Happy 3rd Birthday, TUTU!

 

Tutu : Look what Mommy brought home! She says it's my birthday present. But what's so nice about water I can't play with?

Tutu : Oooooohhhhh!

Tutu : Hello little fishies...how do you like your new home?

Tutu : I love Fish TV!

Tutu : *HIGH FIVE* right back at ya!

Tutu : What are you staring at, Gourami Fishie? Never seen such a pretty kitty before?

Boomer : Whoa! Check out those round yellow ones! *licks lips*

Boomer : Dang it. My snack is protected by a forcefield!

Cosmo : It's going to take a while before they make a worthy snack. Can we give them more food, Mommy?

Ling : I choose THAT one!

Tutu : *HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEEEE*

Tutu : What? I've to share my presents? That's so wrong!

We're sorry for having been gone for so long. Mommy found it too hard to blog after Whisky's passing. Tutu was also grieving for Whisky which caused her to gain quite a bit of weight and she lost her desire to play and interest in things around her. She also stopped eating treats she used to share with Whisky. It took a while before Mommy realized the cause of Tutu's inactivity but once she did, she spent a lot of time helping Tutu recover and she's now back to her usual playful self though she still won't eat treats (still working on this!). She's also lost the weight she gained with the increased activity and a change in diet.

Then Mommy's maternal Grandmother left for the skies on November 17, 2014. On December 3, 2014, our tortoise sister, Dino, left for the bridge. January 6, 2015 saw Mommy's paternal Grandfather leave for the skies too. It's been a very challenging year and we are purraying for a better year ahead.

We are going to focus on the good things to come, starting with Tutu's 3rd Birthday today and we hope you will join us in celebrating her special day!

Happy Very Belated Gotcha Day, Boomer and Happy Gotcha Day, Cosmo and Ling

: Flashback to April 2011 :
Whisky : Look what I found, Mommy! Can we keep him?
Boomer's 3rd Gotcha Day was on April 28, 2014 but that was when Whisky was very ill before she earned her wings a week later. No one was in the mood to celebrate so Boomer agreed to a postponement. He did go over to Katie's home
 for dinner prepared by Katie's Mom  :)

Boomer : Mommy made this long sausage like pillow filled with silvervine powder just for ME!

Cosmo : Ahem. For US, Boomer, US

Cosmo : Speaking of which, it's MY turn now
Boomer : ?????

Boomer : OH NO you don't! It's MINE!

Ling : Jeez. Is he at it again?
Cosmo : Yup. Being an absolute brat about our pillow
Ling : Shall we make our move then?

Boomer : ♪♫ It's my GOTCHA DAY celebration todayyyyyyyyyyyy! ♪♫

Boomer : OH oh...The twins are making their move

:: P O U N C E ::

Boomer : *SHOCKED*

Boomer : Mommy! Aren't you going to call FOUL? Unbelievable!
Cosmo : MINE, now

Cosmo : This pillow is just purrfect

Ling : Silly boys! Why must they insist on playing with the same thing when there so many options available?

Ling : Well, at least I get to enjoy the silvervine powder Mommy sprinkled here in peace while the boys *fight* over that pillow

Happy 6th Gotcha Day, Cosmo and Ling! You are the ones who convinced Daddy that cats make excellent additions to the family.  :)  We can't believe it's been 6 years since that day Whisky and Mommy found you in the drain.

And a Happy Very Belated 3rd Gotcha Day, Boomer! Convincing Daddy a 6th cat was needed to make the family *complete* (then) was tricky but you did it! So so glad Whisky found you in our garden 3 years ago. :)

Monday Merriment

Our furriend, Kjelle Bus had asked for guesses the song his Mom was thinking for a picture he posted. Our guess wasn't the winning song but she thought our guess was the funniest so she decided to give us a consolation prize! Wasn't that so cool of them? 
Tutu : Our prize arrived almost a month ago so we want to apologize to Kjelle Bus and his Mom for the delay in posting about it. Mommy put your Handsome photo on her notice board so we get to see you every day  :)

Tutu : I went straight for the spiky green ball. It's so fun to bat around!

Cosmo : My my, will you lookie at what I found hiding behind this bunny?

Cosmo : It's a little sardine! Actually, I don't like sardines, but this sardine is different

Cosmo : It's a little slippery, though!

Coco : Hey Felix! Look at this. It has your name on it

Meow-Me : YUM! What is it?
I think it says it's cheese?

Felix : Mmmmm. *I* taste really yummy. Heh heh

Coco : Yup, this is really tasty!

Want a taste of Felix, Tutu?
Tutu : ......

Cosmo : My turn, my turn!

Ling : Put nom HERE!

Tutu? Don't you want a taste of Felix?
Tutu : Felix bullies me and I don't like him or anything called Felix. *sulks*

Boomer : I'll eat it for you, Tutu!

Boomer : OMC. Am I seeing things? Is that a FLYING FISH?

Tasty Tuesday...Or Not

Cosmo : What's this?
It's a raw diet. Aren't you excited? 
Cosmo : Err...it says THAT BLOODY DIET. Is that supposed to be good?

Boomer : Did someone say BLOODY DIET?

Boomer : Mmmmm....That's Bloody Good!

Ling : Yup, this is Bloody Nice!

Cosmo?? Aren't you going to give that a try?

Tutu?? What's wrong?

Felix : * sniff sniff lick sniff sniff *
Coco : Err...you can have all of that, Felix
Felix : I think MOMMY should have all of it!

Meow-Me : Sorry, but I have to.....:: RETCH ::

Cosmo : Are you done playing games, Mommy? Is that my canned food dinner?
Yes it is, come and get it!

:: GAG ::
But it has your favorite Freeze Dried Chicken sprinkled all over!

Cosmo : YOU can have it

Freeze Dried Chicken for you, Tutu?

Tutu? 

Tutu : I'm OUTTA HERE!

I had recently transitioned all the cats (except for Tutu - sadly, she's become a kibble addict) to canned. Due to stomach sensitivity, I only get carrageenan-free, grain-free and fish-free canned food for them. Unfortunately that means only THREE options are available, and to make things even more unfortunate, 2 weeks after transitioning the cats, I find out that the one they all agree on will no longer be brought into the country. So I turn to Option 2 and guess what? They have not been able to bring in the food in the last 6 months due to new documentations required by our Veterinary Department. Option 3 isn't something the cats like.

As my intention was to actually get them to eat raw ultimately, I thought this would be a good time to give raw a try. This raw diet is made locally so sourcing shouldn't be a problem. But 2 out of 7 means it's back to the drawing board. Plus after eating the raw on the first day, Ling and Boomer decided that raw isn't something they like after all. Which is a pity because this is good raw food!

Looks like I have no choice but to revert to cooking for the cats again while I try a much slower process of getting them to accept raw. Cosmo will be my biggest challenge because the other 6 will at least eat pieces of plain raw chicken.