Another Update on Cata

Assalamu Alaikum everyone!

We hope you have had a good start to your Ramadan, insha'Allah! It's been a while since we've done an update on our cat, so that's what we are doing in today's post. In case you are new here, you might want to read this post as an introduction to Cata.

We have had Cata for six years and she is around 7 1/2 to 8 years old now, masha'Allah. When we first adopted her she was very feisty and bad tempered. However, alhamdulillah, she has been steadily improving as the years have gone by and has almost done a complete 180. This past year, she has definitely become more grateful, loving and gentle. Bellow is a list of the things she has improved on, masha'Allah:

1. No longer scratches unnecessarily.

2. Lets us roll her onto her back.

3. Lets us stroke her belly.

4. Has gotten used to and accepted the blow-dryer (after showering).

5. Has accepted Huraira. 

All of these things are important milestones to us and we are very proud of her, masha'Allah.

If you are wondering who Huraira is, he is a neighbourhood stray that pretty much lives in our garden full time now. It is not that Cata likes him, but rather she tolerates him. They are quite comfortable around each other which is a big accomplishment for Cata. She really doesn't like other cats, but she has actually accepted Huraira, masha'Allah.

Huraira is a sweet cat and is not trying to challenge Cata's authority. He just wants food, comfort, love and protection. That brings us to Bully. He is a stray that has been terrorising all the cats in our neighbourhood. He has attacked both Cata and Huraira before, and is always causing trouble. We have to chase him away whenever we see him and he is the reason why Huraira is currently living in our garden.

As you can see from his photo, Bully (pictured above) looks a lot like Edelweiss another one of our strays (pictured below). We say he is his evil twin brother! 

Edelweiss (pronounced a-dill-vice) is also scared of him and hasn't been coming around as often. Hopefully Bully will leave someday soon and the other cats can live in peace, insha'Allah.

Well that is all for this post. We hope you liked the update and we will see you next Friday, insha'Allah.

Take care and wasalaam,