Wordless Wednesday....

Mozart

hanging with Maestro

Sierra and Sebastian....

Yep - those two cuties crack us up. That last picture is Sebastian curled up with Maestro. We are pretty sure Maestro could do without kittens sleeping near him, but he is too old to care enough to get up to move. MOL

On Sunday, mom wanted to be sure the kittens were microchipped before being adopted (normally this gets done during surgery, but with the ongoing issues about who is getting surgery and when they are leaving, mom didn't want to be running around at the last minute). She needed to take Busch with her for Miss Mona to check (a whole other story), so when she stopped at Petco, she put Sierra on the scale - which read 1.9 pounds. Holy Cod!!! 

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Miller is feeling much better. If he wasn't still sneezing somewhat, mom would suspect him of faking it to come back to the house (ok - there was snot at the store, but still). He is getting a little less crabilated with everyone around here. The way he is acting, you would think we had all never met. He was growling at Ivy the other night and got whapped so maybe he will knock it off. :)

Mancat Monday....

Well, some beer kitten at Petco decided to get a cold and ended up back here over the weekend.

Miller was a VERY unhappy mancat when he got back here on Friday night. He growled and stayed in one corner. Mom grabbed him Saturday morning and put him in the play pen where the s kittens spend the night to be sure he had access to food and water without being too threatened. He is still pretty snotty, so he may be here a few days. Mom got a call about Stella on Saturday, but she looked ok so she is still there.
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Someone came out of the bathroom:

Yep - that is Miss Licorice. She came out Saturday afternoon. She didn't really settle down but spent most of the time wandering around getting the lay of the land. She disappeared for a while and mom would find her snoozing in the bathroom.
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Questions from Friday:
Sierra and Sebastian's new mom will sign an agreement to make sure Sierra is spayed by age 4 months. She will need to send a copy of the information to mom for verification.

Licorice could be spayed now, but mom was trying to get a little more weight on her. While the clinic will do her while she is in heat, they (and mom) prefer to wait, so hopefully this will end soon and mom will get her spayed ASAP!!

Random Fridays....

Mom is so fired - AGAIN!!!  She forgot Ivy's birthday yesterday......

 Happy (belated) Birthday Princess!!!

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"A dog like that" - mom found this article about how we view dogs - and how to change how we look at them.  Mom like when the author mentioned she now asks "what personality are you looking for?" since that is the question mom asks most when people come to the shelter to look at cats.
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Well, Sierra and Sebastian are being adopted together and moving to South Carolina. :)  The rescue lady gave the ok to get Sebastian neutered since he is big enough and send them now and let their new mom get Sierra spayed when she is big enough. Not our normal procedure, but we are glad an exception is being made.
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And, in an effort to raise awareness (and money) a volunteer at Manchester Dogs' Home in England will be living for 35 days as one of the dogs in the shelter - since that is the average time a dog spends waiting to be adopted. You can read more about it here. We wish him well and hope his efforts bring some much needed funds to the shelter and some VERY much needed awareness. Good luck Sean.
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And in other news: Licorice started singing the "I need a mancat" song last night. Oh joy......

Thankful Thursday....

Mom took yesterday off from work to head to our local zoo with grandma and grandpa and the kid. It is an annual trip when the kid is up here in the summer. Mom says she is lucky that we live in a town with such a great zoo and one that is committed to conservation.

 our newest polar bear - he joins a pair of sisters

a red panda - the kid said this was her favorite animal

 that goat has some SERIOUS horns

 the  kid was moving her finger around the glass and 

the penguin was following along - pretty cute

 with the youngest kangaroo - they live in an enclosure where you can walk right in

The kid goes home on Saturday. Mom says it has been fun having her up here. We say while she is a good kid, we are glad she hasn't been over here so much.

Wordless Wednesday...

Tommy edition

Toesday.....

We haven't done this for a while and mom was on a roll this weekend.

Mo toes - yeah....that is as good as it gets sometimes  :)

Ivy toes - so cute, it is a shame she won't let you touch them

Sierra toes - squeeeee

Junior toes

weekend wrap up....

The cool weather stuck around!!! The windows have been open for several days and we have been enjoying it. And it is supposed to be nice this week too.....  Hope we don't pay for it.  :)

Sebastian and Sierra are having a good time. They now weigh about 2.1# (Sebastian) and 1.6# (Sierra) (mom takes them to Petco and puts them on the scale their - MOL).

And.....Sierra has a new mom. Now if we can only get her to weight. She is thinking about maybe taking both kittens, so we will see how that goes. Mom spent an hour with them at Petco on Sunday morning with both kittens. Then she brought them home, fed them a snack, and they PASSED OUT!!

For those of you who missed our commentathon, don't feel bad - we made mom round up a few bucks.

Licorice got a bath on Saturday with the special soap. The vet wanted it to sit on her for 10 minutes, but mom just couldn't make Licorice sit still that long. So she scrubbed it in good, let it sit for a couple of minutes and then rinsed. Mom also tried this weekend to get Licorice out of the bathroom. Mom sat there with the door open. Mo and Sierra and Tim came in. Licorice freaked out a little, walked a little way into the hallway and growled at Tommy when he growled at her. She came back into the bathroom and went into the corner, so mom left it at that for the day. But it could have gone MUCH worse..... She tried again on Sunday. Licorice came out to find 4 other adults in her safe place and after sniffing the tip of Tim's tail, backed up again. But still, progress....

Random Fridays.....

Some comments from Tuesday on the Litter One system:
"will it stand up to a super scratcher" - we have to say maybe not. The floor of the box is smooth though, so it may take some abuse. Licorice's nails are still pretty short so she can't do much damage.
"my cat likes to chew cardboard" - yeah, we hadn't thought about that. This box may be way too much temptation for a cardboard chewer.
"does the cardboard stand up to pee" - so far so good. Not sure the back would last nearly as long if you have a spayer, but it might. But there are some spots on the floor where the litter didn't cover as much as it should.

So here is Licorice's update: don't know how it is going to last 4-6 weeks....maybe 2 with the amount of litter left. The cardboard scoop they included doesn't work so well - bent in half pretty quick. And the cardboard does absorb some pee though there isn't any smell.

Mom really wanted to like this product, but it may need some work.
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Mom was off Tuesday for one of those "gotta get a million things done on a weekday-day". The beer kittens got their rabies shots.....Stella was grumpy, Busch hissed at the vet and Miller got so worked up he panted and drooled on mom. sheesh....  And we really don't understand where their families are - these kitts are so friendly and outgoing and are even dog-friendly.

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Our Sierra girl has a new mom. Now if we could only get her up to weight..... anyhow, if you have curious cats around or are at work, you may not want to turn up the sound on this:

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Thanks for all the comments yesterday. We got a grand total of 39 comments so mom will be sending $25.00 to OBR!! *she rounded up, not that she can't do math 
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Quick Licorice update (sorry no new pics). Mom took her to the vet on Tuesday to get her spots checked out. The vet thinks she is over-licking due to the itches. So Licorice is getting antibiotics and a steriod to help with the itchy and the inflamation. And.....mom has to give her a bath. Oh joy..... 

If you hear screams this afternoon, don't panic.  Mom just feels bad cause it is hard enough pilling Licorice (not is the giving it to her sense, more in the pitiful expression sense) and feels like she is going to betray what trust they have built up. Hopefully Licorice will be less itchy and forgive mom quickly. Oh - and get this: in 2 weeks she gain 1.5 pounds!!! YEAH!!!
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We hate to end on a sad note, but this was posted on the website for the rescue where we foster:
"Our Hearts are Saddened...

We are saddened to learn of the death of one of our wonderful volunteers, Lanlin Zhang Lee.

Lanlin was the proud mother of Maisy, a cat adopted from Colony Cats (& dogs). She was a regular worker at the Kit & Kaboodle Boutique, always with a warm smile and ready hug.

Please remember her husband, Eugene, in your thoughts and prayers. Lanlin's life ended too soon and she will be greatly missed"
We understand that she was competing in a triathalon in New York when there was a bike crash. One other rider was killed as well. Mom met her once and while she seemed a little reserved she was very nice.

Celebration.....

Hear ye Hear ye!!!!

OMC....we made it to:

1000 posts!!!

Who would have thought???  Now, we are right around the corner from our 4th Blogoversary too. Mom tried to see if she could get the two things to fall together, but we would have had to stop blogging for about 10 days....and while she sometimes doesn't pick up our messages as to what to blog, we don't think we would be able to go that long.

Triscuit is amazed!!

We will be having a big party next week, but we knew we had to do something to celebrate. We know we never would have made it this far if it weren't for all of you. So, we are going to give back. We will give 50 cents per comment to one of our favorite rescues. Most of you know we drive a lot of transports for Ontario Bloodhound Rescue. They are having some hard times and we want to show them our support. We will count comments through midnight (eastern) tonight. One comment per family will count.

THANK YOU for joining us on this journey. Mom is going to compile some interesting facts for you for the blogoversary.  But for now......THANK YOU for being our friends, for joining us in the ups and the downs, and for sharing your lives with us as well.

Wordless Wednesday....

Maestro

with Triscuit

hanging with Ivy

A new product we want you to see....

Back in April mom went to the Pet Expo here in town and met a lady with a new idea for a litter box. She was calling it Litter One and mom thought it was a great idea....order it online and the whole thing comes in the mail. And....it is biodegradable so when you are "done" it gets closed up thrown out.

Then at Blog Paws mom met a nice lady named Amanda who works for the company doing the advertising for Litter One. She offered mom a free sample for a review and we said sure..... 

As you can see, the box was a big hit. Now....in defense of the company, we got this pretty quickly in the mail after Blog Paws. However, with sick kittens (who were going to be the test subjects, but honestly that was a mess no one wanted), it just didn't get set up. So with Licorice now in the bathroom, mom decided to make her the test subject.

This box was in the other box. :) 

Mom opened it up (see below) to find the scoop and bags.

But how does it get set up?

Hey mom - read the directions on the back....sheesh

So here it is in the bathroom. Licorice seems to be ok with it. Mom did cut down the side on the right so that Licorice can use it in this space (the opening to get in and out is on the front) but otherwise it is a good size. It did smell kind of "piney" when mom first opened everything up, but that faded pretty quickly. And once mom read the directions, it was easy to set up too. Just fold, bend, tuck and that was it.  :)

Now, we will say this....when mom first heard about it at the Expo, she was pretty excited thinking this would work for transports. It won't....no way will it fit in a travel crate.

However, if you are traveling in a car with cats or maybe in an RV for the summer....this would be ideal. And honestly, for the price, if you have 1 or 2 cats, this would be great. Mom is pretty sure the economics would win at some point with all of us since we have 7 cats here. MOL

Now, if you are interested, the company did give us an afiliate link for you to use with our code of JK12671. We don't get anything but you can get $5 off your purchase.

All in all, we like the idea. Mom says it would have been ideal for traveling to Blog Paws with Triscuit too - just carry the box upstairs and close it up after the conference. It says it should last 4-6 weeks...since Licorice is the only one using hers, we will let you know about that part. Mom says that if they could make one about 1/2 this size, it would absolutely be great for transports.

*we didn't get compensated for our review other than the free litter box to try. all opinions are our own (ok - the opinions in this case actually belong to mom, but whatever)

Weekend update.....

The adoption event on Saturday was successful - but we don't think as much as last year. It was hot and rained part of the day and we suspect that influenced everything. However there were 4 adult cats, 17 kittens and 10 dogs adopted. And the three space kittens that were there all went home!!!

The kid arrived on Saturday. You may remember from last summer that mom's niece spent all summer last year with grandma and grandpa. This year she is only here for two weeks. She came over on Sunday to see the kittens.

 No other adoptions - but we are keeping our paws crossed.

Oh - and check it out - we won an award for having a blog and having five or more cats from The Cat on My Head blog.  THANKS!!!