Bored!

Winter is so boring.  Not much happening 

Gary and Popeye had a most terrible fight in the garage.  Dad and Mum said it was the worst cat fight they'd ever seen.  Mum keeps gallon bottles of water out there.  To break up the fight she had yo throw water on them.  They still aren't friends.

Gary had a bad problem.  He was sitting on dryer, slipped and fell in the closed space by the dryer.  He can't jump.  He's too big and, also, it's not much in the nature of domestic shorthairs.  They could't reach him.  Dad had to lie down on the top of the washer and dryer and pull him up.  Dad's arms just barely made it.

See the Christmas tree.  We were all good.  Nobody broke any balls.  Nobody climbed the tree.  Nobody ate any tinssel.  Mum bought us new Cat Faery toys.  They are good to play with.  She usually makes aome catnip toys, but her hand was still wrapped.  We had ham and turkey.

Good Talk

Mum talked to my former owner, Colleen tonight.  She wanted her to know about my most awful experience.  Mum is now ready to discuss the terrible event.  Her doctor was ready to put her in the hospital if they couldn't get me down from the tree.  She still has problems talking about it.  I'm not sure she really understands and can reasonably accept it w/o falling apart.

We are having Christmas again.  Nobody pays any attention to the tree.  We are aults and won't play games.  Old man Black sleeps under the tree in the very back.  Everybody is on their best behaviour.

Will write more later. 

Snow

We had our first snow of this Christmas season.  We all are staying inside and are significantly bored!!

Turkey Day

Today Mum roasted a large turkey.  I used to eat raw turkey, but this is diferrent. It smells really tastey.  Little Cat has been waiting all day.  I hear that Mum's first Aby was Samantha.  She was a ruddy Aby.  She lived 23 years and went crazy over turkey livers.  Why, she would run when she heard the knife being sharpened. She came from England from the very best line, GrChTaishun Leo.  She flew Pan Am by herself insured by a famous company, LLoyds of London.  They really bonded.  Samantha could jump better than me.  When she first met Dad she jumped to his shoulders.  She was mated with GrCh Chota-Li Jester and had kittens: then 2 more litters.  Evertone wanted her baby's but she kept some like Maya and Lasange (my sister named that cat).  Mum really fell apart when she died of pneumonia one Thanksgiving  Mum bought her a real tombstone.

I have a new neice, Baby Girl.  They havn't named heer yet.  She's 3 days old.

Tree Climb

On a Monday I decided to climb one of the pine trees at the old house across the stree,  See the pine tree and 2-story house.  I wasn'too high ny Wendsday when some girls heard me crying Tey knew I was lost because on Tuesday when I wasn't home Mum went to all the houses in our area.  I was only up high enough to be reached with a ladder.  I crawled way out on a limb when the fire department tried to get me.  I was soooo scared of them.  Next this man climbed the tree to where I was so I ran up the tree to its very top.  No one could reach me.  Peoplle kept telling Mum and Dad that I'd come down when I got hungry.  I was already hungry and needed water.  The next night it rained and I licked water off my coat.  I cried and tried and Mum would talk bac.  I still wouldn't come down.  Mum called the town to see if they woul bring the bucket ttruck.  They said "No".  She was going to hire one from the big city, but she leasred they only went up 60 feet, less than half the height where I was.  Mum was hysterical.  She coul hear me cry but couldn't reach me.  She and I both were so scared and upset.  By Saturday it rained again so I had a liilt taste of water. Dad was upset too but tried not to show it.  They were afraid they'd have to put Mum in a hospital.  ByMonday she called a lumberjack.  He came with his worker and ropes and climbed up as he could safely go.  I still couldn't be reached.  It was so tall, but since I weighed so little I could get really high.  He had a long fishing pole to touch me.  I ran down the tree until I was about 30 feet from the ground and I jumped.  It was a miracle that I landed on my feet and took off running.  I came home very thirsty and hungry in about 2 hours.  She was so happy.  She loved and loved on me.  Mum called the vet to come over to check me out.  I was OK.  I slept with Mum and Dad the next 2 nights.  I am really happy to be alive and well.  I'm sticking pretty close to the house, even on the warmer days.  It was Halloween....

September-October-November

Let's start with today.  Mum bought and had installed a new complicated cat door.  It's bigger, magntized and has controlls:  one lets everyone in and out; onef out only; one for in only; and one for locked.  The problem is it's new and different.  We don't like it and the flap is heavier but Mum says we have to use it....


In September Mum went to Texas to be with her father.  She had to make the staff do their job.  She can be that way.  I slept with Dad the first night.

The she had surgery on her left hand--carpal tunnel.  She said it was "a piece of cake".  I didn't see any cake.

Mum and Dad left us home when they went to my sister's (Tori) wedding to Dave.  They left Chase, Larry, and Boxer home.  Of course all of us had helpers who came in to feed us.  Her cats had a live-in helper. We were all home when they came back

That's all for now.  Tomorrow I will tell about the horrible nightmare.....

Me

I  have such style.....

All's Well!

Everyr\thing is fine.  Dad's surgery went fine, so did Mum's.  She said, "It was a piece of cake."  (I don't like cake except for some icings. 

She thinks Dad is depressed.  He says nothing tastes good.  He's tired all the time, isn't doing his exersies or walking.  He says he's just old.  He does somethings but would rather sit in his chair, read, watch TV or work on the computer.  (He claims to be related to all the Kings and Queens of Europe.)  He will come up with any excuse to not do something.  I am so worried nabout him as is Mum.  Depression is prominent after heart attacks.

I have become quite the hunter. I find these things called salamamders and bring them in the house.  Some are dead. (YAH!) but if he can can he saves the others. I also catch cicadas (locusts).  Dad tries to save them too.

Mum & Dad

I'm very worried about.  Mum has been crying all and isn't eating. She won't do anything.  She's sooo  worried about Dad.  He has to have more surgery this week.  He is 81 today and beed so tierd.  He doees very little but sit.

Also Mum has to have hand surgery soon and who wukk take care of her and him?

Then her Marton of Honor is having a wedding shower the same day.  Nikki, a cousin, decided to have a double birthday party at Tori's Aunt Cindy, so of course,  few, if any of the relatives are going there.  We are so disappointed,.

The she fell in the garden twice, hitting her face and head on a brick. There was so much blood we didn't know what to do.  Her face is swollen, cut, and bruised.  She wouldn't go to church.....

She's also upset that she most like won't be able to visit her father in Texas.  He's 91 and has Parhinson's disease.

Significant Accomplishment

I killed a bird!  I killed a bird!!

Birthdays

Today is my forever adoptive birthday.  I've lived here 1 year.  I turned 4 onJuly 7.  There was a small party.  Everyone got new catnup, fresh chicken, a new toy,, and cat treats.  Hammond was a bit rude, eating first.  Poppey hit Blackie in a fight over the catnip.

Next weekend is Dad'd 81st birthday.  He had a big party last year.  I was still locked in my room.  Mum and Dad will just go out for dinner.  He always want to eat in Knightstown.

He's recovering slowly from the horrible heart attack the end of May.  We knew something was happening.
Mum and Dad argued all night, with her saying you're having a heart attack an he keeping denying it.  Police and an ambulance took them the emergency room.  They did some tests then moved him to a heart hospital.  They were there 4 days. One of her friends and Tory fed us but it was so lonely.  He is okay, but so tired.  He's supposed to be walking a half hour a day, but that totally wipes him out.  Mum is still very worried.

Mum did fine until the day after they came home, then she went on a binge to clean the garage.  They can now put a car in it this winter.  Mum won't be  allowed to do it, since she has no depth perception.  Also, he's afraid she'll run over a cat.  After doing lots of pitching and throwing in the garage, she had a "melt-own", falling apart, angry, didn't eat, but her doctors helped with that.

There's more, but I want to go outside....

Billy Bob

Tragic news:  Billy Bob, my black bob tailed cat was killed on the road.  He was here fo supper,  Abot an hour later, a nice woman  called to say her father saw a black cat on the side of the road.  He even thought he might still be alive.  She drove the 20 some miles to see.  But he was dead and she saw his tag and called us.  Dad brought him ome.  We'll bury him in the cat cemetary in the morning.  Mum wants to plant a peony.

I spent the entire day outside.  It's finally back in the 70s.

Poor Bits cries constantly if noone is in the room....

Dog

A big brown dog visited the deck today.  He didn't have a collar, but did wear a chock chain.  He ate all the dry cat food, the bacon fat, and a dish of grilled shrimp, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes.  Must have been hungry.  He chased me, but ran from Poppy.  But Gary made it clear he(she) wasn't welcome here.  Gary watched him thru the deck door and then charged the door.  Poor dog ran away with his tail between his legs.

Bits and his Bad Ear Day!

It's just terrible.  Poor Bits!  He had to go back to the vets to really fix his ear--another $96.00....
He had to have surgery, sutures with plastic sewn to his ear, and an Elizabethan collar.  He was absolutely frantic and we were told he HAD to be kept inside for at least a week or more.  That is soooooooo difficult with cat doors and the rest of us.  He's confined to Dad's room.  He's desparate to get rid of the collar.  We all fell sooooo bad!

Mum is very upset with herself for thinking the new vet's method would be better than Blackie's button ear.  It was much more expensive and definitely worse for poor Bits.

He does much better with Dad in the room than by himself.  He is getting special treats....

Bits

Ear Continued

Mum's back is really bad tonight.  She weeded and vacuumed the floors.  The pain has even made her throw-up, kinda like when I eat grass.

After the Blog ate my writings, I'll try to reconstruct....

Mum and Dad took him to a different vet (the one she used 40 some odd years ago with her 1st Abby, Samantha).  Doc Garvin knows newer methods than her farm vet.  The cost was alot higher, but he doesn't have a button.  He drained and put a dressing on the ear. Doc also found a very bad ear infection but NO ear mites.  Doc says it's very rare for him to treat ear hemotomas.  My brothers have had 3 within 5 months.....  Mum and Dad have had cats for some years 64 years without ever seeing one before.  Bits didn't seem to have any trouble with the bandages or his meds, but came home for supper without the dressing....  Mum is very upset because the ear is already filling up with blood.  They don't want to have to pay another $125.00....

Exhausted

I'll write a little before I crash for the night.  I am exhausted!  I've been out and about since dawn. It's now dusk.  I love being outside.  I don't always come when called but once in awhile I do. 

Mum is really upset because she doesn't know where I go.  She says she wants to put a bug on me so she could track me.  She is so afraid for me.  She even thinks someone will steal me....  (like Sorophy).  I don't think I'd ever go to a stranger.

Poor Old Bits.  He's 68 in human years.  The only problems with illness he's had were abscesses from squabbles. 

But he developed a hematoma on his ear, just like Blackie.

May 2011

I'll write a little before I crash for the night.  I am exhausted!  I've been out and about since dawn. It's now dusk.  I love being outside.  I don't always come when called but once in awhile I do.  Mum is really upset because she doesn't know where I go.  She says she wants to put a bug on me so she could track me.  She is so afraid for me.  She even thinks someone will steal me....  (like Sorophy).  I don't think I'd ever go to a stranger.

Poor Old Bits.  He's 68 in hyman years.  The only problems with illness he's had were absesses from squabbles.  But he developed a hemotoma on his ear, just like Blackie.  But Mum and Dad took him to a differrent Doc who knew a newer technique to fix it.  The cost was higher, but he doesn't have a button.  Don Garvin drained it and put a dressing on the ear.  He also has a very bad ear infection but no earmites.  Doc said it is very rare for him to have to treat ear hemotomas.  Mum and Dad have had cats for 64 years and never seen one before.  He didn't seem to have trouble with the bandage or the meds, but came home for supper without it....

Roamings

Mum is sooo upset when I am out in the rain, because it's cold and wet.  Mum's stud cat was stolen.  Sorophy got outside and it rained.  Then it rained hard.  She looked everywhere, searched all over and couldn't find him.  She heard from her vet that half Abys were being found 4 blocks away.  About 10 years later the sister of a woman who lived nearby said her sister, who was a client of Mum said, knew about her GrCh cat and stole by her.  The sister said that Mum didn't care because he was out so she took him and moved to Florida where she and he died.

Happenings at Night

At night in this househood can be very interesting.  After Mum and Dad go to bed, if I'm not outside I observe.  Last  night there was ayoung oppossum on the deck.  No food so he went away.  Some of the cats slept all over the house.  Some were awake watching.  Mommy Cat came out to eat.  Mum woke up, but Mommy didn't run.  She didn't run.  Instead she sat lay down and played with a catnip toy.  A good sign.

The I saw the strange catlike face thru the cat door.  It was a young racoon.  I charged and he ran, but he came back and I had to charge again.

It's fun at night....