Wordless Wednesday

Mancats Love to Stroll

We had a beautiful day on Saturday, with temps in the low 70's.  It was threatening rain, and did drizzle a bit, but we were able to break out the stroller and take rides around the neighborhood.

 Cousin Pirate loved strolling most of all, and would sit in the stroller in the house and just talk and talk, asking to go for another ride. 

Auntie obliged by riding him around the house for a bit...He was able to go around the neighborhood several times, and then a couple more times on Sunday.  It was a great weekend for the mancats!

note: the stroller is zipped up when we are outside :)

Tasty Thursday

This is also a flashback to fostering post...found these pictures and thought they were too cute not to share!

 Here's Penne...she has been working on drinking her milk slurry from a plate...you can see how yummy her dinner was!  Look at that big belly...she enjoyed every warm bit of milk.

This is her sister Tortelini - she loved her dinner too!  It won't be long before these girls are sleeping hard with their nice warm bellies!

Mancat Monday

Mom finished up her week of cat sitting, for some silly girl kitties, on Saturday morning.  We were ready for her to spend some time with us...she found some of our toys we had shoved in various places for safe keeping (like under the sofa) and we enjoyed them all over! 

 Devon loved on the nip nanner that had been rescued from the couch...

Then he moved on to two more nip toys...multi-tasking at its finest!

It was a great weekend for everyone...mom was thankful to have some time to rest and just snuggle with us boys. 

Wordy Wednesday

Tanner went to the vet the other day for his annual checkup with Smokey.  He could use a few purrs as well...

He will be returning to the vet in one month to have his liver values rechecked...his ATL level was high.  We hope it is just because he has added a couple of new medicines this year, and this 'high' is his new normal, and not another problem. 

Tanner takes the following medicines daily...

• Atenolol - heart
• Enalipril - heart
• Plavix - heart
• Paxil - behavior

Otherwise, the vet was pleased with his weight loss, and his overall other health! 

Toes on Tuesday

These toes belong to Smokey!

 He has kissably soft toes...go ahead, we'll wait for you!

Smokey had his annual vet visit the other day, and his blood word came back with slightly elevated kidney values.  We are going to start adding some special food into his diet and go back in three months for another test.  Purrs would be appreciated for this most handsome senior mancat!

Mancat Monday

We have had a busy few weeks, and were even abandoned for a week while Mom and Auntie took a trip.  We will try to do better with posting. 

The washing machine has been having some issues...the cold water would only run in as a trickle, and therefore would take almost three hours to run a load!  Who has time for that?  Auntie set up an appointment for the repair guy to come out...

This is the inside of a washing machine in case you were wondering...We needed a new water inlet valve. 

Devon was a big helper and snoopervised the repair man the whole time!  He made sure we were not charged for parts we didn't need, and kept the man on track. 

We are happy to report the washer is running just fine now...thanks to Devon!

Mancat Monday

Mancats love to play and have many toys to choose from...however, there is a problem...

 Here's Devon laying nicely by the Undercover Mouse asking to play...

So sad that no one is around to turn it on for him...what a tough life the mancat leads!

Wordless Wednesday

Mancats are Pirates

Mom found a fun toy at the Petsmart when she was working and just had to pick it up for us...

 Tanner is helping read the instructions to her...

 Devon is checking out the progress...looking good so far...

 Cousin Pirate comes over to check out his new pirate ship! 

 Smokey inspects the interior of the ship...no scurvy dogs in here!

Tanner loves the cozy feel to the ship...

Mancats love pirates and new toys! AARRRGGHHH!

Thursday in the Garden

 Many of you will remember last week when we showed the following picture of our baby fevvers...

Well, this was taken on Sunday of this week...they are getting so big!

On Wednesday morning they were all gone from the nest, so we think they have flown the coop!  Best of luck to our fevvers!

Toesday Tuesday

The toes featured on today's post are moms...she and Auntie deserted us last weekend and headed off to the beach...

 Toes about to get wet!  Mom said the water was just perfect, so nice and warm...

 Toes in the sand...nothing better than sitting under and umbrella, reading a good book, digging your toes in the sand and listening to the waves crashing...heaven!

Beautiful ocean...

Purrs Needed for Alex and Charlie

Some of our friends are in need of healing purrs...please send one to them today...

 Alex is showing his age and would appreciate some words of comfort...it's hard to see our friends feeling poorly and senior boys hold a special place in our hearts.

Charlie needs to have all his remaning teeth removed to help with the calici virus...he could use some purrs for the surgery to be uncomplicated, and healing to be quick. 

We are sending healing and comforting purrs to each of these special boys and their humans today.

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Wordless Wednesday

Trio on Tuesday

We have a trio of baby fevvers in the knock-out rose bush by the front door.  We noticed the nest a few weeks ago, and saw the eggs...now we have babies!  These are baby mockingbirds.  They are just a few days old.

 They felt the nest rustle when I moved the branches a touch and they were expecting a meal!

They are quiet as can be at the moment, but I know it won't be long before they are chirping at mom...and since they are under my bedroom window, I will hear them!  I guess that's better than the bird that builds a nest in my bathroom vent every Spring!

Mancats Rock!

Yesterday, we were watching the Tour de France, and the boys wondered where their winners jersey's were.  I had picked this shirt jersey up for Devon several weeks ago, so we put it on those that wanted to wear it...

 Smokey looks like a true Rocker in the winners jersey...

 Pirate was the most enthusiastic until it came time to actually wearing the jersey!

Devon was an old pro and did not really mind wearing the jersey...it fit him like a glove! 

None of the others wanted to try the jersey on...they are happy to be spectators!

Thirsty Thursday

We've been having the really hot hots here lately, and Tanner is thankful for his fountain.  I thought about entitling this post, "Mancats have a drinking problem"...take a look...

 This fountain has a stream of water flowing out of it...behind Tanner's head.  He loves to put his chin over the stream and drink from the base...his neck and chin get all wet in the process.

 Another view of the preferred drinking pose...

 Now sometimes, he'll move to the side and just lick the plastic bowl...not sure he's actually getting any water this way...

 Finally he figured it out!

 Yummy, this is nice fresh water!

Oops back to the problem drinking...getting the chin all wet!  It's funny too, that he'll walk around the plant in the corner to get in the preferred drinking spot, instead of just walking up to the fountain. 

My boys are all crazy!

Mancat Monday

This edition of Mancat Monday will focus on the largest of our mancats - Tanner.

Tanner has had a few changes take place over the last few months.  You might remember we started him on an anti-anxiety medicine called Amitryptaline (sp).  He used this for one month, it was an ear cream.  We saw some behavior improvements in him, but it was not his miracle drug.  We switched over to Reconcile (Prozac).  This has given us the results we were looking for...no peeing anywhere but the box, not nervous around the other cats (primarily Pirate), able to stand up for himself if a bopping match starts, all around a calmer, more confident cat.  We are pleased!

We tried the diet that Disco has been on and doing so well with...we had limited success.  Tanner just simply eats too much.  We have now moved to the prescription diet recommended by the nutritionists at the vet school.  This is working well, and Tanner and his brothers are learning how to eat on a schedule.  This has been a huge adjustment for them.  The main problem for some of them (Devon) is that he hasn't learned to eat enough when the bowl is available.  Then the next time it is available, he over eats and gorges himself.   Anyone that has switched to a scheduled feeding have any suggestions about how to help Devon understand?

Tanner's Diet - Royal Canin Satiety Support, he gets 1 cup a day, and typically doesn't eat it all.  He still gets canned food in the evenings.  He started at 19.6lbs, and is now down to 18.14lbs...we are making progress.

You can see the boys still get plenty of fresh catnip to munch on, especially on the weekends. 

That's about it...happy Mancat Monday to you all!

Two on Tuesday

Devon and Tanner taking it easy...handsome boys on those pink blankets!  I think it is funny how they each are in their colored bed...Tanner in Green, and Devon in Blue!

An Award

We were given the Illuminating Blogger Award by Kizzie Cat - Thank you!!
We are so honored to have received this...now we have to tell one thing about ourselves and pass it along...here goes...

Tanner - I love to play and think my mom should wiggle the string on a stick 24/7 for me!

Devon - I need to be where the action is...I love to help!

Smokey - My job is never done...I have to go to all the litter boxes and make sure everything is covered properly.  I don't know why these other boys can't do a good job in the box!

Well we hope you liked those facts about us...we pass this along to anyone that has not yet received it!