My "Fat Yang" is an orange cat. "Yang Fatzi" was taken by my daughter-in-law, and she usually calls it Fatty.
Let's talk about this little guy's initial talent value first:
Weight: 583g
Gender: Male (80% probability of orange cat male cats, so there is no suspense).
Age: Around 40 days (so I boldly set its birthday on September 5, 2024).
Parent: Ominous, didn't find it near picking it up.
Overall state: can eat cat food, can eat chicken, and has smooth excretion. Except for the body is a little dirty, there are no bad diseases (I found a treasure).
Personality: Lively and active, full of strong curiosity about anything.
Specialty: jumping up and down, not afraid of people, social cattle and chatterbox.
The first time I saw it was on the evening of October 14, 2023, when I was running and had already run for 1 hour and was almost 9 kilometers. When running through the intersection of Gubei Road and Guyang Road, I heard a series of continuous shouts. The call is urgent, and passers-by can hear it. I didn't know what the kitten's meow was at the time, so I thought it was something special and stopped.
Found it right on the pavement curb.
The first impression was deceived by its appearance - orange pattern, white face and belly, very cute, it is simply a "dream cat".
Suddenly, I wanted to kidnap and go back. Because of its inexperience, it escaped into the bushes with the first shot. After more than an hour of maneuvering, I went to the nearest fresh supermarket to buy a pound of chicken breast, returned to the place where it was found, thawed the chicken breast with my bare hands and dismantled into small pieces to trick me, and grabbed the neck ......The capture was completed.
When it comes to why I have a cat, it is that in May this year, my daughter-in-law's colleague had to travel for two weeks to foster their cat at my house. After I got older, I would come to rub me every day after work.,Beg for stroke.。 When I sent it away, I was really a little reluctant. At that time, my daughter-in-law said that she might not be suitable for cats. After that, I could only fill the little emptiness in my heart through "cloud cats". Gradually, it was forgotten. However, cats have learned a lot.
Recently, my daughter-in-law pointed to a golden gradient ** and smiled at me:"Let's get a cat and see how cute it is..."。Ignite that little desire in my heart.
Recently, the overall social environment has not been good, wages have not been paid on time, and there has been a serious financial crisis. It's too expensive to buy a cat, so I want to prostitute one for nothing.
It just so happened that I had recently controlled my weight and worked out diligently. And plan to run long distances every weekend to increase consumption. Then it's a matter of catching a good-looking stray cat by the way.
I remember the first time I ran a week ago, and found a black cat in a community on **City Road, but it was too dark and may not be found often in the future. Then I met the "fat man" on the second run this week, and the details of the specific arrest are detailed in another article.
The first time the fat man got home, I wanted to see my daughter-in-law's reaction first - I don't think this cat is my daughter-in-law's type of person, but it may be the type (one of the types) that I like.
My daughter-in-law likes the golden gradient: a guy with a big face, a fleshy face, and short legs. But to be honest, I think the golden gradient is good-looking when I was a child, and when I grow up, I am greasy and fat, and my personality is quite good, and I am "not smart" when I talk about people. Because he is not smart, he is stupid and stupid, giving people the illusion of being obedient.
The orange cat is notoriously "smart" among cats.
My daughter-in-law has been very anxious recently, probably because my employer can't pay her salary, and she is about to be unable to pay the high mortgage. I'm also looking for various ways to have a side hustle, but to be honest, I haven't been able to make money when the environment is good, and it's even more difficult to turn the tables against the wind when the environment is bad, so I can only try it for all parties. So when she heard that I had brought back an "uninvited guest", I actually felt that she was very disgusted in her heart - she had to increase her rations when she ran out of money.
In fact, I am also conflicted inside:
Send it back, this milk cat is only two months old, the chance of survival will be much smaller, and it is always a little unbearable (I actually checked it later, and when I came back, 580g was about 40 days, so I boldly set its birthday on September 5, 2024);
If you insist on raising it, you will encounter endless troubles later. (Happy, of course).
So I said to my daughter-in-law, "Let it go for a few days, if you still don't like it, feed him, and then go get vaccinated and put it back."
I didn't know at the time that it was not yet able to deworm and vaccinate at this age.
In addition, since there is no money, you can only plan to be poor, and it is not a noble cat in the first place, it is much better than a stray outside.
As we all know, the orange cat is a kind of yellow civet cat of the Chinese pastoral cat, commonly known as the "native cat", which has strong survival and resistance, and is very easy to raise. So you don't have to spend too much money, just pick cost-effective cat litter and cat food. In fact, the cat's expenses are all sick and medical treatment in the end. Health saves money more than anything else.
Because the fat man loves to call me to find it, that is, because of the love to call, the habit of chattering will accompany it for a lifetime.
On the first day, I called for a night, and looking at my daughter-in-law's expression, I felt like I was about to **.
I didn't have cat food at this time, and I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep it for a long time, so I fed it with chicken breast first.
I know cats love cardboard boxes. There was no cardboard box at home, so I had to ask my aunt in the garbage room downstairs for one. Because there is no cat litter, I am afraid of urinating, so I can only put it in a cardboard box first. There are two rags under the box, just enough for it. Put it in the kitchen.
As soon as the little guy opens the box, he runs out and drills around. On the first day, I didn't dare to have more contact with it, for fear of various infectious diseases and small insects (lice, fleas, ear mites, etc.). So press the top of the carton with 1 piece of 5kg barbell plate, and then poke a bunch of ventilation holes around the box.
My daughter-in-law can't stand the animal barking the most, and I'm worried that it will keep barking, and it just so happens that my daughter-in-law has an exam tomorrow morning. I put it in the kitchen, and when the kitchen door closes, the room door is basically quiet. This little guy is also very competitive, as long as he closes it for a while, he won't bark. At its age, it eats, sleeps, sleeps, eats, and is probably tired. Xiang Ann spent the first night without incident.
After the little guy fell asleep, because I ran for more than 1 hour in the evening and ran 10 kilometers, my heart beat very fast at night. I couldn't sleep after strenuous exercise, thinking about taking it to vaccinate tomorrow, while desperately brushing how to raise a cat: such as what to eat, what cat food, what type of cat litter, how to teach cat litter to go to the toilet ......Before I knew it, it was 4 o'clock in the morning, and I didn't feel sleepy.
The first time I had a cat, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep, and the next day I lost 2 kilograms. It turns out that raising a cat at the beginning is so energy-consuming.
Since I didn't fall asleep, get up and see how the cat is, the little one is very light sleep, and he wakes up as soon as he gets closer, and then looks at the cloth inside, because the cloth and its body are very dirty, and I can't figure out whether it pees or not. Later, I learned that the box smelled of urine, and it was definitely it.
To be continued ......