Happy Belated Birthday, Coco and Felix!

2 weeks after I trapped Meow-Me, she gave birth to Coco and Felix on December 9, 2010

Coco and Felix were to have been adopted and Meow-Me returned to the streets after being neutered, but Ceiling Cat had other plans and so...

This year we celebrate Coco and Felix's 3rd birthday!
Felix : I thought birthday celebrations meant treats?
Coco : Yeah. WHAT is that thing?

Coco : It's coming after me!

Coco : I'm not sure what you are but I'm not sure I like this birthday "present"

Felix : Yikes! It moves on it's own!

Coco : What do you think we should do, Felix?

Felix : Oh oh...

Felix : I can't believe this. We waited a WHOLE YEAR to celebrate our birthday only to be chased around by this wierd ball with a furry thing attached
Coco : Major FAIL, Mommy!

The Birthday Twins got their birthday treats after their encounter with the scary moving ball.  :) We are a week late in posting this Birthday post but they did have lots of fun on their actual birthday.

Happy Belated Birthday, Coco and Felix!

Happy 13th Birthday, Whisky!

Stinky : Yo, Whisky! I heard it's your birthday today. So, Happy Birthday, furry girl. I'll bring you a roach later
Whisky : Thank you very much but I don't think Mommy would appreciate the roach. She was pretty upset when you brought a live FLYING roach to the porch a few days ago
Stinky is our TNR who visits often

Whisky : Wow! A Birthday present from everyone!
The card and wrapping paper has cats on them as the kitties contributed to the present with their allowance

Whisky : Are you done with the photos? I wanna see what's inside!

Whisky : Woo Hoo! Check out the "Little Something Just For ME"!
All her presents came from Nip and Bones and the rope toy and biscuit treats were from Baby Patches Chief Kit. Thank you so much!

Whisky : This coconut biscuit is really hard but oh, so YUMMY!

Whisky : Whaaaat? There's more? Peanut butter biscuit you say? Hand it over!

Whisky : Crunch crunch crunch

Tutu : Sniff sniff sniff...

Tutu : It sure smells...uh, wierd

Felix : Give it here if you aren't going to eat it

Tutu : How DARE you eat my treat!
Felix : But you weren't going to eat it
Tutu : So what? Daddy gave it to me!
For some strange reason, our Eat-Everything-In-Sight-Tutu doesn't seem to like beef liver. Not even the cat vitamin that is beef liver flavored

Boomer : While Whisky's eating her treats, I'll play with her rope toy. It's FUN!

Cosmo & Ling : Mmmmmm. This freeze dried beef liver is delicious!

Tutu : No Beef Liver for me. I love the Freeze Dried Chicken!

Whisky : Thank you Mommy, Daddy, Brofurs and Sisfurs. I LOVE my presents! Now, please put my presents in a safe place before the kitties eat them all

 HAPPY 13th BIRTHDAY, PRECIOUS PRINCESS WHISKY!

Hammock, Part 2

Thank you to all our furriends for their suggestions after the first attempt at sewing the hammock! Mommy bought a new type of fleece and Grandma got busy then when Grandpa and Grandma came to visit yesterday, they brought us a new hammock!

Are you going to give it a try, Coco?
Coco : Errrrr, I don't think so

Felix : Okay, okay. I will test it out. I sure hope I don't *sink* again...

*sits gingerly*
3...2......1....

Felix : HEY! It didn't sink and it is super comfy!

Meow-Me : Can you see how pretty the trimmings are? Grandma did such a beautiful job!

Felix : LOOK! The both of us can fit in the hammock and it holds up really well!

Boomer : It may be pink but it doesn't faze a confident mancat like me!
Katie darling, I'll bring the hammock when I come visit and we can snuggle.  xoxo

Boomer : Can't wait for Mommy to finish getting my snacks ready so I can fire up the tunnel and visit my girl!
You may kiss my toes while I wait...

Hey. Introoder on our blog! Who are you!?
This is a stray intact tomcat who liked to visit the kitties as they lounged at the catio but it would get Boomer all riled up. I managed to catch him on Wednesday night with the help of my brother who came by to visit. He (the cat, not my brother) was neutered on Thursday and spent a night before being released on Friday afternoon. Here he is just after being released.
Boomer : Spitty, if you look *closely*, you might be able to see something oddly and eerily familiar to your very recent "tutoring" session. MOL.

Thank you Grandma! The hammock is perfect and so well made! We LOVE it! *kiss*

What Would Mommy Think Of Next?

Mommy's parents came over the other day with this monster contraption! Mommy had asked her daddy to help build it as he is very very good with his hands. And he did a wonderful job!  Thank you so much!

Are you able to guess what it is?

It's a drop trap!

It's ready to be used. Any volunteer? There'll be treats after
Can you guess who volunteered?

So cat walks into baited trap, Mommy yanks rope, trap drops...hence, the "drop trap"

Side door is opened, cat walks into carrier 

Cat Volunteer poses nicely for photo

Now, give me my treat!
Thank you for volunteering, Boomer

There's a gap at the bottom to prevent "accidents" such as a broken tail or paw 

This is to show the size of the trap. It can even capture a few cats at a go

Another awesome feature is that the trap can be dismantled

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For easy storage

There have been several new strays that Mommy plans to TNR. She says she'll try the trap out next week. Wish her luck! Meanwhile, she can *test* it out on us as many times as she likes as long as there are yummy salmon treats after.  Heeheehee.

White White Update And Puffer Boomer

We released White White on 31 January 2012. His eyes are much better though he is partially blind in his left eye. He stayed around for 3 days before finding his way to the back after which, he decided he no longer knew me. Which is fine because that means he's feeling good.

Thank you, everyone for your purrs and prayers. As you can see, my eyes are much better

Day 1 of his release

Who's that out there?

OMC. It's my nemesis, White White!
Boomer was really upset and he was puffed up for quite sometime

Wait till I get my paws on him...

I AM NOT HAPPY. Why would you let him hang around MY territory?