My 12k-th post..... 👠
 

Petunia, Simon, and Toffee were on their best behavior. No crazy barking episodes, lol. No fighting with each other, and Petunia and the dogs just loved me up to heaven and back. :)

Ps/ I placed 3 new photos in the photo gallery (on my page): one of Simon & Toffee, one of Petunia (both photos from today), and an photo of the beautiful rose garden, out in North Portland, on Rosa Parks Blvd (from last summer or it could have been last fall, I forget now).

Pets
 

The baby kitty grew a whisker that is 6 inches long. It is magnificent!

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At my new residence, the neighbor down the hall has an Orange striped Tabby caT. He's male, probably weighs in at about 12 pounds, and he looks just like my.mom's boy caT, Flap-jack, cause he always tries to cuddle you with his paws. :sparklyheart:

Anyhoooo.... I may have new pet stories to tell, as soon as I make friends with my neighbor's and their caT. :rollcat:

Hunger strike. I introduced treats back into his diet as a way of tempting him into the cat carrier to ready him for his trip to the vet. Now he wants them as the main course at every meal. I haven't the heart to force feed him so now what?

I agree with Gemme. When he is hungry enough, he will eat. He is not going to starve to death. Stay strong, mama!

He begged almost non-stop constant but I held firm. He ate everything first meal of the day but only picked at his evening meal. He can be stubborn so I considered it remarkable progress for the very first day. Thanks for the moral support. :)

This morning I woke up and caught Monte peeing outside his litter box and when I did he ran away. The only time he has ever gone some place other than the cat box, including today, is when after cleaning it, distracted by something else, I forgot to put fresh litter in. Even then he's never went on the carpet or on anything else difficult to clean. This morning it was an old coat I was using as a door draft stop. I don't shout at him, even raise my voice, chastise him in any way when he makes a mistke, so I don't know why he bolts when there's a mishap. Now he's hiding in the back room. It makes me wonder if maybe his old owners were mean to him, punished him harshly for that, or other things cats sometimes do. Once after accidentally tipping over a glass of water, he ran in the back room and hid. Well this time, even though he's put himself in jail, he didn't try to hide and I am being allowed visitation.

I have been engrossed in my morning reading, and apparently missing out on my cats body language i.e. nonverbal communication. So, he just did a run by as I lay on the couch reading, and smacked me in the head with his tail. Purposeful. �� Now he is in hiding. I love cat-a-tude!

he is totally snug as a bug in a rug under the comforter.... snoring... smh.. the bum... and he knows FULL WELL... i have had very little sleep... he is LUCKY he is so darn cute! and is patient with me as well. but i am tiddle bit jelly he gets the sleep

I don't know....I'm too far away :( :(

I miss them all so much! Is it odd to miss your chickens? Cuz I do....

Monte's running a bit of a fever after his shots, but it's down from yesterday so for now I'm just keeping an eye on him. Giving him lots of love and reassurance when he's awake, but mostly just letting him sleep.

My parent's two dogs and my uncle's dog have been doing nothing but barking, whining, and yipping because everyone else is out besides me and Jedi.