Sun puddle!

It's fall and that means temps are getting cooler and the windows can be open a little more frequently. Mom opened the window this afternoon and Mia & I wasted no time in finding a sun puddle!

Sharing...

I (okay, mom) thought it would be nice if I would share some of my toys with Kaycie. Moms twin adopted Kaycie from Wayside Waifs earlier this year. Kaycie's pooped after a day of playing!

Cats and Trauma

A while back mom borrowed a post from my friends Ryker'z Boyz about Cats and Trauma.  The post asks if cats can experience trauma the way humans do.  In fact, they do!  In the very excellent book, "Animals Make Us Human," Temple Grandin states that cats can exhibit high levels of OCD-like behavior triggered by anxiety and fear. This stems in part from the fact that cats tend to be very set in their ways, much more so than dogs, and don't always adapt well to new circumstances. They can go from calm to terrified in seconds -- she says it's because cats have very small frontal lobes, the part of the brain which functions as the "brakes" for emotions.

Thanks to Ryker'z Boyz for sharing this information! To read the entire post with comments please click here to visit Ryker'z Boyz.

Last night was a reminder that cats do experience trauma and need time to heal too.  About 1:30am mom and I woke to sirens in our apartment complex.  It was a fire truck, ems and police.  They all stopped at a building a few buildings down from us.  We had a perfect view because of our old building no longer standing.  It was quite an eery sight seeing the fire truck, ambulance and police cars all in front of what used to be our building.  I didn't like hearing the sirens.  I kept meowing and running back and forth between the living room window and bedroom window.  It would be an hour or so before I calmed down and finally joined mom back in bed.  Mom didn't mind the meowing.  I think she was worried about me more than annoyed by the meowing.  :(

I am resting comfortably tonight.  Today marks 8 months since the fire.   I am doing well but would really prefer to not hear any more sirens, k?

 

 

Day after second fire...

I'm pooped after last nights scare...

(March 7, 2012)

On a positive note... I had my checkup at VET yesterday and he thinks I'm looking great!  Of course I am, I'm a handsome boy!  But am I getting better?  Yep... my owwies are healing.  I don't like the white stuff mom keeps putting on me but doc says it's helping so I guess I'll try not to paw it off quite so fast after she puts it on.  Doc said it's okay for me to paw it off though.  Says its not harmful to me...