If I have something special or someone gives me something special, I will definitely take care of it pretty well. Just like what I got a couple months ago. I adopted a kitten. Never have I understood why I decided to adopt her. I mean I love cat but I never thought to have it as a pet. I was thinking that taking care of it wasn't my cup of tea. I don't like to clean its litter box, I don't like that my cat goes to my bed, I don't like to keep my eyes open. I mean, I don't even take care of myself well then how could I take care that tiny little kitten in my house perfectly?
Back of what I said, "If I have something, I would definitely take care of it pretty well." Means if I have kitten in my house, I would take care of it and if I think that I couldn't do it from the beginning, I will spontaneoustly refuse to adopt her. Did you get it? Like, I don't want to do things that I couldn't handle. It's frustating.
So a couple months ago, I took my bravery to take care of "White" in my house because of my curiousity to have her as my first pet. I bought a lot of stuff for her. Such as, litter box, sand, dry food, wet food, and vitamin. The first and the second day was the hardest. Because she was new in my house, she keeped meowing all the time. We put her in a cage because she needed time to adapt with litter box, food, and environment. At that time, it was a Ramadhan era. So I had no idea to take care of her that well. On the third day, we let her out and I introduced her to every corner of the room in my house and fortunately she was a quick learner. She adjusted well in my house. But I wasn't used to clean her litter box and anything related to it. It was extremely difficult. I love cleanliness. So I had a hard time to it. I always washed my hands everytime I cleaned her litter box and touched her also if I accidentally hit her wet food, and I wouldn't touch her if she just popped. The next day, I told mom that I wanted to give her to my aunt (I told my aunt before if in case I couldn't take care of her, she would be the one that would take care of her) but my mom refused. She said that White already obeyed us. It was a pity to gave her besides she was kinda cute.
Frankly speaking, I had myself convinced to give up to take care of her when she was sick. I thought what on the earth did she become like this? I never gave her such a strange food and she always ate her food everyday. as far as I remembered, she was sick twice. The first one, she had an irritation in her eye. The second one, she throwed up and she had disgestive problem.
A couple of months later, it was a huge turning point where I started to get used to take care of her. I even treat her just like human. I cleaned her eyes and nose every morning, I gave her mix wet food and dry food twice a week, I always make time to play with her, I clean her litter box every week, and many more.
Having a cat is like training yourself to have a kid. It takes patience, responsibility, love, and commitment. I have a sense that if we put our love into it, our pet will obey us and love us a wholeheartedly. Just like White. She always comes to my room every single morning and if I don't open it, she will scratches the door to give me a sign to wake up. That's sweet. She listen to what I am saying and she responding it as well. She waits me in front of the bathroom while I was showered. We always play hide and seek every night and she always comes to me everytime I call her. Don't you think she is that sweet?
I also learned a lot about taking care of her. For example, the reason why she throwed up was because the food didn't suit her so I changed her dry food and wet food brands. I learned that I have to stay cool and not too panic if something happened to her. Another example was when she lose her appetite. I bought a vitamin to boost her appetite and it worked.
If someone asked me if I wanted to give her to someone else when I couldn't take care of her, my answered would be no. I am just afraid. "What if she/he couldn't take care of White just like what I did?." Right now White is already big. She is not that small anymore and her belly is round. I love that I finally could take care of her that well.
I don't want to have her and just like that. I want to take a good care of her when she is in my house. I think it is something preference. If you think that I may be exaggerating, that maybe because you don't take care as much as I do and if you think that I may be have many flaws, that maybe because I don't take care of my cat as much as you do which is acceptable. To me, I think everyone has their own way to decide what they want to do with their pet. As long as they are healthy, happy, and active, so everything is fine.
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