Random Fridays

Fountain update:

It has been a week and we love it. Mom is making sure to wipe the edge of the water dish every few days in an effort to help Tim. And so far....no reaction. If you look at the picture above, he seems to drink more from the opposite edge, so we bet that is helping too.  Maxwell, Faraday and Allie's mom asked about the filter...we haven't noticed any clogs or anything. You can't see the refilter part in this picture, but there is a small opening near the bottom of the dish (about where Tim's nose is at) where the water circulates back through and that is where the filter goes. Now...there is a considerable amount of cat hair in this house. Mom has fished a little bit out of the opening, but nothing major. And seriously - this thing is QUIET!! Mom has even gotten used to the blue alien light flickering at night. MOL
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Coral went to the vet last night. No really good news. The concern of the vet is her eyes - they seem a little worse and mom is taking her this afternoon to have the pressures checked - there is such a think as sudden onset glaucoma...which can be painful. Coral walked around the vet office last night and really the only thing saving her from walking into a wall was her whiskers. Mom's major concern is getting Coral to eat...without getting some nutrition in her, there becomes a greater concern about everything else. She did eat ok this am, but nothing really seems to catch her attention. We will keep you posted and thanks for all your purrs.... they mean a lot.

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Mom is spending some time with our friend BZ Tat tomorrow at an art retreat. Can't wait to see the weird results from that. (mom is not so much in the artitistic flair). Mom had to send a picture of what she would like to paint and sent this one of our angel Maestro.

Look what we got

Mom is a big fan of water fountains for us. But some are seriously expensive. We got a Drinkwell from PetSafe but the darn thing broke - twice - and their customer service was terrible, so that went back. Then mom found one on sale at Petco and got that. And Tim broke out something terrible from the plastic dish. (we had no idea - mom switched to ceramic dishes many years ago - before Tim came here)

However, our friend Amy Shojai hooked up with a new online pet store, we thought we would give it a try.

It was super easy to set up and came with a mat for the floor. Basically - put water in the holder and plug it in. It comes with a container for water but mom went ahead and bought the bigger one they offer since there are more than a few of us here.

This fountain is plastic, but it has a UV light where the water comes out to kill bacteria....see that blue light??  Mom is hoping that this will keep Tim from breaking out. It just came last night, so she will give it some time to see what happens. But there is a 30 day guarantee, so we can get our money back if he does have a reaction.

Everyone was pretty excited. Mo and Tommy were checking it out before mom even got water in it.

Oh and someone has decided it makes a good toy too.....

wordless Wednesday

Saffron and the ESS

our new fountain