Thread: My New Kitten!

I've got two really awesome jewellery stands which I'm pretty sure will become victims of Teddy! The one with earrings on spins which I'm sure he'll find very amusing. Dave's already toppled them though so I think I know how to deal with it! Haha!

I'm also a bit worried that he has a thing for undoing bedding - as in, scratiching and pulling on the corners until the blankets are all over the place. I have a minor obsession with having a neat bed...I'll maybe have to let that go...

In other news, we're going to see two flats today so fingers crossed one of them will suit us! Only problem...one is right beside and the other is just across the road from Dave's sister. ARGH!!! Just our luck, eh?

Originally Posted by Stacey

I've got two really awesome jewellery stands which I'm pretty sure will become victims of Teddy! The one with earrings on spins which I'm sure he'll find very amusing. Dave's already toppled them though so I think I know how to deal with it! Haha!

I'm also a bit worried that he has a thing for undoing bedding - as in, scratiching and pulling on the corners until the blankets are all over the place. I have a minor obsession with having a neat bed...I'll maybe have to let that go...

In other news, we're going to see two flats today so fingers crossed one of them will suit us! Only problem...one is right beside and the other is just across the road from Dave's sister. ARGH!!! Just our luck, eh?

Hope the viewings went well - given Dave's sisters attitude, what on earth made you choose to look at them? You are a very patient creature, Stacey Freyja loves to claw at our bedding, and once we let her into the bedroom there was no going back; now we've learnt to ignore the mouthful of cat fur you sometimes discover when you plump your pillow at night, or the foul smelling toy you find nestled just under the top of the duvet. Stick something in the middle of the duvet - even if it's a hanky, I guarantee that Teddy will want to squeeze his little butt on anything that's not meant to be sat on (clean washing, gym bag, ipad (my fault, I downloaded a gold fish for Freyja and forgot I'd left it running...) so it could be a good way to distract him from the corners!

I can vouch for the iPad issue! Moto is forever messing with my posts by padding about on it

Neither Moshi nor Moto mess with the bed, they just lie on it. They've both tried exploring underneath, but I think they get too hot and so just stretch out on top. Even during the day when I'm not here, they don't mess with it.

Think it's just about the personality :-) Maybe Teddy won't want to?

How did the viewings go? As for the sister, well, if you live close she won't be able to resist coming over to see him - just wait and see ;-)

Sian
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We liked both the flats one was more of a two bed/no lounge which didn't really suit us but we could have adapted it if we had to.

The other is the one we've decided to go for. It has a bedroom, massive lounge (including a huuuuge storage cupboard which fits a double bed and has a window...make of this what you will! Maybe Teds can have his own bedroom!) and a big kitchen with space for a wee sofa and table and chairs. It's on the 3rd floor so Teddy will have plenty to see. it's pretty well kept but the current tenants clearly haven't cleaned in years (kinda embarassing for them, eh?!). The landlords are lovely - it's a letting agency we're dealing with and they were recommended to us by others. They've said they'll probably replace carpets and furniture for us

Dave's sister lives....directly across the way. Haha!! She can see our living room from her bedroom. I'm sure Teddy will give her a wave!

It's also right beside a pet shop and the vets we've decided to use for Teddy.

The reason we've ended up so close to Dave's sister is because there are only certain areas we feel comfortable living in. We have to walk to university so the closer the better, basically! Some areas which are close feel a bit scary so students here are a wee bit limited as to where we look for flats.

I'm a tiny bit worried about something though. When I first spoke to the letting agent (she's really lovely - not a typical letting agent at all!) I told her about Teddy as I did with every landlord because obviously if they don't allow pets, we won't consider it. She said it was fine but that was back a month or two ago so when we called her today to say we wanted the flat I just asked if she was still okay about the cat. She said it was fine as long as she didn't know...apparently the owner of the flat would prefer no pets but she's kind of using her discretion to let us have Teddy there. She said the flat owner would never visit the flat because everything is carried out through them and that they're responsible for managing everything in the flat - the owner basically just gets paid a sum every month. Obviously we're responsible if he causes any damage (as we would be if any visitor or one of us caused damage) and as long as he's just an indoor cat, it's fine. She said it was good to know he would be there in case we needed to call in a plumber or something when we were out (unlikely!) but that on the lease it would probably say 'no pets' or something. She said she has other tenants with pets in the same circumstances.