Two Cats and Their Human: Nalia, Part 2
Nalia’s Version
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The Human, Part 1
Artist’s Corner Special
The Human Part 2
Nalia’s Version, Part 1
Salem’s Version, Part 1 & 2
Also, the spelling errors here are intentional!
From Nalia: Obligatory blah blah blahsiness up front so that we can get to the rest of my story!
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Hello Hello Fellow Musers, welcome back to the final post of this mini-series! Thank you to everyone who has been keeping up with this mini-series and I hope that you’ve been enjoying and have been entertained with the girls’ versions. This is Part 2 of Nalia’s version of how she and Salem came to live with me. This part talks about the kittens, getting spayed, recovering from loss and moving forward, which includes a funny and brief 5 second outting by Nalia. Enjoy!
Soooooooo az yu all know, Sistur had hurr kittens and they didn’t make it. I wuz sad furr hurr too. Like Mama said, Salem wuz a cattastic mama-
Salem: She said I was a badass!
Nalia: Yeah, that too!
who wuz very attentive to hurr babiez. I wuz curious about dem, az they wurr smol and cute and loud but still smol and cute!
I admit, I did play ruff with Salem a few times befurr she gave burth…purhaps a little too ruff, but in my defense Your Honurrz, I wuz giving into my cat instincts. Allow me to exsplain.
We had only been inside a few months at teh time of teh burth. I wuz still a wild little shit of chaos!
Salem: She finally admits it!
Human: Huzzah!
Nalia: *looks at both with narrowed eyes, gives out a soft meow, and continues*
I sensed dat Sistur wuz weekened somehow and I didn’t know dat purreganancy culd weeken a female as they get close to burth. I didn’t know dat Salem wuz protecting hurr young who wurr inside of hurr. Respectfully, I just saw a fat, slow cat and my instinct wuz to show dominance!
Salem and Human: *Gasp!*
Human: Nalia Ann Prewit!
Salem: #RUDERUDERUUUUDE
Nalia: I SAID WHAT I SAID AND AND I WON’T TAKE IT BACK AND…AND…AND I NEED YOU TO PURRLEAZE HEAR ME OUT! *Looks at everyone with large, cat eyes* Purrleaze?
Human and Salem: *Look at each other, come to an agreement* Okay, we’ll hear you out, but still-
Nalia: I acknowledge that what I said wuz bordureline rude and I humbly seek to apologies-I mean to apologize! *Rubs up on Mama’s legs*
Human: Okay, baby.
Salem: *mutters under her breath* Sucker Human *Says louder* Okay, Sister, continue!
Nalia: Thanks! *Starts bathing Salem*
I’m so glad I nevurr got the chance to experience being a pregant kitty-truly! Salem had so much gas-like I’d literally be on the bed with Sistur and Mama, minding my own business and cleaning myself, only to start sniff! sniff! sniffing! the air and there’d be Sistur sitting there up against Mama’s tummy because Mama would lay on her side, and Sistur’s just purring her little kitty heart out, just silently farting!
Human: *Blink* Nalia, coriño, I think it’s also important to mention that it actually wasn’t that smelly.
Nalia: *continues*
I don’t think I can handle having that much gas! Mama and I combined don’t have that much gas!
Salem: *Ears go back* I have no words. *Let’s out a soft hiss* Continue! *Walks over to the couch and gets comfy*
Human: Damn, girl, that sass! #Respect!
Salem: *Winks*
Human breaks the 4th Wall to talk to the Readers reading this: This is not an exaggeration of the early days with Nalia and Salem-Salem and I had these exchanges quite often where Nalia was concerned.
Nalia: *Oblivious to this whole exchange continues on her mission to tell her version*
Az Salem said in hurr part, I wuld supurrvize and make sure dat teh little munchkinz stayed in teh crate, dat they weren’t neglected, and dat Mama wuz doing hurr part. It wuz exhausting and thankless, but someone had to do it!
Human: Ma’am, you got thanked plus pets, cuddles, food, playtime, and the laser pointer.
Nalia: Which wuz a very good start to saying thank you!
Human: …
A week aftur the tragedy, Mama took me in to get spayed so that I culd never get pregnant. She wuzn’t allowed to come in to teh vet with me, and I honestly don’t remembur much, but she came and gotz me the next morning. That evening, az I undurrstand it, she and Sistur had a mizunderstanding about me. Tell them, Mama, purrleaze?
Human: Alrighty, my love. *Gives Nalia pets* Basically what happened was I needed to changed Nalia’s water and while I did that, she got out of the crate and was laying on the floor. I decided to let her-big mistake-and changed the water out with fresh water and put it back in the crate. Then I went to put Nalia back inside.
I was trying to be as gentle as possible so as to not disturb her stitches, but as I lifted her, slowly, she started howling. I was trying to soothe her and get her back in the crate, stood up, and Salem-thinking that I was hurting Nalia-came at my right leg with her claws. She refused to let go, so I had to walk to the crate while trying to hold Nalia as still as possible while dragging Salem who was clinging to my leg. I would say that it was the equivalent of holding one child and dragging the other child along who just won’t let go of you.
I’m also howling, too, and was thankful that I’d had the foresight to put on two layers of pajama pants so the bleeding on my leg wasn’t as bad as it could have been. I was layered with clothing because I was trying to keep the apartment cool for the girls, and I prefer warm.
It felt like a long-ass minute but I finally got Nalia to the crate, and as I was trying to put Nalia inside, Salem still refused to let go of my leg and actually tried to dig in deeper so I ended up having to half-toss Nalia inside-she wasn’t hurt, I checked afterwards-and then once she was inside, I somehow got Salem off of me.
She started hissing at me, and I was having none of it-so I did as Maynard taught me and gave her the loudest, meanest hiss that I could conjure. She actually looked shocked that I knew how to hiss!
Salem: I was shooketh! I ran to another room! It was at that moment that I knew who was Really in charge-and it wasn’t me or Sister!
Human: I have a feeling that your Uncle Maynard would have been proud of that hiss.
Human: I turned back to Nalia to make sure that she was okay. She hesitated a bit before allowing me to pet her. I gave her the time she needed and after about 2 minutes she came up to me and allowed me to pet her. Salem came back in shortly after, rubbed up on the crate while purring and also let me pet her.
Salem: It was my way of saying, “Sorry Hooman!”
Human: I know, baby, and I also know you were just trying to protect your littermate.
Salem: Indeed! Nobody hurts my sister! I may get mad at her and fight her but I wouldn’t try to intentionally hurt her!
Nalia: Awwww you do love me! I knew it!
Salem: I admit no such thing!
Human and Nalia: Mmmhmmm, suuure!
Salem: *Flicks tongue over nose*
Nalia: Yeah, I don’t remember any of this!
Human: Nalia, please continue, coriño.
I recovurred but I did have to stay ovurnight at teh vet becuz teh night befurr I wuz having trouble doing my kitty business in teh littur box. I wuz straining, and I let Mama know by meowing rurreally loud! She must have sumhow let teh vet place know bcuz that’s when I stayed ovurrnight with Sistur, who wuz also getting her spaying done. Mama came and picked up both of us teh next day, and back into teh crate Salem went!
I got hurr back becuz she got me back by getting on top of teh crate. Salem did not like that at all! She meowed anytime she sensed me up thurr but couldn’t see me. I leaned over sumtimez to say hi, but I wuz feeling much betturr and aftur being cooped up in that thing furr a whole furreeking week, I wuz in full chaos makur mode-I demanded dat Hooman play with me, which she did most of teh time, usually with the lazurr pointurr. It wuz fun!
Az Salem said last week, Mama paid two adoption fees but what she didn’t say wuz those feez wurr covurring our spayz and Sistur’z chip! Also, thank you Human grandparents furr yurr help with that! Salem and I culdn’t pay Mama’s adoption fee without yu, especially on our birthday of April 15th!
Human Mama: …
Human’s Parents: …*Looks at their offspring*
Human Mama *Shrugs, shakes her head, and mouths*: I don’t know…I’m just as confused as y’all.
Nalia and Salem: The cat maths say this all makes sense. We haz meowed! This is the way!
Humans: …Ooookaaayyyy…
Nalia: *Continues while Salem starts doing random zoomies*
Time passed and we all settled in to our routines. Mama would feed us and then go out, sometimes she was in and out of the apartment, sometimes she’d be gone furr a while. She’d come bacc and cuddle and play with us, and also take naps with us on teh couch.
Thurr wuz a brief moment where she left us with our Hooman Grandpa! That wuz fun! He spoiled me, while Salem stayed in hiding, although sumtimez she’d come out too get on teh window sill while he wuz thurr!
I purrsonally don’t undurrstand why she doezn’t trust people afturr teh furrst visit-teh onez dat Mama letz inside teh house are alwayz nice to us!
Salem: You’re one to talk-furrst visit, you welcome them, then watch them with me, and then the next day you try to show them teh door to outside! Some beings would call that #RUDE!
Nalia: Hush you!
Salem: I’ll show you to hush me! <Starts wrestling with Nalia>
Human: Ladies, remember-keep PG (as in late 90’s/early 2000’s version)!
(A few minutes later after high meows, hisses, and chasing ceases)
Nalia: I don’t really have anything else to add, but I know Mama haz lotz of pics! Sistur and I got a purrfessional haircuts by the vet and we look gooood! Didn’t we Mama?
Human: Y’all did look good! I actually didn’t realize that they gave you haircuts until much later!
Nalia: You had alot on your mind, so it’s okay! *Pulls Human’s face to her so that she can lick Hooman’s forehead and so Human could hear Nalia’s soft purr*
Human: Alrighty, I’ll show the pics. And since this is the end of your part, what do you say to everyone who is reading this?💞
Nalia:
I say, “Thank you furr reading this mini-seriez on Muzingz of a Catthropology and Anthropology Student! Thank you furr reading our current story, and also don’t worry-this won’t be the last time you hear from me and Salem! Mama has opened up a whole new world furr us to explore by introducing us to you, sooo I’ll be dragging Sister Salem along with me to meet some of you! Purrzah!” Okay, now that I have politely thanked you because I’m so cute, purrleaze enjoy the collage that Mama, Sister Salem, and I have put together furr your enjoyment!
Human: Wow, so humble of you, Nalia.
Nalia: I know! *Rubs against Human’s leg, looks up with a smile*
Enjoy the pics and purrleaze stay tuned furr an anouncement afterwards😸
This video below is of Salem when she was pregnant. Remember those loud purrs she talked about in her post? This isn’t the purr that vibrated the bed, but it was pretty damn close! Enjoy!
From the Human:
Thank y’all for reading this mini-series! Next week there will be two posts-a Shout Out post welcoming the new subscribers to this community. The Shout Out post will also mention some updates, as well as an announcement about a post that will be released on June 1st. The day after the Shout Out post, there will be one more post from the girls, and this will be the last one from them for a while. They have determined that they need a few sleeps before their next post, and as they tend to make the rules around here, I have agreed that they should indeed rest. It will be a short post with pics and a few videos of them in the new place and will be about how they’re currently doing.
See y’all next week! Carpe Diem and Huzzah!
~Nalia, Salem, and Their Human
Thanks, Kimber, for the miniseries. Salem sure can purrrrr.
-Mom
Cute kitty photos!!