Hey, who is this strange woman writing a Saturday morning post? I am here, mostly lurking because it’s tax-time and I am house-hunting, so I’m a little busy. I’ll probably be scarce for a while longer.
Wow, what a year this week has been, amirite? Thought we could use a bit of a respite and people have been sending me respite items and I’m waaay behind using them.
Let’s start with an update from Sister Rail Gun with lots of photos of Loki, Maysie and family:
Maysie and Loki watching “Cat Tv”
We’ve had a bit of a problem with getting photos since the kittens were allowed the run of the house: most photos we’ve taken look a lot like this.
But we have caught a few good ones.
Maysie and Max helping with the laundry. Max decided she needed grooming.
Maysie and Miles
Loki and Miles
Maysie and Loki helping with the holiday baking
Maysie and what’s left of a toy
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Thanks for all the cute kittie pictures. It’s so nice to catch up with our Balloon-Juice rescues. This community is the best.
Speaking of the best, commenter CarolPW sent me an early Christmas present (or should I say, she sent the CATS an early gift).
She had recently lost her beloved kitties and had adopted a new puppy, so a new kitty was not in her near future and she thought my tribe could benefit from a fountain. It took them about a week, but now they drink exclusively from it and are healthier for it, I’m sure. Especially Gabe who is prone to urinary tract crystals.
Not only did she lose her kittens, Hek and Mouse, but also her beautiful pup, Puck, in a span of seven months.
But as it is with those of us who love a house full of pets, the heart wants what it wants, so here is her newest rescue, Bisket:
I’m sure in a little while, when her puppy-brain calms down, she’ll have a kitty companion. Because some of us cannot help ourselves. Who rescued whom indeed.
I’m on my way to go look at an incredible piece of Art Deco furniture that showed up on a neighborhood sale page. If I buy it, I’ll share pictures. If it’s as nice in person as it is in the photo, I’ll snap it up.
Open thread.
MomSense
Love these photos!
WereBear
Always
Be
Grooming
mrmoshpotato
Kitties and doggos! ❤️
zhena gogolia
Oh, they’re all so sweet!
We have been catless for 2 years now. I stopped by the vet and got some literature, just to soften up my husband. It’s weird that I had cats for 30 years without a break, but now that I’m contemplating adopting again, I feel as if I don’t know how to do it.
TaMara (HFG)
@WereBear: Hey, I think I can handle another guest post for next weekend if you want to send me one.
MazeDancer
What wonderful pics! Kitties are life.
RIP, sweet Puck. Welcome, Bisket!
debbie
Biskit has Elizabeth Taylor eyes!
bemused
We adopted a kitten in June and it took him awhile to woo our 8 year old female kitty. He was tenacious though and sensed just when to back off. Now they play and our older cat will cuddle with him as he is sleeping on a chair and groom him. We don’t know how big he will be when full grown. He’s about 9-1/2 months and the size of the not tiny older cat. We wonder if he has some Maine Coon or Norwegian Forest Cat genes as he is very fluffy, can’t see his collar for the huge mane around his neck and has tufts of hair in his ears. He loves to crawl in my lap purring, follows us around a lot…very fun, sweet kitty.
WereBear
@TaMara (HFG): You gots it.
LivingInExile
Kelly
Our kitten Martin is 15 weeks old now. He’s grown from about a pound and a quarter to a smidgen under four pounds. It’s all gone to length and legs. Two year old cat Phoebe still dotes on him, grooms him and they wrestle throughout the day. As part of our efforts to get Phoebe to accept Martin and because Martin needs all the food he can eat to sustain his growth we have been free feeding. Phoebe is getting too fat so we need to put her on a diet. This week we got an automatic feeder that dispenses several small meals a day. Phoebe is so motherly to Martin that she lets him eat his fill first and settles for what’s left.
WereBear
@bemused: Maine Coon Cat has a broader face and lion like nose, while Wegies tend to have a longer face and more of a curve inward at the nose when seen in profile.
Then there’s our Giant-Mutant-Kitten Mithrandir, who has finally quit growing around 25 pounds and has such dense, Persian-like fur we have to get him a lion cut every spring. He’s part sheep.
Sure Lurkalot
@zhena gogolia:
I’ve been catless for almost 10 years now (the plan was to travel a lot for 5 years without pet worries and then reevaluate), and I too feel I don’t have the tools to find that new friend. Please share!
Mnemosyne
I finally got around to reading Deborah Harkness’ All Souls Trilogy and really liked it. Definitely recommended for people who like Tudor history since Harkness started as a respected historian of that period.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Mnemosyne:
On your rec, I went over to Amazon and ordered the ebooks. It looks like the trilogy is on sale for $1.99 in kindle. I may be misreading that.
WereBear
@Kelly: don’t starve the fat cat
https://www.wayofcats.com/blog/dont-starve-the-fat-cat/8757
Kelly
@WereBear: We’ve never bought the heavy grain content cat foods. Grains and peas for predator? Phoebe was a lean kitty and now her belly is her widest point. It sways side to side when she saunters. They got a couple meals from the feeder yesterday. This morning was the first breakfast from the feeder. Breakfast is also why we went with the feeder. Phoebe has been waking us up asking for breakfast at dawns first glow. This morning she pestered us until the feeder ran and then we we’re able to get back to sleep.
rikyrah
The pictures are adorable.
I dare say that I stared at the gift, not really understanding what it was. Thanks for the explanation.
Everyone was just so cute :)
CarolPW
@debbie: She stops people in their tracks, who comment on how beautiful she is. I think it’s not just the blue eyes but the black eyeliner around them. I always want to tell them to not let her looks fool them because she can be hell on wheels, but I just smile and thank them. She is gradually doing better, and I figure in another couple of years her behavior will match her looks.
rikyrah
Have we gotten an update about our Bleg rescued kitty that got halfway across the country to his new home? Did I miss those pictures?
zhena gogolia
@Sure Lurkalot:
I have never had to go to a shelter — they always just showed up. But that doesn’t seem to be happening this time.
WereBear
@Kelly: if she is trying to keep up with a growing kitten that’s sweet, but yes. Must be addressed ?
Ruviana
TaMara–you’re house-hunting *again*? How often do you move? The fountains arr great! I have that one in red.
MomSense
@Mnemosyne:
I liked it, too especially the second book with the School of Night.
Yutsano
I am slightly disappoint that you didn’t pull a Dio joke. But that can be a bit obscure so perhaps for the best.
You have to do quarterlies?
sab
@WereBear: She needs to learn to felt. Husky fur is perfect for it. She can learn to make tiny toy huskies and other things.
TaMara (HFG)
@LivingInExile: We’ve been using a bladder homeopathic that seems to stop them in their tracks, but I’ll also look that up. Thanks
@Kelly: We may need photos.
@Ruviana: I’ll ignore the judgemental tone and reply that I’ve only moved once since commenting on B-J. And explain that my situation has changed dramatically in the four years since I bought this house and need something larger, as this one is as my nieces call it, “a doll house”.
TaMara (HFG)
@Yutsano: I have to prep everything for the CPAs to take over, plus 1099 and W2s. So people should probably NOT annoy me for the next few weeks.
Mnemosyne
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
I think you’re right and it IS all three books for $1.99! I had only purchased one of them (I checked the others out from the library), so I just bought this. Thanks for the tip!
Mnemosyne
@MomSense:
I went to a conference last April with a bunch of scholars of Early Modern England (which starts with the Tudors) and they were really proud of their former colleague and thought she had done a great job showing the period.
I’m half-convinced that she modeled the heroine’s best friend Chris on a Shakespeare historian from Yale who was at the conference, especially in book 3. I can’t entirely explain it, but the character really seemed to have his personality even beyond the superficial similarities (both top professors at Yale, both Black, etc).
Laura Too
@rikyrah: I got an update from Tomato Queen on New Years day. Merlin is adjusting nicely. Not quite able to get pictures of him yet, but she thinks soon. I think I speak for a lot of folks around here that we can’t wait! He will be so photogenic.
sab
@Laura Too: TomatoQueen gave me some cooking advice that I disparaged. Figured out what she was saying. I was wrong. She was right. I will do better cooking/baking next time. Live, listen and learn.
rikyrah
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
Thanks for the tip. I just ordered it myself ?
debbie
@CarolPW:
Perfect for a drama queen!
Laura Too
@sab: LOL, I’ll have to remember if I get advice from her to take it! She seems very wise.
Aleta
@sab: I hope things are going OK for everyone you look out for — your father and his caregiver, your not-quite but yes, granddaughter, your husband, stepkids, grandkids and the animals — and especially for you. So much to be watching over. Wishing you the best.
Wil
What is the brand of that cat fountain?
Thanks!
Ruviana
@TaMara (HFG): No judgment intended, more like amazement. And a bigger house can mean moar ducks!
TaMara (HFG)
@Wil: This one from Amazon.
amazon.com/PetSafe-Drinkwell-Pagoda-Ceramic-Fountain/dp/B00BD3UN8C/ref=sr_1_26?crid=S1H83L3XNNSV&keywords=pet+fountains+for+cats&qid=1578183616&sprefix=pet+fountian%2Caps%2C182&sr=8-26
MoxieM
So much joy, and also, so much sorrow. I feel lucky to be here.
Wil
@TaMara (HFG): Thanks!
Lisa Goldstein
So cute! Fuzzy sweeties all! I love it!