Monday, Monday

The Spooktacular Fall Feline Festival was a great success. The amount we raised will fund enough spay and neuter to prevent 250 births! I believe our total was around $2000.00. So awesome! I had to leave the sale for a little bit to take Maggie May to the vet for a possible scratch on her eye that tuned out to be a painful corneal ulcer. She has a recheck today or tomorrow.
Farrah the kitten is doing well, she has a little URI, but it doesn't seem to be getting worse. She will leave us tonight to go to the foster who will be transporting her up north. We are gonna miss that sweet baby.

Wordless Wednesday with Maggie May

Happy Friday!

Another busy week has come and gone. Thanks to everyone for the get well wishes for our manservant, he really appreciated them. We are happy to report he has made a great recovery and gets his stitches out this morning.
On Tuesday, the lady and man drop trapped the momma cat they were unable to get for the big clinic a few weeks ago. They were so happy when she finally went in the trap! She and 2 other kitties (male and female) went in for spay/neuter on Wednesday and have been recovering in our pink room. Yesterday morning the lady woke up to the aroma of highly potent mancat urine! The house needs a good airing out!

Trapping resumes on Friday and Saturday for a clinic on Sunday. They are hoping for 10-15 more. So far for 2010, 79 homeless cats have been spayed/neutered and vaccinated by the BCCP!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!Oh, don't worry about Maggie May's sweet little leg, she just sits like that because she thinks it comfortable. Just one of her many endearing qualities! So neat to hear Felix sits like that also. Must all be part of being in the naughty patella club!

It's Getting Better

We are happy to report the stress and tension has greatly improved here on the creek. Maggie and Maizy are both on Amitriptyline. It has really helped! Hardly any hissing from Maggie and no chasing and biteys from Maizy for a few days now. Maggie May goes for a recheck at the vet tomorrow. Her leg looks great and the abscess has completely healed. Now just waiting for her fur to grow back.The calming collars are still on the others and Chevelle gets her ears rubbed with flower essences. They seem to really be working, just look at this picture! Chevelle and Ferris have never ever laid within 5 feet of one another and they shared Dixie Dog's bed the other night!

The lady donated some of her retro owl note cards to a blog that hosts giveaways. Anyone can enter to win. Go HERE!

Rambler would like to thank everyone for his Gotcha Day wishes!! Happy week, everyone!

Flannigan's Ball - St. Patrick's Day Contest Entry

This is what we came up with for the St. Patrick's Day contest hosted by Brian and Lynx217. We're not sure if this falls under the catergory of "green apparel" or "use of green." Since Maggie May has had a rough week, we let her model and show her St. Patrick's Day spirit!

This contest is lots of fun and we hope more of our friends enter! You can learn more about the contest by clicking on the links above.

Relax

We all have our pheromone collars and flower essences and Maizy is on her anti-psychotics.....we mean, anti-anxiety meds. We are all tolerating the collars pretty well. It seems to be more of a problem for Maggie May than anyone, but we're sure she'll get used to it soon. And if not, off it will go. The vet said we could give Maggie the anti-anxiety meds too, if needed.

We have some BIG news....... Maizy and Maggie May touched noses.....and didn't hiss......didn't growl.....and no biteys!! Maggie did raise her paw at Maizy slightly, but then walked off. We think that is some major progress! But still, only supervised interactions and only for a few minutes at a time. We don't want to over do it or anything.

Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend! We'll be playing with the fun toy that came with our flower essences. It's real fun to kick!

For some reason blogger would not let us upload any photos :(

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Since it's going to take about a week for the flower essences to arrive, I decided to try out another product in the meantime. After quite a bit of online research, I found a product that's available at our local PetSmart. Our PetSmart also carries feliway, but the problem with diffusers is the openness of our great room. The ceiling is nearly 30 feet high, so we'd need a lot of those suckers to make any sort of a difference. I do believe in the use of pheromones to help relieve stress, so that's why I gave these pheromone collars a shot. We planned on buying one for each of the three girls, but the store only had two. The two lucky girls are Maizy and Chevelle. And I was totally shocked that they didn't freak out, considering they've never worn collars before. The price was not too bad, $15.00 each, they are supposed to last 30 days and they have a pleasant lavender scent.

As far as efficacy, I'd say they have helped with some of the aggression in both Maizy and Chevelle. Maggie May still hisses and growls anytime she sees them, but they don't seem to want to attack her. When PetSmart gets a new shipment in, we plan on getting one for Maggie May to see if it calms her down. We'll keep everyone posted! It's nice to hear from others who are having the same issues in their home, makes us know we aren't alone in this.

Here is a great deal on the calming collars! Thanks for the tip, Barb!! We just bought 4 more for the price we paid for 2 at PetSmart!

Be sure to check out the Creek Cats on Wendy's LOL Spot! It's pawsome!!

Everybody's Workin' For The Weekend

Just a few things to report:Sebastian and Reilly are doing wonderfully in their new home. Reilly has completely come out of his shell and is quite the mama's boy. Sebastian is more of a man's man and cries when his new daddy leaves the room. They both seem to really love the dog, Roadside, and even share the couch with him. Love it!
The tension really hasn't gotten any better here on the creek. We thought when the boys were adopted, things would get better. However, the boys never were the problem. It the 3 girls, Maggie, Maizy and Chevelle. Tonight Maizy attacked Maggie. Thanks to a friend's advice, I ordered some new flower essences. I want to try natural before getting meds from the vet. We pray this will work and harmony will be restored again.

Have a great weekend, everyone!!!

P.S. Maggie May and Saylor were having a sweet little tussle in the Wordless Wednesday pic this week.

Welcome To My Nightmare - Movie Monday

Feeling nastalgic? Here is the original Sheet Monster!

One Thing Leads To Another

Maggie May went to the vet on Tuesday and she's in perfect health with knee caps in place, yay! This was her first ever annual visit with vaccinations. She weighed in at 8lbs and is in perfect body condition! She was such a good girl during the car ride and at the office.
The new black foster kitten has a name, it's Saylor! She also had a vet appointment on Tuesday. Saylor has a few issues going on at the moment. She was heavily infested with spirometra tapeworms, roundworms and she also tested positive for coccidia. On top of that, she has a protruding rectum that was caused by the infestation. This requires the lady to keep the area moist with a solution and also some ointment. If it gets worse, she may need surgery. We're keeping our paws crossed!! She is loving life as a spoiled kitten and has her very own room while she is recovering.

Chicken Fried

Maggie May was so happy to receive her runner up prize from Baby Patches Spring Photo Contest. Baby Patches is Chief Kit at her mom's store, suppliesjustforpets.com. Once again, we were very impressed by the super fast shipping! Maggie May chose the VitaKitty Chicken Cat Treats. Not only are these treats yummy, they are also healthy and use cage-free chicken! All of us kitties here on the creek enjoyed these treats. Although Ferris wanted to, the lady made sure he didn't run of with these, like he did the party mix. We give these treats 12 paws up!
Thank you Baby Patches!

Copyright Sharyn Thoma-Guay

Maggie May is featured on The Kitty City Gazette! It's a must see! Be sure to check out this hilarious site!

Life In The Fast Lane

Maggie May is featured on Diamond's Lair T-13 American Road Trip!! Be sure to stop in and check out all the stops on the road trip! Not only is it fun, but its also very informative! We all learned a lot about all the featured states, ours included!

There was a little reporting error..... Rambler's Gotcha Day is March 19. We may fire our secretary, she is getting slack.