing.
on May 31, 2011 at 9:46 am healingmagichands
Who said cats were dumb? Miss Mallory has already figured out that she is not to chew on the ends of the rocking chair rockers.
on May 29, 2011 at 5:19 am | Reply nursemyra
A new kitten. I am so envious!
on May 29, 2011 at 6:36 am | Reply healingmagichands
I know you still arent sure about getting a new cat. There will be one for you when the time is right. I’m sure they still make those in Oz. I had forgotten how much fun they are.
on May 29, 2011 at 8:53 am | Reply daisyfae
love the pics of ruby and mallory! very sweet!
on May 29, 2011 at 12:09 pm | Reply healingmagichands
Too sweet. Ruby is very jealous, though, so we are trying to give her extra attention. There is a very wounded look she gets when we are cooing over and playing with Mallory. Also, Mallory has not learned to hold her claws in and so when she is “killing” Ruby’s tail it is okay, but when she decides to go after those tempting feet and toes, it is “not okay”.
on May 29, 2011 at 2:58 pm | Reply Syncopated Eyeball
on May 30, 2011 at 11:53 am | Reply healingmagichands
on May 30, 2011 at 1:31 am | Reply Woo
Awwwww, the shot of the ‘mama fix’ is so cute. Ruby deserves an extra yummy dinner and her favourite long walk for being so accommodating 😉
She’s pretty much decided the kitten can be weaned. But she is getting plenty of attention because even though she sort of likes the kitten, she is also very jealous of the attention it is getting.
on May 30, 2011 at 10:46 am | Reply bloglily
Ms. HMH — that is one adorable kitten. xo
on May 30, 2011 at 11:54 am | Reply healingmagichands
More adorable each day, too. The kitten stock in trade.
on May 30, 2011 at 9:21 pm | Reply steveballmer
on June 2, 2011 at 2:57 pm | Reply Lilian
Ahh! She looks like a lovely kitten-cat! Glad she and Ruby get on so well.
on June 2, 2011 at 11:38 pm | Reply CTYankee
on June 3, 2011 at 11:23 am | Reply Wandering Coyote
Oh, I love Mallory! This was such a nice post to read this morning, HMH. I especially love the breastfeeding shot…I can just imagine Ruby’s train of thought at that time, ha! Looking forward to future stories!
Meet Mallory! or, Cat-less no longer | the havens
« Aaaaand —- they’re off!
May 28, 2011 by healingmagichands Once the wedding was over, I went out to where The Kitten formerly known as Jewel was enjoying life on the farm with her mother. She was old enough to be on her own, and so I brought her home.
Posted in cats, dogs | Tagged cats, dogs | 21 Comments	21 Responses
on May 29, 2011 at 2:04 am | Reply Daddy Papersurfer
The copra vase : A vase made of copra – made to be climbed … then used as a scratching post … soon to become dust.
[Brought to you courtesy of DP definitions]
on May 29, 2011 at 12:06 pm | Reply healingmagichands
An excellent definition, DP. Probably scarily accurate. . . Except for the dust thing. She will be getting a cat tree soon and that ought to satisfy her desire to be UP.
on May 29, 2011 at 5:04 am | Reply bigbadjohnnyp
Mallory eh?
The joy of kittens!
I may have mentioned this before, but I am a strong advocate of a water pistol as an aid to explaining what really MUST not be climbed, scratched etc.
on May 29, 2011 at 6:35 am | Reply healingmagichands
Oh, me too. The most excellent training tool. However, we didn’t mind her climbing the vase, it was the “trapped kitten inside a hole she couldn’t get out of” cries that motivated turning it over. . .
on May 29, 2011 at 12:08 pm | Reply healingmagichands
Well, also, we have discovered that the kitchen utility spray bottle is superior to the water pistol because it has a larger water capacity and thus requires reloading less frequently. The side effect of this is that when I use the same thing to mist the plants my boys used to get a paranoid look of “What have I done” when they heard the spray even though it wasn’t any where near them.
on May 31, 2011 at 8:30 am bigbadjohnnyp
I can imagine their fear! Our various cats all reached the point where we only had to head for where the water pistol was kept to stop whatever it was they were doing.
on May 31, 2011 at 9:46 am healingmagichands
Who said cats were dumb? Miss Mallory has already fig
ured out that she is not to chew on the ends of the rocking chair rockers.
on May 29, 2011 at 5:19 am | Reply nursemyra
A new kitten. I am so envious!
on May 29, 2011 at 6:36 am | Reply healingmagichands
I know you still arent sure about getting a new cat. There will be one for you when the time is right. I’m sure they still make those in Oz. I had forgotten how much fun they are.
on May 29, 2011 at 8:53 am | Reply daisyfae
love the pics of ruby and mallory! very sweet!
on May 29, 2011 at 12:09 pm | Reply healingmagichands
Too sweet. Ruby is very jealous, though, so we are trying to give her extra attention. There is a very wounded look she gets when we are cooing over and playing with Mallory. Also, Mallory has not learned to hold her claws in and so when she is “killing” Ruby’s tail it is okay, but when she decides to go after those tempting feet and toes, it is “not okay”.
on May 29, 2011 at 2:58 pm | Reply Syncopated Eyeball
on May 30, 2011 at 11:53 am | Reply healingmagichands
on May 30, 2011 at 1:31 am | Reply Woo
Awwwww, the shot of the ‘mama fix’ is so cute. Ruby deserves an extra yummy dinner and her favourite long walk for being so accommodating 😉
She’s pretty much decided the kitten can be weaned. But she is getting plenty of attention because even though she sort of likes the kitten, she is also very jealous of the attention it is getting.
on May 30, 2011 at 10:46 am | Reply bloglily
Ms. HMH — that is one adorable kitten. xo
on May 30, 2011 at 11:54 am | Reply healingmagichands
More adorable each day, too. The kitten stock in trade.
on May 30, 2011 at 9:21 pm | Reply steveballmer
on June 2, 2011 at 2:57 pm | Reply Lilian
Ahh! She looks like a lovely kitten-cat! Glad she and Ruby get on so well.
on June 2, 2011 at 11:38 pm | Reply CTYankee
on June 3, 2011 at 11:23 am | Reply Wandering Coyote
Oh, I love Mallory! This was such a nice post to read this morning, HMH. I especially love the breastfeeding shot…I can just imagine Ruby’s train of thought at that time, ha! Looking forward to future stories!