Happy Birthday Mosby!

 My brofur Mosby is 13 years young today! 

Wishing lots of tuna and ear scratches to Mosby today!

Love,

Angel CJ

Leaky eyes

Mom has leaky eyes today. Her sister's kitty that she would often stay with when her sister and brother-in-law would travel, has gone to the Rainbow Bridge. Her name was Kaycie. They called her Tater. She has been struggling with kidney disease for a few years but was doing so well the last few months. She passed suddenly today. 

I will greet her at the bridge and show her around. Theres's lots of great nip fields and treats OTRB but that doesn't make it easier for our humans when we leave them. 

If my pals would keep my mom's sister in your thoughts and prayers as she says goodbye to her fur baby, that would be great. 

Thanks pals,

Love, 

Angel CJ

Help rehoming a senior kitty who lost her people

***Update - I am happy to let my pals know that kitty is now in a loving foster home! 

Hey pals,

Can you help mom rehome a senior kitty who lost her people?

This is Cleo (short for Cleopatra). She's had a rough few months. Shortly before Christmas she lost her human mom. Then a few weeks ago, her human dad suffered a massive stroke and is not expected to return home to the apartment kitty has been living in with her humans. Mom is neighbors with kitty's people. Kitty's dad reached out and asked mom for help in rehoming Cleo. She is about 12 years young. 

Cleo is pretty scared and has been hiding from mom. Mom has been checking on her daily. She has only gotten close enough to her one time to touch her. Kitty sniffed her outstretched hand, let mom pet her on the top of her head, then hissed and ran away. Mom's not taking it personally, she knows kitty is missing her people. Unfortunately, her people have adult kids but only one is local and can't take kitty. Cleo appears to be healthy. She is eating her food, drinking water and using the litter box daily. 

Can my pals offer resources or share kitty's info to help get her into a new home?  Mom wanted to take her to Wayside Waifs but because she is not the parent of Cleo, she can't surrender her for her neighbor. Cleo is located in Shawnee, Kansas. 

If someone could foster her, that would be a huge help! Mom has been in contact with a local organization that might be able to help. Their fosters are currently all full but if someone could foster Cleo, they would help with care and costs. Unfortunately, mom can't foster kitty because she doesn't have the room to keep kitty separate from Mosby and Fluffy. 

Please help if you can, even if it's just suggestions for resources in Kansas (KC area).

Thanks pals! 

Love,

Angel CJ

Throwback Thursday

 Look how handsome I was when I had ears! 

Hope my pals are doing well!

Love from the Rainbow Bridge, 

Angel CJ

My bowl is empty!

Mosby sits in the window and watches for mom to pull into her parking spot each evening.  I know he is saying this exact thing!

Good kitty! it's as if I taught him this, mol!

Love, 

Angel CJ

Remembering me on my angel anniversary

Mom has leaky eyes today. It's been seven years since she helped me to the Rainbow Bridge. My body couldn't fight the fight anymore. I know she misses me terribly even though she has other fur kids at home. This is one of mom's favorite pictures of me. I sure loved hanging out in my bed close by her while she was watching tv or piddling around in the living room. 

Facebook can be good or bad. Today mom is reading the many kind words from pals about my trip to the Rainbow Bridge. I guess time doesn't heal all wounds. It's a leaky eye day. She loves reading all the support though! 

I am just popping in to remind her that we will meet again one day at the Rainbow Bridge. Until then, "I love you mom!"  PS... Mia's being a brat! 

Love, 

Angel CJ

New addition

Mom decided it was time to start looking for a new addition. She would only adopt if it felt right. It must have felt right because we have a new addition to the family!

Meet Fluffy! Mom thinks Fluffy needs a new name. She asked friends on facebook for some suggestions and got some good ones. She wants to wait a little bit and see what name appeals to or fits Fluffy. Mom adopted her last week. She's had a bit of a tough time adjusting. She was surrendered to a local animal shelter when her human passed away a little over a week ago. When mom met her at the shelter she was so sweet but as soon as she got new kitty home, she darted under the bed and stayed there for the most part except to venture out occasionally to use the kitty box and nibble on a bit of food. Yesterday morning she jumped up on mom's bed and demanded to be pet. That was at 3 a.m. so mom was probably grumpy yesterday (and today too since kitty did it again last night! MOL!).  As mom was getting ready for work yesterday morning kitty made a brief appearance out of the bedroom to boop noses with Mosby (no hissing from either kitty) and then returned back under the bed. That's great progress! Mom knows to let kitty take her time adjusting and exploring to her new home. After all, Mia and Mosby were the same way when they first joined the family

So, what would be a good name for this pretty girl? She's approximately 4 years old. Suggestions???

 





Thanks pals!

Love, Angel CJ

 

I can see the bottom of the bowl!

MOL, I used to meow at mom anytime I could see the bottom of the bowl! I had her trained pretty well to fill it at the sound of my howls.

 

Hope my pals are doing well!

Love,

Angel CJ

Happy Gotcha Day Mosby!

Mom adopted Mosby 2 years ago today from local shelter Wayside Waifs. Happy Gotcha Day Mosby!

Take care pals!

Love,
Angel CJ

A new forever home

Hi pals,

Phannie has made the journey to her new forever home! Thank you to everyone who helped make this trip possible! Mom is so happy she was able to provide one last gift for her dear friend Leigh. She misses her friend but knows this final gift likely had her friend smiling from heaven! Here is a pic of Leigh with Phannie. She adored her!

Leigh with Phannie - July 2017

Beth has already fallen in love with Phannie! She has adjusted wonderfully to Beth’s home in Oregon and to her kids.

Beth with Phannie

The first thing she did when let out of the carrier at Beth's home is look for her food! Mom put it out on the floor since she wasn't sure where her food bowl would be kept for her.

 
Mom said Phannie traveled like a champ! She didn’t commit any of the 3 Ps. No pee, poop or puke in the car! She would meow for a little bit when first in the car until settling down for a nap. She was pretty good in the hotel room too. Although she did meow some, she enjoyed being out of the car for a bit.

Mom let her out of her carrier while at rest stops. Here it looks like she is checking out what's on the dash but actually she is trying to get to her treats!

Quick break in Utah. Mom kept Phannie in the carrier but she enjoyed the fresh air and seeing the birds and animals along the way.

Here's a few pics from each day in the hotels mom and Phannie stayed in along the way. She enjoyed running around and playing after long days in the car!

It is with a heavy heart that we must say that Nermie didn’t make the trip to Oregon. Mom learned a few days before she was scheduled to pick up the cats that Nermie had actually been missing from her friend Leigh’s house. The cats weren’t being checked on as often as mom was told they were. This breaks mom’s heart. Mom spent time over at Leigh’s looking for Nermie before starting the journey to OR and will continue to look for Nermie. Others in the neighborhood will continue to look for her as well. Please say positive thoughts for Nermie that she is found safe.

Thanks pals!

Love, 
Angel CJ

I'm Mr. December!

You may remember a while back that Artist BzTat did a portrait of me for mom. Well Artist BzTat has a calendar coming out soon for 2018 and I am going to be featured in it with some other great kittys! I will be featured in December. How cool is that! Mom thought it was really cool but especially that I will be Mr. December since it was December 2011 that she adopted me. She said it was the best Christmas present ever! 

Here's a sneak peek of what the kitty calendar will look like. There is a woofy calendar too if you like woofys. 

If you want to order a calendar whether it's a kitty or a woofy you can order by clicking and following this linky: 2018 Cat and Dog Fine Art Calendars.

Mom can't wait to receive her calendar and see all the portraits and quotes that artist BzTat will be including with each. What a special way to remember kitty's (or woofy's) that have provided so much love to their humans over the years but may no longer be here with their humans. Thank you Artist BzTat for creating such a treasure!

Love,
Angel CJ

Happy Birthday Mia!

Happy Birthday to this pretty girl who is now 9! She's been part of the family for a few years now. Here are some of mom's favorite pics of Mia since adopting her from Wayside Waifs in November 2013. She's mellowed out even with Mosby kitty now in the home. Why couldn't she be a mellow kitty when I was there? Sheesh! At least Mosby chases her around now and then! 

   

Mia kitty could use some purr-ayers though. She has Feline Ocular Herpesvirus (more commonly called FHV-1). Most of the time it doesn't bother her but she is currently having another flare up. Her right eye is red and looks downright terrible. (Mom didn't include a picture because it looks really bad and she'd rather share cute pics of Mia for her birthday!). Currently mom is putting antibiotic drops in Mia's eye which seems to be helping but Mia isn't exactly an easy kitty to medicate like I was. Once the antibiotic is done mom is hoping to provide Mia with a natural product that might help keep her immune system strong to hopefully reduce flare ups. Do any of my kitty friends have suggestions for mom? She wants Mia to live a healthy and happy life so any recommendations are welcome!

Thanks pals!

Love,
Angel CJ

Throwback Thursday

Today marks the 5th anniversary of the fire that took brofur Cosmo. Mom is taking this anniversary a little bit harder because it's the first one without me now too. Mom is looking through old photos and wanted to share some.

Hope all my pals are doing well!

Love,

Angel CJ