I was looking back trying to remember how old Pepper is.
According to Google (it does have it’s uses), Pepper arrived in Shetland in 2021 as a just-weaned puppy so, by my maths, she must be 5 years old now. I know, where has the time gone?
Pepper was never brought here to replace in my heart the gaping hole left by BeAnne Duvet, but she has managed all on her own to wheedle her way in by herself.
I would love to say Pepper’s behaviour has improved, but I would be lying and many a neighbour has announced they’ve only just recently had a visit from her totally unbeknownst to us. It is a constant battle.
But we have successfully managed to stop the early morning vanishinments as Pepper is now on a long dog lead at night tied to the foot of the bed. I tell her it’s because she is a criminal and she happily wags her tail and agrees! By stopping her constant egress means we can leave the cat flap open for Monster’s nightly comings and goings happy in the knowledge that Pepper is still with us. She honestly doesn’t mind and has resigned herself to a life of being a prisoner if she has first dibs on the bed. It’s a fair trade.
Meanwhile Monster has developed a terrible habit (we are on Day 3 now so it is classed as a habit). He lies on my pillow in the early morning and then prods me with his barely sheathed claws while purring exceptionally loudly. Once banished from the bed, he then retaliates by making loud puking noises instead.
But at least we’ve won the Pepper battle – sort of.
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Sister #2 had her eyelid licked open once by a prevoius cat. The Sassy Sister Cats just run over,under,over and across her in the bed. I get the full opera of “we have NEVER been fed at 5am when the diner opens at 6am….
It seems that Ted is the angel of the indoor family. I cracked up over Pepper’s being tied to the bed at night; that is just too funny for words. And poor Monster! Just three days of a repeat set of actions & you have called it ‘a habit’; you’re not wrong, but Day #1 ‘Oh this is new!’ Day #2 ‘Oh no, this is the second day of this!’ Day #3 ‘Sigh & admit–‘It is a new habit.’
As I wrote earlier today, I glanced at my hand as I was typing & looked at a 1/4″ cut-‘Oh dear! Someone got me.’ Later I scratched my shoulder & discovered 1/8″ scratch #2. Finishing up the email, my eye caught another 1/4″ mark on the other arm. By that time I just sighed. I guess at some point, I was sitting in the car Iditerod area & have been so desensitized to their chases that the CatoBahn did not even register.
Hard to believe it’s been 5 years since Pepper has become such and integral part of the family. Such an impish cutie.
My cat does the exact same thing.