I have wanted to adopt a cat since my childhood. But in Bangladesh, unlike many other families, parental denial is the main barrier for pet adoption. Two years ago when COVID hit, I thought this is the perfect time for adopting as we are staying home, so it was now or never. When my best friend asked what I wanted for my birthday, I said kitten! Then after scrolling through many cat adoption pages, she found a stray foster kitten. In the meantime, my sister and I did long research on the internet on how to raise a cat. When she brought the kitten he was only 4 weeks old! He was meowing all the way and hovering around. As expected, my parents were furious, but after 3/4 days, they melted by his playful behaviour.
motto of his life!
But the knowledge we gathered from our previous research on cat behaviour, our kitten was totally opposite from those things. He never gets shy, loves to destroy all of my plants, always enjoys the outside view standing on the railing but never tries to jump, loves to attack the kids whoever comes to our house so on and so on. For all of these reasons, we named him "Dosshu’’ (a Bengali name which goes for pirate).
how he enjoys the view from the balcony
and this is the way he approached the neighbour cat
also the neighbor dog
When Dosshu was a kitten, he was the most notorious cat one could imagine. He was so restless, expressing his love by biting and scratching you. Whenever we eat, he starts meowing though his stomach is full, loves to pee and poop in various corners of the house (we potty trained him but still!). But when he starts growing up, these kinds of behaviour slowly get reduced.
Sometimes, I took him on a ride when he was a kitten
He loves to roam around on the outside.
Taking a position to catch a squirrel
get on the tree after chasing by the neighbor doggo 😄
On his way to becoming a good kitty
After 2 years, now we think Dosshu is a blessing for our family. There are several reasons why having a cat is blissful. Like,
He loves to take nap where I study, it's fun to use him as my 2nd desk!
Now from most of the cat owner’s videos, you only get the good things about why you should have a cat. But after having a cat, the owner has to go through a lot of hassles. As Dosshu is different from the regular cats, those hassles were much bigger for us. Some of them are like,
Also, dosshu loves to stay in my bed and as a result, we have to deal with a lot of cat hairs in the bed sheet.
This is what he usually do with our slippers
and this is what we see after getting up from the bed
So after all these hassles, still I think it’s good to have a cat, because the love you get, it’s worth the pain! They will make you more sensible as a person. So always try to appreciate your pet no matter how much trouble they make.
so after all, these are the reason why he'll always be my best buddy!
