YAY!!!!
Chief got a new home
We hope to get news back on how he is adjusting to a purr-fect cats life :)
Chief is such a nice boy, he loves to cuddle and loves a lap
For Inland adoption information call 707-467-6453
(Ukiah, Redwood Valley, Willits, Covelo, etc)
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Coaly has been with us since early November 2008
What a LOVE bug!!!!
She loves to be rubbed with vigor, scratched behind the ears & petted all the way down her body.
Her left eye has a bit of a blocked tear duct - Dr. says she is fine, not contagious and will be good as new in no time.
If you want a lovely, happy kitty pal - we are sure Coaly would fill that spot (& your lap :)
For more information on Coaly or to adopt Coaly - Please contact - 707 467-6453
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A photo of Kiitos that Feed This, Inc worked about into this awesome fun treat label :)
Thanks to the girls at Feed This, Inc
Thank you for using our lovely funny boy
The original
I am so angry with Marlee and was so sick to my stomach early this morning....
Literally sick to my stomach with fear and anger after Marlee attacked Asante on the back porch for no reason other than he was near her, her bed maybe???? you just never know with her.
I didn't realize just how deeply I would be affected by the mere thought of something happening to these guys....
I pulled her off of him, fearing the absolute worst ever....once he saw a free path he split, bushy tail and all into the dark morning (it's 4am)
I march Marlee into the house and toss her unceremoniously into her indoor kennel - these are the times you really wish she could hear you- I can't yell, which I would love to do, or it just freaks everyone else out.
I'm alone, can't find a flashlight to save my soul....I call Asante and he won't come, I'm trying to remain calm in my voice. I head out to the darkest side of the house where I last saw him bolt.
Rain and Cali run around to meet me and Asante takes them for another attack and races lickity-split up to the top of a tree!!! Now what???? He isn't budging, the little light I have can't tell me if he's bleeding or hurt and I can't believe I feel like I'm going to pass out from the mix of emotions, fear, anger....
I sit down and just wait - ok, I yelled at poor Rain and Cali first and made them go inside too. After about 15 minutes I coax him down and he lets me carry him inside.
I take him into the bathroom and we close the door. He is beyond frightened - flattening at every sound and shaking - I sit down and he walks around, he's not limping, I don't see any obvious blood.
He finally plops down and just lays on his side and sighs, starts licking himself and lets me touch him all about the body- shocking!!! he doesn't appear to have any outward wounds or injuries at all - if you would have seen/heard it you would be certain he was dead- no lie.
He was still just freaked out - understandably of course. I gave him a good look over and a tiny drop of Rescue Remedy and called The Man.
Marlee will have to start staying in her outdoor kennel again and be back on a leash at all times - she can not be trusted to not react like this again - I can't have this on my watch.
This is now the 2nd cat she has attacked, Big Kitty fueled her hatred toward cats by always attacking her so I can hardly blame Marlee but good God!
When we went to bed this morning Asante came directly with me, he laid down and fell fast asleep. Cali put herself on the bed and Asante woke up and almost had a heart attack! He calmed right down when he saw who it was though - these cats are smart, they know the difference between nice and mean - Kiitos already hisses and hides from Marlee but not the other two, so he obviously had a run in with her that I was not privy to.
-sigh-
Marlee is damn lucky to be living with us..... I don't know many other people who will tolerate this behavior - it's so very difficult to live with, but she does deserve life - I just wish it could be more peaceful for us all...
...the act you've know for the past few months...the one and only - The THANK YOUS!!!
@ 20 weeks and counting
They are all very curious and cautious of the great outdoors.
Kiitos is the most fierce of them all - he will stand his ground, yet is the 1st to get lost and howl at the top of his little kitty lungs for one of us to come rescue him.
One of the things that is most obvious these past few months is just how much their physical appearances are changing.
Kiitos has a huge fluffy tail and a dirty orange spot on his cheek.
Takk's black stripes on his nose have split in two and are receding.
Merci has the most beautiful peach color blush on chin and belly.
Asante, well he's just perfect- ask him.
I don't know what these guys are going to do come summer - they play so hard in the winter sun that they work up a pant!
yesterday (left) & today (right)
I plan on a shot a day until the river drops to normal.
This is not high water by any means...but it is good :)
bigger
the 2005 flood
those big trees in the middle...they are gone due to that flood
Day three
(photo coming)
it was just that kinda day
i'm home, sick with a massive head cold and a lot of cats, oh, and a camera.
don't mind the HUGE hairballs
Legion of Plague
Willits, CA
Feb. 13th, 2009
one of the guitar players is my best friend's son.
the group of 16, - 20 year olds rocked the community center with a head banging, guitar shredding, set of tunes that sent their fans into hysterics - AKA they rocked the house
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my OpalineRays (etsy.com) that I decided to start in memory of my late grandma, Opaline & inspired by my mommy , daddy , & baby brother
Just check out a couple of his pieces that he has made for me or found & given to me.
My daddy has always been a 'collector', well, for that matter so has my mommy.
I am having a blast making things - it's a nice calming outlet that I can combine with my love of photography.
I will be posting some images that I just love, or images that I need to make online orders with (cards, etc.)
Any feedback is greatly appreciated -
This is not a sales pitch - just an addition to my life :)
You can find more over at
thanks to Bramble
for those of you brave enough...
!st kitty to enjoy (graphic video) was Asante
then (another graphic video) Kiitos
& lastly (the last graphic video), Merci
To date, Mr. Taak remains uninterested in these gifts from Bramble.
More on the story:
she is a momma cat at heart.
Today, after playing with the kittens she quietly disappeared only to re-appear shortly with a fresh bird.
Which, she promptly dropped in front of Asante.
He hooked onto his new found 'play toy' and hissed & growled while she sat and then later laid down near him, watching.
Asante grew tired of the game and little Kiitos was soon on board - only not playing. He ate his fill, guarding it the whole time.
A bit later, May-May (Merci) was finishing up the bits that were left behind.
Some of you will remember that Bramble fed Mr. Peeps her mouse (well I did) - but what even I didn't know is just how purposeful her actions are.
On Saturday evening Bramble brought in a mouse and dropped it in her box - directly in front of Asante. She made no effort to retrieve it or stop him from taking it over.
Today I watched her give her bird to baby Asante and then I watched her calmly watch him explore the catch.
She is a hunting momma kitty - all "growed" [sic] up from her bad little self that my brother found in May.
Mr. Peeps meowed at the back door yesterday afternoon- too weak to push through the kitty door.
Chris let him out. He sat on the porch for awhile then headed off.
Chris had to go back to work....Mr. Peeps did not come home last night.
I have checked his spots around the house...and under the porches...down by the river...he has taken himself somewhere else.
In the past two weeks he has continued to weaken and not eat much and I knew his time was near this past week.
I have to admit that I feel very bad about not being with him...but I can assure you that he would not have wanted to be kept indoors and he was most content doing his own thing...it was probably best I was not there to bother his death process.
He will be greatly missed as he was a very friendly, loving kitty, who always wanted to be near you on his terms. His most amazing feat was his ability to jump from a sitting position directly in front of you, to your chest and then to your shoulders without ever once scratching you. He also loved to sleep on top of you, your highest spot was his perch.
Mr. Peeps was picked - scratch that - he picked us up at the local pound. He had been living there for well over 6 months. He had been left abandoned (along with another cat who I believe had been adopted) in an apartment. He came home with us back in 2005 and he was never happier than when we moved to the country house (aside from the ride there) where he could hunt and stay outside until he wanted to come in.
We will miss his happy voice around the house.
Texture by NinianLif
it's been with me since around the time that Volkswagon commercial aired on TV.
it was lovingly picked up off the sidewalk in downtown Lakeport, CA by
Auri's Daddy 
&
her Ukki. 
It was in nice shape, a bit broke down, and an alarming maroon color but did not (unlike the commercial) stink.
When I was living alone and Rain 
had to be left home alone for LONG periods of time she lovingly chewed this chair to shreds-well the arms at any rate. I love this chair - I don't know why....
It now lives in the upstairs bedroom and the dogs all take turns sleeping in it-no one chews on it anymore....
until the little evil ones 
arrived.
OMG!!!
They are systematically de-stuffing this poor chair. They proudly carry around big chunks of cotton stuffing and growl at each other.
Everyday I wake up to a huge mess of stuffing and four happy little sleeping kittens piled next to or on top of me.
They look at me and yawn in their cute little kitten way so I can not be mad.
I mean really who can be?
she is 9 years old...or about 57 in her years
BUT
when the flippy flopper is out you wouldn't know she is a day older than puppy....
I got a 2% raise in pay but..
I got a 16% increase in medical cost.
I bought some new boots
I bought some new music
I got a cute little point & click Canon for my birthday
I got re-involved
&
I turned 37
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The BEST mattress in the world! Crafted to meet your body specs-very comfortable.
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Things I CAN NOT do without...
My Flobed
weeks old!!!!!!
we demand your full attention and all your love
another milestone reached.
at 8 weeks old the Thank You's are all eating a raw diet of ground fish, chicken & vegetables (hissy fit from Feed This, Inc,) mixed with water and rice cereal on occasion. They also get some yogurt here and there still. Today was the last day they got any kitten milk re-placer. By next week they will be on full raw without any problems. Asante already loves the quail ;)
They are all good about using the kitty litter box now.
We started sleeping upstairs again finally.....I missed my bed so much, the downstairs bed has nothing over my lovely FloBed!!! The first few nights I took the kitty box upstairs (it's two flights) and of course worried they would fall through the railing when playing. Turns out they have a healthy fear of the edge so all has been well. This week, no kitty box upstairs. When they wake up in the morning/day/night- so do I, and we all go downstairs for a box visit- it's working great.
The play skills they have are awesome- they run, jump, leap, roll, tumble, carry, and climb with ease. They can really follow an object well now and one of the most fun games they play is king of the scratching post...it's second only to "try and get me out of the kleenex box" - so far Merci is the queen of the kleenex box.
Bramble sleeps with them all and she eats with them too-she has really taken to playing with them nicely.
More on Bramble later....
he is a HUGE kisser, they all do this but Kiitos gets right in there and really loves me up.
Today they went outside...Kittos stayed right around my lap for a long time while he watched his big brothers tear it up, Merci stayed right with Kiitos in my lap- they know it's safe there.
The baby Thank You's are 1 month old and doing just awesome.
Asante is a hound for food. He has shared some cooked pork chop with me and he loves the baby food meats. Last night I was able to get him to lick out of a dish!!!
Merci gave it the ol' college try last night and she did a good job licking baby food meat off of my finger.
Takk & Kiitos still wish that disgusting smelly food finger would get the heck out of their face!
By this weekend I will be starting Asante on his forever diet - B.A.R.F
And in other news - AKA "the best news ever" - ALL four of them are successfully using the kitty box as of today.
I have had to keep a close eye on them even though they were using the box the past 4-5 days as they would 'forget' and just find a spot when they were playing. But as of today I feel very comfortable with them using the box without my direction. They all four nursed this afternoon then played and then each took themselves to the kitty box and went.
Oh happy day!!!!!
The babies are nearly 30 days old.
They
-nurse without any effort
-walk
-are starting to run/walk
-ears open and mostly upright
-eyes fully open
-middle teeth cut through (between canines)
-canine buds starting to poke through
-tails swishing
-play with each other, biting, kicking, and bear hugs galore
-hissing at things that they don't recognize
and today-I'm not kidding you....after only 2 times in the kitty litter box, they ALL are digging holes and peeing!!!!!
They are growing up so fast!!!!
Kiitos stopped his antibiotics yesterday after 10 days...and if you were wondering....I didn't put the others on antibiotics- they are all doing really, really well. They will get their 2nd round of worm medicine on the 17th- then no more meds!
I have been feeding them:
Just Born kitten milk re-placer powder
Water
A splash of Pedialyte
Slippery Elm powder
Goat milk yogurt
1 tiny jar of 1st foods meats (finely ground meat & water)
Pinch of Vitamin B12/Folic
& Baby rice cereal
They are still nursing-it's a thicker mix now though.
Asante has been supplementing his nursing with licks of baby food off of my finger, Merci tried it, didn't like it and Takk & Kiitos would run away if they could....
it all started yesterday...his appetite dropped off and continued to wane until he had none.
by the time we got home around 230am he refused any food and was hot. Within an hour he was showing more signs of illness.
I took his temperature - it was 102.5F - high for his age (should be 96-100F) - he had thick, sticky saliva and was just too weak to do anything.
I started him on antibiotics and tried to get a tiny bit of Pedialyte into him- no go.
By 5am I was convinced his time was very near. He could not lift/hold his head up, his breathing was forced, his lips were blue and his feet were cold.
I diluted a drop of Rescue Remedy in some cool Pedialyte and put a drop in his mouth.
He was resting with me, away from everyone else in a warm spot in the bed. I told him I was sorry and just re-assured him it was ok. I turned him from side to side every 30 minutes or so to help with his breathing- he rested quietly, too weak to cry much. I would rub down his little nose to the top of his head and he would purr, we did this until I fell asleep.
I tried to sleep...hoping the antibiotics would give him a kick start back. At the next scheduled feeding he still wasn't able to nurse well, however he rooted and tried to nurse my finger- the fluid was just too much for him.
I took a tiny dropper and put some warm Pedialyte with a few drops of milk - he took about three (very small dropper) full droppers. Then refused anymore, pushing away and crying loudly. He is going to the bathroom ok and had been eating fine, if not possibly too much (which can be a problem).
This could be many things...but whatever it is, he's fighting it.
I gave him a second dose of antibiotics this afternoon and managed to give him 1ml of subcutaneous fluids -that was hard to do!!! He has nursed and taken Pedialyte milk 3 times today....it's 10pm and I'm here to say that Kiitos is a strong little boy- He pulled up from deaths door at 3am to crawling and nursing and over-all a bit better by 10.
...I'm exhausted to be honest...and it's time to feed and poo everyone again.
BUT, today we have hope...again.
My mom gets off of work in the early am, after the stores open up...I'm (hopefully) sleeping and 20 minutes from town, so----
A quick call to mommy late last night - "Mom, some jerk dumped 4 kittens in a garbage can, they are about a day old....can you do me a solid and pick up some things for me in the morning and bring them by the house?"
Mom - "sure, what?"
me - KMR, new bottles (the Nutkins bottle nipples are too big an opening) and a heating pad."
mom- "ok, I'll see you when I get off of work - I hope they do ok..."
I get off of work at 2am, head home, feed the four some kitty milk, Pedialyte and a bit of karo syrup, mixed with colostrum- all eat well and pee (with stimulation) and then curl up in the nest I made in a re-usable grocery bag, two hot water bottles and my jacket.
Their squeaking draws everyone into the kitchen- Marlee is sniffing and sniffing-Rain just wonders if there will be food involved and Cali is guarding Big Kitty.
I have not introduced the kittens to the cats- I want to keep them separate for awhile to help insure their health, as well as our kitties.
They wake me up around 8am (again) and they nurse the bottle well, two took some encouragement but soon, the ears were twitching and some serious nursing was going on- all peed again and back to bed we went-with a nice new heating pad and warm water bottle.
This afternoon, I wake up with screaming kittens, poop everywhere and sunshine.
Each kitten gets a thorough scrubbing and a full belly - Asante didn't eat as well, and had hiccups....he did pee and poo though, so maybe he just has an upset tummy.
All are sleeping in the basket that Bramble no longer needs- tonight will be a long night...work begins at 4pm
So far they are eating, pooping machines- If things keep going this way we may be ok. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and...thanking someone that it's my Friday- then 3 days off- because I'm getting no sleep!!!
Kitten #1 = Takk
Light Black & Gray Tabby - Male
Kitten #2 = Kiitos
Dark Black & White tabby - Male
Kitten #3 = Asante
Black w/White stripe on belly - Male
Kitten #4 = Merci
Very light Grey & White stripped - Female
All names mean THANK YOU in different languages
ps-sex is approximate :)
All four, less than three (3) day old kittens, came to be with us around 10pm September 17th while I was working.
They were found by a co-worker (whom I've never met before tonight) in a neighboring town. She went out to put her garbage out for garbage day. When she lifted the lid to her can she found someone had dumped all four kittens in her garbage can!!!!
She drove them the 30 minutes south to me at work where I have been bringing up their temperature with warm water bottles and a fuzzy jacket. They were all very cold when I took them over. It's 3 hours later....they are warm and all 4 have nursed some Pedialyte & kitten milk. I hope it is enough, soon enough....
Only time will tell.
Welcome to the herd you four.
A great big THANK YOU to the creep who dumped these babies.
I guess you weren't counting on people who cared....
Bramble was climbing away on the posts....I helped her all the way up...and then down again
Today we had a tiny bit of rain. It was fun to watch Bramble hop around trying to figure out what kept hitting her everywhere she went.
Even though my wood isn't stacked and nothing is covered...I'm ready for winter.
Well, I took my hand at flower arranging.
The judging happens in the morning....
