Cuddles with Kira

So the theme of these pictures is that Arien and Kira are almost always cuddling together for naps and baths.  They also are almost always playing together.  In other words, they spend a LOT of time together!  I love that they love each other so much!  I noticed this past week that Kira hasn't been terrorizing the hamsters since she's bonded with Arien, which also means that Arien hasn't shown interest in them either.  I then realized I think Laurelin probably actually liked Kira's attention because this past few weeks, Laurelin seems SO intent on escaping her cage.  Animals are so weird and funny!

Pretty Arien

Well I clearly didn't post these when I thought I would!  Life has been crazy over here with not enough sleep thanks to Arien still waking us up during the night.  My husband and I also got quite sick this past week.  Anyways, going to the vet with both Beren and Arien went surprising very well!  Beren was so great waiting for his turn while Arien was checked out.  Arien was so calm and sweet.  Everyone at the vet was so happy to see her again and was thrilled and amazed that she's grown so well and is so big now!  The vet said Beren is looking good, and she's so happy that we have finally gotten him to eat so well so consistently.  We do need to do better with his teeth, so we are gonna see how a toy and toothpaste works for him to do it himself.  If that doesn't work well enough, we'll look at other options.

Pretty Kitties

These two are getting along perfectly!  They play together, eat together, groom each other, and sleep together.  Kira seems so much happier and playful now that she has a friend.  We've been working on helping Kira lose weight too and that is going pretty well.  Arien and Beren are going to the vet today for shots.  I'm probably crazy for taking them at the same time, but I think I've got my husband convinced to go with me.  I'll post an update on how it goes tomorrow.  

My Lovely Pets

I probably had a lot I wanted to say back when I took these pictures, but I can't even remember when I took these.  I also can't even remember the last update I gave, but in case anyone is wondering, the cats are getting along wonderfully!  I think Beren feels a bit left out sometimes now that the cats are best friends.  He gets jealous when Arien plays with his toys and if she does play with her own toys, he steals them to retaliate.  😂

Photo Dump

I can't believe I went this long without posting anything!  Sorry!  Arien is doing very well.  We are still working through issues with her waking us up during the night.  Somehow I seemed to have trained her not to mess with me, but unfortunately, she decided that just meant that she could mess with my husband instead.  Poor guy is still losing a lot of sleep because of her.  She is doing awesome during the day though!  She and Kira do SO much together, and I love seeing their relationship.  Beren has learned when they are playing and having fun and when they are getting mad.  He likes to step in if things get heated.  Kira seems much happier than she had been and doesn't spend as long each day just laying around sleeping, but instead spends a lot of time playing with Arien.  Arien is learning to be gentle with my husband and I.  She does still bite, but not very hard unless she's mad.  She really loves to cuddle and purrs SO loudly!  She's sleeping on me right now as I write this.  😊

These are from oldest to newest with the oldest being from Oct. 28 and the newest from today.