Meet Rusty, Beta and Mama Tortie!
These purrty kitties are the first kitties TNR'ed by the cat project in which our lady volunteers. About 3 years ago they were living at a plant slated for demolition and had to be relocated. They now live on a 44,000 acre farm! Mama Tortie is the only one who will allow the lady to pet her, but the others will get pretty close as the lady puts the foods in the bowls.
The farm is about 20 miles away from our house on the creek. The road to the grain silos, where the kitties are, is a 4 mile long dirt stretch. Our lady enjoys taking this trip alone sometimes, so she can crank up the tunes and sing. She can't carry a tune in a bucket, but it's ok cause there's no one around who might hear her and tell her to stuff a sock in it!
We had to show off the lady's cool new bracelet. She was inspired by Daisy to purchase one from the I'm Tired site. For every $10.00 bracelet you buy, I'm Tired donates $5.00 to the cause you choose, she chose animal cruelty. She loves that the bracelet is made out of recycled tires and metals - so fashionable and eco friendly!
This photo is for Elin in Malaysia!
This is Cal in November with the American flag flapping in the breeze behind him. This is one of the lady's favorite pictures.
We all really appreciate all the kind words, purrs, and prayers for Cal. We do believe they are working! The lady has taken him outside to walk around 2 days in a row and it really helps to lift his spirit. He's a different cat when he is roaming the yard with the lady. He is eating very well at the moment, better than he has in months! He ate 2 pouches of Whiskas and 1 1/2 cans of Friskies yesterday. His appetite is wonderful....... is it the medication, the b12 injection, the purrs, the sunshine and fresh air? Whatever it is we hope it continues to work! We are still awaiting the results of the malabsorption profile, we will post the results as soon as we hear from the vet. Thanks again!
Cal was dropped off at the vet this morning for a couple of tests. The first test was an x-ray and the second was a maldigestion profile. When the lady and man walked into the exam room at 4:00 this afternoon, Dr. D's face pretty much said it all. The first words out of the lady's mouth were, "you do not look happy!" Indeed Dr. D was not happy. Cal has dropped another pound and is down to around 8lbs - not good. Then Dr. D turned the lights out and the light box on to highlight his x-rays. His x-rays showed lots of activity going on in his intestines, lots of air. Then she pointed out a troubling area, which could either be really angry intestines or a neoplasm of lymph tissue - cancer.
Maggie May is entered in the Spay Day USA photo contest at HSUS! 
Maggie May - Best Use of Catnip Feature 
Today we are introducing another friend of ours from the great state of Texas. Her name is 
Her interest include birds, chipmunks, squirrels, mice, and hiking! She sounds like an awful lot of fun and she looks so very much like our Rambler!
