Cloudy Day

Kitties!

Johnny here.

I haz a complaint.

The sun is gone!

It's cloudy, damp, and cold, and--get this--later on it might even rain a little bit.

Southern Nevada winters are tough.

Happy Thursday!

XX  Tiny John  XX

Pupu Platter

Kitties!

Felix here.

I'm enjoying a nice meal of chopped chicken breast, strained turkey meat, and salmon bits.*

Unfortunately, not alone.

I sure hope I'm not expected to share...

...or at least not yet.

Happy Friday!

XX  Feasting Felix  XX

*the peeps make sure we get REAL meats every day

Hippy Dippy Doody

Kitties!

Tiny Johnson here.

This may look like nothing more than a photo of me squatting in the litter pool, but that's exactly what it is; a photo of me squatting!

After the infamous Anal Sac Experience I was still making use of...ahem...''inappropriate" areas to poop, like my heaty box bed, so the peeps decided on another vet visit for x-rays of my innards.  Well, it turns out my innards are fine, but I have severely arthritic hips. (We figure the only way TJ could go comfortably was laying down, we feel terrible.--ed.)

The vet gave me Metacam, which has helped tremendously, as you can see.  I'm back to laying large logs in the litter pool and I've been much more apt to venture onto the higher levels of the cat trees. and in the apartment house on the Catio.  The peeps think I'm less clingy, too.  

(I am NOT clingy--it's called Snoopervision.)

The vet said Metecam can impact my kidney function, long term, so she did a baseline kidney panel.  I'm pleased to report I have the kidneys of a kitten--so I only have to have blood work done every six months and follow up x-rays if I start limping, etc.  

I'm so happy to feel less creaky, and the medicine isn't icky at all--Mommy squirts it in my mouth and I don't fight or foam--and I get a treat afterwards!  Hopefully I'll feel good for a long time now.

Happy Monday!

XX  Jimmy John  XX

Manliness

Kitties!

Johnny here.

For your information, it is Verreh Manly to lay on your human's chest, nailing 'em to the sofa with Love Eyes a Steely Glare.

And a loud purr always helps to drive your point home: Cats Rule!

Happy Sunday!

XX  Lovey Stern Johnson  XX

Join the fun at The Cat On My Head!

The Planets Collide

Kitties!  

TJ here.

Me and Maui are the two biggest cats in the house these days* and when we sleep together our collective mass warps the fabric of space time bed and we gradually coalesce into one big hot furry suPURRnova.

Mommy likes to call us The Planets--we both have lots of pals circling us like little moons--and for some reason (which I'm sure you can imagine--ed.) she chose to nickname us after two of the gas giants in our solar system, Jupiter and Uranus.  *I* am Jupiter, thank Cod, because Mommy thinks it is the epitome of wit to spot Maui and crow "Here's Uranus!"  

In front of company, even.

Which is maybe why we're sleeping bum-to-bum here...hiding our black holes!

Happy Caturday!

XX  John and Maui  XX

 *Sylvester was the largest at nearly 20 pounds; Mommy called him "Neptune".

Heinous.

Kitties!

Tiny Johnson here, recovering.

I had a horrendously Terrible Day.  

Apparently evacuating my bowels outside of the box is cause enough around here to be hauled off to the vet's office where I was subjected to an absolutely atrocious intrusion of my purrson--I had my anal glands expressed.  And then a butt shave, and a butt bath!

I may never recover...

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The Mommy here:  Poor TJ.  Dr. Auggie said that his anal glands were the largest she had ever "seen" in her practice--what are normally raisin-sized sacs were as large as grapes--both sides.  No wonder the poor guy wasn't using the box!  He was a star throughout the entire procedure, not a peep or growl out of him; I imagine it had to be quite a relief, actually.  The minute we got home he headed for the food dish, and later devoured a slice of ham and steak bits so he obviously wasn't too traumatized.  Hopefully he should be good to go from now on...heh heh.

Happy Wednesday!

XX  MT TJ  XX

By Abenture Do Da Ved

Kiddies!

Tidy Jodson here.

I hab a summer code.

Dis means I *god* a trib to da ved's office.

Involubtaribly.

Bomby broghd a towel to keeb be hidden warm.

I did NOD hide!

See?

Todal brabery.

Please, tage be home, Bomby!

Dow.

I bromise nod do sneeze.

Kitties--The Mommy here.  Johnny has, once again, a cold.  He has feline herpes virus and whenever he's stressed it flares up.  I noticed a couple of days ago he was littered with scabs; my theory is he mixed it up with someone here (probably Maui), things got a little out of hand (Maui is...erm...enthusiastic), and he came out the loser--which upset him--and the herpes struck.  

*sigh*

Anyway, he has antibiotics and he's on the mend...he slept in my armpit all night (we spooned--he smells so good) and he only sneezed a couple of times which was a huge improvement over the night before which was a disgusting evening of snot bombardment.

Poor lad.

I'm sure in a couple of days he'll be back to his normal self, instigating mischief.  As of this writing he's sat by me, buzzing his heart out.

Happy Thursday!

XX  Johnny and The Mommy XX

Johnson to the Rescue!

Kitties!

Tiny Johnson here.

Guess what?  I found this sad and lonely Leopard Binky slouching on the sofa--she was softly weeping--something about being thrown over by a callous Ornj (named Fewith?--it was hard to tell) in favor of some Catmoflage Hussy. What was I to do but comfort her?

I settled in and started a nice bath...Miss L. Binky was Most Accomodating, and oh so cozy.

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I've to the conclusion that this Fewith character must be an utter cad to desert such a wonderful, warm, kootchy Binky!

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This may be love...

Nobody else better move in on my girl; I'm keeping a close look out for any interlopers, whatsoever.

Happy Wednesday!

XX  TJ, Chivalrous Cat  XX

A Purrfect Caturday

Kitties!

Tiny Johnson is a regular Cat Magnet.

Rupert loves to nip and pester him into playing.

CC simply loves him.

And all three enjoy spending time together:

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(Please ignore the aluminum pan, it was a windy day and it blew away from the grill.  It was TOTAL bonus, though--there were chicken and steak drippings in it!)

There's nothing quite as nice as a brofur.

Happy Caturday!

XX  Rupert, CC, and John  XX

Catio Improvements

Kitties!

Mommy moved the small carpet that was in her bedroom out onto the Catio when Daddy mopped the floors last Thursday, where it has remained, continuously occupied, ever since.

We're here to tell you that a rug sure beats the dickens outta lounging on the bare hard concrete*--as you can see in our header we've had carpet on the Catio before but this one is lightweight and will dry quickly if if gets wet from the rain (or barfed on, a virtual certainty)--so Mommy relented said we can keep it out here.

She also moved our cat trees around (inside and out) and reconfigured all our beddies (freshly washed!) and shelves and sleeping boxes** so we have some new/old things to explore and occupy our tiny minds.

So, even though our Mommy is a heinously sarcastic woman, we're gonna let her slide just this once and admit we love her and all that she does for us.

Happy Tuesday!

XX  Salem, TJ, CC, and Rupert  XX

*because there is absolutely nowhere else to lounge in comfort.

**perhaps one should ignore the preceding footnote...

Unbelievable Cuteness

Kitties!

The Mommy here.

I was puttering around in the bedroom and saw this through the sliding glass door:

Naturally I snuck outside--quiet as a mouse--to get a quick photo of the love fest.

Earlier, I'd seen Scouty up on one of the ramps, and Johnny sacked out on the bottom of the blue tree, solo.  Apparently that didn't last! They were adorable; when Scouty snuggled up and Johnny lifted up his arm to hug him I nearly expired from Teh Cute.

Nothing as heartwarming as love.

Happy Friday!

XX  The Mommy  XX

Cave Exploration

Kitties!

Johnny here.

Last night, just for fun, I stuck my paw in Mommy's mouth while she was sleeping.  She woke up with a muffled (cos my paw was in there) scream and scolded me...and then squoozled me under the covers with her for some big time spooning as "punishment" for my transgression.

I think I'll do it again tonight...

Happy Monday!

XX  John the Spelunker  XX

Deliciousness

Kitties!

The Baby here.

Daddy made chili.

I got hamburgers!

There was some desire by others to have a nom or two...but I was having none of that!

Oh...

Well.

 I was full, anyways.

Happy Thursday!

XX  Bibby  XX

Naughty Polaroid

Kitties!

Scouty here, with wonderful news:

My best buddy Johnson is feeling better!

MUCH better.

Thanks for all your purrs.

Happy Caturday!

XX  Scouty and Tiny Johnson  XX

Moaning Mancatz Monday

Kitties!

Rupert and Johnny here.

As many of you guessed, we were at the Ebil Vet's Office in Friday's Post.  For some reason the peeps thought we had stinky breafs (the nerve!) and dirty teef...and they were prepared to pay beaucoup green papers to make those two things go away.

We had some thoughts about the car ride:

(caution--may contain language unsuitable for younger or more sensitive kittehs)

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And once we were incarcerated in the office we attempted Invisibility, to no avail.

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Sad to report, it really went downhill from there...we were cat-handled into the back where our bloods were stolen, we were sequestered and starved overnight, and, in the morning, whilst weak from loss of blood and lack of sustenance the Vet slipped us a Mickey and knocked us out cold!  What happened after that we're not quite sure but when we came to our teefs were sparkling (NO extractions!) our claws were trimmed down to nubbins and our anal glands seem oddly empty...as was Mommy's checking account, heh heh heh.

But NOT empty enough, apparently--Felix and The Baby are up next week!

At least we're done, thank Cod.

Happy Monday!

XX  Rupert and Tiny J  XX

The Ultimate Betrayal

Kitties!

Johnny and Rupert here...

After spending untold hours and days sleeping next to Mommy while she was prostrated with flu*, working our little paw pads to the bone, THIS is how we were rewarded:

And it got worse.

MUCH worse!

Horrible, hungry worse...

**shudder**

Stay tuned, Monday we will tell the entire story--in the meanwhile, feel free to speculate upon the nature of our ordeal--which was (did we mention?) AWFUL.

Happy Caturday!

XX  Rupert and Tiny Johnson  XX

*she is almost all better, the treacherous wench.

Fantabulously Floofy Friday

WARNING: 

This Post may not be suitable for young impressionable kittehs.

It is Rated FFF for Full Frontal Floofiness.

Kitties!

Tiny John here.

Sometimes, I'm so hot and handsome I have to Stop, Drop, and Roll to put out the fire!

***streeeeeeeeeetch*** 

And the Money Shot.

Kittehs, you are now safe to read the rest of the post...

Happy Friday!

XX  Hot Cat Johnny  XX

Thatisfied Thursday

Kitties!

Johnny here.

I'm a happy happy happy boy!

I'm on the new carpet, (freshly vacuumed!) surrounded by all the toys.  And yes, the gold sparkly bows are TOYS, not Dreaded Cat Decoration...Mommy.

I've got everything a floofy boy might need to have fun. 

So, let's play!

Happy Thursday!

XX  Tiny J  XX

Meezer Monday

Kitties!

May Ling here.

 I'm lurking on the penthouse of the Apartment Complex.

**lurkitty lurk lurk lurk**

Why am I lurking? 

Because the rest of the structure is infested with non-meezer cats!

I scorn them.

Well, actually Maui is OK for rasseling, and I *do* play chase with Salem...but that Johnson, he wants to EAT me.  A lot.  When he's not trying to devour The Baby, that is.

So I guess all my scorn is for him.

**nose in the air like I just don't care**

Fursibs...can't live with 'em, can't play without 'em!

Happy Monday!

XX  Beleaguered May Ling  XX

Over-Flowing Friday

Kitties!

Johnny here.

Mommy and Daddy had a busy busy busy day...

...in fact, you could say their calendar was over-flowing with things to do!

(Not unlike Tiny in his tree, LOL--ed)

HEY!

I heard that...

Happy Friday!

XX  Johnson  XX