Sawdust Bucket Challenge

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There was the Ice Bucket Challenge, we had during two days the Sawdust Bucket Challenge. We want to say that Claire and Momo took up this challenge with panache. As they are humble in the triumph, there is no photo of these unforgettable moments, but we are witnesses : they did it.

Why such a challenge, and why during two days ?

Well, if you’re a human and you renovate your only bathroom, you can wash yourself during 2 weeks in the kitchen sink, but for the rest, there is inevitably 2 days during which you have to use a sawdust bucket !

Catification !

PIXIE : Claire and Momo bought this tree for me when I arrived, but I share it gladly with Zorro. On photos, you see small white mice hanging : there’s not any more ! We tore them away ! Zorro has already destroyed one, and the other one is in the garden.
Pixie and Zorro playing on the cat tree 1 Pixie and Zorro playing on the cat tree 2 Pixie attacks Zorro on the cat tree
It’s the last cat tree which arrived in the house. It comes from ZooPlus, as the others. At ZooPlus, you can find cat trees which are not too expensive. The delivery arrives in the week, it is very fast.

But yesterday, Claire finally received the book for which she has been waiting since April (and we too) : it’s Momo who is going to have some work !
cover Catification by Jackson Galaxy

How to reconcile cats and works

Pixie in the nail studio
The renovation work of the bathroom began for a week ; the first two days, it was infernal ! Nevertheless, Claire and Momo do their best so that we are the most comfortable possible : this is what your human can do in case of works so that it’s bearable :

  • Tell your cats that it’s going to have works there, that other people are going to come home, and that they will have no more access to a part of the house for a few days.
  • Plan to put your cats in the part of the house the most distant from the noise and from the agitation.
  • Prepare the living-room : a place for the food, a litter box in the opposite side or in a next room if possible; bring the favourite toys of your cats and their basket or their cover so that they feel safe.
  • As possible, stay with them in the room : your calm will help them to feel that the noise is unpleasant but that there is no danger.
  • If noises of machine (drill, grindstone) either big noises of demolition are to be planned during a whole day continuously or for several days, intend to go with your cats to a reliable person during this period.

Our isolation room is the nail studio with access to the garden, but as the house is small, we cannot say that we heard nothing !
Zorro listening in the garden
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