I would’ve liked to have taken a bonded pair when I adopted my cat, but my condo bylaws specify one dog and one cat (not one dog or one cat, not two dogs or two cats, one dog and one cat). Honestly nobody would have fussed about me having two cats, but the shelter even made me show them the rules saying I was even allowed to have a cat in the first place before they’d let me take one home.
During the winter my cat will want to be on my lap when I’m working/using the computer, but I have to hold her in place because my office chair doesn’t leave my lap flat enough for her to fall asleep. We solved this via cat burrito, which took a little practice on both of our parts at first, but is now something she will insist on:
Step 1: Fold an afghan (knit/stretchy blanket, the stretchiness is important) in half and wrap it around my legs so I’m sitting on both ends. Step 2: Invite cat on lap underneath blanket, allow her to curl up.Step 3: Tuck blanket under cat to secure her. (This is the part that took practice, for her to accept that yes, I’m moving her around, no, she should not take this to mean I’m kicking her off my lap.)Step 4: Don’t get up for three hours, no matter how badly I need to pee.
Clearly Aunt Fritzi needs to stop blinking around Nancy.