How Zack spent last weekend...

While Zack is my biggest lovebug, he's also VERY afraid of strangers that come into the house. Having Brandon here working on the nursery last weekend had Zack searching for anywhere possible to hide. We've put locks on most of the cabinets in the kitchen, but he found his way into the medicine cabinet.

Another favorite spot is under the hutch in the dining room...
And this one was brand new!! Unfortunately, the back of our love seat has been destroyed by cats' claws. This is good news for Zack, who crawled into a hole created by all the scratching! It took us quite a while to find him here and I just had to take a picture when we did...

Poor little guy!

Kitty Wars

MoJo and Zackary don't get along very well. I really don't know what it is since MoJo and Mickey seem to be fine around each other. (Mahleah kept them ALL under her paw!) Whenever Zackary is playing, MoJo just HAS to attack him, and not in a playful way. Sometimes out of nowhere there will rage a kitty battle between these 2. This is just a stare-down on the cat tree...

Can't we all just get along?!?

Mom with the kitties

I'm so glad I got this picture. Mom was just hanging out and all 3 of the boys decided to snuggle with her.

Kitty Cats

After losing Mahleah, and realizing my last good picture of her was more than 4 months old, I went a little camera crazy with my boys. I've cut back on trying to get good pictures of all 3 of them daily, to trying really hard to at least get a good picture every other week or so. Here are some of my favorites...

MoJo snuggling with "Mahleah" in one of her favorite spots.

We call this pose "Ball-o-MoJo." He does it quite well, yes??

Goodbye Precious Baby Girl

Mahleah

August 12th, 2000 to October 30th, 2008

It was so hard watching you go; with so little warning. No words seem right to convey the hole now in my heart. We'll miss you forever...

A trip to the Vet

Zackary just hasn't been himself for a little over a week now. He's had a slight limp and has not been NEARLY as talkative as the part-Siamese he usually is. While he's still been eating, he is sleeping a lot more and not playing much. And the real kicker is that instead of racing to Mahleah's bowl after she's done eating and their let out of the room, he's been staying lying down on the floor in the cat room. So not himself!!! We went to the Vet today. His temp. was normal and the Dr. couldn't find anything wrong. We got a pain med to cover his limp, and he's already doing a little better. Hopefully he'll be back to his old self soon!!

"I'm NOT going to look at you!"

Brotherly Love...

Baby Chicks & Bunnies

My sister's "zoo" has acquired some more members. I can't remember all their names, but they do ALL have names...

Happy Kitty

Mickey loves his cat bed from Aunt Karla!! He spends more time on it than any of the others...

My little plant with eyes...

And hair and legs... Long ago Mahleah was dubbed the plant with eyes. She got this title by staying pretty much anywhere you put her. I finally bought the kids a scratching tree. Here is Mahleah being her "plant" self where I put her on top of the tree while Zackary looks up from below.

Lazy Saturday...

What's new?! As often as I can I like to do absolutely nothing at all on the weekends. This is probably the best reason I can give for not wanting to have children right now. And yet the 4 "children" I do have don't mind being lazy with me at all... In fact, I think they rather enjoy it!

Cats gone wild

I bought a couple of new scratch pads for the kids and rubbed some catnip on them. I'll post a video on You Tube eventually... That and the excitement of Christmas on the way has got the kitties going crazy!! Mickey is fascinated with the lights. I really don't think it has much to do with the fact that they're on a string!!

Kittens

I went over to Steph's house with her and her mom the weekend before last to visit the kittens. There are 10 of them!! They're adorable and all over the place, and it was not at all hard for me to resist the urge to ask to take one of them home. 4 is more than enough for me!

Peek-a-Boo

Paul and I often watch movies in the den. The kids like to watch US through the doors!

The Kids

It just dawned on me that I haven't posted an update about MoJo in what, a month, two??!! He is doing really well. Back to his old tricks and fighting with the others. Mahleah loves to chase him around, but being the big sissy he is, he thinks she's trying to attack him instead of just play. The neighbors probably think I'm torturing them every now and then because he screams so much. He does limp every now and then, but other than that he doesn't appear to be in any pain. I might take him for another x-ray sometime before the end of the year, just to make sure everything is still healing well. His hair is growing back nicely and you have to really look to tell where he was bald. Overall, same old kid. Here are pics of everyone. Have a great weekend!!
MoJo waiting for his belly rub
Mickey and Zack chillin'

Mahleah cozied up on the couch

Did you know??

Guinea pigs can swim!! However, this one, at least, does not like to and therefore proceeded to poo, profusely, in her tub of warm water. Hmmm...is that still considered a bath, Zoey???

MoJo update

MoJo is doing really well. We had his 8 week follow up appt. last Thursday. He had new x-rays taken, and some blood work and a urinalysis done to make sure that some abnormalities from just before the surgery were just caused by stress. Everything came back normal!! He still has to stay in his room for a few more weeks, but is well on his way to being back out with the rest of the brood, jumping on counters and fighting with the twins...

MoJo

It's been a week since MoJo's surgery, and he's doing really well. Almost too well, actually. I had to put the kennel in the closet because he had started jumping up on it when we left him out in the room. And we had to get him a nifty blue lampshade to wear, so that he wouldn't lick his stitches. He's getting used to it, but obviously would rather be without it, I'm sure. He has also been a pain about taking his meds since after the first night. He's only got the antibiotic left, but it's a sticky orange liquid, and he keeps making it so that it spills all down his neck. He gets his stitches out next Tuesday, and then he won't have to wear the collar anymore. He's walking really well, even on his broken leg. I think he'll be back to normal in no time!!

Snuggling with his catnip toy from Auntie Shell
Walking around with his nice blue collar

Upgrade!!

Jim's mom was very kind to lend me a larger kennel for MoJo to stay in. He seems very happy in his new digs, and purred himself to sleep. The kennel came complete with dishes that hook to the door for his food and water. A much needed accessory!! Still haven't figured out a real good potty solution, but he's been out once to go in his litter box. We did 3 medicines tonight, and they all went well. YAY!!! We're on our way... Thanks, Linda!!!

Long recovery ahead...

Some people have human children...my children just happen to be feline.


On Tuesday night, the 6th of February, one of my kitties was involved in an accident resulting in the fracture of his femur. It was a pretty ugly/sad x-ray, and our Vet, Dr. Dosch, in Evans sent us to the VCA Veterinary Specialists of Northern Colorado in Loveland (www.vcavsnc.com). There, we met with Dr. Wight who explained that MoJo would need to have surgery to put his bones back together. Dr. Fitch would place a rod and plate inside Mojo's thigh to give the bone direction to heal. I wish I had electronic pictures of the x-rays to show, but I just have paper copies of most of them, and no operable scanner...


Anyway. MoJo stayed in Loveland Tuesday and Wednesday night. His surgery was late morning on Wednesday, and he was on an IV of continuous fluids and pain meds the whole time he was there, so I imagine he was feelin' pretty good! As good as he could, of course... Everyone kept telling me what a pretty kitty he was and that the surgery went really well. The discharge nurse even told me that had I not come back to pick him up (as if!!) that she was ready to take him home.


Alas! He's home now, and set up in my spare back bedroom. Unfortunately, he's just a tad on the skittish and restless side, due to the meds I'm told, so he will have to spend a good majority of his first 2 or 3 weeks in his cat carrier, so as not to move too much and irritate the healing process. I haven't exactly figured out how we're gonna work his bathroom situation just yet, but I guess we'll figure that out later. All that matters is that he's home and recovery has started. Hopefully in 12 weeks (or less???) he'll be back to his new normal. Right now, he's resting peacefully in the sun.

I love you my Booger MoJolicious!!!