Marmaduke

Zafira's Page

The latest addition is a Siamese female, who I called Zafira. She also came from the RSPCA shelter in April 2004, and was on death row due to length of time there and behaviour problems. These include timidity and over grooming to the point of bleeding. Since we’ve brought her home and completed the cattery these are much improved. She gets on well with Marmie and Raymond, but has little to do with Zoe and Fan, who are loners anyway. She and Raymond are very talkative and often have us laughing at their ‘comments’.

We call Zafira, Raymond and Marmaduke our three musketeers. She loves the cattery so much we always have to go out and retreive her when it's time to come in to bed at night. Even bribing with biscuits or dinner doesn't work - she loves being outside. A bird flying over is a major event!

From left: Checking out the wine rack!; Telling us all about it; With Zoe, Warwick and Marmaduke.

22 October 2004

We are finding that Zafira has lots of funny little habits. She will only cuddle on Warwick and he can't actually HOLD her, she just likes to 'assume the position' and be stroked! Sometimes she will only curl up on the arm of the chair (below left). And she also has nap attacks - like this one on my briefcase on the table (below left)

08 January 2005

Zafira has started to cuddle! She now sleeps on the spare bed most of the day, with excursions to the cattery. She and Marmie nw play a very gentle pouncing game - he never actually makes contact, but rather jumps over her! She's still not too keen on Raymond's version - which is to land on top of her from a great height and bite her! (I don't fancy it much myself, come to that.) At night she comes and curls up beside me on the lounge while I'm reading or watching the idiot box.

January 2005

For Christmas, my Mum sent up a cat's tunnel she'd got hold of (she lives down south in Tasmania). Here is Zafira asleep in it. She thinks it's just lovely and at the moment it's definitely the 'flavour of the month' with her.

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