No more a pet-free studio!

Loddelina designs are no longer made in a pet-free studio - as from Tuesday we are a family of five, the youngest member is a warm grey tabby we adopted from the local animal shelter.

His shelter name is Bourriquet, French for Eeyore from Winnie The Pooh, but we don't find him depressed and cynical at all, quite the opposite, he is the friendliest, cuddliest cat I have ever had (and I've had many...). For now he goes by the name of Tigger (Tigrou in French) but if my daughter is anything like I was at her age, the cat will have 15 different nicknames by Christmas. Tigrou is a castrated, 2 something years old male and he is already feeling very comfortable in his new home. We have to keep him indoors for about a month until he understands this is his new home and can be let out in the garden.

 before...  

prej...

... and after  

... in potem

Tigrou gets a bit bored at times because he was used to share his space with at least 20 other shelter cats so he amuses himself by running up and down the stairs and chasing some toys I sewed for him, filled with catnip. He follows us everywhere around the house and demands to be cuddled - at night he sleeps in my sewing room, otherwise he would climb into our beds and smother us with kisses so we wouldn't be able to sleep...

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Loddelina ne ustvarja več v brezmačjem studiu, v torek se je naša družina povečala na pet članov, zadnji dodatek je peščeno siv tigrast maček, ki smo ga posvojili iz bližnjega zavetišča za živali.

Ime mu je Bourriquet oz. Sivček iz knjige Medvedek Pu, a se nam ne zdi nič kaj otožen in ciničen, ravno nasprotno, je najbolj prijazna in crkljiva mačka, kar sem jih kdaj imela (in imela sem jih že veliko...). Zaenkrat sliši na ime Tigr (Togrou po Francosko), a če mi je moja hči kaj podobna, bo imel maček do Božiča vsaj 15 različnih nadimkov. Tigrou je kastriran in star nekaj čes 2 leti, v novem domu pa se počuti že zelo udobno. V hiši mora ostati zaprt kakšen mesec, dokler ne bo razumel, da je to njegov novi dom in ga bomo lahko spustili tudi na vrt.

Tigrou se včasih malce dolgočasi, ker je bil v zavetišču vajen bivati z vsaj 20 drugimi mačkami, zato se pri nas zabava tako, da dirka gor in dol po stopnicah in se podi za igračkami, ki sem mu jih zašila in napolnila z mačjo travo. Povsod nam sledi in zahteva božanje - ponoči zato spi v moji šivalnici, sicer bi skakal po posteljah in nas zasipaval s poljubčki, da sploh ne bi mogli spati...