REMINDER: The Forgotten Felines of Huntsville online auction starts TOMORROW at 9 am Central Time, and runs through next Saturday (February 18th) at 7 pm Central Time. There’s lots of cool stuff, so go follow the Facebook page and get your biddin’ fingers ready!
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Robyn where did you get that heart shaped mirror? It is wonderful. Is it hung with mirror peg things or stuck on with adhesive or what?
I got it from Amazon. The one that I got – this one – is no longer available, but this one is comparable. The mirror I bought has an adhesive on the back, but I actually use Command strips to hang it on the wall so that I can take it down easily, if need be. (My concern with the adhesive back is that it might pull the paint off the wall when I take the mirror down.)
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I’ve noticed none of your permanent residents have collars with name info and rabies tags even though they go outside. Guess that means they’re probably microchipped right?
Yes, they’re all microchipped, and they can only go out into the back yard (during the day), which has a cat fence around it, so they can’t leave the yard.
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I’d love to know what happened to Squeak and Barnaby Mouse from 2016?
Barnaby Mouse passed away unexpectedly in August of 2016, and Squeek was adopted out along with another Forgotten Felines kitty in September of that year.
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Nacho in the sun.
Francesca in a pile o’ beds.
Linzer and Cinnaspin, just chillin’.
Nacho’s playing with what Cinnaspin considers “MINE,” and Cinnaspin wants me to make it stop.
Nacho and Francesca are waiting for customers.
Francesca and Cinnaspin on the bed.
Along comes Linzer!
All 4 kittens on the bed for one brief instant.
Nacho and Frannie on the cat tree, Linzer on top of the organizer next to my desk looking displeased.
Breakfast together! Nacho and Frannie on one plate, Cinnaspin and Linzer on the other.
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Lincoln says “I’m doing just fine back here by the toilet, lady. You go away, now.”
Lilly with attitude.
Now that Cinnaspin & Linzer, and Francesca & Nacho are getting along pretty well (there’s only hissing if someone surprises someone else, or gets too much up in their face), I’m going to give it another day or two, and then move Cinnaspin and Linzer into the foster room with the big girls. Then I’m going to move Lilly and Lincoln into my office. They’ll like to have more room to roam (and a cat tree, and a window to look out of)(the bathroom has a window, but they can’t get up to it, and there’s not really room in there for a cat tree), but also of importance is that Fred and I will have room to get on the floor and hang out with them without having to squoosh ourselves into the corner to grab them from behind the toilet.
Cinnaspin and Linzer probably won’t like losing access to my office, but they’ll adapt – they always do!
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Honorary permanent residents Trixie and Rocco (who belong to the neighbors and spend a large amount of time on our front porch) hanging out atop Trixie’s tower. (Which is located in front of the laundry room window. Fred took this picture.)
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Posted on social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr) yesterday.
Linzer (left) and Cinnaspin ponder their next move.
Lincoln in the heated bed. More importantly: NOT behind the toilet! (Where’s Lilly, you ask? Behind the toilet, of course.)
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Fight! Fight! Cinnaspin and Linzer are having a lot of fun kicking each others’ butts.
Cinnaspin is very often either bunny-kicking Mister Frog, or snuggled up with him. It’s too cute.
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This is from a few days ago – the first day the Cookies and Nacho really spent any time around each other. They were very hissy and growly that first day (they’ve calmed down a lot), but I wanted to document the drama of the first day. (Francesca was hanging out elsewhere.)
It’s a Nacho pie! (My favorite – and bonus points for the #Thlurrrrpsday thlurrrp.)
Good night innernets. (Nacho, left, and Francesca)
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Previously
2022: “I sees you lookin’ at my belly, lady.”
2021: Apparently they’re both keeping an eye on that belly, just in case.
2020: So, no kittens yet, obviously.
2019: Charles and the Little Nap on my Belly.
2018: No entry.
2017: That FACE.
2016: “You gonna come in here and serve up those snacks, lady?”
2015: “Okay, lady. Time for the belly rubbing!”
2014: “They have really pretty kittens in there,” thinks Dennis.
2013: No entry.
2012: Alice Mo approves of Everett’s form.
2011: Okay, so, the story on Reacher.
2010: Oh, M’Lynn. Break my heart, why don’t you?
2009: Miz Poo will put up with the kittens as long as they don’t get TOO much in her space.
2008: No entry.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.
It is adorable that Nacho indeed seems to be a “secret Siamese” the way lots of other black cats are “secret tabbies.” And to have that snazzy tuxedo as well: she and super-sleek Francesca are such a lovely pair and I’m happy they found their people.
I was about to say something similar. It would be interesting to see what Nacho will look like in a year; will her head look even lighter like her mama and then to have a tuxedo body. That would be a first for me, to see a cat with those markings.
Lincoln’s little pink nose kills me more and more with every photo.
I hope this not too soon to ask, but did your vet (or anyone)ever address why a supposed healthy cat would pass away unexpectedly while sleeping? Have you experienced this in the past with other fosters? So sorry for the loss of sweet Archie.
If I may, I did research after reading permanent resident Stinkerbelle’s similar passing in her sleep in 2016. As the website Catster puts it, “One problem stands out as by far the most frequent cause of these tragic scenarios: heart disease… [which] often cannot be detected during routine physical examinations. Veterinarians listen to cats’ hearts during exams, but the hearts of cats with the disease often sound normal. The cats often will be symptom-free at home.”
As happens with all fostering histories with such a high number, there have been a few such bewildering tragedies here over the years. I suspect most readers wouldn’t seek a compiled list, as many of us come to Love and Hisses precisely for its overwhelmingly sweet respite from harsh realities (but for anyone wanting to destroy a big box of Kleenex, read 2015’s year in review). The ages of the elder statesmen (looking at you, Sir Newtlebug KBE [Kitten of the ‘Bama Empire – heh]) now and in the past, along with Archie’s recent clean physical, indicates his early passing was due to a congenital condition. Although a full investigation might be informative, it wouldn’t be free, and it may be that those resources are better applied elsewhere per Fred and Robyn’s best judgment.
BetaLoop is right – the vet said it was likely due to heart disease. We could have opted for a necropsy, but I didn’t think it was warranted since it wasn’t something that could be passed to another cat in residence.
What is your permanent residents favorite wet food?
Fancy Feast pate at the moment – though if past history is anything to go by, they’ll grow sick of the pate after about 4 months, and we’ll switch them to grilled (shredded) Fancy Feast until they get tired of that.
The Fancy Feast seafood grilled variety is what I feed the homeless ferals/semi-ferals outside but I have been a little uncertain about giving to our four permanent inside because of the by-products in it. I have had it in their rotation before but quit after watching a video about the questionable ingredients. They’ve been eating Fussiecat Premium for quite awhile but three out of four aren’t eating it as well as they did so have been looking for another option to try. I’ve tried numerous ones and it’s so hard to find one that all four like at the same time.
Is it just a coincidence that your current fosters happen to share a name with two characters from “The Loud House” on Nickelodeon?
That’s probably where the names came from – Michelle sent me a list of male/female names after I told her I could only think of Donny and Marie (and didn’t want to use those), and I chose the names I liked the most.