slevinkelevra @ slevinkelevra @sh.itjust.works

Proud owner of Miez (born 2013)

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Yeah and the little meows at Miez (end of video 1). Don't know if the blink was directed at me or at Miez though.

The thing is, I don't get emotionally too involved when I go in with the clear expectation that only a PERFECT fit for Miez will stay. It's more like when I visit others and there is a cat there. I always get along with cats best (way better than with children and even with most people). Before you ask, yes, I'm definitely on the spectrum somewhere but without diagnosis.

I guess I have always been hyper-rational. I know we don't connect and know she does with the other lady, and I know I will have many other cats to take (temporary) care of. While I enjoyed taking care of her, I still think that it's for the best this way. Maybe one day I will keep a foster cat as my own additionally to Miez, but only if they get along perfectly, which wasn't the case here. Indira is way too energetic for Miez.

While I like Indira, it isn't mutual. I wasn't the one petting her, the lady was. She just streched towards the camera. I tried petting Indira right after and just received hissing.

Oh shoot. I usually know this. Thanks for the hint though. In my defense it was really late

Today I managed to trick her into letting me give her some scritches. I first used the stick as in the video, then shortener it bit by bit and let her notice it. I finally reacher her while still holding the stick. She must have thought what an amazing new scratching technique the stick had learned and REALLY leaned into it. When she looked up and saw my hand was doing all the scritching she growled and went a few steps back. I then longened the stick again and she came closer and thus I shortened the stick again. This time she didn't growl. Bit by bit she becomes more trusting.

Haha. I'm using jerboa which doesn't show it when you expand the post, so I embed it by default.

It went through but only a but, she immediately let go, didn't bite hard. Since she has been in the shelter for a long time without being sick and I disinfected it right away I should be fine. Thans for the concern though.

Yeah I'm totally an asshole by scratching her with the stick and her leaning in when I pet her with it and this making her purr. Total dick move, I know.

For cobble stone the rolls are too small. However it's perfect for inside, so I guess perfect in an airport or a lot of train stations. The telescopic pole is really great.

Zooming in I realized that it might be the amazon basics logo. Turns out I was right: https://amzn.eu/d/hCY423h

The height inside is 30cm. She can't raise her head but she doesn't really have to keep it down either. Also since it's flexible she pushes the top net up to look around.

It really isn't small, especially for only one cat. Might just look like it in this photo because the entrance isn't as big as the whole front of the container.

https://amzn.eu/d/b5kgZ91

Like-minded cats :-)

Wow she (I guess, the one further down) is a total beauty. Dat face.

The cool thing about the winding technique I use is that I only have to secure the rope at the very ends with a few screws. The rest will hold up for years upon years as it is 1cm thick sisal where one winding sits tightly on the next. The pole here took me about 90 minutes to wind. It's totally worth it. It is basically an endless "Mastwurf" or more precisely a Mastwurf with hundreds of "Halbschläge" https://thwiki.org/t=Mastwurf Back when I was still active I was the go-to person for knots in my local THW (federal agency for technical relief, a large german disaster control agency)