Photo Essay: Houdini the Cat

Houdini is growing so fast. He feels just like velvet. He's putting weight on now that he gets food regularly. My boyfriend calls him Satan though.

Cat Plans

Wallop is still hanging in there. I think his illness messes with his appetite. He is either starving or fasting. Sometimes he'll keep eating if we sprinkle Parmesan on his food. We found that out by accident when he stole a bag of Parmesan out of a shopping bag and ripped holes in it to get to the smelly treasure inside. If that fails, we just feed him chicken or turkey baby food.

We are also keeping an eye on who has kittens available in our area. I was looking forward to having a pet free house, but my boyfriend is a cat person and that is that. He would be miserable without a fur kid around.

Our neighbors lost their cat. They didn't heed our warnings to keep cats indoor because of predators, and about a week ago their cat didn't come back. About once every two weeks I see coyotes at the perimeter of our yard. I hear there are also foxes and bobcats. And I'm not sure a hawk would attack a cat, but we have a lot of those as well.

Catnap

Now that's a yawn.

Naptime

Wallop is an old man now, and needs his nap.

Are you getting sleepy?

Sometimes Love Means Saying Goodbye

We had to bid adieu to our cat Rocky.  He was in declining health.  We couldn't see any outwards signs of problems. The vet said he had a tumor in his abdomen, and no matter what kind it was, there was no way to remove it that would end up with a positive outcome, so we made our farewells and stayed at his side until the very end, giving what love we could in the last moments. Here are some photos I took right before we went to the vet to see if we could save him or not. The vet was a friend of ours and made it as comforting as he could. The receptionist came in even though the office was extremely busy, and give me a long hug. So next time you have to wait a long time at the vet, please remember they might just be helping someone say goodbye to a 15 year old friend.

Rest in Peace 9/28/12

When Your Cat Trains You

This morning I woke up to a meow and opened my eyes to find the cat staring at me again.  Aha! So he is meowing to wake me up.  But just one meow, so he looks all innocent when I 'randomly' wake up.

Bodyguard

Lately when I wake up, I open my eyes and find my cat Rocky sitting by my head staring at me. If I doze off and wake up a bit later, he is still there, just waiting. Finally I just get up and he wants his food. At least he hasn't resorted to pawing at me or biting my nose.  It's just a little creepy having a stalker.

Cat-cident

When we got home from grocery shopping I went to sit down at my computer and noticed the cats (probably) had knocked a not quite empty glass of Mt Dew off my desk. Most of it went on top of my embroidery bin, but the lid was on it, slightly askew.  Looks like none got inside thankfully. It also managed to miss the keyboard (thankfully). Whew, that was a close one.

The Fur Kid and the Nesting Dolls

I wanted to take a photo of my new nesting dolls. I got them laid out, held up the camera, and what did I find? A whole lot of cat fur. Okay Fuzzy, move aside so I can get a photo. Hmpf.

Don't Let The Computer Keep You From Your Fur Kid

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My cat does this too. Mostly Rocky. Wallop only does it if he's hungry.

Cat at SCA Event

My cats aren't thrilled about the new layout of my bedroom furniture. They can no longer hop from bed to desk to lap to window. So they just sit on the bed and meow for some loving.

Here is a man and his cat from yesterday's SCA event at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley CA.

And a friend of mine had to take her cat to the vet where he had surgery for kidney stones in his bladder. Poor thing.

Wallop the Cat and the Screendoor

Wallop is trying to figure out how to get outside to the patio where I'm working on the garden.

Wallop helping with the sewing

Wallop helping with arrows.

Wallop

Poor Wallop, He has some bad days with his colon issues. And his medicine just took a big jump in price. But he needs it so we will just have to cut back in other areas.

Guy and Rocky

It's almost 4 AM and I need to be in bed but I couldn't resist sharing these pics I took last night.

Wallop Snoozing

I took these shots of Wallop snoozing in a sunny window. I'm just glad he's feeling better after his visit to the vet. He's finally eating the wet food and pumpkin mixture the vet put him on. I just hope he stays healthy.

One of Those Days

You know that expression "One of those days"? It came from days like today. Wallop needed to go back to the vet to get cleaned out so I had to drop everything I had planned today to go take him. Then I had to get home to do a 6 PM tarot reading. At the end of the reading just as I was about to take a photo to send the client via email, Wallop crawled up on my bed and laid down in the middle of the cards and fell fast asleep. His day was worse than mine.

Then the moment I got relaxed the phone rang and it was from a guy we hadn't heard from in months that wanted to come over right away to pick up his arrows. So I certainly wasn't going to say no. The house was a disaster and no way to clean it in time, so I had to just swallow my pride and let the poor guy in.
It's 9 PM and I haven't had time to eat dinner yet, so off I go.

Wallop measuring

Wallop playing with a ruler.

Cats Love Music?

My cat just turned on my radio. Guess he needed some music in his life.

Wool Yarn

Wallop discovers my new yarn within minutes of me getting home from the store.