Teifi

[PFVA]

Teifi gets his first bath.

Prepared a plastic container with a sponge mat, so he didn't slide, removed all breakable items fm the area, made sure the water wasn't too cold or too hot, diluted just a bit of baby shampoo in water.




First let Teifi get familiar with surroundings





Then put Teifi in water. After that step things moved quite fast.

A not very happy Teifi managed to climb up to my shoulder twice.



A bit more relaxed Teifi



Then he cleans himself a bit



To finally go lie down in the warm balcony sun



Well he doesn't seem to hate me even though he was not very fond of the water portion. Next time though i'll use a rain jacket. He is already dry but i'm still wet.

Note: I only washed him from the neck down so he wouldn't panick too much.

[PFVA]

Washed Teifi

[skab]

Why washing at all? As long as he didn't get exceptionally dirty or is sick and can't take care of himself, cats don't need baths, ever.

[PFVA]

The options of flea control only include insecticides or medications that have side effects in the long run. The other option is getting him used to have a once a week bath. If he doesn't get used then i'll go for the flea collar when he is 6 months old.

(The back yards here are all full of debris as people keep parts of furniture, windows, doors, rusted refrigerators, water gas heaters remains, whatever you want to name is kept in the backyards, some quite a few decades old. The same applies to the kitchen enclosed balconies in most apartments not to mention other locations. It's a "cultural" thing common in the country unless you are in the German/Dutch owned areas of Algarve and others. As a result fleas and other insects are common. Litter boxes for pets are also a quite recent novelty as people got used to train dogs to go do it in the sidewalk. Local authorities are starting to try to change things a bit but it's a very slow process)

[unclescruff]

Personally I wouldn't recommend bathing a cat on a regular basis. As skab mentioned, unless they get exceptionally dirty or ill they don't need it. We have over 20 cats and they are all flea free 95% of the time. They play with hedgehogs etc that are flea infested but there are all sorts of flea treatments including herbal. We've also used the standard vet treatments and have never had any side effects. We have a lot of ancient cats who seem to go on living forever!

If you do decide to keep up bathing him, washing a once a week is probably going to be too often. It can destroy the natural oils and protection in the coat. A rare bath using kitten flea shampoo would probably be better. Garlic tablets in food can also work wonders.

[PFVA]

I haven't found the herbal ones here. I had to do it with a medication last week.

But i'll wait till the nxt time he gets the same problem and then see what to do.

[PFVA]

I wonder what is he dreaming off

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Teifi was in my lap for only a few seconds when he suddenly jumpred, ran under the chair, came out slowly, walked under the sofa cover went outside and ran back in again going into his secret hideout. Eventually he gained enough courage and came sit into my lap again still staring into the same direction.



A few minutes later



Eventually he managed to fell asleep



When he first ran i looked around not seing any cats, dogs or anything that could scare him. Then i notice the reflexion in the window glass. The city stuck colour flags all over the area for the upcoming church festival and it keeps moving in the wind. Furthermore when you go outside thing does a quite loud FLAP FLAP sound with the wind.




He has gotten used to it by now. (I hope he does OK Friday with the Fireworks quite close)

Now he's enjoying himself playing with the curtain

[PFVA]

When one buys something Teifi always checks it out



immediately choosing the most interesting portion of it











The tiger expression







And suddenly the green flag flaps outside once more hipnotyzing Teifi





Later on Teifi enters the house carrying a gift that he deposits at my feet



Aaww. I have always wanted one of those. Thank you.



(I can't wait untill his hunting skills improve and he brings me other gifts.)

[Portland]

Toads, he'll bring you toads.

[carolen]

(I can't wait untill his hunting skills improve and he brings me other gifts.)

Ours brought us:

Pigeons (stupid and easy prey)
Blackbirds (harder 'cos they are nippy)
Mice and Voles (sporty but bitesize)
Dragonflies (much jumping required)
Spiders (legs hanging from mouth)
A Rat (Ick)

bet you can't wait

but we still loved him a lot

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He has been studying the way out of the balcony but for now he hasn't been able to jump high enough. He always runs to watch Big Cat and the neighbours 2 cats that use the balcony as walkway doing it.



Toads i'm not sure if he will find around here but the rest, i'm sure he will.

[Rib]

(I can't wait untill his hunting skills improve and he brings me other gifts.)

Ours brought us:

Pigeons (stupid and easy prey)
Blackbirds (harder 'cos they are nippy)
Mice and Voles (sporty but bitesize)
Dragonflies (much jumping required)
Spiders (legs hanging from mouth)
A Rat (Ick)

bet you can't wait

but we still loved him a lot

hehe

[PFVA]

ow those lovely toys i like to lick and drag all over


But they smell funny



I much prefer the ones i find in that basket in the bedroom.



(Luckily for me he doesn't like washed ones otherwise he would have pulled them from the outdoors dryer)

[PFVA]

Occasionally there is something on telly that one may want to watch. Kitten seems to sense that and one's view gets parcially obstructed by a little face.



A way around is to keep kitten entertained a bit to the side not to obstruct view







When arm gets tired let it fall



(It may be necessary to keep track of the sound to know which entrance to the planet of Biro Forms is object being taken.)