Sleep Like The Dead Part 2: Cleo's Interpretation

Cat mummy impression.

How serene...

The swirled paisley dead.

Sleeping with eyes open is one more point in creepiness...

Showing fangs adds another point!

Baring nipples...all eight of them!

Looks like a passive Thriller dance lol!

Not exactly like the dead, but you've got to be fairly far gone to not notice your butt hanging an inch off the floor...

All Agog

Sephy was whiny, so we let her out to wander about. We found her flopped out later on the bathmat...

Awww...

AWWWW....

*Head asplode from teh cute!*

She's like a tiny mouse.

*headsplosion no.2*

Cleo decided she wanted the attention and booted Sephy...

Update on Sephy - she's doing great! She's starting to eat more and looks less like a scrawny flea (my mother's words lol). Will begin weaning her next week. Let's see how that goes...

Moving House Blues

On the day that I found Sephy I was about to move house the very next day...it was quite stressful as Tuffie wasn't feeling the love (I was busy packing and cleaning) and then there was a new kitten to contend with...

In the weeks leading up to the BIG MOVE she was already leting her feelings show.

Her sunning spots have all been taken over by boxes...

I turned my room upside down and went to get a breather. When I can back there was a cat in the very center of the chaos.

'The Look'. Reserved for late meals and the human's inattentiveness to her needs.

Awww, but all she wanted was a little love and attention!

Moving day was hell. Tuffie was already unnerved by the constant changing environment, she was ready to bolt. It got so bad that she almost jumped from the balcony! :( She refused all food and was cranky. I had to lock her in her carrier in a quiet room, only then was she able to calm down and eat a bit.

Fortunately Cleo being still young thoroughly enjoyed the move. Though when we put her in the carrier to transfer her she thought we were bringing her to the vet again! Seems like the memories of being spayed were still fresh in her mind, and she started crying. That worried the Tuff and SHE started crying too -_- Oh cats...

New home! Shiny surfaces...

Tuffie got a good niche next to my bed ;)

Getting used to the new place...blobbing out.

Cleo couldn't care less about the new home, didn't affect her much :)

I had to move Tuffie and Cleo first during the evening. I then moved Sephy around 10pm. What a crazy weekend. Tuff took about a week and a bit to adjust. Even now at night she gets huffy cos there is a male cat patrolling the carpark downstairs. Cleo then gets smacked for getting in the way -_- Ooooh cats...

Cleo's Development

Well, it's been ages since I updated...been moving house. :/ Cleo seems to be enjoying the random configurations but Tuff was very worried - probably because of her past experience of being abandoned.

Speaking of Cleo she's doing well after her spaying, she had a lump for a while at the spay site but that went away and she's now back to her hyper kitten self :)

The lump on her belly, doesn't seem to faze her :)

Sleepdancing?

Copying Tuffie ;)

Cleo Gets Spayed

Time really flies, I didn't realize Cleo had passed the 6 month mark...she's around 8 months old now. We've had her since January :)

In any case it was about time to get her spayed. We had to cage her the previous night to fast her for the operation. Poor thing...

She was only caged when she was first brought up as a kitten, and for barely a week. So to be confined was terrible for her. She shredded the mat -_- Definitely the makings of a tigress...

Her spay date was on the 11th, a Saturday. Not many appointments at the vet that day, I was able to bring her back by 2pm. She was still woozy from the anesthetic, but that was to be expected.

Poor thing...all blur. And Tuffie did not help by being all hissy and huffy.

She didn't want to eat, and worried me a bit 'cause she was dehydrated. Managed to force her to take some water by dabbing her nose.

Tuffie started eating a bit the night she got back, then again that cat is gluttony embodied. Cleo really pulled a diva by refusing food until Sunday night....freaked me right out. -_- Today she is eating normally, her tummy has started to look less concave. But she used up her fat stores from her tail - it has definitely shrunk in size :P No worries, she'll gain that(and more!) back soon. :D

Lounging in the carrier. Still lethargic.

They really shaved a huge swathe of her belly! And it's all Barney-purple.

That red splotch is a bruise...thankfully it is gone now, and everything seems to be fine :)

Whasssssuuup

"What are you lookin' at?"

(looking around) Hmm we don't really feel like cute today...

...therefore it's time for a nap!

Unusually nonchalant for these 2 kitties...guess they do have their 'badass' faces :P

Cheeky Kitteh

Just this morning I was looking for Cleo before going to work. It was my dad who found her later, lounging in his closet, and he snapped the following shots:

From the rubbish dump to a soft bed of t-shirts...

Never knew my dad's wardrobe was so colourful.

Time for afternoon nap attack!

I've been busy updating my portfolio site: winniecheng.net, there's a whole slew of new stuff coming up!

Cleo's Illustration!

A sketch inspired by Cleo's ability to keep sleeping even though she is poked, prodded or shaken. She is one sound sleeper! :D
I then took it into Illustrator and vectorized it. Lots of fun and I'm quite liking the end result!

More about the work-in-progress can be found at Sketchy-Characters: Cleo Sketch W.I.P.

Camouflage

...Cleo's doing it right ;)

Tuff & Cleo: A Progress Report

It has been almost 5 months since Cleo first joined us, and she has grown from a stubby little kitten to a stubborn lithe kitteh. Kitteh being the stage between wobbly kittenhood to sleek adulthood. Of course I just made that up ;P but you catch my drift.

Throughout all this Tuffie has been the patient foster-mother, enduring pranks and general kitten playfulness. These range from things such as fighting for pouf rights:

Tuffie was not eager to give up her comfortable seat.

A bit of teasing ensues, and Cleo hatches her plan.

After a flurry of chaos, Cleo claims victory. Tuffie then hatches her counter-attack...

Cleo is usually the instigator, attacking Tuffie when she is preparing to sleep, sunning herself etc.

Kitten attack!

Tuffie does not appreciate her butt being whacked and proceeds to pinch the heck out of Cleo. Cue kitten sounds of indignation. Also the perfect picture to illustrate the love/hate relationship between the two.

But of course it wasn't all bites and trying to claw each others' eyes out, there were frequent moments of tenderness, when you just wanna go "awwwwwwwww"

"awwwwwwwwwwwwww"

And also the sucklings:

"squee!"

Tuffie will clean Cleo whenever she is on the teat...

Closeup of kitten contentment.

Some attitude here - Tuffie is all like "What, want to make something of it?"

Streeetch. Look at the size of Cleo!

I just finished my stint in Shanghai, I was only gone for 10 days but it felt like forever! I missed the critters so much :) Glad to be home!