Maizy and Ferris Go To The Vet

Maizy and Ferris went to the vet yesterday to get their exams and vaccinations. They weren't too happy about it, and Maizy sang the whole way there. You can see by Ferris' expression that he was not amused to be catnapped, stuffed in a carrier and subjected to pokes and prods from from a man in scrubs.

Last year, Ferris weighed in at 16 lbs and Maizy at 13 lbs. The vet said they could both stand to loose a little weight. He was more than thrilled to find they had both dropped 3 lbs on their diet! Teeth, eyes, ears, heart and lungs.....all good! They are both good for another year.

On Staycation

The vacation/staycation starts today! Don't know how much we will be around for the next week, but we will try to check in with everyone from time to time. Gonna enjoy some kitty snuggle time and do some yard projects and hopefully take Dixie Dog out in the boat. See ya when we get back!

Memorial Garden

I made this memorial garden for the ones who came before. There are 5 pets buried in this garden and they are marked by the stone pavers. There are also 2 pieces of driftwood that used to be in Buzz the iguana's enclosure. I rescued all the flowers off of Walmart's death row for 1/2 off.

Checking In With Gretchen

How cute is Gretchen in these pictures!!!

So here's some good news.....We've been able to lure Gretchen up to the top of the steps using fried chicken and grilled sea mullets. She will even eat some of her wet food in front of us. She stayed on the platform of the stairs for over an hour with us on the porch. She took a nap and was even flirting by rolling around. This is the closest we've been to her since relocating her to our yard from her feral colony. It's great progress! If only we could get her to stay. Next week is our vacation/staycation and we plan on working a lot more with her and hopefully find her day hiding spot. Every night she comes from the house across from us. It's for sale and no one lives there. Perhaps she lives under the deck. We don't have many hiding spots on our property. She must feel safe over there.

Check out those lasers!

Happy Father's Day!

Life Is Good Award

Our mom got this award from Sniffie and The Furikids Mom!!

This award is for us Moms who help our kitties blog. Answer the questions, then pick five Moms to pass it along to.

1. What would your prefect day consist of?
A perfect day would be a day that I don't see horrible stories of pet abuse or neglect on the news or in the paper. Also, a day when all shelter pets have forever homes and all stray and feral cats have all been TNR'd and no kitten is born into the hard life of a feral cat.

2. How would you describe yourself if you were an item of clothing?
An old broke-in pair of jeans with holes in the knees.

3. What hobbies are you currently working on?
I'm really trying to work on my gardening skills.

4. Walking in the woods in wellies or bare foot on the beach?
Bare foot on the beach, of course!

5. Have you ever hugged or sang to a tree?
No

6. Growing your own veggies or nipping to the supermarket?
Supermarket for now. Although, someday I hope to grow my own vegetable garden!

7. Have you found anyone exciting in your family tree?
Yeah, not so much.

8. Slap up meal in a posh restaurant or fish ‘n’ chips from the wrapper?
Posh restaurant because I love dinning out and don't get to do it too often. So when I do it's a real treat!

9. Which element do you most resonate with, Earth, Air, Fire or water?
Water

10. Do you believe in fairies?
Not really, but would love to one day discover the house cleaning fairy!

We'd like to pass this award along to the moms of: Katnip Lounge, Punapippuri, Cory Cat Blog, Potpourri In NC, and Nico The Poly Meezer!

Wordless Wednesday

Checking In With Gretchen

Here are some pics from over the weekend. On Friday night, Gretchen came on the porch 3 times... at 9pm, 10pm, and 12am. Check out Ferris and Gretchen locking laser eyes in the window!! A couple of times when the servants walked out on the porch to look for her, she was at the foot of the stairs and didn't run away when they saw her! They stayed and talked to her for a while.
These three kitties will soon be homeless and must be adopted asap. They don't have to be adopted together, but desperately need to be saved. Click on the graphic and help if you can!

Almost Wordless Wednesday - Look At All Those Eartips!

*An eartip is the removal of the top 1/4 of the ear (usually the left) under anesthesia and it's the universal symbol that a feral, stray or free-roaming cat has been sterilized and vaccinated against rabies. To feral cat colony caretakers, an eartip is a beautiful sight to see!

Checking In With Gretchen

Here are some pics from the last few days. She is doing great and comes out of the woods earlier every night. She was at the top of the stairs at 8:45pm on Saturday night. The lady didn't know she was there and opened the door. When Gretchen saw her, she ran back into the yard, but didn't hide. Yay for progress!

Giveaway Winners!

Thanks to all of you who stopped by to wish Saylor a Happy Birthday and enter our giveaways! She had the best first birthday and enjoyed her honeysuckle toys from NipandBones.com.

We've chosen both giveaway winners by using a random name picker on the internet.

And those lucky winners are..........

JB's Small World for the CSN coupon!

and

Huffle Mawson for the Ferris print!

We will be contacting both winners shortly.

Thanks to all who participated, you're all winners in our book!

Rambler's Day Out

Hey! I remember this dogloo... it used to be mine when I was in the garage. Now Gretchen uses it.Hey Lady, time to break out the power washer to clean up these steps!I love rolling around in gravel!Taking in all the smells....What a great day outside on the leash!