Yesterday Sinatra attacked Mike with a vengeance. After looking at his wrist, I made a tough decision and called the shelter. Sinatra is now back at the shelter on bite quarantine. I do not believe he will be back here.
The time I have spent with him, he has shown no indication […]
Like most of the country, we are experiencing a heat wave of unusually high temperatures. Yesterday it got to 103 degrees here! I had put the fly sheets on the horses and then hosed them down while the sheets were on to help keep them cool and hold in the moisture.
At 9:00 p.m. […]
Sinatra does not seem distressed to be inside the cage. There are several levels and it is quite roomy. At 6′ tall, I can stand up inside of it. Building it took almost all day, and the enclosure was like a sauna! I was soaked by the time we were done. […]
Yesterday the temperature topped 103 degrees! Unusual for this area and the upstairs was pretty unbearable. I decided to move the kittens out of the bedroom and bring the two older cats Guinevere and Sinatra downstairs to our bedroom where it is much cooler.
Putting Guinevere inside the carrier is challenging. Because of the nature […]
It is incredibly hot today. The cats have no less than six fans running upstairs and it is still 85 degrees. Mike and I are going ahead with our plans to build an introduction cage inside the enclosure. This will give Sinatra the option of meeting all the gang (because some of the cats just […]
This year, I decided to go against my vet’s express wishes and get two of my kittens spayed early. One of them, Maverick had managed to go into heat before reaching her 4 month birthday! Since there was still one intact male in my bunch, I did not wish for any surprise litters. […]
Guinevere about mugged me tonight when I arrived home! I have been out of town for four days helping out my mother who just had a hip replacement. I was pleasantly surprised to find Guinevere crawling toward me no matter where I was in the room (I was cleaning the cat room). Finally, I […]
I have started putting Sinatra in the hospitality cage for a few hours today. Of course all the other cats had to come running to see the newcomer. I put his small carrier into the cage as well so he could hide, but being the full alpha male that he is, he […]
Both Guinevere and Sinatra now occupy the same two rooms together. There is no hissing, growling or swatting, they lay side by side now. There is even a bit of mutual grooming going on and Sinatra seems quite protective of her.
I have been going up in the evenings and leaving the doors open and […]
I have my doubts that the people around us even know why we celebrate the 4th of July. For them, it is just another excuse to drink, get high and make noise.
Last night they started shooting off what turned out to be a large selection of fireworks. The horses were going […]