Pumpkin's World: January 2007

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Widebody Wednesday

Wide? Who sez I'm wide?

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Tabby Toesday

I luv to nap on the back of the luv seet in the liffink room.

And heer's a close up ov the toes on mine hanging foot.

Today is also Suzy's 5 yeer gotcha day. She came frum the humane society so we don't reely know exakly how old she wuz but Momma finks she's abowt 7 now. She had been feeding puppies afore she went to the humane society and wuz reely skinny.

She's not skinny NOW!

Happy Gotcha Day, Suzy!

Monday, January 29, 2007

Midnight Monday

Exkyuze me! Do yu mind? I'm trying to enjoy sum good nip here!

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Spotty Sunday

I haff a spot! I haff a spot! It'z rite on mine noze!

Heer's an ultra close up look at mine noze. I dint realize it looks bumpy when yu look closely! (click pikchur to biggify) The Lady sez it feels smooth and wet to her.

Friday, January 26, 2007

Frisky Friday

Since I wuz little, I like to sleep and play on the chare in the liffink room.

But I lerned yu haf to be careful when you do that!

Momma, did you HAF to LAFF at me?

Thursday, January 25, 2007

FLEEZ!

Momma saw me skratching and used the flee comb on me and fownd a flee! Then she combed me sum more and fownd anothur flee! Then she combed Tiger, Bebe and Blackie but only fownd fleez on Bebe. Since we neffer go owtside, Momma suspeks that Sammie is bringing the fleez in the howse. Espeshully since only Bebe and me play wiff Sammie.

Yestaday when Sammie came fur her usual Wenzday stay offur, Momma checked her tummy and sure enuff, thare are fleez crawling on her! Aunty Lynette needs to take care of her woofie's flee problum, but now we haff to get flee meddysin put on owr neks again. I hope it duzn't make Bebe's furs fall off like it did the last time!

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Wacky Woofie Wednesday!

Normal Pluto

Wacky Pluto!

Monday, January 22, 2007

Movie Monday - Featuring Quincy!

Since thare's lotz of new blogging kitties who haffen't met mine birdy brothur Quincy yet, he wanted a chance to say "Hello" to efurryone.

He's reely, reely, old. Effen older than Blackie! He's lived in this howse fur offur 23 yeers! Grandmaw saves Quincy's old fev-vers when they fall off and if anykitty wants some to play wiff, send an e-male to mine Momma and I'll pick out sum purty ones fur Momma to send to yu.

We've sent fev-vers to Grr, Missy and KC, Bubbles and Mrs. B, Oreo, Sia, and Victor and they had lotz of fun wiff them!

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Sleepy Saturday

It wuz a nice kwyet Saturday and I'm keeping mineself clean while Tiger and Bebe are napping on the cowch.

Then Sammie came fur a bisit. I like Sammie. We play togethur and here we are relaxing in the hallway.

Friday, January 19, 2007

Formally Feral Shirley (RIP)

Before Blackie came to live with us, Shirley became our third cat.

My sister Leona, the cat lady, managed to trap a feral kitten that was living near her apartment building and though she was fairly young when she was adopted, Shirley remained partially feral all her life. We called her the "phantom cat" because when we came over for visits, she always disappeared.

After Leona and her husband sold their house and before they moved to the Big Island, they lived for a while with her husband's aunt and brother. Aunty Laura, USED to have a cat that peed on their carpet and Shirley could smell it and also relieved herself on the same spots. Nothing that Leona could think of stopped her. After having Shirley for so many years, she didn't want to just send her to the humane society, so Shirley came to live with us. Of course she disappeared once she was here and it took her a long time to trust us and allow us near her. It didn't help that Emily constantly chased her and her "safe spot" was on top of the empty rabbit cage in the patio.

She pretty much kept to herself so it was a surprise one day to see her sharing the patio couch with Molly and Blackie!

Shirley went to the Bridge on 1/25/03 at the age of 17 and 4 months later, we found Tiger in the hedge. He's grown up to look so much like Shirley!

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Wacky Wordless Wednesday!

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Bebe's Tummy

Bebe's doesn't often show his tummy while sleeping, but here he is with his big white tummy on display!

Monday, January 15, 2007

Grateful Midnight

Fank yu for all the purrs and get well wishes. That (and the meddysin that the Lady MADE me take) werked and I'm feeling much better. I'm kind of mad at the Lady tho. The vet sed I had to take mine meddysin fur 5 days but since thare wuz sum more in the bottle and the Lady dint want to just throw it away, SHE MADE ME TAKE IT FUR 2 EXTRA DAYS! Well, I gess it dint hurt and it DID make me better.

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Spotty Tummies

I don't really have spots tho I DO haff a grate big orange patch on mine tummy.

TIGER'S the one wiff LOTZ of spots on HIS tummy!

Friday, January 12, 2007

Formerly Feral Blackie

It seems like we've had Blackie forever since she's about 16 or 17 years old. She's outlived 6 other cats and she's fairly healthy despite her recent bladder infection. I was talking to my sister Leona (the source of most of our cats) and didn't realize how close Blackie came to being put to sleep. She was a very friendly adult cat who lived near Leona's office with a bunch of other stray cats. Leona took her home but she was an outdoors only cat since she had 3 other cats in the house. Blackie had a litter of 2 kittens but 1 disappeared and Leona doesn't know what happened to it. One of her neighbors took the remaining kitten and Leona had Blackie spayed.

Then Leona and her husband moved to the Big Island where they were building a house. They took their 3 cats with them but left Blackie behind to be cared for by Leona's brother-in-law. However, when she came back for a visit, she realized how skinny Blackie had become and found out nobody was feeding Blackie. Leona's husband told her to take Blackie to the humane society but it was close to Halloween and the humane society won't adopt out black cats near Halloween. Despite this, Blackie was in the carrier on the way to the humane society when Leona suddenly took the off-ramp from the freeway and ended up at our house. So Blackie joined Emily, Molly and Shirley as our fourth cat. (Shirley was another of Leona's rescued cats and I'll tell her story in the future.)

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Pee Problems

I'M NOT COMING OWT!

Blackie, you need to take your medicine if you want to get better.

I DON'T LIKE IT, AND I'M NOT COMING OWT!

*sigh* Blackie had to go to the vet several weeks ago because she was peeing all over the place and there was blood in her urine. Though she didn't have a fever, the vet did a urinalysis and said she had a bladder infection and gave her antibiotics. She HATED those blue pills! She fought and struggled and spit it out and bit me. I finally wised up and smashed the pills into powder and mixed it with some canned food. But the problem came back and now she has antibiotics in liquid form. I mixed it with her food again but she could taste it and didn't eat it all so I have to squirt it in her mouth. Now she runs and hides when she sees me because she thinks I'm going to squirt that nasty stuff in her mouth.

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Clean Toesies

I like to lie on Momma's bed in the mornink.

See mine floofy toes?

It takes a lot of werk to keep them clean!

And that'z just the furst paw. I gotz tree more to go!

Monday, January 08, 2007

Movie Monday

Here is video evidence that Bebe STILL sucks on his paw pads like he did when he was a kitten.

Friday, January 05, 2007

Fishy Friday!

I haven't dun this is a while, but I used ta like watching the fishies in the tank in the patio. Thare are LOTZ of BIG fishies in thare now!

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Happy Gotcha Day, Bebe!

Today is Bebe's 10th Gotcha Day. To read the story of how he was found, click HERE. Lynette had more kitten pictures of Bebe. I had forgotten what a little cutie he was!

He's a big boy now and a good big brother to Tiger and Pumpkin.

Today is also Chloe's 12th birthday. Happy Birthday, Chloe!

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Bebe's Toesies

I always smile when I see Bebe sleeping in one of the kitty beds with his long legs hanging out like this.

And I've just discovered that all of his paw pads aren't grey like I thought. He has some PINK ones on his back feet!

Monday, January 01, 2007

Happy Noo Yeer!

I want to wish efurry kitty, woofie, bunny, rattie, birdy and hooman a Happy Noo Yeer! Pumpkin wants to tell yu too but he's hiding under the Lady's bed.

I is scared!

Thare's nofink to be scared about.

The lowd noizes hurts mine eers! Effen Tiger is under a bed!

That's ware he USUALLY sleeps. And look, he's sleeping! Blackie's not scared and she's a GIRL!

But she'z OLD! And Suzy and Pluto are scared too. That'z why thare in the patio insted of owtside.