{"id":14098,"date":"2021-12-19T20:01:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T02:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=14098"},"modified":"2022-10-22T20:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T01:47:10","slug":"life-with-cats-from-the-trash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/14098","title":{"rendered":"Life with Cats from the Trash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By: Morgan Roberts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this school year, my coworker Brittney told me about two kittens needing a home from the \u201cConvenience Center\u201d-landfill- here in Sioux City.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.11.30-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.11.30-AM.png 325w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.11.30-AM-200x233.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><figcaption>Baby Mars (female)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.11.16-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.11.16-AM.png 325w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.11.16-AM-200x150.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><figcaption>Baby Venus (male)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It took about a week to successfully catch both cats. Day one Brittney caught Mars and took her to my house where she hid under the bed most of the day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This went on for two more days of her slowly becoming more curious and exploring my room, until we finally caught Venus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I bring him home thinking it will be a cute reunion of siblings, but boy was I wrong. Mars had taken a liking to the house and essentially made it her territory, so Venus coming in disrupted that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mars saw him and immediately started hissing and puffing her fur out as a sign of dominance; all the while Venus is just trying to cuddle with Mars because it\u2019s a new environment for him and she is all he knew.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s just say the first two weeks with these cats was a living nightmare. First, they needed to get litter box trained (RIP to my expensive rug). And second, they were very skittish and always hid in the most inconvenient places.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that I\u2019ve had them for about five months, I have been able to see their differing personalities. Mars is definitely the naughty one always getting into things she shouldn\u2019t and creating chaos all around the house.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.13.29-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.13.29-AM.png 771w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.13.29-AM-400x274.png 400w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.13.29-AM-200x137.png 200w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.13.29-AM-768x527.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><figcaption>Mars yelling at me <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Venus is just a big chunky boy who loves to sleep and lounge on the armchair of our couch. I\u2019ve decided it is his throne.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.13.43-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14103\" width=\"372\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.13.43-AM.png 334w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.13.43-AM-302x400.png 302w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-19-at-10.13.43-AM-200x265.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><figcaption>Venus laying like usual<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I love these cats so much and can\u2019t imagine life without them. What turned into a joke to grab these cats soon turned to my day to day routine involving them. I wake up to them cuddling me, come home from a long day for them to greet me at the door, and have them trying to steal my food for every meal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Morgan Roberts Earlier this school year, my coworker Brittney told me about two kittens needing a home from the \u201cConvenience Center\u201d-landfill- here in Sioux City.&nbsp; It took about a week to successfully catch both cats. 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