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naomiknight-17 · 2 years

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Spent my morning chasing and wrangling cats because we're having duct cleaning done today and the workers have to be in almost every room of the house, and we don't want anyone getting stepped on or escaping

Leon was the first, and a good sweet little boy who let me just pick him up and give him kisses and gently nudge him into his carrier

Tiny Tim, however, knew what was up after I contained his brother. I spoke softly to him and picked him up gently and he immediately tried to bite me. I switched to a modified football carry so he couldn't nip my hands, and brought him to the carrier. Shockingly, once I put his front half in, he walked in the rest of the way.

I was worried about containing Billi the Belligerent, for she is a 19lb behemoth made of fur and spite. She was lounging in a sunbeam on the top floor. Incredibly, she was so melted and relaxed by the sunshine that I was able to push and prod her into the carrier with only a minimum of hissing and grumbling!

She was super pissed of course

Lastly, Pekoe.

If you follow my blogs closely, you may have seen me refer to her as Cryptid Cat, because she is so shy and fearful (ESPECIALLY of me, for some reason) that I hardly ever see her, and when I do, it's usually just an orange blur

Anyway.

She was hiding under Mom's couch, pushed against the back wall where I had no chance of reaching her. I pulled out the couch. She started to flee along the wall - but this is what I wanted. I knew she would run upstairs, where the only open rooms were the media/gaming room and the bathroom, each with minimal hiding places

Not only did she run up there as predicted, she made herself easy to find by SCREAMING HER LUNGS OUT in the nice echo-y bathroom. She acts like I'm the Predator or something.

I went up there and put the carrier in front of her. She considered jumping in the bathtub, but reconsidered and looked at the carrier, then looked at me, blocking the doorway

She chose the carrier. All I had to do was tuck in her tail and close the door. Her terror of me is sometimes useful.

So now Tim and Leon are in their carriers on my bed downstairs, and Billi and Pekoe are upstairs with Mom in her office while she's working, and I'm on the main floor awaiting the duct cleaners.

I'm already exhausted

#we just bought that new carrier for Billi. it's huge and cost like $80 #but we knew we'd have to contain them today and we wanted her to be comfortable as possible and have space to move #she is old and giant and deserves the nicest possible containment procedure #cats #mod post #long post #billi the Belligerent #pekoe honey #pekoe the cat #tiny tim the cat #the anti worm #leon the cat #leon oliver

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