This is my critter laundry for the education animals at work, and the squishy bed on top actually belongs to the opossum, but All Squish Belongs To Toast!

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Took the lads in for vaccinations and check ups yesterday - had been trying to get Mr-Food-Vacuum-Gandalf’s weight down a bit since he’s been having more trouble jumping up on things, so started putting the dry kibble in ice cube trays to slow him down a bit. And it worked! Gandalf is down half a pound. Toast however has dropped a full pound that ( Read more... )

Got the garage cleaned out enough that I can actually get the car in it before it starts snowing - still had piles of stuff to get tossed or donated from when I rearranged the house in August, and lots of cardboard and tools and debris from when I made the catio. It's not what you would call *clean*, by any means, but at least there's a big open ( Read more... )

Catio functional! Toast, my outdoor-lovin' guy, spends about 80% of his time out there, and has mostly figured out the cat door, although if I'm there he meows to be let in even though he's let himself back in several times. One of the unforeseen hazards however, is that he keeps catching things and bringing them inside - nothing like a ( Read more... )

I have time off! A few days this week, and almost all of next week, although I'm working Sundays and some Sat/Fri programs (Perseid Meteor Shower this Saturday, forecast was looking pretty rainy/cloudy but it keeps getting better every time I checked, so fingers crossed ( Read more... )

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Brother and Sis-in-law acquired a stray cat a few weeks ago that had been hanging around with a broken front paw for some time - he finally got friendly enough they were able to nab him and bring him inside. Big white fellow, not neutered, no microchip, friendly once he wasn't living rough although he still won't let me pet him, and is getting ( Read more... )

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We had a cold snap last week, so I brought several trays of plant seedlings and put them on a tarp in the living room. Once I moved the plants back outside, I noticed Miss Bones using the tarp to pee on, and when I wiped it up the urine was full of blood - not good! No other symptoms or signs anything was wrong, she'd been playing and galumphing ( Read more... )

Kitties have been enjoying the boxes and wrapping paper - cut a couple holes in this bigger box and it's become a favorite hidey hole/ambush-and-chase spot.

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