Cat baskets come in all shapes and sizes. Despite your good intentions to treat your precious pets to the coziest looking cat basket the homemade versions are unfortunately sometimes still going to be favoured over store bought items. If there’s a basket or something similar, then regardless it will, sooner or later become the comfort zone of your beloved cat/cats. For however long is debatable, since anyone that has ever been owned by a cat, will be quite aware that the novelty is not long lasting. Curiosity being the cats’ nature, will have the furry ones, adventurously searching out the next ‘nest’ before the old one’s grown cold. I was owned by a cat once, whose most unique nest was the onion basket! However only if it had onions in it. The love of baskets, boxes and any sort of ‘interesting’ containers, will ensure that the feline mind is well occupied whilst occupying the latest nest. We all know that a good rest-up before attempting the next plan of attack is a must, and any self-respecting cat will appreciate the forethought that has gone into the ‘Think-tank’nest.
Cat Baskets have, for a long time, conjured up visions of flower and ribbon entwined old fashioned cane baskets with an array of the most ootsie, cutesy, adorable fluffy kittens imagineable. Real life is a bit different. Well, around here it is, with an old stray (no longer) cat with raggedy ears and bladder leakage nesting in a picnic basket. Himself, wound around melamine cups and plates and an old leaky plastic tomato sauce bottle. This has actually been one of the more lasting nests, and I think the next picnic is going to be quite a ‘Hairy’ affair in more ways than one. It might be a case of photographing the contents beforehand and replacing them afterwards in the same fashion, as not to cause too much stress. Ever the obedient and caring cat servant. Cat baskets come under varying names, wash basket being one of them. Mr Tuxedo cat has a penchant for wash baskets, full or empty it doesn’t matter.
One of Bill's Cat Baskets
Wash baskets are aesthetically pleasing to his minds’ eye, with all the little portholes, through which he can see approaching danger. Whether it be in the form of another ‘cuckoo cat’ coming to invade his nest or the threat of a passing human, intent on interrupting his musings. Mr Tuxedo cat can triple his weight magically when being manipulated out of his ‘special’ basket. Luckily, the home humans have a never ending supply, full and empty. Cat baskets for our cats include their cat carriers come cat baskets. These are tossed nonchalantly around to avoid suspicion that they may even be something we may actually want them to venture into.
Now moving forward to the elegant, spoilt madame of the house, cat baskets must conform to the bought variety. The more expensive the better, for never let it be said that lady muck sullied her silken fur in anything less than the best. We will be having that Italian weave basket, woven by the magic elves on a full moon with a price tag exceeding the national budget. We will be making sure that the ermine lined cushion encrusted with Koi scales, is placed just so with enough give to accommodate madame’s matronly girth. We will most definitely be making sure that this queenly nest is placed within swiping distance of the gourmet laden food bowl (Royal Doulton). AND if this is all to madame’s liking, then all will be well with the world.
Who would have thought that an article about cat baskets would produce such a font of unrelated articles. When people visit and enquire on the whereabouts of the cats, the answer is generally, in the cat baskets. In our household every second item is a ‘form’ of cat basket. In fact, on reflection, this whole house is one giant cat basket! So on this note I’ll end before I turn into a Basket* cat – Eerrm -case.
