Hi everyone,
Thought I'd drop a quick line to tell you about our cat saga's lately!! For those that don't know we inherited a 7 yr old marmalade cat called Pusu. She belonged to Maggie Crewes (a fellow misso moving to another African country) and even getting him was a saga!! The school gave permission last year to have him but then they were going to change their mind this year. Lucy was heartbroken - she had spent 6 months looking forward to having 'her' pet........so after discussions Pusu was given a temporary visa to stay, but she is the last pet allowed on campus!!!!!
When Maggie brought him over she locked him in a small travelling bag (he escaped from anything else) and he was so frightened he disgraced himself and pooped in the bag!! He then spent the next 3 days hiding under Max's bed except when he poked his head out to get some food! His food by the way is home made, cooked just for him! Tinned cat food is unavailable, so we have to cook up some mashed potato, carrot and rice, then add raw mince to it. He doesn't seem to eat anything else.....though we have tried with a few other morsels!!
Now don't get me wrong - we're not complaining about him.The kids absolutely love him, and he is now well and truly used to us. He lays on one of them in the evenings and gets patted all the time. He does seem to miaow alot (in fact he is the noisiest cat I have ever come across) but now we know him I think he just thinks he is part human and is talking to us!!
So back to his story. Last week Pusu had spent the evening lying on Oliver being stroked but occasionally he pricked up his ears and hissed. We were confused about what was happening. By 10 ish we had all retired to bed and lights were out when Shane and I heard an almighty scream and hiss. We jumped out of bed quickly and Shane raced into Tom and Olivers room where the noise had come from. As he opened the door, a white/grey mangy stray cat (of which there are several on campus) came streaking out into the hallway and into the lounge. Meanwhile Pusu was shaking and quuivering on Tom's bed, but ready to defend if needed. Shane had to open both our outside doors, and minutes later the stray streaked out the door to freedom. Now this may sound amusing, but the cats here are known to have rabies, and they are none too small and wild, so we were quite frightened. However what was funny was that the neighbours down-stairs heard the commotion, so did next-doors,..........but neither Tom or Oli heard a thing!!!They remained fast asleep and oblivious to the danger within.!
The second saga happened last night, hence this epistle. Shane went outside to get something around 8pm and Pusu desperate for some night air bolted out the door. We left the door open for about 3/4 hr but he didn't come home. We gave up, and left him to fend for himself overnight. We were a bit worried about fights with other cats, and mongeese who can kill cats, but we left him in God's hands!! Well about 3am he miaows at the door to be let in - goes into the lounge and falls asleep. At 7 he wants feeding but seems to be cagey and hisses every couple of minutes. Suddenly at 7.30 Lucy screams in her bedroom and comes running into mine. She had seen what she thought was a white fluffy toy under Max's bed only to bend down and come face to face with the mangy stray again!!!! He had obviously got in the night before when we were waiting for Pusu and had slept the night on a spare mattress under Max's bed!! He had also in the night marked his territory on the mattress, plus in the lounge on our chairs, and in the bathroom. Yuck yuck. The smell was gross and Pusu could obviously smell it in the lounge hence his cagey behaiour and hissing in the morning!!
Shane threw a shoe at the stray as it raced for the door, but we were wondering......does anyone have a good idea for a cat trap??
Til next time
Naomi.......and Pusu.
Thought I'd drop a quick line to tell you about our cat saga's lately!! For those that don't know we inherited a 7 yr old marmalade cat called Pusu. She belonged to Maggie Crewes (a fellow misso moving to another African country) and even getting him was a saga!! The school gave permission last year to have him but then they were going to change their mind this year. Lucy was heartbroken - she had spent 6 months looking forward to having 'her' pet........so after discussions Pusu was given a temporary visa to stay, but she is the last pet allowed on campus!!!!!
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| The pussy cat himself.....PUSU |
When Maggie brought him over she locked him in a small travelling bag (he escaped from anything else) and he was so frightened he disgraced himself and pooped in the bag!! He then spent the next 3 days hiding under Max's bed except when he poked his head out to get some food! His food by the way is home made, cooked just for him! Tinned cat food is unavailable, so we have to cook up some mashed potato, carrot and rice, then add raw mince to it. He doesn't seem to eat anything else.....though we have tried with a few other morsels!!
Now don't get me wrong - we're not complaining about him.The kids absolutely love him, and he is now well and truly used to us. He lays on one of them in the evenings and gets patted all the time. He does seem to miaow alot (in fact he is the noisiest cat I have ever come across) but now we know him I think he just thinks he is part human and is talking to us!!
So back to his story. Last week Pusu had spent the evening lying on Oliver being stroked but occasionally he pricked up his ears and hissed. We were confused about what was happening. By 10 ish we had all retired to bed and lights were out when Shane and I heard an almighty scream and hiss. We jumped out of bed quickly and Shane raced into Tom and Olivers room where the noise had come from. As he opened the door, a white/grey mangy stray cat (of which there are several on campus) came streaking out into the hallway and into the lounge. Meanwhile Pusu was shaking and quuivering on Tom's bed, but ready to defend if needed. Shane had to open both our outside doors, and minutes later the stray streaked out the door to freedom. Now this may sound amusing, but the cats here are known to have rabies, and they are none too small and wild, so we were quite frightened. However what was funny was that the neighbours down-stairs heard the commotion, so did next-doors,..........but neither Tom or Oli heard a thing!!!They remained fast asleep and oblivious to the danger within.!
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| Cuddles with Pusu every morning! |
The second saga happened last night, hence this epistle. Shane went outside to get something around 8pm and Pusu desperate for some night air bolted out the door. We left the door open for about 3/4 hr but he didn't come home. We gave up, and left him to fend for himself overnight. We were a bit worried about fights with other cats, and mongeese who can kill cats, but we left him in God's hands!! Well about 3am he miaows at the door to be let in - goes into the lounge and falls asleep. At 7 he wants feeding but seems to be cagey and hisses every couple of minutes. Suddenly at 7.30 Lucy screams in her bedroom and comes running into mine. She had seen what she thought was a white fluffy toy under Max's bed only to bend down and come face to face with the mangy stray again!!!! He had obviously got in the night before when we were waiting for Pusu and had slept the night on a spare mattress under Max's bed!! He had also in the night marked his territory on the mattress, plus in the lounge on our chairs, and in the bathroom. Yuck yuck. The smell was gross and Pusu could obviously smell it in the lounge hence his cagey behaiour and hissing in the morning!!
Shane threw a shoe at the stray as it raced for the door, but we were wondering......does anyone have a good idea for a cat trap??
Til next time
Naomi.......and Pusu.
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