The Fuzzies...

Styx all fuzzy!

Skadi with the fuzzies!

So it happened.
Our kittens to be are definitely in the fuzzies at the moment.

Cat Wheel part 1

So we have taken the first few steps to make our cat exercise wheel for our Bengals, Styx and Skadi.

We have had our eyes on a cat wheel for a long time, but they are usually very expensive if bought on amazon (not to mention shipping!) and hardly available at all in Sweden. Since it is a rather big piece of furniture we do not really want it to look too rough. There are plenty of DIY videos on youtube with very simple and functional constructions, along with quite a few very odd ones. I have noticed there is very limited amounts of information about construction of cat wheels, so we will try and do our best to write down exactly what dimensions, wood and construction we use. Our cat wheel will however be made with some quite advanced machinery, however it should be possible to replicate with easier tools.

Our demands on a cat wheel are:

• Safe and functional - meaning a big size to that the cats will not run in the wheel with a bent back, nowhere that the cats can get stuck or hurt themselves and easy to do maintenance on.
• Good design - meaning it will not just be a DIY wheel in a room, but a piece of interesting and modern furniture as well.
• Aesthetically pleasing - meaning it will not look like some happy accident and pile of rubbish, there are plenty of those out there...
• Budget friendly - we do not want to throw money at this wheel since, quite frankly, we do not know if the cats will even enjoy or use it.

Some of the core inspiration for our cat wheel design:

Visit at the breeder!

The kittens are growing, it is now about 6 weeks until we are able to take them home! They are shortly due to go to the vet for their first vaccines round and check up.
We went to visit today and they are absolutely adorable, the whole bunch! Climbing, biting, playing, running around and just being energetic.

Styx and Skadi about 6 weeks old

Kitty food shopping!

Apparently my workplace has a deal with VetZoo.se, a swedish webpage with plenty of quality kitty food, medicine and supplements. We get a whopping 20% discount for a limited period of time, so I have now ordered Orijen Cat & Kitten 18kg dry food, 24×190g Bozita Feline Kitten Tetra wet food, Orijen Cat Tundra treats and Orijen Original Wild Boar Cat treats.

Orijen is a high protein complete high quality food that is highly rated and mostly mentioned as one of the top dry foods out there.

It is going to be interesting to see if our cats take to it.

We also purchased Ever Clean Extra Strength - unscented litter, I've heard different views of it some find it too dusty. We will just have to try it out and see if the cats like it and if it does the trick!