New 'Bedroom'

Just went in to check on the furkids to find them in deep sleep.

Baileys needed somE coaxing to lie in his crate today but would willingly go into Maen's. Maen on the contrary, went into Baileys when Mr Liow asked Baileys to get into his own 'room'. Maen will take any crate and Mr Liow wondered if we should let Baileys have Maen's since he seems to prefer hers and Maen has no real preference. Only thing that we are worried about is that Maen's crate is slightly smaller and Baileys will have lesser space to move around.

Knowing that our furkids have butts made from gold, I left a cushion inside Baileys' crate before asking to go 'sleep' about an hour ago, hoping that will help Baileys settle into his crate better. Baileys hates to step onto uneven surfaces and I think that's one reason why he prefers Maen's crate: the smaller crate has a flat bottom and the larger one has 2 'drains' and a plastic covering which i believe should be for the purpose of separating pee from the animal in the crate. That is the more costly crate among the 2 and supposedly of a better quality but that of course didn't matter to them both.

The cushion made a difference. I found both of them snuggled together on ther small cushion inside Baileys' crate. Both were sound asleep. So sweet. Hee. I'll look for another cushion for Maen so that she has her own cushion. Hopefully both will get used to sleep apart for now.

That reminds me, if we had no AN, I'm very certain Maen would have dragged that cushion I gave them into one of the crates on her own. Maen used to have a toy box where she would go to choose her 'toy of the day' to play with Baileys.

Since AN started crawling, the toy box was removed (so that AN wouldn't chew on their toys). It is unfair to them, very unfair. I am just grateful they learn without having us teach them, to get used to every change that came both gradually and suddenly.

I can't say enough how much I love them for their unconditional love.

Babies, mummy and papa love you both. Stay strong dung the trip back ok? And thank God for the shorter quarantine period!!

Baileys, Maen and the Crates

We have only started crate training the furkids today. Had been too preoccupied with packing and forgot about the crates totally till Mr Liow decided to bring the crates out once and for all. No more time for procrastination.

Maen took to the crate immediately and slept in hers the moment I put the top and bottom together. Didn't even have to tell her to do it. Baileys did as asked when I pointed to the crate and told him to 'sleep'. It seemed easier this time. They seem to remember their crates and didn't need time to smell or explore it any further. Both of them have to sleep together and that's THE problem. Baileys sees Maen walking into her crate and followed her in. And both of them laid down comfortably together. Asked Baileys to go into his own by pointing to it, he looked at me, and then walked right into Maen's. He seems to prefer Maen's crate coz he would sleep in it even when Maen was somewhere else.

Oh well, getting them to sleep in the crate is step 1 and their response proved half the work is done. We only have to get Baileys to like his own crate, fix up the gates to shut them inside while they sleep and we're almost set to go.

Praying that both of them will survive this trip back and the quarantine. Pray that the aircon in Sembawang Quaranine Centre is strong enough and that both of them will soon adjust to Singapore heat and humidity again.

We're going home, real soon.