Count Catula !

I am Count Catula!

I am a Vampire Cat!

I look pretty good in this cape.

Yep, I'm a handsome little devil.



I vant to suck your blood!

Scarey Vampire cat

Happy Halloween with Kitty Costumes

We are getting ready to go Trick or Treating to get all the yummy treats from our great friends.

Take a look at our costumes!




How do I look in my new Halloween costume?


In case you can't tell, I'm a lady bug!

Kali the lady bug, that's kinda catchy.

Maybe you can see the little bug a bit better if I tip my head down a bit.

Wow Simba, you're a cowboy!

I'm having a little trouble with this cowboy hat.


I ditched the hat, I like it better this way.

That's not much of a costume Simba, how do you think it looks on me?


This looks kinda cute on me, maybe you can wear the lady bug and I can be a cowgirl?

Hey Simba, come back here, don't you want to try on the lady bug costume?

Mazi, what's your costume?

How cute! Its a bumble bee!

Mazi is a bee!

Kali, this is chick costume, I'm a mancat, I can't run around in this thing!


I can't believe they were out of Pirate costumes.

I was suppose to be a Pirate, Captain Arrrg Kitty.

That would be a great mancat costume.....not this stupid bee.

I hate this bee costume!

A Book Review for Pet Lover's

Stop what you are doing!

It’s time for a Book Review.

I was asked to review a couple of new books published by, http://www.quarrybooks.com/ .

These new books are : The Cat Lover’s Daily Companion,

by Kristen Hampshire, Iris Bass and Lori Paximadis,

and

The Dog Lover’s Daily Companion,

by Wendy Nan Rees and Kristen Hampshire.

The Cat & Dog Lover’s Daily Companion are both sharp looking books. The copies I reviewed were hardback bound and included a spot to insert your pets photo inside the front cover above the title.

The book is composed of pages for each day of the week:

Monday – Cat 101
Tuesday – Feline Fact and Fiction
Wednesday – Health and Wellness
Thursday – The House cat – Projects, Tips and More
Firday – Cat Breeds
Saturday + Sunday – Bonding and Relationship building

It is cleverly designed so it can be read from cover to cover or skip around and still enjoy the book.

It’s a book that can be put down and picked up again at any time and not feel like you lost your place.

For example, if your focus is on Feline Health, you can skip through and read each entry for Wednesday. Or if you just want to do a lot of fun projects, read Thursdays entries.

Projects ? you say. What Kind of projects?
If you crochet, how about a Paw-Print Granny Square?
Or how about baking some Chocolate-Point Cat cookies for your (Human) cat loving friends?

Some handy hints on Thursdays: Cats and Chemicals, Staying Warm and Keeping Cool.
These are just a couple of examples of a whole years worth of fun and educational pages in the book.

The Dog Lover’s Book is very similar to the Cat Lover’s Book.

Monday – Dogs 101
Tuesday – Table Manners and Training
Wednesday – Playtime and Exercise
Thursday – The Gooming and Health Care
Firday – Housekeeping and Cleaning
Saturday + Sunday – Bonding and Relationship building

Many cat lovers also have dogs or dog lover friends and family.

They would love this book!

Don’t be fooled, these books is not only good for first time pet owners, but ALL pet lovers.
I learned a few things the first time I opened the book and I have had pets for many years!

So if you are looking for a Birthday gift, Christmas gift, or just want to buy something special for yourself, this is an excellent choice.
The books are available through many of your favorite book stores.

There is nothing better than a good book to share with your pet!

You can read more directly from the publisher here:

http://www.quarrybooks.com/description.asp?isbn=9781592535910

* These books were furnished to me for the review, I did not purchase these books.

Another Cat from Our Past

Meet Sabre, she was a fat little cat that wouldn't get pushed around.

We saved her from a grouchy old man in front of K Mart giving away kittens in a box.



In this photo, she is laying on the pony wall between the shower and bathtub in our master bath. She made the master bedroom and bathroom her domain and didn't come out to the rest of the house very often.

She would play with Tigre once in a while. She would turn into Sumo kitty and squash Tigre underneath her. We would laugh at how mad Tigre would get and how much more Sabre would hold her down.

Sabre was the first cat I ever heard growl like a dog. She hated the doorbell and no matter where she was in the house, if someone rang the doorbell she would start growling.

This was a poor photo I scanned. I need to look and see if I have some more pictures of her.

Sabre loved the chemicals on photos and chewed a million holes in lots of photos, I guess she wanted to keep me from having any pictures of her.

She is a kitten in this photo, she was white underneath with a mixture of gray, black and small patches of brown. She had a short life of 6 years, but she was greatly loved.

Were there cats before 2 Bengals and a Savannah?

Before we had Kali, Mazi and Simba, we had a few other very loving cats.
For the next couple of blog posts, I would like to share our previous, very much loved, kitties.

I found some photos that I scanned a few years ago. These were taken before I had a digital camera so the quality is not very good. But you can see what little beauties our kitties were.


There are also some digital photos in the bunch that were taken with our first digital camera.


First, and also last, there was Tigre.

Tigre was a beautiful and fiesty little tabby cat.

She was afraid of strangers but loved her people.

She would not cuddle with the other cats, but she slept next to me every night.

Tigre loved bows, we would stick them on her and she thought she was beautiful.



Tigre was the queen of our hearts.

She lived with us for 17 years and left very deep pawprints on our hearts.

Another Box

Our kitties love to explore every box that comes into our house.

What do we have here? A brand new box with lots of strange smells on it.

Ah yes, I claim this box.

I am king of the box.

All Hail King Mazi!

Sniff sniff, where has this box been? Its really stinky.

Whatcha got there Mazi?

Go away Kali, I claimed this box for me.

Cool Mazi, this is a nice stinky box.

Kali, I said this is mine, not yours.

Hey guys, can I come up on the box too?

Go away Simba, we claim this box for us!!

Playing with Our Blue Kitty Condo

Our friends gave us this cute little blue kitty condo. It even has a scratchy sisal wall on the back for the kitties to scratch up. Mazi claimed the top since he loves to be up high.

Mazi, what are you doing up there? What is that big blue thing?

What are those big holes for? I need to take a closer look.

Kali ! Get out of there ! I Was here first !

Get out of here Simba ! I was in here first !

I'm claiming this spot for me!

Wow, thanks for the wonderful award from Keiko and Luna T. Katt, from

http://fuzzyjerks.blogspot.com/.

Here is what they told me:

The translation means "Your Blog Doesn't Stink" and the only rule is to link to the blogger that gave it to you and pass it on to 5 others!

As for kitties, they usually like stink, but we are honored to receive the non-stinky award.

Now for the five blogs to pass this award:

http://tabbynormal.blogspot.com/ our friends Abby Normal & Stygian Panther

http://adventureswithpemberley.blogspot.com/ the beautiful Pemberly - we love your name!

http://heartfullocats.blogspot.com/ our friend Angus Mor

http://www.themonkeys.ca/ Samson & Delilah, looking nice & floofy

http://grrreta1.blogspot.com/ Grrreta, such a pretty kitty blog


Yay! We love passing awards to our friends.

OOooo A Bag!

Hey Mazi, I found this little paper bag. Take a look.

Ok Kali, let me see whats inside.

I like the crackly sound it makes. You know I love bags.

No there is nothing in this bag.

Hey wait, this isn't fun any more.

Get this thing off me!

Attended Surfin Safari Pawpawty on Twitter

We joined twitter this week just in time to participate in the July 11 & 12, Pawpawty hosted by Frugal Dougal Dog. There was tons of fun, dancing, food surfing and lots to drink. As you can see in the photo, Simba is trying to sleep it off on the ice chest. Of course with those supersized drinks its a wonder Mazi and Kali still have thier eyes open. Mazi held onto his surfboard for dear life but had a blast. It was a great day at the beach.

There were animals of every type at the pawpawty and we met many new friends. I got a bunch of followers just going to the pawty!

So we had a great time and are soooo happy we joined twitter.

They raised money this weekend for a fur friend charity:
'Arcy's A.R.C., a registered charity providing animal rescue in Manitoba. The shelter is dedicated to rescuing cats and dogs from situations of abandonment, homelessness, neglect and abuse. All animals are given the veterinary care they need and a safe, caring and comfortable place to live until they are adopted for life. Yes, I'm in the US and the charity is Canada, but it was a pawpawty & a charity event all in one, and super super fun.

You can read about what was organized for the pawpawty here:
http://frugaldougaldog.blogspot.com/2009/07/surfin-safari-july-pawpawty.html


If you want to donate you can go here, they are taking donations until mid August:
http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=4756

My Kitties Collage

This may be too small to show well on the blog. I have a program that let me make this collage of a bunch of my kitty photos. I hope this shows up well enough for everyone to look at.

If you click on the photo, you should see it open up in the large size so you can see all the details.
I wish I could print out a nice big version.

Happy 4th of July

We are wishing you all a Happy & Safe 4th of July.

And a Special Thanks to all

who have served

and are

currently serving in our Military!

Soaking Up Sun Beams

Mazi loves to just stretch out and soak up the sun beams from the window.




There is only room for me in this sun beam!



Now that's a good yawn Mazi.
No wonder you are such a loud cat, look at the size of that mouth!

Simba Hurt His Tail

Simba loves to play ball. He loves to chase it, bat it, jump and catch it. Sometimes he even brings it to you like a little puppy dog. Sunday he was playing ball with my husband and having a great time. My husband tossed the ball up and Simba jumped about 4 feet in the air.


Unfortunately Simba is a bit of a clumsy cat and doesn't always land on his feet. He landed on his tail and hip with his back legs tucked under him. His tail puffed up and he hid under a table. We thought he hurt his hip or even his leg. After some time, we noticed his tail was limp and he could not move it. He would not let us touch his back end and didn't want us near him.

Later he came up and sat next to me on the couch and his tail was limp still. When he got up on the mantel and jumped down off the mantel, his tail slapped against the tile floor!

Why does this stuff always happen on the weekend?


We have a super expensive emergency pet clinic that we had a really bad experience with when one of our cats was very sick, so I really did not want to deal with them for this.
(The other cat died after we left it there for tests.) My husband & I were worried sick about him.

The next day my husband took him to our vet and they x-rayed his tail and found one bone that is out of alignment. He has a dislocated tail!
Poor Simba! He had to get a couple of shots and now we have to give him some pills. Today is Wednesday and his tail is doing better. He can move it now and hold it up from the ground. It still flaps when he jumps, but hopefully it will get stronger.

The vet says that only time will tell on how much he will recover.


This is how he held his tail above the ground before he injured it. It was always in a little J hook shape.

Here is another view of how his tail is held when walking prior to the injury.

He would twitch his tail when you talked to him and if you petted his back, his tail would come up and try to wrap around your arm. Right now he can't do that, but he is able to hold it in a bit of a J shape now.

Kali is still trying to chase him and smack him around a couple times a day, so we have to keep her away from him as much as possible. She can be such a brat.

Giving Simba is not fun. Ugh! It takes my hubby to hold him without squishing his hip and tail, and me trying to pop the pill in his mouth with the little pill syringe.
If the kitties only understood we are trying to help them when we poke and prod them.

One more thing, today is Simba's 3rd birthday, I almost missed it had I not noticed on Mycatspace. What a way to celebrate his birthday, poor little owie butt.

Happy Memorial Day

Today is Memorial Day, a day to remember our Heros.

The hero I would like to present today is my father.

He was on the crew of a B-17 in WWII.


If you haven't already looked at the link on my blog to his WWII blog,
please take a moment to look at it today.
I have included another link to his story below.


http://teenageairwarrior.blogspot.com/



If you are curious about my flag photo, it was taken on Veteran's Day 2008.

My husband and I belong to Glamisdunes.com.

We celebrate each Veteran's day in Glamis.

We have a Veteran's Day memorial and the flag on the pole
is changed.

Aside from Memorial Day, our Mr. Simba was a bad kitty this morning.

He is a quick little booger. I opened the sliding glass door to get the screen door closed so we could enjoy some fresh air.

Merrooowwwww he said as he ran past my feet out onto the patio!

He was excited and moved cautiously as I grabbed him from above and put him promptly back in the house. He got my heart pumping for a moment, needless to say, he is not very happy to be caught.

Razor Went Camping

A little while back we were out in our motorhome and we had a sweet little visitor.

Razor stopped by for a visit. He came in and walked around like he lives here.
Such a confident little cat. He loves to explore.

Do you guys have anything good here?

Hmm, too bad its too early for a little libation.

Time to play!

Lets Wrestle!

HaHa, Stop it, that tickles!

Well its been a great visit but its time for me to go. See ya later!

Cat Talk Radio

Moja Duma from Spotted Love Cattery

One of my favorite Savannah Breeders, Leonard from Spotted Love Cattery, who also has several videos on Youtube, lifeatthesharpend, now has an internet on demand radio show!

I listened intensely to the broadcast from 1/15/2009 "Do you have cat behavior problems?" with his guest, Marilyn Krieger, The Cat Coach®, cat behaviorist. They covered a lot of info on spraying cat behavior and also how to introduce adult cats (when you bring a new adult cat home to live with your adult cat that you already have).

The latest broadcast was from 2/10/2009 about Savannah Rescue.

There are a few other episodes on there and I for one will be waiting for the next broadcast.

Please check it out!



www.blogtalkradio.com/CatTalkRadio

Pasta for Kitties

Hey Mazi, were gonna make some Pasta!

Pasta, hmm, that sound like it might be something fun.

Is this pasta? I like biting this thing!

Hey Kali, come here and try this.

Yep, its good for biting. Its kinda hard Mazi.

No silly kitties, this is pasta!

Its drying now and then we are going to cook it.

No thanks, were carnivores.
Pasta is not good for kitties.

We Got Our First Award

A big giant thank you to Cats of Wild Cat Woods for giving this blog its first award!

On the Cats of Wild Cat Woods blog, they posted to

list 6 things that make us happy and tag 6 blogs with the award.

I have never gotten a blog award before, but I think thats what I am suppose to do now.

So here goes, six things that makes us (Kali, Mazi & Simba) happy:

1. Some yummy chicken bits fresh cooked or raw - meow yummmmmmmmmm

2. Chasing the feather toy, grabbing it and biting it! or getting a real bird!

3. Cuddling up on a soft warm blanket with family on the couch (cat & people family)

4. Running the Bengal 500 through the house.

5. Running up the cat tree and then across the ledge around the kitchen up high.

6. Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrringgggggggggggg and kneading, nothing better to be in the zone.

I am passing the award on to:

http://tabbynormal.blogspot.com/

http://thecatsp.blogspot.com/

http://tallulahswoodenbox.blogspot.com/

http://freyacat.blogspot.com/

http://williesnapp.blogspot.com/

http://awhitecat.blogspot.com/

The World Is Your Litterbox Has Arrived

Its here! Its finally here! Our new book from our buddy Quasi!




I can hardly wait to read this!



Come on guys, take a look.
He is a genius! Its like he knows me so well.
I've been trying to teach guys great cat wisdom but Quasi
knows how to tell it like it is.




Hmmmmm the words are all upside down.




Silly me, I had it turned the wrong way.



I get so relaxed when I read.



Don't even try to take this book from me!



Come on Mazi, I like to curl up with a good book too.



Hey Quasi, how do you like this pose?



I love Quasi, he's my hero.



Go to Quasi's website to order your copy, because we are not giving ours up.

http://www.theworldisyourlitterbox.com/

We Got A New Fountain

We got a new Drinkwell 360 Fountain.
Kali is approaching it with caution for the first time.



Maybe I will just touch it.



Hey its water!



Wow this thing is cool!



Hey Kali, Look how the water comes out around the top.



Simba,this is how you drink out of it.



Mazi gets to taste the new fresh fountain water.



Oh, now this is really good!
MMMMMmmm good. Oh, bladder is full now!
Gotta go!

We

More Cat Show Photos

I went to the TICA cat show in Arcadia, CA on Feb. 28, 2009 and took some photos with my new zoom lense on my camera. I got some nice close up shots while standing 10 to 15 ft from the cats. Sometimes it put me in an awkward position to where the judge was standing and I still did some cropping of the photos, but I think they turned out better than my previous photos.

There were some wonderful Bengals at the show.

This photo is not cropped. I am really happy with this one.

This photo is not cropped. I love those ears!

Below is a slideshow of my webshots album for more of the cat show photos.



TICA Cat Show, Arcadia, Feb 2009

You can click on the link to see the webshots album.

Kitties Love to get Inside Things!

Here is Simba, our Savannah, he snuck inside this box that a crate came in.

How did he fit in such a flat spot?

On top of the box is Mazi.






Here is Mazi inside the Dasani container.
It never fails, he loves to hide in these as soon as they are empty.

Now Simba things the safe is a great place to hide.
"Get Out Simba" says Kali as she tries to smack him in the head.

Mazi managed to wiggle through the roll of carpet and have his head pop out the end.





Now Mazi is inside the cooler on top of the fridge!







"Get Out Mazi, Its My Turn" Kali says as she takes over again.

Mazi found another box to hide in.

Kali & Simba are trying to figure out how to push him out so they can play.

And His Name Is.....

Razor!



Quite fitting with his razor sharp claws and teeth.









What a little sweetheart, lots of purrs.

Happy New Year 2009

The boys started out the New Year on top of the TV with football on.
Typical boys! Kali was no where to be found. She doesn't like football.



by crazykittykat1

We have a new member in our family, our daughter got a beautiful little abyssinian boy.
She brought him over to visit on the way to his new home.

You can see all his photos if you click on the thumbnail above.

Here are are a couple photos of him, below.




He is 12 weeks old and no name yet.



He was intrigued with the toys.



Such a sweet little purr boy.

2009 is starting out well.

Merry Christmas

Dear Santa,

I want lots of catnip and kitty treats and a new kitty bed.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree,

How Lovely is thy

Savannah ?!?

Hey, when did we get that new cat tail ornament?

Christmas rope comes in handy for tree sitting.

Our November Motorhome Trip

We had a nice long trip at Thanksgiving in the motorhome.
Sometimes the cat's get a little bored in there.

Mazi, I'm sooo bored, I have been laying around here all morning.

Yeah Simba, I know, I was up in the front window but it got too hot. What shoud we do?




Hey what are you two planning over there? I'm in a bad mood this morning so you guys better not be up to anything or else!




OK, sheesh, can't a guy have any fun around here. What a grouchy female.


No kidding, more hours of nothing ahead. She's killin me here. I'm a Savannah, full of energy, vim and vigor and all that stuff. I wanna run around and tear this place up. But noooooooooo, miss Kali will beat the snot out of me, so here I sit.





This is the most boring trip ever!





Wait a minute, I got an idea!





What Mazi? Do we dare? You always have such cool ideas, tell me what?





I'm not liking the sound of this boys.





It's time for some nip!
Catnip pillows that is.






Awww this stuff is the best!





Nooooo MAZI! No Catnip!










Simba, grab the other catnip pillow!







Mazi you are so smart, I love catnip!







Yep, I can really get into this stuff.

Its definately time for some nip!

More Cat Play

Mazi is having fun scratching the sisal pad.
Simba, is uh, sniffing!



Now Simba has a bad case of STINK FACE !!




Mazi gets away from Mr. Stink Face



No one can fit in here with me, I'm safe from being sniffed.

Newspaper Tents

Cats just love newspapers. If they are not laying on them while we try to read them, they are under them playing in thier Kitty Tents!

Here is your basic Kitty Tent. Are there kitties in there?


Yes! Mr. Simba is peeking out.


And here is Mr. Mazi peeking out.


Sometimes the tent follows you when you get out.


Kali is taking her tent with her too.


Its also fun to lay on the papers, especially when it makes someone else get out.


Oh no, Kali has found Simba in a kitty tent.
She can't let him have any fun.


Get out of here Simba! Bengals only!


As you see, Simba did not give up, he is poking a leg out from under a kitty tent.
Today is a fun day for the kitties.