Celebrate our freedom but please be easy on our ears...

This time of year is a scary time of year for us cats. We don't understand all the loud noises that bang around us, making us hide under beds or dark closets. For cat's or dogs that might not be exclusively indoors(and they all SHOULD BE) it might even make us run away in fear because we can't understand what it going on. For us this is one time of the year that we aren't as smart as humans and don't understand why they are trying to make things so hard on our very sensitive ears. Do us a favor, go enjoy the far off displays, do not be banging your noise makers. Does this really help you celebrate your freedom, at the expense of our fear? Have a great safe and quit 4th of July.

Breeding cats inhumane....

And it's time to STOP IT! Short of government intervention, I would like to see breeding organizations voluntarily stop the practice of breeding cat's, or dogs for that matter. While I love being a cat and jokingly say that we do want to overtake the human race some day, this is just in jest. Overpopulation of cats in particular is a problem. Not only do too many cats become a danger for themselves but possibly humans because they might spread diseases. Breeding cats doesn't make any sense since there are plenty of cats living in shelters or on the streets that could use a loving home. All these cats need to be spayed or neutered to curve the over population of cats in this country. Breeding has another negative affect. These breed cats tend to have more heath problems then your average, "Tabby" cat like me. While some people like to buy a cat from a pet store or breeder because they can select a breed that has the characteristics they like, you can also do this buy letting a cat or kitten pick you out at your local shelter or weekends at many Petsmart locations. Petsmart DOES NOT sell breeded cats, only cats that are from the human society. We don't shop at Petland and hope none of our readers do either.

Help unwanted kittens out....

Here is an article that people that live here in Tucson can help my fellow kitties:

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/fromcomments/298537.php

Two years with ShowLow...

I had planned on posting this on June 14, two years ago to that day when my kittie ShowLow came home to live with me. Anyway this post is the origanl post I wrote on an old blog I had that I no longer post at. Again some of the spelling and grammer is horrid, please forgive me for that. Sorry for the late post on this but the last few weeks have been pretty bad for me. I've pretty much stayed in bed when not at work. So here it goes:


Origanlly written on June 14,2007(the day a cat changed my life)
Time to let the CAT out of the bag....
Well today at around noon started on a new journey in my life, with someone else in my life and a new responsibility. I am alittle bit nervous about it and I think this special someone is too. I went to pick up my new furry friend "Showlow"(he will also go with a nick name "Bud" at time, just seems to fit. After weeks of agonizing over literally dozens of different names there just wasn't a better fit. As I was driving home with him I was thinking of the other names and nothing but showlow really stuck. For those of you that don't know Showlow(I think it's actually hyphenated Show-Low...but for the sake of my kitty it will be Showlow(one word), is a small town in the White mountains of Arizona. It is just beautiful peaceful and very cool country over there and at the same time all those aspects plus you are also revitalized because it has an awesome spirit and energy to it. And frankly those words best describe the bestest cat in the world! I know I suppose every say's that about there animal but really you need to meet Showlow and you will agree, even dog lovers will love him. Well to start the day off the procrastinator that I am went to pick up some supplies that I didn't have yet. I had a bit of food here but I wanted to get the Purina one kitty food they have, it's the dry food and supposed to be one of the better ones for developing kitties. I have some wet food also but I mostly want this kitty to get accustomed to dry. I also bought a bed(real small one) a couple of toy's a brush food and water bowls(duh I almost forgot about that. I know you would have thought I would have had all this stuff along time ago but you know me the procrastinator of the century. Anyway I went got to my co-workers house just after noon today to pick the gato up. I wanted to spend sometime getting familiarized with showlow before taking him home. Well for the most part he didn't want anything to do with me. I think he sensed something was up and was a little nervous. What is strange the first time I went to see him he was very at ease with me. But like I said I honestly think he knew his life wasn't going to be the same anymore. That can be a bit stress full for a little guy like him. Losing his Mother and all his siblings in one shooowwp. So after awhile I got him in the car. I made the mistake of not getting a carrier for him, I thought he would do just fine in one of these "moses" baskets, as I like to call them and a the bed that I got for him, plus a few of his toy's. Well this was obviously his first car ride because he was pretty nervous at least to start. I think he wanted to play more than anything(the reason I should have had the carrier) plus not completely at ease with this car business. So instead of worrying that the kitty would be all over the car I drove from one end of town to the other with Showlow in my left arm driving only with my right. A few times he got feisty and tried to get away and he had this peculiar obsession of trying to get a the steering will. Maybe he wanted to dry. But for the most part, Thank God, he actually did a pretty good job. I even got a few kisses on the hand while we were driving. He few asleep for a good part of the drive. When we got to the apartment Showlow explored a little bit but he was kind of nervous so he tried to hide even though the room I have him in there isn't much room to hide but he found it. I sort of got him out to play here and there, but I think he was pretty much whipped out with all the excitement of the day and drive. He nibbled a bit on his food which was good. He hasn't drank much water, since being here which concerns me a bit but hopefully he will get used to that. He has gone towards the litter box but hasn't used it yet. Hopefully that won't be a problem. Anyway now he is taking a nap under one of my tables on the carpet, of course, not the 15 dollar bed I got for him. Oh well I'll update the later. I don't notice that he is in the same place so I need to go find him. Fortunately there isn't much place to look around here. Until next time...meow! :)