Hubby LIKES Abi!
Oh and Abi climbed up in hubbies lap and went to sleep on his leg. He looked at me and said "why does your cat want to go to sleep in my lap?" I said "Because she likes you." Then he let her stay there for about 30 mins and put her back in her basket. Then she woke up and jumped out and he played with her for a little while.
She was making him laugh and smile earlier too. He was playing with her and she ran into his leg head first and jumped like a foot off the ground because it scared her. It was soo funny!
Yeah... and he said he did not like cats! WHATEVA!
He has been throwing everything of hers in the trash can. Her toys first and now her
i'm so glad you are having fun with Abi. I am also glad that hubby loves her.
Joonie, do you think your son might be trying to tell you something?
Joonie, I'm glad your family is enjoying your new kitty. But I do need to beg you to please use this as an opportunity to teach your kids about the proper way to treat their kitty. She's just a tiny baby, and can be easily injured. It's like throwing an infant in the trash
Now is the time when her personality is developing, and I know you want her to be a cuddle puss. If she is terrorized and frightened, she won't be the cat you want her to be.
All kids do things like what you son did, mine did too. They don't understand that living creatures are different than toys. It's is so critical for your new fur baby and your kids that they learn how delicate and special life is.
Okay, sermon over. Amen Hillhoney. As Maya Angelou once said, "When we know better, we do better". She's so adorable, Joonie. I can't imagine that Hubby wouldn't start liking her especially since it seems she likes him. I'm glad about that. Son may just be a bit jealous of the attention kitty is getting. My daughter is the same age. She's pretty good with the animals we have mainly because they were here before she was. Sometimes she gets a bit mean so we have to teach her that she has to be gentle. We've always had cats in the house. When the boys were babies, we had the cat I'd had since college. She was about 10 when we brought home the first baby, and she quickly learned to stay away from anyone under 3 feet tall. [QUOTE=Linncn]Awww...Joonie I'm glad your husband likes Abi. When my son was a little fella, we got a kitten and I told him he could name her. So he named her Yes. That was her name. Yes. Caught him putting little Yes in the dryer. Not turning it on though. Put her in the oven (also turned off) once too. But only once. He turned out to be a fine animal loving young man, your son will too.
Well, he did not throw her in the trash, I just thought he did because when I went in there to get her out, she was in her litter box, which was NO where near the trash can.
She does not like son, as he scares her because he never walks in the house, he runs and when he runs he stomps the floor and it scares her. We tried to tell him not to run so loud, but then he tip-toe runs but she still hears him coming because he is yelling "Abi stop! Wait for me!"
I he picking her up by her head, a couple of times, and I told him if he kept on picking her up like that, that daddy would have to take her back, and he got upset and cried and went and told his daddy "No, you do not take Abi bye bye." And he has not picked her up like that since.
It is daughter who had the problem of not picking her up. She just cannot get it thru her thick skull! I keep telling her if she picks her up she going to make her sick. But everytime I turn around she has her lugging her around. Son, will at least listen when I tell him not to pick her up that she will get sick and have to go bye bye.
Anyways... son picked her up out her basket this morning and took her and put her in her litter box. He said "Abi going poo poo." I went and checked on her and she was eating, well not her poo poo, but her cat food that is around the corner from her litter box.
whats so bad about Mary Beth picking up Abi? I dont get it?It is because she is hogging the kitten
besides the poor kitten has not even been to explore pass the livingroom, diningroom, and kitchen without one of the kids chasing her down to pick her up. Mostly daughter. I keep telling her if she would just walk away, the kitten would follow her and she would not have to pick her up everytime. But she does not listen and I even showed her how the kitten will follow you around if you do not pick her up.