Toby has informed me...

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...that we are now ADA compliant.



We've noticed over the past few months that Nefer is no longer jumping onto most surfaces, instead preferring to reach up, dig her claws in, and pull herself up. No acute injury seemed to be evident--no limping, no complaints when I poked her about the hindquarters, as she would if I hit a sore spot. We mentioned this to the vet when we brought them in a couple of weeks ago, and she confirmed our thoughts: that Nefer most likely has arthritis. So, partly in order to save the furniture, we indulged in a couple of narrow carpet-covered sets of stairs for her to go up to two of her favorite places. They arrived today, and Toby sent me photos;




Yes she sleeps by my head at night. It's a king-sized bed*, and if her bed (and associated heating pad) is at the foot of the bed, she and Sora get into fights in the middle of the night and wake us up.

Anyway, Toby reports that Nefer has not yet discovered them, and is sacked out on the chair in my office.

* Toby and I now, after visiting family or staying in hotels when we have to sleep on a queen-size or full-size bed, love coming home and saying "I don't have to touch you! Yaaaay!"

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[the_rck]

We, too, have a king sized bed. We bought it originally because my husband is 6'2" and doesn't really fit on a queen or a double, but having space not to touch has been a bonus. I have fibromyalgia, and cuddling can cause pain if we do it for very long. The big bed is also helpful because it means we can each have our own blankets. Our internal thermostats run very differently, especially now that I've hit perimenopause.

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Our mattress also has individual pocketed coils, so if one of us is tossing and turning, it doesn't bother the other one. And I know what you mean about internal thermostats--during the winter, Toby's wearing full-length pajamas and turning himself into a burrito with the covers while I'm in a short nightshirt and have just a sheet and a light blanket on!

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

Is Nefer enjoying the kitty stairs?

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She likes them, although it hasn't occurred to her that she doesn't need to scramble up the couch any more, and has occasionally just gone directly up the side of the couch instead of walking over to the stairs. She uses them for coming up on my side of the bed, but if she's on Toby's side of the bed when she decides to come up, she just goes up the side of the bed anyway. XD

She does like to sit on the top step beside my side of the bed in the morning.