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Sparrow's
Nightmare's are born in our sleeping-room - for our peace of mind:-) !
"Siesta" ... Geordie with
his girls
and a few babies on our bed.
For the mothers there is a roomy baby box for raising their
babies during their first month (made from untreated natural wood -
see photo on the right) which measures: length: 39.37 inches (1.00
metre)/depth: 23 inches (0.60 metre)/height: 15 inches (0.40 metre).
Baby box
Baby
box for the first four
weeks of life. If my cats have babies, I'm sitting
many hours together with them in this box - so
the babies will be very people oriented.
Playpen
Playpen for one week
(between the fourth and fifth
week of life)
Around
the fourth week the babies can climb
independently out of the baby box. At this point of time we place them
in a
self-made playpen. Here they can play, climb and to be
house-trained. When
they are five weeks
old, they take over
the rest of the house, except the children´s bedrooms and our
bathroom.
they chase after the
children, the
adult cats and of course the dog. Running up and down the stairs of our
two storey house gives them plenty of exercise! Unfortunately the few
weeks until
they go to their new homes are always much too short!
Our
babies are doubly inoculated and treated
regularly, preventively against endoparasites/ectoparasites, before
they
leave us at the age of 14 to 16 weeks. An earlier seperation from their
mother could cause irreparable damage- concerning the social behavior
and immune system - in a young cat and is
irresponsible.
Scratching tree in the living room ...
cosy moments with dog Svenja.
Our
adult cats have the use a roomy cat-balcony. In the morning at
4.30
o'clock the sparrows stir in their nest under the roof and 78 inches
(two metre) below there are the Sparrow's Nightmares, hoping in
vain that one of the feathered "friends" will join them! :-))). By
evening they will made plentiful "spoil" in the form of
moths and other crawly creatures - also a hunting success.
Cat trees
& catwalk in
the living room, Geordie and his girls enjoying their
morning gymnastics ...
little nap at the catwalk ...
sleeping in a fruit bowl ...
sweet fruit in the bowl ...
couch potato
waiting for dinner ...
helping with the shopping list
chilling out after a busy day ...
Please note
the conditions for many beautiful
years :
Respect, love,
tolerance and care !!!
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Respect in
relation to the life ... a
guarantor for affection.
Love ... the condition
for confidence.
Tolerance ... nobody is
perfect.
Care means:
... affectionate education. Inappropriate
measure, liberty withdrawal or corporal
punishments lead
rarely to the goal and draw out
such a manner punishing
humanes
asirresponsible, intolerant and extremely
poor person.
... health welfare
service.
Vaccinations and redeem when incurable
illnesses.
... cleanliness.
We also may not
use dirty plates, toilets and
beds.
... to feed good
food. The basic
for a
healthy body.
... to give
your Maine Coon a friend.
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