Klepto Kitty

[Lesley Jones]

(sigh...) I don't even know why I'm posting this, other than I've come down with a bad cold following the bronchitis and I'm trying to stay indoors.

This is what it's like living with a klepto kitty. Bubu loves collecting things. Some, but not all, are... cat toys, ferret toys, keys, lipsalve, toothbrushes, pens, Christmas decorations, chips, brussels sprouts etc, etc. These things are then stashed in various safe places around the house, including, but not limited to... under the fridge, posted under the utility room door, the bath, under the settle/tables/chairs and items of footwear.

So far Derek has had deposited in his slippers... chips, corn on the cob forks, keys and a dead fly. I have fared better, but this morning Derek pointed at my recently cleaned boots and asked why they contained a lion. I must admit that I couldn't answer that, but I took a photograph instead. The boots were waiting on this box to be brushed. All I did was to drag the box a few feet to where the light was a tad better. Nothing else has been touched

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

Bubu imagination!. Hope you feel better soon, Lesley.

 

[Lesley Jones]

Cheers Nihat! We're both recovering, but we have to be careful not to kiss the ferrets as they can catch human colds

 

[Paul Lange]

If only you could Babu to go out and collect £10 notes and hide then in your shoes! Hope you get well soon Lesley and thanks for the tip, When I get a cold next I will refrain from kissing ferrets.

 

[Andrew Cotterill]

My brother was not terribly amused when staying at mum's a few months back, when he went to put his boots on only to find half a rat in one that one of the cats had thoughtfully left him. I think he'd have preferred a toy lion.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

That's too cute Lesley - all the best for a speedy recovery

 

[Pete Askew]

Hope you're feeling better soon Lesley. What a super story. I like the way the label is left poking out - can he read?