Easy Like Sunday

Here is Orinch, taking it easy on Sunday on Peggy's blanket that we purchased at a CB Auction. Lots of our poodins luf to lay on this blanket, as you can tell if you biggify the pitchur an' look at the fur akkumulashun. And no, Orinch won't let beans pet him yet.... But he lufs to snuggle wid Dorfie. Dorfie is the only poodin that Orinch allows close to him.

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Formerly Feral Friday

Orinch getting a drink:



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Easy Like Sunday

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Easy Like Sunday

Here is Orinch, taking a rest in the cabinet of the study. He is getting a bit better about not hissing so much at Maw when she comes close to him. We are hoping that at some point he will become friendly. Bless his little heart.

If you would like to play Paw-it-Forward, please let us know! We showed the lovely prezzies that Praline sent us on yesterday's post!!!

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Reno and Dorf Bellies & Monday Noos

So, Orinch 1 and Orinch 2 have been around here lately. Orinch #2 looks just about exactly like Orinch #1, but a shade darker. Remember when Maw saw Orinch #2 a few months back? Well, Orinch #2 showed up twice in the last week. The reason Maw knows that it is Orinch #2 is because Orinch #1 and Orinch #2 both stand in the backyard and complain to each other. So there you go. Orinch #1 still hangs around here daily and lies on the patio during the warm parts of the day, and takes off running when Maw goes outside. He really is a cutie pie.

Ok, so Maw saw the neurologist on Thursday and he was really quite surprised that Maw had such a large stroke and yet managed to not have the neurological issues that many people have. He was also surprised that she found out she had a stroke because she went back to the doctor and complained about a sinus problem. He's like, "You didn't know that something was wrong?" Maw was like, "Well, I thought it was all because of my sinus problems." So there you go.

So, he's like ok, we're going to get a ton of tests done here. First off, a bunch of various blood tests which Maw completed this AM under a fasting diet. She dropped off 14 tubes of blood at the blood joint. They are going to test Maw for like EVERYTHING. And then tomorrow she is getting a test done at the place where she had her CT Scan and MRI Scan and this will be a MRA Scan of her brain and carotid arteries. Also, if the test comes back from the sonograms as AOK, then Maw has to be sedated and somehow they are going to stick a camera inside her and take pictures of the underneath portion of her heart. Loverly.

And the neurologist also is sending her to a speech therapist. Maw read on the internet that many of the functions created by a stroke are often rectified within 3 months of the stroke. Maw's speech is getting better, but she still has problems with writing. Maw will write something and go back and read it and say, "What did I want to say?" Strokes are very difficult and Maw is extremely lucky that hers did not mess her up too much. Hopefully the doctor can figure out what happened to her.

Ok, so efurrybody got their toes trimmed yesterday except for Sally who stayed out in the cage most of the day. But we'll get her soon.

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Orinch Outside

This is a good picture of Orinch outside, looking in at all of us. Bob also comes around, although not as frequently as Orinch. We think Bob might actually have another home, but we figure Orinch probably doesn't have another home and proclaims our place home.

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Go Orange for ASPCA

Orinch and Obi say "Go Orange for ASPCA Day!!!"


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Monday Morning Update

Gatsbi had her stitches removed on Friday and all is well with her. She is no longer a lap cat. That was one of those anomalies that occasionally occur here.

Orinch has been coming daily for his food. He doesn't hold his tail high. It's been hanging low since the hoo-haw-ectomy.

Maw bought some more Drontal, and put them in Pill Pockets and left them with just a teensy bit of food for Orinch on Saturday morning. So who appears, but Bob(bie) and scarfed down those Drontals and all the food.



So, Maw decided to just order a dag gone bottle of the pills over the innernetz since she's paying a 400% markup to the vet even with our volume/frequent flyer discount. So once the bottle arrives, she's gonna try to deworm Orinch, again.

It's been in the 80s here and so Maw put down more of that instant grass and planted a bunch of pansies, but by T-day it is supposed to be VERY COLD!!!!

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Toosday Updates

Here is a picture of Orinch from the spring, before our first failed trapping of the little guy. He is very cute, but far from human friendly.

The V-E-T and technicians said that he hissed and swatted at them until they sedated him. He was tested, neutered, shot, had flea treatment applied and was very upset when I brought him home. He stayed in a carrier overnight on top of the patio table and I kept him mostly covered with a sheet. It was in the 50s last night so he was quite cozy other than being confined.

I woke at 3:30 worried about the little guy. I wanted to feed him and release him. Trouble was, I needed to give him Drontals, and any of you who have ever given Drontal know that cats DO NOT LIKE THE TASTE OF THESE PILLS. The techs told me he had tapeworms, which I figured he would have. It's rare to have a stray without tapeworms in these parts. They suggested that I smash up the pills and put it in wet food. Well, I didn't figure that would work, but I gave it a shot and fed him at 6:30. He had urinated in his carrier, and those of you familiar with the strong smell of an unfixed male cat's urine know how much it stinks. Well, I put the food in the carrier and he ate a small bit of it before starting to thrash around the carrier to get out.

So, after giving him about 20 minutes to finish his food, which he didn't, I finally let him out. He ran over to the tree and immediately began grooming the urine off his coat and then he drank from the birdbath. I'm hoping he comes back to finish off the Drontal laced food.

Meanwhile, inside the casa de Forty Paws, I obviously tracked in some urine since about 28 of the Forty Paws are sniffing the floor and my shoes. So I sprayed everything with Nature's Miracle and will go out and bleach down the patio and carrier shortly.

As for Gatsbi, the biopsy results came in yesterday and it was a cyst with a name that was about 4 or 5 really long words and it was benign. The vet did excise the entire thing, so it shouldn't be coming back. Gatsbi is doing well, and has suddenly decided she wants to be a lap cat. Since she is 8 years old, this is quite a change for her. And, since she is very stiff with her neurological condition, she is not a "cuddly" lap cat.

Well, that's the wrapup here. Hope y'all have a great Toosday.

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Brakink Noos

Dis jist in.... Maw trappededed Orinch & he ist at da V-E-T to git tested, shot, dee-wurmeded, hoo-haw-ectomy, & dee-fleeed. He ist not happy.



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Happy Anniversary Maw & Paw

Today is our Maw & Paw's 9th wedding anniversary!!! We sent Maw these beeyoutimus flowers. The man in the jean shorts delivered them (FedEx).



















Maw & Paw were married on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, on a private estate on the autumnal equinox on a Wednesday. They had a "New Age" type ceremony and the witnesses were the photographer and the Hawaiian guitarist.

Maw bought her gown in Colchester, England; the city that Paw is from. She carried it on board back to DFW, (and had to pay a big duty). Then she had it altered, and then carried it on board to Hawaii from DFW. The flight attendents kept opening up the gown bag and looking at it. Maw was skeert Paw would see it when they were doing this. Maw says she would have never tried this after 9/11 because of the crazy flying restrictions in place now. Nope.

Maw arranged the entire ceremony over the internet. She never talked to anyone in person. The gown pressing, the flowers, the vows, the photographer, guitarist, and cake were all arranged via emails and internet.

Paw was measured for his morning suit here in DFW, then it was ordered to be delivered to a tux shop on Kauai. That was kinda nerve racking because the man in the brown shorts was late delivering it on the day he was to be fitted.

But efurrything worked out totally perfect and they had a wonderful, private ceremony in one of the most beautiful settings in the world.



In other noos, Reno has won the 200th post contest at Eric & Flynn's!!! He is so furry iscited because he nefer wins anyting. Even when he's rasslin' his brudders and sisfur, they beat the snot out of him because he is smaller. So he is so happy!!!

And in even more noos! Last nite, we saw Orinch leap up to the bird feeder and snatch a morning dove right off the feeder and then run up a tree with it! It's not as if Orinch wasn't full, because he had just eaten his food on the back patio. We were all furry shocked, and saddened for the poor dove.

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Mancat Monday

Updates on Tuesday

Here is a closeup of Orinch's face. Isn't he a cute liddle bugger? If you look really close, you can see his bits under his tail. He's a BIG Man Cat!!!

We don't want to lead you astray in thinking that we are going to foster him and find him a home. We don't do that anymore. We're no longer with the group we were with for 3 years, and we gave up on fostering when we reached 10 poodins. We ended up keeping too many special needs cats and the ones we grew too attached to.

Orinch might belong to a neighbor who hasn't fixed him, we just don't know. But we're going to "fix" him so that he can't make babies. We don't think he has a family, because he was really skinny when he first started coming into our yard this winter.

Also, we have discovered that we have flying ants, not swarming termites which makes us extremely happy!!! Yippee Skippee!!!

And, in other noos, some "experts" say we are out of the drought, although the lake that supplies water to this county is still 6 feet below normal. Most cities in this county are still under mandatory Stage 3 Drought Restrictions which means automatic lawn watering restricted to one day a week, soaker hoses around foundations can be run 1 hour per day, no car washing, or runoff from yards allowed. And many cities impose a surcharge on water usage above maybe 15,000 gallons, or 20,000 gallons per month. Depending on your city. So we are very grateful that we have been receiving some very good, soaking rains once a week the last few weeks. The "experts" had predicted a dryer, and warmer, spring than normal. Of course, we still have 2 months of spring to go, so we aren't counting our gallons before they fall from the sky!!!

As we mentioned last week, foundations need to be watered here. Most foundations are cement slabs. Basements are rare here, although modern technology and money are building some basements in the multi-million dollar homes. The reason basements are rare is because when the ground contracts as it drys, the basements would cave in. Not a pleasant experience for the homeowner. Neither are shifting foundations which happens when the ground becomes so dry that is contracts. And then when we have soaking rains, it expands. So, when it contracts and the foundation begins shifting, doors begin to stick, and walls begin to crack and pull apart. I've been in homes where there were 2 inch gaps between the walls and the ceilings, or in the walls connecting rooms. Foundation problems cost thousands of dollars to repair. Sometimes it can all be done externally, and sometimes they have to come in and rip up the flooring and drill into the concrete slab and "do stuff". Don't know what it is they do, but it's a mess!!! So, last year during the hottest months of the year, there weren't soaker hoses to be found in stores and home improvement centers.

Having grown up in Indiana, and living 10 years in Omaha, NE, these types of issues were unknown to me.

Happy Tuesday to efurryone!

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Stray Cat Sunday

Here is Orinch, the stray cat that Maw has been feeding. Yes, she ordered the humane cat trap from the internet and it has arrived. So now she needs to schedule a hoo-haw-ectomy and set the trap. Yikes!

Yep, that really is green grass in the back yard now and the trees have leafed out. Spring has sprung in North Central Texas.




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