Cleo in the jungle

Technically it's not a jungle, it's a pot of Dactylis Glomerata, but don't tell Cleo that, she's most pleased to think of it as a jungle and enjoys finding her wild side within it.

Cleo is an exclusively indoor cat and very pampered. She gets carried around a lot, to dinner, to the end of the bed for naps, onto my lap to watch TV shows and movies and just because she's enjoyable to cuddle. Occasionally she gets carried outside for an adventure but she's not allowed out there by herself or to wander about on the ground. She's a much-loved part of my family and gets the royal treatment all the time. She's claimed the house as her own, like most cats do, and everyone and everything revolves around her as the supreme ruler.

She has a lot to keep her entertained inside like toys, scratchy poles and of course humans to play with, cuddle and lavish attention on her which she takes full advantage of. We have a reasonably large house so there's also plenty of opportunity to run around...but sleep trumps running so there's more of the former than the latter. Cleo sleeps as lot, most cats do, and is most content curled up with me or my partner sleeping as we watch a movie or read and the other entertainments, including running, are always secondary to sleep.

Because she's in indoor cat we like to bring some of the outdoors inside and that's where the Dactylis Glomerata, more commonly known as 'cat grass' comes into it.

It's a herb and not technically grass, and has some nice little purple flowers in the warmer months. It loves sunny positions which is excellent as I have some really nice indoor spots that become flushed with sunlight and in which Cleo loves to lay and snooze; as you can see Cleo likes to get deep inside her jungle. The grass itself is actually good for pets to eat as it contains minerals and vitamins that an indoor cat may not otherwise get and it's good for dogs as well apparently.

Quite often Cleo can be found chomping on or playing with her cat grass; she swipes at it with her paws as if telling it off for doing something wrong and eventually pokes her head into it and flops down for as snooze which is when I grabbed the photo above.

I'd be quite lost without Cleo in my life and even thinking about not having her, which will eventually occur of course, makes me very sad although we have her now and the enjoyment and happiness she brings is immeasurable and that's what we hold onto.

Have you got a pet and if so would you like to tell me about it in the comments? Feel free to do so if you'd like, comment generally also, or not at all; the choice is always yours.