I posted when we got Flora and Fauna, in mid-July. They are two females who had had some bad experiences, so I knew gaining their trust would be a challenge. Fauna got progressively more comfortable with us, but in three weeks I only saw glimpses of Flora three times. They live in a huge popup with a blanket draped over a box, and Flora didn’t come out from under the blanket during daylight hours even if we weren’t in the room.
There is a lot going on in that room. Nalia and her kittens have the run of the room, and in another popup are Foxfire and her kittens. People come and go – feed, water, clean litter boxes, weigh kittens, play with Nalia and family – and with Fauna – and make general people noises. From under her blanket, Flora monitored it all.
Flora, after several weeks, decided it was safe to be somewhat visible, and would sit in the box and watch things. Although she had never seen most of it, nothing she saw seemed to surprise her; she knew all about it from sounds and smells.
In the meantime Fauna was becoming very bold and playful. She loves the kittens and would very much like to come out and play with them. She loves toys of any kind, and begs for us to play with her. She loves Churu and other treats as well. She is beautiful and has tons of personality. She is leery of being touched, but she will come close for treats, and is getting more confident all the time.
Flora now comes all the way out. She will sometimes come for canned food, but the real way to her heart is with playtime. Like Fauna, she is super playful. The best way to lure her out is with a peacock feather, but she loves other toys as well. After playing she will usually flop down at the back of the popup and just chill. Such a joy to have our “ghost” kitty out and about!
One of the fun things about the popup, from the point of view of Nalia’s kittens, is that you can climb it. It’s one of Spike’s favorite pastimes. Nalia once jumped up to see what Spike was doing, and half the popup collapsed; she didn’t do that again! It takes all three kittens to collapse it – although they’re growing – and luckily it’s usually just Spike cruising around up there.
Sometimes one of Nalia’s kittens will manage to get past me and into the popup. Fauna and Flora are very used to them and don’t seem to have a problem with it. The only reason they can’t be together is that the kittens have had Giardia. Once they are over that, and they’ve been vetted (tomorrow), they will be allowed supervised visits. I think everyone will enjoy that.
For more pics, I’ll be posting a Gallery shortly.