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.

TICA Cat Show

On Sunday, September 28, 2008, I visited the TICA cat show in Arcadia, CA with my dear friend Jan. We had a great time looking at all the beautiful cats, especially the Bengals! Click on the thumbnail photo below to visit my webshots gallery of the photos from the cat show.


by crazykittykat1

We got new collars

This month is Mazi and Kali's birthday - 3 years old and next month is Simba's homecoming anniversary of 1 year. We are celebrating with some new cat collars. They are soft and they stretch and have a velcro closure. They come in a bunch of patterns and are available at http://www.walkease.com/ just click on the link for Beastie Bands.


Mazi is happy to be the "Cool Cat"



Simba is confused and not sure why he got the "Smelly Cat" collar.



Kali is proud of being awarded the "Crazy Cat" collar. She is ready to go chase Simba, she hasn't picked on him yet this morning.

Our Visit to Cat Tales Zoological Park

Labor Day weekend, we had the pleasure of visiting a wonderful little zoo of wild cats in Mead, Washington, just a few minutes north of Spokane. It is also a school for students majoring in zoology and they give tours of the site, so it is a great place to learn about the cats while you enjoy their beauty. My only regret is I did not have my good camera with me, so the photos are not the nice quality of my other photos posted here.

If you would like to visit their website where they have more photos and info about their organization it is:

http://www.cattales.org/

Here is a beautiful White Tiger. He has the loudest roar I have ever heard in my life. He also tried to spray the crowd near the fence.



There are several Leopards on site.



We found the Serval- of course!


The Serval came to them as a very small kitten and she lost her littermate. They got a shelter kitten and they have been raised together.
We saw the Serval licking the cat and we were amazed to see the same exact behavior that our Savannah, Simba does with our Bengal, Mazi. He licks the back of his neck over and over and then a good healthy bite, then he lick, lick, bites and lick, lick, bites!
Every time we see a Serval, we pick out more of the things that our Savannah does that he gets from his Serval instinct.


They had 4 Tiger cubs that are 9 months old in one caged area. There was one cub who seemed to be the most dominate, but they all wrestled and played. We could have watched them for hours.


If you would like to see all the photos we took, click on the thumbnail below. It will take you to my webshots album. Use the slideshow feature for the album since there are over 100 photos. I hope you enjoy.


by crazykittykat1

Canadian Bengal cats need rescued or fostered

Over 50 cats from a breeder in Canada are in a humane society waiting for fostering or rescue.

Anyone interested in becoming a foster parent or adopting one of these cats, when they are ready, can call the shelter at 905-845-1551 or e-mail rescuecats@oakvillehumane.ca

http://www.oakvillehumane.ca/home.html

They are also taking donations for support.

Not Loving the Camera

Oh great, don't look Simba,here she comes with that camera again!

Hey Simba listen, I got an idea.

Ok Mazi I'm listening.

So Simba, when the camera flashes again make that face you make.

Like this Mazi?

Simba,I can't look, I will just start busting up.

It's working, she put away the camera!

The Cats are redecorating

Well after almost 3 years, the kitties have decided we need to change out some of the window coverings. They have been working on bending the valance rod for a while but now they have moved on to the upper window.

Here Mazi is showing you the preferred method of travel to the wonderful window.

Did I do that?



Oh! I didn't see a thing.



Let's see what I can do with this now.


See our complete window redecorating story in our slide show.

Cats 'N Jackets

I never thought I would be a crazy cat lady dressing up my cats, but here I am today doing just that. My hubby and I have a motorhome and bring the cats with us when we take the motorhome out. I needed a way to be able to control the cats, so when they were kittens I started working with each of them and a harness.

The problem I had with the harness was the cats are little houdini's and immediately wiggle thier way out of the harness! We had a very bad experience in the back yard with Mazi and Kali. They freaked out when we took them out on the grass and Mazi wiggled out of his harness and ran up the hill. At the top of the hill is a wood fence between our house and the neighbors house. On the other side of the fence are two wildly barking large Corgi dogs! Little Mazi just wanted run up that fence so bad. He scared us to death, but we were able to get him to come near enough to grab him before he jumped. That ended our outdoor experiments with the harnesses. So No, we do not take our cats for walks, although there are some people who do.

I went to a cat show and found a vendor who sews the cat walking jackets and they seem to do the trick. The cats cannot wiggle out as easily, but it isn't impossible to wiggle out of either.

When we go in our motorhome, the cats are in thier carrier first. We transport them to and from the house to the motorhome in the carriers. I use a leash on them inside the motorhome while we are traveling. Once we are camping at our destination, I can take the leashes and jackets off. The jackets give you something to grab onto if you need to quickly stop a cat, such as my hubby getting ready to get out at the gas station. When they see me get the jackets and carriers out, they know its time to go.

Its a Hot Summer

This week has been very hot. We hit 112 deg. F this week and thats pretty hot. The poor kitties in thier fur coats don't understand energy conservation. We have the temp set to 80 during the day, but in a fur coat thats still a little hot.

A big box arrived the other day with some fun packing pillows that the kitties had a blast with. The box was fun for them too. This was a great diversion from the heat.







Time for a friendly wrestling match.

Happy 4th of July

Well its here, the 4th of July. We started out at 4 am with the sounds of a cat fight and cats running across the bed like a heard of mini elephants. ugh! So I got up and fed the little darlings and attempted to get to sleep in on my day off from work. Sleeping in at this point consists of dozing and waking in 15 minute intervals until one gives up.
The really crazy thing after we get up in the morning is the cats settle down and take a cat nap! What gives? I don't know why they think they should be the only ones to enjoy a lazy morning!
Last night Kali was in her chase mode again. Simba likes to get up on top of the refrigerator and curl up. I have a flattened fabric lunch bag up there and there is a small ice chest too. So last night as Simba is nice and cozy up there, Kali spots him and corners him up on top of the fridge. Poor Simba couldn't get out of the corner until she got a few good smacks in on him. Lucky for him, I trimmed her claws the day before. Here is a pic of Kali and Mazi on top of the fridge. Mazi is back in the corner where Simba got bopped.
She spent the other part of the evening chasing him around the house. Simba got up on top of our 42 inch flat screen TV and tried to lay on his stomach and straddle the TV. His tail kept covering up the center of the TV and we were laughing because it looked like the people talking on TV were nibbling at his tail. After a few minutes of amusement by our Savannah on the TV, Kali discovered he was doing something that she did not give him permission to do. So she chased him off the TV and the took over his spot!
I hope you all have a nice 4th of July. We plan to have a very quiet one here at home. The kids are all married and the cats don't want to go see fireworks.