who would have thunk???

Allie's kittens are getting bigger. Mom dewormed them on Sunday. One of the girls is a little skinny and mom is trying to make sure she eats. She is eating on her own, but her tiny baby brain has to be reminded - which we find very strange. Reminded to eat?? What's up with that???

Anyhow, they are back in baby jail in the living room. Mom got an email from the shelter if she could take a group of 3 slightly older kittens for about 10 days until they can be neutered and there is space on the adoption floor. Mom thought this would be fine - they are big enough to be out all the time and Junior would have someone to play with. (the shelter says they are 5 months, mom thinks maybe closer to 7 months, but whatever) However, what they neglected to mention is that the new guys are afraid - of EVERYTHING!! Mom can't get a picture cause they pile up on top of each other in the corner of the bathroom (though we think that might make a good picture). She has convinced one to sorta like her and she can touch the other 2, but they won't come out for scritches. So rather than lose them somewhere in the house, they are in the bathroom and Allie's kittens are back in baby jail. Mom is gonna be on a mission this weekend to work with them. :)

let us out!!!! we was framed!!

We know you love funny baby jail stories, so we have to share this. Mom has been letting Sally and Doc in to eat the gushy food with the little ones. Sally proved a long time ago that she can get out on her own. Doc has never figured it out. Fortunately he is also completely content to stay in baby jail with the kittens until mom takes pity and hauls him out to play with Sally.  But... one of the little ones has figured out how to get out. If she decides there isn't enough food, she climbs out, finds mom and runs back and forth and underfoot until they get fed. (mom is shutting us in the 2nd bedroom or has to stand guard to keep Tim from scarfing all the baby foods) Once they are fed, she stays in baby jail just fine. Weird....

 this is the boy with the leg issues - notice how he sleeps...

(note: he sees the vet on Monday)

how many kittens do YOU see??

still lovin' the cable cord

what???

And don't forget that you can still big to name this crew (mom is now pretty sure it is 4 boys and 2 girls) at the auction for Annie.

Thankful Thursday....

Today we are thankful for our great friends on the CB.

We was given this award from Esme at Critters in the Cottage.   Thanks lovely girl.

We think we are supposed to tell 7 things about us and then pass it on. We have to admit, we aren't sure who has it or not, so if not, feel free to pick this up from us.  :)  And, since there are 7 of us, we are all going to take one.

1. Maestro: I may be old, but I am still getting around and feeling pretty good.

2. Tommy: I don't care what anyone says, I AM the master of this domain.

3. Tim: Mom has said it before, but I really do like the foster kittens (even if mom thinks I like the kitten food more than the kittens).

4. Mozart: I LOVE our cat tree - my favorite spot is the top shelf where I can see what is going on.

5. Ivy: I know mom says that I am her crabby princess, but it isn't my fault!!!! (and yes, this position really is comfortable)

6. Spud: Mom is all impressed with me - I am coming up to her more and more and asking for attention.

7. Junior: Nope - still not talking to you weird lady. (not this is new - haha)

Happyp Independence Day!!!

picture from freefoto.com

Happy 4th of July to our US followers.

To everyone else....ummmm  Happy Wednesday??  MOL

Please please please..... with fireworks every where, keep your pets safe:
1. Make sure they have ID and it is current and up to date
2. Keep them at home and away from windows - trust us, we won't enjoy the parade or fireworks as much as you would like to think
3. Have vet records and a current picture on hand in case we get out
4. Locate an emergency vet in your area - just in case

Local shelters and animal control say that the day after the 4th is one of their busiest. Mom seems to remember that our local county dog shelter picked up over 250 lost dogs last year after the fireworks.

Toesday.....

So it seems we inspired Zim and Dave over at Army of Four with some of our Toesday posts.  So we thought we would post more toes for their admiration....

Tim shows off his fashionable toes....with pink and black he matches everything. Mom says she would like to kiss them, but she knows where they have been. MOL

Mom's Saturday Adventure....

We know you want to hear about the adventure, but first - a break for some kitten news: the fast food kittens were neutered on Thursday and mom got to see them at the shelter on Saturday.

They all looked great. And..... the Rally man was adopted on Sunday.

Happy Gotcha Day Rally - concats to your new family!!

And, now.....on to the adventure (oh, and the powers stayed on through the brief storm yesterday - yeah for a/c!!):

We know what you are thinking....that is NOT Penny the Beetle.

Nope.....this is the official June 30 Bloodhound Transport Vehicle.

See, mom got an email a couple of weeks ago from the bloodhound rescue that there was supposed to be a huge sale in Ohio on June 30th of puppy mill dogs (of all breeeds - total number to be sold was over 546). We HATE these things. But the rescue had a possible opportunity to get a pair of bloodhounds and mom assured the rescue that we were in and would do whatever to make sure they made it to the temporary foster near us.

The slobbery kids were picked up by mom and transferred into the rented transport vehicle. Neither knows anything about a leash or cars. They both had to be picked up to be put in the SUV.

This is the girl. The idiot (and that is all we are going to call him) said she had been only bred once, with puppies weaned in February (no, we have no idea what happened to the puppies - presumably sold in a pet store or online). Mom took one look and her and snorted - she told the rescue coordinator that if this girl had only been bred once, mom would eat her auction tag.

This is her handsome boyfriend. They weren't in bad body condition and their skin wasn't bad - though in need of a bath (or four). Put his nails were so overgrown....there was one that had to be an inch and a half long. Plus it appears both of them may have abcesses between their toes from the wire crates.

They will both go to the vet tomorrow and be checked out. They are approximately 6-7 years old. Hopefully they can adjust to a home life quick and find their forever homes.

Mom got to name them too - she decided to name them Marie and Edison. They are named after her maternal great-grandparents. Both started life out a little rough but once they met each other their lives got so much better and they lived a love story. Mom figured that was a good start for the slobbery kids.

As a side note: she rented a Chevy Equinox (pictured above). While she wasn't sure how she was going to like an SUV considering our regular car, she was surprised how much she liked it. She couldn't get 2 big dog crates in the back, but the one did fit and Marie traveled tethered next to the crate in the back.

the cold air is back!!!

OK - not outside. It is still stupid hot out there.....

But our power came back on Saturday afternoon. Before it did, the temp in the condo was 87 degrees. Nasty.....  But mom left the fridge closed after everything went down, so at least we didn't lose that.

And....more important, the power and cable came back before the new episode of My Cat From Hell came on.  Mom had an adventure Saturday but we will tell you about that tomorrow. Thanks for the well wishes. We were lucky it was just power.....lots of trees went down and there was some destruction.

what happened to the lights

ummmm - it is a little dark here. Mother Nature had a temper tantrum last night and the wind howled and trees blew and there was thunder and lightening. And then the lights and the air went off. And it is still off.....  darned mother nature.

Mom put the gate up in front of the bathroom last night so she could leave the door open since it was stuffy in the house. And this morning she was greeted by.....6 tiny tabby kittens. Seems someone (mom suspect Tim but we aren't telling) knocked the gate away from the wall and there was a great escape.

Hope everyone is safe. Mom had to be shipped off to grandma's house to use her lap top....

Whappin'

Mo here with our "almost" the weekend report.

Mom wants me to tell you about the whappin incident. :) See, she keeps bringing the kid over here. Something about cute kittens. Whatever. (the kid is the one in the picture yesterday - she is mom's niece, 8 years old and staying with grandma and grandpa for the summer)

So, on Monday she came over. She was hassling playing with Doc on the second level of the cat tree and I was up here on top surveying my the territory. Mom was sitting next to the tree on the coffee table. I cracked an eye and very carefully reached over the cat tree and....WHAPPED the kid on the HEAD!!! It was AWESOME! And... I didn't even get in trouble (in fact, mom was heard snickering). I managed to get in a couple more good whaps before leaving for a new spot. (mom: I hate to say this, but it was pretty funny. the look on Mo's face was priceless - he knew he got her)

For those of you who follow Chrystal on Daily Dose of Dogs you know her mom had a heart attack. Mom sent her a text yesterday just to check in. Mom figured it might be the best way to catch Miss Chrystal since we aren't sure how much computer time she is getting right now. She said "things aren't great but they could be worse". Miss Chrystal is staying at her mom's house and we know they could all use all the purrs and woofs we can send. If you want to leave her a message here, we will gather them together and send them to her.

Oh - and mom talked to the head rescue lady about the lame baby cat. She first sighed deeply (probably thinking about the bill) and then said she will contact another animal hospital that helps the rescue that has an orthopedic vet on staff. She did say that she agrees he is too small to do something now, so he may end up being with us for a while. :)

This and that.....

Let's see - we got lots of odds and ends.....

1. Mom has seen Allie a few times now. So we told her to get it together and get some food and water out for the girl. Allie was hanging out under a parked car when mom got home one night and was on the sidewalk yesterday morning. We weren't sure she was going to come back around, but it looks like we inherited kittens and our very own feral cat. :) Mom is starting to think about shelter for the winter.

2. Fast food kitten update: the shelter called and the boys had a weird variation of calici (no mouth ulcers, which is a major sign). So, everything got thrown in the washer and was washed in HOT (again - just to be sure - mom cleans after each group leaves)!!! Mom is being pretty vigilant with the outlaws since they had been hanging with the boys. We does have a question for you all though.....does anyone know if the FVRCP is a live virus vaccine? The outlaws haven't been vaccinated yet and mom isn't sure if she should do it now or wait a little bit longer.

3. Silver was.....ADOPTED!!! She went home last night with another gray kitten from another litter who is about 2 weeks younger. They will have an older sister in their new home who is about a year old.

4. Head count: mom thinks she finally has it on the new bunch - 4 boys and 2 girls. We think she keeps changing her mind and doesn't really know what she is talking about....  MOL

don't know what I had to go to the v-e-t...nothing wrong with ME!!

5. But, we suppose you really want the v-e-t report from last night. :)  Well.....the v-e-t wasn't very sure and was glad mom brought a brother for comparison (mom brought him for company, but whatever works). They ended up taking x-rays. Seems our tiny boy's knee caps are not where they are supposed to be (completely luxated on both sides). Stranger still is that his humerous bone (thigh bone) doesn't complete into the knee joint - it didn't form right. Of course, the v-e-t wondered what caused it - malnutrition, birth defect, whatever. Mom is more concerned about how we FIX it. The tiny boy weighs about 14 ounces (eep - the cute). It would be a surgical fix and mom is concerned cause he is tiny. So, mom is gonna talk to the head rescue lady tonight about the next step. It won't be cheap whatever it is, but for now it certainly doesn't bother him....he gets around great, just looks a little funny doing it.

The kid went with mom so that grandma could run some errands and go to the gym. :)

One Word Wednesday....

NAP-ATTACK!!!

(yes, they are sleeping on the cable cord that comes out of the floor)

Allie kittens

Well, mom brought the kids up this weekend. They were put in baby jail and were a little....baffled. :)

Tim and Sally ended up invading baby jail....there was kitten food to be had. Mom would still like to get another week of them with Allie, but when she went to feed them on Sunday, Allie was kind of jumpy and acting more and more like she wanted out. So mom let Allie go Sunday night. The kittens are now in the bathroom. Doc & Sally are in there at night but out during the day.

We wish her well and hope she stays safe.

Mom did discovered something that makes us even more glad mom caught this family.

He seems to get around ok and is very playful and active. But there is something weird about his back legs. Mom got them admitted to the rescue (with Doc & Sally) and will have a vet check him on Wednesday.
Be sure to check out the auction for Karasota Castle and get to name the kitts: we have 4 girls and 2 boys. (or maybe 5 girls and 1 boy....mom isn't sure - again  MOL)

Easy like Sunday....

Sparkle has declared this Cat World Domination Day in honor of her birthday.  We wish her HUGE purrs and many more happy birthdays to come.

Ivy has decided to celebrate by dominating the cat tree.

And don't forget to bid on the right to name Allie's kittens: Furriends of the cb

Random things.....

As to yesterdays comments:
  @Connie - yeah, they took Rally too. Though we can't blame the tech - just the staff that decided without talking to mom.

  @Frankie Furter - mom has brain freeze - is there a list somewhere off all the olympic events?

  @Furries - we doubt the fast food boys will be back. Once they are healthy, they should also be big
enough to neuter (Arby and Sonic already weighed enough) so they will go back to the shelter.

Adoption news: Mittens is going home this morning!!!

Also, we are helping out over at Furriends of the CB. We gots to thinking about Annie from Krasota Castle.


Was there something we could auction off??? We couldn't find anything neat around the house and mom isn't crafty (and she won't let us auction off the outlaws - what a shame).

But that got us thinking....what about the naming rights to Allie's kittens??? Click here to bid

Finally Friday.....

Well, we are short the fast food kittens. sigh......

Mom notice Sonic and BK limping like Arby had been. Both were hot to the touch to on Wednesday. She suspected calici, but they had been vaccinated and had no mouth ulcers. They were still eating though, so she didn't panic. Plus, they were scheduled to go in to the shelter on Thursday morning to be neutered (yeah, that wasn't going to happen, but the vet could see them). Both were given fluids and were feeling better according to a voicemail mom got. However, they wanted them to get fluids twice per week....so they sent all 3 boys home with the vet tech. Mom isn't really happy as she can give fluids but not much she can do about it.

The outlaws are doing well. Doc is out and about and playing. Sally is a....screamer. That girl has some lungs. Her main complaint is that she is always hungry - doesn't matter if she just ate or not. If mom gets up, Sally screams for a snack. Plus she can get over the baby jail gate so she has taken to following mom downstairs when mom goes to feed Allie's kittens. That causes mom to curse....now she has kittens trying to get out and Sally trying to get in and Allie hissing from the crate.

Speaking of Allie's kittens, mom is hoping to bring them up for a play date in baby jail on Saturday. This will give Allie a break, give mom a chance to catalog the kittens, and also give her a chance to see how well they are eating on their own. It amazing to see how quickly they went from "don't be touching us" to "hey are we happy to see you".

Hope everyone has a great weekend. We have the serious hots here so we are planning to stay inside in the a/c.....Spud is claiming the floor vent in the kitchen (a/c plus tile equals cooler long haired cat).

Hey: if you think about it, think good adoption thoughts for this weekend for Silver and the girls at Petco.

Track ball.....

A nice neighbor lady gave us some toys that her cats don't use. One is a short crinkly tunnel the kittens seem to like (we prefer the bigger ones).

But she also sent this round track ball thingie. The ball goes round and round and round but we can't get it out. (not that this stops Tim from trying)

umm - hey Doc? we don't think that will make the ball go around

where did it go???



Mom cracks up watching us use it.....

Poor Arby.....

Hey, guess what?? We is famous!! We have been written about in The Blogville Chronicle.

     ummm....about that - the article is about Allie and the kittens.

WHAT???? geez....those kittens get all the press.......

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Mom noticed he was limping Sunday night. Part of her said he was playing too hard with his siblings and the outlaws. But...Silver has calici early this spring (though she was never near these kitts) and that was how is started for her.

We kept a close eye on the boy, but by last night he was pretty lethargic and warm. Mom force fed him some fluids, but he found her unamusing. Mom sent a text to the shelter director and dropped the baby off at the shelter this morning.

We just heard back from them - his temp this am was 106 but is now down to 101. Another foster that works from home is going to take him and make sure he gets syringe fed every 3 hours. They are thinking it is just a high parasite count.... (which we had last fall with Troy - same high fever without the limping). Silver never ran a fever like this though.

Please send our foster boy some purrs......we know he could use them (and for his new foster mom Jen - our mom shudders at the every 3 hour thing - though she would do it to help him).