With Mika in my arms I am looking back on 7 months of Cornish Rex companionship. Seven months of climbing curtains, being in the middle of the kitten race track, rewinding toilet roles, having little cuddly warm kitties in your arms looking at you with lots of love.
Maybe it is time for some lessons learned: A manual for fresh Cornish Rex owners, all the things I did that you can skip? First and most important, do not buy new curtains before you get the kittens. By now I just think I will buy new ones when their brains are delivered, probably when they turn 15, but the first month…. Mika was in the house for a whole 4 hours before she reached the top of the curtains the first time.
Secondly, every Cornish Rex is delivered with a
bottomless stomach. Mine eat anything and preferably in extremely large
quantities (I really mean anything), so at the age of 10 months mine are
already dieting. Which I can assure you does not happen without lots of
opposition. If you want any change to be able to eat your own dinner and not
having to share it or even completely give it up? Be strict, in spite of the
hungry eyes, the cats that torpedo on your plate, the food that is hit of your fork.
Thirdly, if any of your cats has taken up music as a hobby, I am thinking about drumming on the bedroom door or singing in front of this same door, I have three tips: Ignore, Ignore and Ignore some more. I have tried punishment, pleading to Senna (my midnight drummer), even a midnight shower (for Senna not me). However, since negative attention is also attention this was clearly not the solution. Now, after putting sound isolation on my bedroom door and using ear plugs, and further ignoring any sound Senna has decided that drumming is not really his thing.
Yes, I think those are some of the most important lessons that I have learned in my 7 months of Cornish Rex. Oh, and just for your reassurance if you think that at the age of almost one year these kitties get a bit more mature, a bit more quiet? Spring has not only started outside, but also inside the heads of my two friends. They now cruise around the apartment with fresh energy looking for lots of new challenges.
Maybe it is time for some lessons learned: A manual for fresh Cornish Rex owners, all the things I did that you can skip? First and most important, do not buy new curtains before you get the kittens. By now I just think I will buy new ones when their brains are delivered, probably when they turn 15, but the first month…. Mika was in the house for a whole 4 hours before she reached the top of the curtains the first time.
Secondly, every Cornish Rex is delivered with a
bottomless stomach. Mine eat anything and preferably in extremely large
quantities (I really mean anything), so at the age of 10 months mine are
already dieting. Which I can assure you does not happen without lots of
opposition. If you want any change to be able to eat your own dinner and not
having to share it or even completely give it up? Be strict, in spite of the
hungry eyes, the cats that torpedo on your plate, the food that is hit of your fork.
Thirdly, if any of your cats has taken up music as a hobby, I am thinking about drumming on the bedroom door or singing in front of this same door, I have three tips: Ignore, Ignore and Ignore some more. I have tried punishment, pleading to Senna (my midnight drummer), even a midnight shower (for Senna not me). However, since negative attention is also attention this was clearly not the solution. Now, after putting sound isolation on my bedroom door and using ear plugs, and further ignoring any sound Senna has decided that drumming is not really his thing.
Yes, I think those are some of the most important lessons that I have learned in my 7 months of Cornish Rex. Oh, and just for your reassurance if you think that at the age of almost one year these kitties get a bit more mature, a bit more quiet? Spring has not only started outside, but also inside the heads of my two friends. They now cruise around the apartment with fresh energy looking for lots of new challenges.
