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frau kaleun · 12-10-13, 10:45 PM

Christmas came early for Sam'n'Carrot today:

Took no time at all to get it set up, especially considering all the "help" I had. At first Carrot was more interested in the cup I was using to fill it up.

But once I got it set up and running, they both seemed quite pleased!

I had to rearrange it a bit to get the excess cord up off the floor while keeping both sides as accessible as possible for them, but once that was done I just left them to it. After 15 minutes they were both still in there getting drinks or just sitting and looking at it. They finally came out but Carrot kept going back in and when I checked on him later he was just curled up next to it purring like crazy. When I sat down he came over and headbutted me all over the place and purred and chirped and finally got up in my lap and purred some more. I think he's really happy with it! I AM A GOOD MOMMY.

The best part is, when I went up to take a shower he still followed me up and got up on the sink to be petted and then on the edge of the tub to watch the water from the shower, but no frantic crying for me to turn the water on in the sink or the tub. He'd gotten so insistent about it the last few days and seemed so desperate to drink once I did turn the water on for him that I was concerned he'd stopped drinking from his bowl entirely, which would be a very bad thing in terms of his longterm health... no way he could ever get enough to drink by just waiting for me to run some water for a couple minutes once or twice a day.

We'll see if it lasts, he did seem to like drinking from the fountain part of the new bowl so I'm hoping that will encourage healthy water intake without the two of them commandeering the sink every time I get near it.

Now I need to work on getting the cat door installed. Still debating on whether to buy a handsaw of some type for the job, or check into renting a jigsaw from Lowe's, or just buying one. I haven't priced anything yet so I've got no clue about whether or not that's a good idea, or if it would be worth it to have one for future projects.

12-10-13, 10:45 PM	#1568
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Christmas came early for Sam'n'Carrot today: Took no time at all to get it set up, especially considering all the "help" I had. At first Carrot was more interested in the cup I was using to fill it up. But once I got it set up and running, they both seemed quite pleased! I had to rearrange it a bit to get the excess cord up off the floor while keeping both sides as accessible as possible for them, but once that was done I just left them to it. After 15 minutes they were both still in there getting drinks or just sitting and looking at it. They finally came out but Carrot kept going back in and when I checked on him later he was just curled up next to it purring like crazy. When I sat down he came over and headbutted me all over the place and purred and chirped and finally got up in my lap and purred some more. I think he's really happy with it! I AM A GOOD MOMMY. The best part is, when I went up to take a shower he still followed me up and got up on the sink to be petted and then on the edge of the tub to watch the water from the shower, but no frantic crying for me to turn the water on in the sink or the tub. He'd gotten so insistent about it the last few days and seemed so desperate to drink once I did turn the water on for him that I was concerned he'd stopped drinking from his bowl entirely, which would be a very bad thing in terms of his longterm health... no way he could ever get enough to drink by just waiting for me to run some water for a couple minutes once or twice a day. We'll see if it lasts, he did seem to like drinking from the fountain part of the new bowl so I'm hoping that will encourage healthy water intake without the two of them commandeering the sink every time I get near it. Now I need to work on getting the cat door installed. Still debating on whether to buy a handsaw of some type for the job, or check into renting a jigsaw from Lowe's, or just buying one. I haven't priced anything yet so I've got no clue about whether or not that's a good idea, or if it would be worth it to have one for future projects.