Sirius is growing and has gained a bit of weight. He has now had all of his shots. The vet reports that he is healthy and alert with a very high play drive. Sirius has several cat toys in the shape of mice that he seems to prefer over all of the others. He will pounce on them and bat them around. He has a shoelace that he will carry around from time to time. And he likes to play with the "birdie" which is attached to the fishing pole.
Sirius has several tricks which were self-taught. He fetches when he feels like it. If I throw his string toy and he feels like fetching, he will run after it. Then he will pick it up and run around the coffee table, coming up behind me in order to drop the string toy by my hand. He stands on two legs and then jumps. He knocked a bathroom towel off of the rack using this technique. He also ripped off a sheet of toilet paper and tasted it. [Sirius spit it out when the taste of the toilet paper did not please him]. Sirius can run up and down a ladder leaning against the wall with no difficulty. He enjoys this and has posed on the rafters before coming back down and then dashing madly about the cellar.
Sirius continues to run after Bramble the older cat, jumping on him and using his mouth to give kitten play nips. Bramble for his part yowls loudly when this happens. At times, Sirius will hide in the bathtub and wait for Bramble to meander along. When he does, Sirius will jump out in surprise. Sirius will also bunch himself up like a Halloween cat and jump sideways away from Bramble. Both felines have run into the "tunnel" together and then rolled themselves and the tunnel around on the floor. I've caught them sharing windowsills and nap spots together. Sirius has learned that Bramble is [also] entitled to human lap time.
Sirius loves Blondie, the older dog. He inspects her paws and bats her tail around. She sniffs at him. Blondie will block Sirius from Bramble when she thinks he is getting too rough. She encourages Sirius by making the dog sign for play. Blondie has corrected Sirius for getting too close to her supper dish, although she does allow him to drink from the water bowl next to her when she is eating.
Sirius will follow us around and will allow us to pick him up and cuddle with him. Unless he is hellbent on playing with Bramble, he settles in nicely with a loud purr and a few kisses. Sirius and Bramble enjoy nap-time together on the bed in the afternoons. At night, he can be found in my hair or under the covers with me when he is not stretched out at the foot of the bed. Both cats will sometimes retreat to the living room together during the night. They spend early mornings in separate baskets situated near the back porch windows for a session of bird-watching.
Sirius has been a playful and affectionate addition to the household. He is the cute one and he knows it.
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