Big boy!

It's sad to think Milo used to fit all curled up on top of this - boy, has he grown!

Upside Down

Milo has been in a very playful mood these last few days - he's been pouncing at every little thing and chasing after spiders, flies and dust!

He spent a good 2 hours this morning upside down, just like this.  I was dozing in and out of sleep, and he was purring away to himself upside down.

Silly boy!

Furminator

I tried the Furminator out on Milo this morning.  My brother left it at my parents house accidentally when he came to visit the other day, so I nabbed it for a while!  I honestly didn't think it would do anything much for Milo... he's not exactly got lots of fur.  He actually has quite fine fur, but it was moulting eeeeeverywhere.  So I had a go with the Furminator, and it was amazing.  Milo, surprisingly, didn't seem to mind it.  He has quite an aversion to brushing (I think because his fur is so fine, his skin gets stimulated so much by brushing) but he sat semi-still and let me get on with it.

The amount of fur I got out was incredible.  He was left feeling all silky and shiny.

Would I purchase it myself?  Probably not.  It's rather expensive for a cat like Milo who doesn't have that much fur to get rid of.  I imagine i'll just borrow my brother's now and again!

Cat Manual?

One of the things I’m finding hardest about having Milo, is that I don’t always know what I’m doing.  Living alone, and having never had cats as pets before, I’m pretty much doing it blind.  I find myself worrying about him unnecessarily.  For example, yesterday I was speaking to my sister in law, and telling her how Milo will often get distracted from playing with his favourite toy, to gnaw at his leg, or scratch his ear.  I was concerned he must be feeling itchy if it was stopping him mid-pounce!  She said it’s perfectly normal.

He also wolfs down his food the moment its laid down which, from stereotypical cat generalisations, I believed cats didn’t do.  I thought they grazed at their food throughout the day.  So Milo wolfing his food straight away was a bit alarming, and I thought I was underfeeding him.  A few days of thoroughly weighing out his food and a quick re-read of the back of his food packet reassured me I was/am feeding him the correct amount for his weight.  He is obviously just a food-focused cat!

One of the other main things that had me worried, was when he goes on his ‘mad 5’ around the house.  He will bomb it around the place, ears back, eyes wide.  I thought he’d terrified himself the first time he did it.  It wasn’t until he did it when my parents were visiting that I understood it was just a way of burning off energy.  I thought he was running away from something.  Apparently this is a normal thing as well.

Wouldn’t it be so much easier if cats came with a manual!?

Travelling Cat

I'm so happy Milo travels well and is a friendly cat.  Whenever I am away at my parents for the day, Milo comes with.  He happily climbs into his carrier and does alright in the car.  I do have to make sure he hasn't eaten beforehand, otherwise I tend to arrive at my parents with a neat pile of sick just inside the carrier door!  But otherwise he's brilliant.  He's not at all nervous when he's there, he's straight out of his carrier and over to the nearest person for some attention.  He'll quite happily explore the house, then snuggle down on a chair next to a radiator (I don't have radiators at home, so it's a novelty for him!).

I'm so happy he is so laid back about it all...certainly makes my life a bit easier.

Catnip?

Hmm... someone found the catnip tub and helped themselves!

Vets Update

We went back to the vets today for a check up - he has a clean bill of health.  His ears are much better and I can stop with the medicines.  Phew!  He got his up to date booster jab, too, so that's him done, hopefully, vets wise for the next while.  Fingers crossed!

He's actually been really affectionate this evening after the vets which is nice, shows there's hope he'll go back to his old ways again!