Orange was called Orange bcos he is Orange. We had been debating over a new name for him. The kids are fond of calling him Ron, Fred or George (Weasley). But we all know of a Ron, Fred, George (or multiples of them) in life and it is so weird to name a pet that. “Hey Ron, my cat is called Ron too!”
There were so many ideas and we couldn’t agree on one until Nana suggested “Yochi”, which is supposed to be some Aussie yoghurt brand. That doesn’t matter but what is important is that “Yochi” rhymes with “Mochi”.
Yochi has been with us for 4 days. On day 1, Nana volunteered to keep him in her room. He slept on her bed and was a quiet cat at night, unlike Mochi. Mochi only sleeps in Nana’s room occasionally, when she isn’t too tired bcos Mochi will meow at unearthly hours, to be let out of the room.
Yochi ate well.
I hope he is drinking too; it is harder to track the water bowl.
The 2 cats are segregated. Mochi was very wary on day 1 but could smell the new cat.
We told JJ that we would fully mesh up the metal gate and she suggested that we do something to the big gap in the balcony too. She warned that when there is a new cat, sometimes, even the resident cat will try to escape. We heeded her advice and went to several places to try to find the cat mesh. #backache
I duno how sturdy the mesh at the balcony is but Mochi normally will not attempt to squeeze when he sees an obstacle. I hope he remains this way and Yochi too.
On Sunday morning (day 2), Yochi peed in the litter box. Hooray! Not long after the celebration, he pooped outside and beside the litter box. Zzzzz… I hope he is not trying to mark his territory. If he continues to do that, it will be a series of CSI that we needed to do and I am not looking forward. Is the box too small? Does he not like the litter? Is he sick? Is he stress? JJ says that Yochi is using the litter box ok previously but she has huge litter bins at home. Yochi continued to stay and sleep in Nana’s room on Sunday.
On Monday (day 3), Nana’s room has become so stinky. The litter has a strong soya bean smell and Yochi is not sweet smelling either. Her window and door are shut tightly and this cannot go on much longer. I decided to move Yochi to our room instead and aired Nana’s room as much as possible. It helped so much.
When I was home yday evening, Nana has taken Yochi to her room and our room was so super stinko. I removed the litter box, which was dry and empty and tried to air our room before bed. We also tried to let the 2 cats meet. Yochi kept hissing at Mochi and then growl at him. Mochi was wary at 1st but later was just very chilled. So proud of Mochi.
Unfortunately, even after a couple of hours, our room smelled really bad. Daddy Lim and I guessed that Yochi may have peed somewhere in the room. Zzzzzz.
We were really on our 4s, sniffing away and trying to see if Yochi had peed in the room. He did. Zzzzzz.. right at the corner, next to our bed, on Daddy Lim’s side. The stink was so bed. We cleaned and sprayed Dettol and opened the windows wide for the entire night.
Yochi was back in Nana’s room on Tuesday (day 4). He peed and pooped once in the litter box in the morning. I was very worried about his peeing problem the entire day. My biggest worry is that he would pee on the mattress. Can cry.
In the evening, we found some pee on the floor beside the litter box again. The litter box was empty and dry. We took Yochi out of Nana’s room so that we could open the window and air her room. Yochi was roaming in the house and he doesn’t like Mochi. He would hiss and growl at Mochi when Mochi goes near him. Mochi was very chill and simply walked away.
Yochi again spent the night with Nana.
Mummy Lim
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