My tabby cat, JOJO, has a proud personality. Actually, he’s quite clingy but is too shy to let you notice. Once his affectionate side is discovered by humans, he’ll start scolding.
He has good manners and never steps on people. Instead, he always jumps over. He has never caused any financial losses at home. At most, knocking over an empty medicine bottle is his limit.
He’s very smart and can open doors with downward-pressing handles. However, he has never tried to open the main door to go out for a stroll. You could say he’s quite a homebody.
He’s very healthy (this is important). The only time he showed any sign of physical discomfort was when he coughed frequently. After I called a housekeeper to clean the dust under the sofa and bed, he never had the problem again.
He’s very cautious, or you could say timid. He hides under the sofa when it thunders or rains, and always hides at once when strangers come. I think it’s an advantage as he knows how to protect himself and has a strong ability to resist accidents.
He can understand human language. I think although they can’t understand the specific content, they can understand the tone, and the interaction is quite strong.
His favorite food is coarse grains, such as corn, pumpkin, and other miscellaneous grains. He’s really easy to take care of.
There’s just one thing. He thinks he’s the head of the family and looks down on anyone except me. He also believes he has the responsibility to supervise me. Specifically, if I sleep in, he’ll start crying heartbreakingly outside (maybe he thinks I’m dead) and then come in and scold me when I open the door.
Another member of my family is the Siamese cat, Caesar. Compared with JOJO, the main difficulty in taking care of him is that he gets sick easily.
He was born in a cattery. To ensure the bloodline, inbreeding occurs frequently, so the probability of having health problems is also much higher.
My Caesar is okay, but he always has a runny nose. Every weekend, we take him to various pet hospitals for tests. We’ve used all kinds of examination methods and spent nearly ten thousand yuan, but nothing wrong could be found. In the end, we always just get some anti-inflammatory medicine.
Since he often goes for physical examinations, vaccinations and deworming are done very thoroughly.
However, JOJO, because he’s so healthy, hasn’t been to the hospital for a long time… and hasn’t had… vaccinations for a long time…
But since he doesn’t go out, there’s little chance of infection. Let it be…
Actually, after raising cats, I found that it’s much easier than I thought.
When the food is gone, just add some. Changing the water once a day takes no more than 30 seconds in total.
For going to the toilet, now they have a separate bathroom with two litter boxes filled with pine litter. After scooping the poop, I just throw it into the toilet and flush it away. Before, when there was only one toilet at home, they either used the toilet (they were trained to do this, but I don’t recommend it as they might be scared) or pooped around the toilet.
During the Chinese New Year this year, I went back to Beijing for six days. Then I locked the door and left with great concern.
When I came back, the cat food wasn’t finished, the water wasn’t drunk up, but the litter box was full. However, the poop outside the litter box was all within the bathroom area, which was completely acceptable.
Only Caesar lost weight because he missed humans too much.
JOJO didn’t change at all (hum, I know you missed me secretly).
As for the changes it has brought to my life, I just don’t want to go out at all. I only want to stay at home with my cats forever.
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