Upwardly Mobile

The Herbs have moved into Naruto and Hinata’s empty multilevel cage. They’re enjoying the new window view, hammocks, and racing from the top level to the bottom. All are doing well, on their own, and have started crying for attention from us. Not so happy about being picked up yet, but they’re becoming more used to it. A sunny day, finally, so a good day for working in the enclosures. We have a lilac, lemon and an orange tree growing in the small tree area, surrounded by lattice, to keep the cats away from the soil. The leaves grow through the lattice and add some green to the enclosure, but recently we have some type of pest eating them. I know nothing about gardening, but bought some herbal pest spray that’s safe for pets, and I hope that will let us keep the nice leaves. We lost a lot of the bamboo leaves to the cats chewing them, but that’s what they’re there for, and today I can see some coming back. People here have warned me, in an emphatic way, not to grow bamboo close to the house as it’s roots will spread and grow under the house and up through the floor. When I mention that I grow most of it in large pots, they say it will grow and spread right outside the pot! I half think they’re putting me on. So far no house eating bamboo yet, but I’ll keep my eye out. One thing’s for sure, the cats love it. We try to put a few leaves in the kitten cages most days, for them to bat around, which they enjoy enormously.