Wednesday, April 16, 2008

A little change

Hello friends, so I've been duplicating photos for a while here and on my Flickr page, and since so many more people view Flickr, I've decided to save myself some time and only post there, at least for now. There will be no new posts here until I figure out something else to do with this blog. Thank you for visiting and commenting - you can can continue to view all the kitty pics (and post comments) here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hapatxn/
Thank you!!

Monday, April 07, 2008

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Fiko did it!!




Finally, Fiko makes his first solo trip down the stairs, slowly and gingerly. I was so happy I jumped up and down and waved my arms around for a while, then came to my senses and gave him some treats.

Dreaming of mice and catnip

Looking with longing

Please don't jump, Fiko

The thief


Socks and paper towels disappear into thin air around here.

Mastered going up


We have some progress with Fiko. If you cover his eyes and carry him downstairs, he can walk back upstairs by himself. I feel like he will be coming down on his own any day now!

Didju say greenies??

Momo loves his feather

Fiko's BFF for the day

Cute when sleeping (not biting)

Helping me get ready for salsa dancing

Close-up of Fiko's prison

Fiko's prison


He still won't come downstairs. He sits either at the top of the stairs or at the loft railing looking at me down below, crying his eyes out. Look at that sad face!

Has anyone seen my small black cat?

Yeah that WAS my clean laundry

Little Miss Jiji

Fiko contemplating a jump

Scared and Sassy

Fiko looks like our floors

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

So then...


I figured that maybe going down the stairs for the first time is scarier than going up, so I carried him down and he explored downstairs for a while. THEN, he climbed up the stairs on his own (!!!) and 2 steps from the top, he looked back down and decided he wanted to be downstairs again, at which point he JUMPED from there! I tried to stop him but he was just desperate to be downstairs again. Could this be why he was limping the other day? I think the curve in the staircase is confusing him...is he ever going to figure this out before breaking all of his legs? I'm going to block the gaps between the stairs for now so he doesn't break a leg or something.

Bribery


As you can see, he wouldn't come down even one step for his treat, and ended up knocking it off the stair.

Get me down from here!

Momo the handyman

I totally fit in here

Momo on the new sofa

Neck support

Momo only has eyes for Romeo

Now how is standing on the ledge less scary than coming down the stairs?

No room for me

Many sides of Momo


Just relaxing, watching the dogs go by

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Momo shows how


Momo says, See Fiko, it's not lava. Come play with me downstairs.

No Momos were harmed



Momo was playing under the plastic sheets covering the chairs while painting. Don't worry, he wasn't suffocating or anything. I would only let that happen if he were really being a pain. Joking!

Are you sure it's safe?


Fiko has been up in the loft looking down at us on the first floor for hours now, and won't stop crying. I guess the stairs are made of LAVA.

Helloooo down there


They really love the spiral staircase.

Still scared of the lava stairs


Fiko still seems to think the stairs are made of lava and he won't come down and hang out with the rest of us.

Cat on armchair


Romeo's a week ahead of Fiko in making himself at home in the new place.

Come on out, Fiko


Fiko wouldn't come out of the bedroom, which was his safe zone.

Note to contractors