Yesterday, I drove up to see Mike and didn’t get home until late. Instead of feeding the outside kitties, I fell asleep on the couch (my granddaughter would say “My Bad!”) This morning when I went out to feed, Blake and Sawyer were fighting among themselves which is odd because they get along just fine, and it is just the two of them alone in that huge stall enclosure. They heard me pop the can of cat food open and they just went for each other. Thank God they don’t have teeth at least not much to speak of. I guess all those years of neglect living with Karen is triggered by missed meals and I won’t do that again. They have dry food and plenty of it, the problem is they can’t eat it easily because of their mouth issues. I had been scaling back their wet food as we are running out of canned cat food fairly quickly. Lots of dry, just no canned. But they pretty much told me this isn’t acceptable for them. Putting liquid on the dry food doesn’t appease them and it just sits and gets soggy and full of ick when it sits for a few hours.
They both got the last two cans of wet food along with my apologies for my not showing up during feeding time last night. I have a few cans of tuna on the shelf- guess that will have to do for tomorrow. Cats, gotta love em!
Got a call this morning about a family of kittens found in an old shed. The woman was so excited, said they were so cute, the size of newborn mice but momma was hissing and spitting and wouldn’t let her near them. Hmmm I wonder why? 🙂 I told her to just leave them alone, block the mom in the shed, start feeding mom about 5 times a day different things including kitten chow and cat milk and provide her with several litterpans since she won’t be getting out. They are going to block up the shed with some trellis they have on hand so they can give the cats air- and the way she was talking, I suspect she has already fallen in love with this unexpected family. I told her I would help her to socialize the mom but I couldn’t take the family right now. I did tell her to stay away from the new mom (a tortie) they are very tempermental and she could be nailed if she isn’t careful. I told her you can get nailed IF you are careful!
Do you have an Amazon Wishlist for canned food and such?
I do, but not having a clue how to set it up- it isn’t easy to find. (sorry about that) If you go to search for someone’s wish list and type in Mary Anne Miller/CATS Inc., you should find it. I can’t figure out how to change it over to something easier- don’t have the time to mess with it right now. But thank you for asking about it-
I wish I could send you another donation but I’m out at the moment. It’s tough when you have some guests who like only a certain thing.
was able to scrape a few pennies together for you!
my daughter just in the last few minutes lost her almost 14yr old tortie Pumkin, she was a spoiled little girl and had so much love in her lifetime. Love that the ones that come to you have missed out on. Please accept the donation I made in her honor, R I P miss Punky, we will always love you and miss you. Go play no on the bridge with your sisters, girlie and Roxie. all my love, grammy!
Sue, I am so sorry for the loss of Punky. If you lived closer, I have a three month old tortie with a bent in half tail that arrived here recently. I am calling her Gibson and she needs a loving home.
Thank you for the donations- every one. I will try and get the wish list link on the sidebar to make it easier to find in the future. There are just times when I wake up in the morning and wish I just had a normal life- although like my mother said yesterday- she’s not sure what a normal life really is all about any more.
Thank you MA, for both thoughts. torties are the best, other than black’s and tuxedo’s / cows and white and grey’s. lol but Torties make great companions because they are the most vocal or at least that is my experience. The one I had always met me at the door when I got home to tell on all the others and tell me about her day, she would make a best friend for an elder!