So I abandonned the feline family on Thursday night, and on Tuesday morning I came back to find ...
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the same five that I'd left to fend for themselves. All present and correct.
CelticRambler wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:20 pmAs you can see, we now have an automated feeding station ... the current installation will get its real-world test this weekend when I go in search of the sexy fiddler. For my fortnight in Ireland later this month, it'll be pushing things a bit quantity-wise, but the three older ones know how to hunt, and I'll set up a separate stash for the kittens with a size-restricted access.
Something didn't work properly as far as the feeder is concerned, as it was almost completely empty instead of being only half-empty, and there was a quantity of un-eaten biscuits in the dog-bed suggesting that all five appetites had been well-satisfied. With it back in the house at the moment, it seems to be dispensing exactly the amount it's been told to, so I'm wondering if one clever fecker figured out how to trigger the manual dispense button?
It means I definitely need a teeny-kitten-only feeding point for the fortnight I'm away.
LilKittn is
just starting to grow out of her baby phase now, becoming more adventurous and picking fights with her big sister/cousin. Polly continues to live from one startle reflex to another, but she's nearly always very close by and spontaneously talks to me if we cross paths in the garden. Of all of them, I think she has the most potential to become a "house-cat" ... but it'll take some work yet.
Bingo has taken to hanging out with Gulliver instead of the girls, and they've built a camp for themselves under a tarp up on the mezzanine in the barn nextdoor. I don't see much of Bingo when he's not at the feeding station, but now I'd regularly see Gulliver having a leisurely stroll on the lane out the front, or through the garden, instead of the fleeting glimpses of a few weeks ago. They let BigKittn tag along from time to time, so she's going to be a real tomboy
(are we still allowed use that word? )