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Day 30

Roommate brought in a self-scooping box a few weeks ago. We left it off at first so it wouldn’t scare Thistle, but turned it on the other day. Today she was actually down here when it turned on...so she spent the next 20 minutes staring at it from various places around the room.

Anyway, this is the end of our first month! It’s gone so much better than I hoped. Thistle’s a perfect angel whose only bad habit is the overgrooming stuff. We’re still hoping that’ll clear up - we started her on a hypoallergenic diet a few weeks ago, and it’s cleared up a lot of her scabs. Hopefully once she stops itching, the grooming will wind down. If not, we’ll try something else. But, other than that, she’s a peach. I’m ecstatic with how much she’s settled down in such a short time, and I’m eager to see how far she’ll go in the coming months.

Toasted marshmallow for life. :)

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Day 29

Roommate took this one last night. Thistle thought she was hiding from spooky noises from our other roommate upstairs.

(Usually I wear a hideous camo snuggie that she climbs under, but that night she had to do without!)

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Day 25

Just a pic I took while the lightning was good.

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Day 22

Just some pics I took for my roommate while she was away. The couch is her spot, and Thistle hadn’t really explored it before, but one night she got adventerous.

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Day 14

By this point I’d kinda given up on the day-to-day (there’s only so many pics you can take of a cat sleeping in random locations), but this was another big milestone! These were taken downstairs in our living room, an area she was previously very nervous to go into, especially when people were around. But that day, she hopped up on my recliner (with a bit of pleading) and snuggled right up.

TBH I wasn’t sure we’d ever get here, let alone in the first few weeks, so I was really happy. And in the latter pic, she even relaxed enough to take a nap next to me!

Since then, it’s become a regular thing in the evenings. She likes to sit on the stairs and look at me until I give her the “all-clear” (two kissy noises; for some reason she likes them) and then she runs over and hops on up. Might get a video of that some time if I can, it’s pretty cute.

Life is good!

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Day 10

The picture isn’t very good (my phone’s camera remains crappy) but the moment is something I’m really proud of. Kinda hard to tell, but that night she had actually fallen asleep in the crook of my arm. For such a high-strung cat, that level of trust was a big deal!

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Day 9

I got lazy with taking pictures and posting them (sorry, future me), but since we’re at the end of the month, I might as well put ‘em all up.

Here’s the sweet baby not understanding legs under covers.

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Day 8

Gave her a lil ‘nip to encourage some playtime. I think she liked it.

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Day 7

Just a goofy lil thing to celebrate our first week together - and the milestone of coming with me to our living room.

(I may be biased but I’m 99% sure she has the world’s cutest meow.)

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Day 6

Late post, as usual

Not much happening today, just chilling. Though it was weird going to the shelter to clean and not having her there. Kinda like the first time you send your kid to kindergarten...but in reverse??

(Thinking about maybe doing a video tomorrow to celebrate the first week. Just her meowing or something. Depends on if I have time and also if I can figure out how, lmao.)

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Day 5

In the first pic, we see Thistle loves her scratching post for the wrong reason.

In the second two, we see she doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the thunderstorm raging outside (I know there are curtains, but trust me, it was boomin’).

Will I ever take a picture of her awake again???

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Day 4

She hasn’t slept out in the open much before today. And she almost ate an entire can of wet food! Big girl. Brave girl. 

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“Everything the light touches....”

This lasted all of 30 seconds, before I closed my laptop and she ran away.

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Took this one last night. Only took her two days to start exploring, vs. a month at her last place. Brave girl.

My roommate pointed out she looks like the unwilling protagonist in a horror film. Or a heroine about to start a brand new adventure.

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She’s here!!!

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More pics of the doof. Above is from Tuesday, below is from today. She’s sporting her shiny new collar per our rental agreement. Only two more days, possibly one!!

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Sorry for the low quality! These are the pictures her foster took while she was there; the second was to celebrate her leaving their spare room for the first time after a little over a month being there. Have I mentioned she’s shy? 

The licking problem started after her foster brought her back to the center, so it might be a bit of a shock when I get a current one of her. Her legs are almost entirely bald, and she’s balding some on her chest/tummy as well. But hopefully that will stop once she settles down with us. :)

(It’s also impossible to tell in these images, but irl she looks like a toasted marshmallow! Her fur is actually kinda “smokey” in that the hairs pale as they get closer to her body - which makes her look even balder than she is!)

That’s probably all for now, at least until Tuesday - and then, it’ll probably be quiet until the big day. Wish us luck!!