A bit of a busy week at work for me! We had our final inventory audit for the fiscal year and if I am nothing else, I am incredibly consistent. We passed and I get my bonus. Without saying too much, inventory audits are conducted as an incentive program and designed to help us keep stock levels in check, the shelves full, and the ordering system functioning. Passing them means I am doing my job correctly. There is still room for improvement but all said, my department is where it needs to be right now.
I am a little distressed lately about my cats. When I last wrote about them, I had indicated that they were living here on a trial basis. Unfortunately, neither KD or Pooh has been able to correct some of the problems they have using the litter box and I simply can not afford mentally or monetarily, to allow their behavior to continue. KD has begun marking again and I’ve spent the last month picking up Pooh’s poop off the floor. Neither animal appears to be unhealthy, both of them know how to use their box becuase I’ve watched them both use it to make sure, neither seems to be under any great deal of stress or anxiety. I’ve spent hours on the web looking for solutions and I’ve found nothing that is helping. Tomorrow I will set up a 3rd litter box and I am taking down the baby gate that shuts off their room. I keep them in the back part of the condo when I am not here, I am wondering if Pooh poops on the floor because he can’t get to the box fast enough. By removing that barrier (which he has to jump over first to get to the box) perhaps this will reduce the problem.
It’s sad because up until last year, both of these cats had been great animals. Jirar and I never had one ounce of problems with either of them. Then, with Jirar leaving, a new roommate and the addition of another cat as well as easy access to the outside yard, both of these cats behaviors changed dramatically. For fear of insulting the spy’s who read this blog, I won’t interject my opinion as to why my cats are now unable to cope with themselves. I am willing to go 3-4 more weeks maximum trying to change their behavior. If there are no improvements, I will be taking them to the humane society or I will attempt to find them a new home. While I treat them like my children, they are in fact NOT children, they are pets. Not expendable by any means but pets are bread to conform to the needs of humans, not the other way around. I don’t have unlimited resources to fix the problems they are creating.
Tomorrow is a day off for me. I think I will go out to the cottage with Gavin and perhaps spend some time on the boat. It is supposed to be quite nice, it might be one of the last good days for boating this season. Cheers!
