TBT: Snafu Loves Vacuum Cleaner

Here's an old video from our life at the mobile home a few years ago.

Snafu, being mostly deaf, just loves the vacuum cleaner.

 I don't use a big huge machine like that anymore.

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~MamaLisa

Red Silhouettes

ONE...

TWO...

THREE...

BAAMMMM!

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~MamaLisa

Mancat with a Mark

Some tabbies have the infamous "M" marked on their heads, 

but we noticed the other day that Nick has the symbol of the Goddess!

He must be marked as the Goddess's own!

The Goddess's own floofy boy, that is!

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~MamaLisa

Mancat Monday with Snafu

Snafu saw the empty soup pot waiting to be washed and decided to step right in and help himself.

I thought he might enjoy it 

so I left it out on purpose :).

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~MamaLisa

Mancat Monday with Wizard

Wizard's in the spotlight.

Perched high atop the cat tree,

 he is a relaxed alpha-mancat. 

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~MamaLisa

Cat Loves on Dog

Watch out!

Yukon's LOVE mode has been triggered!

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~MamaLisa

Breakfast for Cats!

Breakfast is being prepared on the counter!

Left to right: Wizard, Nick, Angus, Yukon, Owen and Penny. Everyone except Snafu, of course. He'll be up later for breakfast and special attention.

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~MamaLisa

Four Mancat Monday

Four boys

all stacked up...

Owen

Angus

Yukon

Wizard

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~MamaLisa

Flashback Friday: Flying Kitties

Flashback 2007

This video was taken when
Yukon and Angus were juvvies 
and Owen and Snafu weren't born.




If you can't play the video, here is the link Flying Kitties.

It was way before Marshwood Cottage, 
when we are living in our (spacious) mobile home.

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~MamaLisa

Yukon - Close to the Fire

Yukon - staying warm.

Here's to you staying close to your fire this new year!

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~MamaLisa

Yukon the Mancat Hunter!

Yukon ALWAYS catches da-Bird or da-Mouse...

but then he won't let it go!

If you let him hang onto it for too long, he starts huffing, then meowling, then growling. It takes coaxing and some jaw prying to make him give it up.

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~MamaLisa

Toesies on a shelf on...Wednesday?

Those tailless tabbies take up all the Tuesdays so we had to do something!

This is Angus, by the way.

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~MamaLisa

Fold Not Tuck

Snafu's double-paws are so big, he can't tuck them under...

So he just folds them one in front of the other!

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~MamaLisa

Dog Lovin' Yukon

With the cool weather coming, Yukon is happy to get back to snuggling with his dog buddy Cooper.

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~MamaLisa

Flashback Friday - Kits in Arms

October 9, 2008

is when this picture was taken.

Owen is just a couple months younger than Snafu.

I especially love Snafu's wispy tail and gray eyes.

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~MamaLisa

A Tabby on Tuesday: Owen

Owen is snugged in and ready for Autumn!

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~MamaLisa

Life of Joseph

Joseph has been spending time in our cat enclosure when no other kitties want to use it. We close off the door to the bathroom window (where the entrance is from the house).

He scented the place up real good; he did a pee, but NOT a spray.

But Joseph mostly wanted to come inside the house.

If you haven't stopped by recently, check out how Joseph came to us HERE, and his updates ONE and TWO.

Today Joseph's coat has been coming in a nice shiny black, replacing all the dry, brittle, brown fur he had from being malnourished for so long.

Last week the vet we took him to said he could be anywhere between 1 1/2 to 3 years old. 

He is so playful and vocal, he'll be a joy to anyone who wants an engaging kitty. 

Here is a video of him talking to me from the shop window. We love his big thumbs!

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~MamaLisa

Joseph

 We've been listening to loud screechy cat fights all summer long. There’s a new stray tomcat in our neighborhood and he’s challenging all the outdoor cats that live around here (none of our kitties, since ours are indoors only). MamaLindy caught glimpses of him enough to know he was a black and white tuxie. 

 Our next door neighbor has a very pretty torbie named Momo who's been getting bullied by this guy,

and our neighbor said she’d like to catch him and take him to the local humane society.

I hadn't seen him until yesterday. He was right outside our front door meowing and meowing in a sing-songy speech.

I thought he was threatening Snafu and Owen who were plastered to the screens looking out at him. Both of them were very quiet and the black and white, fat-faced tom was looking directly at me. So I called out to him. That triggered a long low meow session from him and my heart sank. I felt he was telling me there was something wrong. 

I totally forgot he was the neighborhood terrorist and brought him a bowl of food. He was shy but didn't go very far when I came out to deposit the goods at a safe distance. Once I was back inside, he dug right into the bowl of kibble. In less than a minute he was rubbing on everything outside and I wondered if he’d spray us as his own, too. Thank God he didn't spray; he only laid down on the stoop and began washing up. 

 So I went out to take a closer look at him and see if he was injured. His face was beaten up, but mostly old wounds and he’d only one new scratch that looked swollen but not infected. He let me pet him a little bit then continued to eat. 

 When MamaLindy got home and went over to see him, he came right out to see her with only a little coaxing. He's bony, but not emaciated, had no collar, and his coat was unkempt with motor oil underneath a patch of matted burrs. He didn't fuss at all when she cut the patch off him with scissors. 

We agreed he needed to be neutered, and MamaLindy called a local dog shelter that offers inexpensive neuters on certain days. When she found out they were having a clinic that day and could do him right away, we felt it was fate. This black and white tuxie seemed to be asking us for help, so we had to do it even though it cost $75 (not as cheap as some clinics around here, but it was to include rabies vacc.). 

 So…we nabbed him! 

 Okay, so he pretty much walked right into the crate.

He didn't mind the car ride at all and lay down in the crate during our drive to the clinic. We had no plan for what to do with him afterwards, but at five o’clock last night, we picked him up. 

Meet Joseph!

We made a place for him in our workshop behind the house (only recently vacated by another pet project Foster Dog Maddie – now in her forever home).

Overnight he did not try to escape, he did not meow incessantly, he did not pee all over the place, but went in his litter box. 

 He’s incredibly friendly, playful, rubby, lovey, rolly and dirty!

Has this ever happened to any of you?  ;) 

He needs a home now. 

Help!

~MamaLisa

Two Tailless Tabbies on Tuesday

Look...

There's a space for you!

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~MamaLisa

The Mama Bed

Owen's in his favorite bed. 

We call it the mama bed since it looks like him.

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~MamaLisa