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So it is now a mere 2 weeks until hubby's little bundle of fur gets here, and 5 for my handsome hairless bundle. We don't own any cats at the moment so we've been slowly accumulating things over the months: cat beds, toys, scratching posts, litter, litter boxes, food, etc etc, I just ordered a cat tree from Groupon yesterday. I've gotten some Sphynx specific stuff like clothes (the look on hubby's face everytime I show him a new sweater 
) and soap.
So hubby's twin sisters own 2 cats, brothers from the same litter, I think they are about 1.5 years now. Sweetest cats ever. We cat-sat for them last summer, and they are actually the reason we decided to get cats! So we offered to watch them again while the sisters are on a trip, because we are excited to try out our new cat stuff, LOL.
Firstly, they immediately found the "cat room" upstairs I've set up. We got one of those rolling litter boxes, so we set that up and filled it with their litter (Tidy Cat), and they used it immediately, yay! Also a litter genie, which works perfectly. I learned there needs to be enough litter in the box or else it will smell like pee :wideyed: problem quickly solved! However I noticed the litter mat I got isn't the greatest, so hubby has already ordered another one that's getting here today.
I bought a thirsty cat fountain off Etsy and I currently have it set up on a side table downstairs, but I'm moving it upstairs to the cat room when the kittens get here. These cats are already trained with fountains so they took right to it.
Hubby was really having issues with the way the Tidy Cat litter smelled though, too chemically for him and it was making the kitties smell too. So we set up our 2nd rolling box and filled it with the Precious Cat litter I ordered, then we gave them baths! They did so well, I was kind of surprised. I got to try out my shampoo on them, seems to lather pretty well and smells good!
Anyway, we have them until Monday or Tuesday, then we're off on a mini vacation and Ponzu the Maine Coon will be here a few days later. It's been fun testing our stuff out on the cats and working out kinks and finding improvements all before the kittens get here
Here are some pics!
The cat room. Work in progress still! There's a dresser off to the right that I keep the toys, food, and clothes in.
They LOVE hanging out with my bearded dragons. Not sure the dragons agree.
Bath time!
) and soap.So hubby's twin sisters own 2 cats, brothers from the same litter, I think they are about 1.5 years now. Sweetest cats ever. We cat-sat for them last summer, and they are actually the reason we decided to get cats! So we offered to watch them again while the sisters are on a trip, because we are excited to try out our new cat stuff, LOL.
Firstly, they immediately found the "cat room" upstairs I've set up. We got one of those rolling litter boxes, so we set that up and filled it with their litter (Tidy Cat), and they used it immediately, yay! Also a litter genie, which works perfectly. I learned there needs to be enough litter in the box or else it will smell like pee :wideyed: problem quickly solved! However I noticed the litter mat I got isn't the greatest, so hubby has already ordered another one that's getting here today.
I bought a thirsty cat fountain off Etsy and I currently have it set up on a side table downstairs, but I'm moving it upstairs to the cat room when the kittens get here. These cats are already trained with fountains so they took right to it.
Hubby was really having issues with the way the Tidy Cat litter smelled though, too chemically for him and it was making the kitties smell too. So we set up our 2nd rolling box and filled it with the Precious Cat litter I ordered, then we gave them baths! They did so well, I was kind of surprised. I got to try out my shampoo on them, seems to lather pretty well and smells good!
Anyway, we have them until Monday or Tuesday, then we're off on a mini vacation and Ponzu the Maine Coon will be here a few days later. It's been fun testing our stuff out on the cats and working out kinks and finding improvements all before the kittens get here
Here are some pics!
The cat room. Work in progress still! There's a dresser off to the right that I keep the toys, food, and clothes in.
They LOVE hanging out with my bearded dragons. Not sure the dragons agree.
Bath time!
