It's Official: CFA Region 3 HHP Results

BOUDREAUX is Officially #2 HouseHold Pet in CFA Region 3. He came in behind another Texas cat, Sneaky Devil.

That's Bou below looking regal. There's a picture of him earlier in the blog in his Motorcycle Dude get up :).

OLIVE OYL is Officially #4 HouseHold Pet in CFA Region 3. She had been bouncing in and out of 3rd and ended up being defeated by a Colorado cat, Jasmine. BUT she held onto 4th over another Colorado cat, Tang, by a whisker: 0.6 pts! That's her up above, in one of her sweeter moments.

And the up and comer for next season will be GUMDROP - she's below in the post in the beribboned cage from the Houston show.

Whew! I'm rolling today

I've got STUFF posted in my ETSY! Pop on over there and take a look:

Must be the influence of the asteroid inside of the orbit of the moon :):)

Okay, so it's been several months since I posted

So sue me :):). I've been busy.

The kittens are mostly re-homed, as are a couple of others from the same neighbors that were left here when they moved out. Except for ONE now 8-month old kitten, the little tortie, Gumdrop. She stayed behind - the one we "got stuck with" :):)

GUMDROP went to her first cat show in January, the big Houston Charity Cat show.

She won BEST OVERALL HHP - yup. We have ARMLOADS of ribbons. She got a 7th one after we got home for being best overall.

Boudreaux and Olive did well there too, so there's a LOT of pink on our ribbon wall, to go along with all of Bou's and Olive's other ribbons for the season.

We also took 2nd best Decorated Cage at Houston (Bou's cage) - theme being show business and Bou was making a movie :). THAT ribbon was green. The picture's not great, but you can sort of see it here. We had the theater showing the movie on top and the actual movie making inside the cage.

These kittens are growing up soooo fast

They're eating mushed up kitten chow now..................with relish. They've learned NOT to climb THE LEGS unnecessarily.............

And I've learned to tube feed an older sick cat. Yup, I am a feline nurse in my own house.........unfortunately, it probably isn't going to help Junior much. Will know for sure tomorrow.

BUT if your vet suggests tube feeding for your cat, it is not that hard to do - at all. I'd say go for it. WAY easier than trying to force feed them and it is a piece of cake to get meds down!

Long sleeves and tucked in pants legs - KITTENS!

Okay, I've remembered to wear long pants and tuck them INTO my sock tops when feeding the kittens, I FORGOT to wear long sleeves.......................... :):). I look like a horde of angry mosquitoes have been after me - mosquitoes that skated across my arms.

Kitten claws are amazingly sharp! So are those little teeth.

That's one of the boys at my knee - still climbing, eventually making it to my shoulder. I was holding the camera in one hand and feeding one of his sisters in the other. MORNINGS have become interesting!

I am SUCH a sucker

But a mad and happy one. There are these neighborhood Manx cats - and there's been one cutie that's been here since we moved. A young female. I THOUGHT she was spayed. Oh no......irresponsible neighbors let her have TWO litters this year alone and she's not more than TWO YEARS OLD HERSELF!

Well, she won't be having any more. When I walked out to the barn and the feed can mewed at me and I found FIVE little kittens........kittens in a carrier and a trap set for said Mama. We'd JUST managed not more than a month previously to capture and home a kitten from her OTHER litter!

Mama Cat is now spayed, has all her shots and is in a foster home awaiting adoption. I took her to my expensive vet for the best treatment. She's not happy without her kittens, but she is the FRIENDLIEST, CUDDLIEST cutie herself. And will have a much better life now........if you're reasonable local, contact me. She is up for adoption and deserves a great home.

AND I'm bottle feeding the FIVE kittens, several of them also Manx, as in NO tails. Two of them are equally adorable long-tails. They are ONLY 3 weeks old right now and I've got them hooked up on the bottle and got purrs out of two of them this morning. They will be up for adoption when they're 8 weeks old and the adopters MUST get them fixed, no ifs, ands or buts about it!

Stay tuned for updates and pictures!

This is What Happens When............

I get talked into actually participating in a cat show. Yes, I entered one of my kitties, Boudreaux the Plain Brown Tabby into the Household Pet Category of the Greater Houston Charity Cat Show back in February. That's a big show.

We did it all the way - as in decorating the Cage (6th Best!) AND entering the Costume contest (4th Best) where I was, if I remember correctly, the ONLY adult entered. It's amazing what you'll do when you hit middle age!

Anyway, we did not get pictures at the show, but I convinced a friend to stage Bou in his Motorcycle Leathers and Dew Rag...............yes, real leather.

Eventually, the niece's christening will happen

I just keep promising myself that. It was supposed to have been January, then late June when she was a YEAR OLD, and now it's mid-August and........................you guessed it, no christening yet. I doubt seriously if the christening gown I made for her will still fit it she's not christened before her 18th birthday which is the way it seems to be headed LOL LOL LOL!!!!!!