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Category Archives: Cats
10.21.12 Its Not My Fault!
Nine here. I want to let you know that everyone seems to blame me around the zoo, but things are really not my fault. You see I am a very active young man and I just like to have fun. Just because I chase the girls, literally, and push around the old man, does not mean that I am bad. I just think it is fun to watch them all run down the hall and hide from me. Ok, so I did figure out how to jump from the kitchen counter to the top of the pantry, and then over to the top of the refrigerator, where the humans were hiding 3 full unopened bags of cat food, and then proceeded to open them, oh so nicely, and help myself to a little bit from each. Now really, what is wrong with a snack? They want me to grow up and be independent, don’t they? The sign on the fridge says “Dinner won’t make itself,” so I figured I would make it for us.
It is just not fair that I get blamed whenever something is broken, or missing, or there is a cat fight going on. Just because I am usually in the middle of it, does not mean I started it. And no Mom, I did not eat that $105 check you have been looking for all month. Really, stop blaming me for everything. I think I will run away with Sofie Bear and join the circus, this zoo is just crazy.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
10.17.12 Squatters Rights
Louise here. Now that Peanut is gone, I claim this comfy bed as mine! Do you understand me all you other animals. Whenever that door is open and Mommy goes in there, that is my throne. None of you are to even try and get up on the bed with me.
What part of “IT’S MINE!” do you not understand Nine???!!!!
Get off my bed you silly cat or I will eat you!
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
10.15.12 Nine/Sofie Dialogue
Nine, the mischief cat says: “I miss Peanut, more than anyone. I don’t know why Mommy gets to go see her but I don’t? Just because someone said that cats don’t like to ride in cars for hours and hours with no potty break and no food, does not mean that a big strong boy like me could not endure it. So next time Mommy, forget about the dogs whining to come with you and take me instead. I really will be a good boy. I promise.”
Sofie, the whiner dog says: “Oh really Nine, you are just so full of yourself. Dogs are much better travelers. We know how to stick our noses out the windows and stay in the seat until Mommy tells us we can get out. Can you do that?”
Nine says: “You have a point Sofie. But if you part your hair differently, no one will notice. MEEEEOOOOOWWWW”
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
10.12.12 Are You Done Yet?
Noel: “Are you done Muffy? Are you ? Are you ?”
Muffin: “Done with what Noey? Oh look – there’s my dinner”
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
10.10.12 SuperSized Noel: Dealing With Cat Fat
All that blogging last week was exhausting
When I came home from this last trip it appeared to me that Noël gained about 5 lbs. People had said she was a ‘big’ cat, but I guess I just did not see it.
It is a very hard job maintaining order in the zoo. Everyone is always demanding something: food, attention, affection (the usual). But what I have noticed of late with the cat pack is that the inmates seem to be running the asylum (*see note below). What I mean is that everything appears to be topsy-turvy or upside down, where the animals are telling the humans what to do and when. The normal routine of life is being disturbed by the constant pleading and manipulation of the animals, which has escalated to a fever pitch. This extends to multiple things, but mostly it is around FOOD.
Obesity in animals is a very large problem (no pun intended). Even a pound (kilo) of weight on their small frames can shorten their lives and add to health issues (I mostly worry about heart, joint, and diabetes). Trying to balance feeding for 5 cats at very different stages of their lives is becoming a full-time job. Muffy needs to eat all the time to keep up his geriatric weight of 4 lbs; the youngsters, Nine and Stella, need a higher amount of calories because they are so active; and the middle-aged cats, Noël and Kitty, each have different consumption needs – Noël cleaning everyone’s plate and Kitty eating just enough.
Solving weight and exercise issues when you are a multi-animal household is hard. You need to get every member of the family to take part to get control of the situation. I know that over weight animals, if there is no underlying health problem, get that way from consuming to many calories and/or lack of exercise. So, the food has to be controlled.
All the science and psychology and medical/vet things around how to feed and even what to feed seem to be based on a one animal at a time basis. Balancing the health needs of 7 animals (5 cats & 2 dogs), all at different growth levels, is a challenge. I really don’t want to be buying 3 or 4 different cat foods and then spend every Sunday apportioning who can have what and when for the week. That thought makes me shutter. There must be an easier way????
“Here Noël, come have some celery and carrots with Mommy.”
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
*I do not know the origin of the expression, “the inmates are running the asylum,” but in the old days, people with mental or emotional problems were locked up in a ‘insane or lunatic asylum.‘ It would be politically correct to call them ‘Mental Hospitals’ today, but they were by no means helping the patients to get on with their lives in a healthy way (which is my definition of a hospital). They were more like dead-end prisons for people in society that the rest of the world could not figure out how to deal with. You can imagine the chaos when the people in charge lost control of what was supposed to be happening in such a facility. Sadly, that is how I feel at the moment around feeding time at the zoo.
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