Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy (belated) Valentine's Day from the PDX pride!

Tabby says:

I went on a special Valentine's Day stroll today. Mommy and I left the house and said hi to SpongeBob, who was on the front porch. He sniffed me in the stroller and then rolled over for tummy rubs on the sidewalk. Mommy took me on the bus to Petco and had my picture taken. After about 10 different tries, most of which I was trying to get the cameraman to pet me instead of taking my picture, we finally got one that worked.


Then, I walked around the whole store, spending most of my time in the dog food aisle. A lady kept following us, asking all kinds of questions about me and my leash-walking and training. She also pet me quite a bit, and then her daughter pet me also. She joked around with Mommy that I must be some kind of a new breed of animal, a "cat-dog" or "dog-cat"! Here's a video of me walking around the store.



When it was time to go, I growled at Mommy because I wanted to stay. I love being out so much that I never want to leave when it's time! She said we had to go, and put me back in the carrier. We went to the store where we get my outfits, and they had the St. Patrick's clothes already, so we got a dress for me. Mommy's going to go back later today to bring them one of my Valentine's cards; she forgot to bring it with us.

We took the bus back home. Here's a picture of the bus at the mall.


When we got back to the house, our neighbors were just leaving, so I hopped out of the stroller to say hi to them. Then they started their truck and drove away. I got really scared and jumped and tried to run, but Mommy had my leash so I didn't get far. I crouched down and looked at the truck going away, swishing my tail. Then I walked up to the house and patiently waited for Mommy to open the door, and in I went.

PhotoHunt: Nautical

Copyright 2008, TraceElements.

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Photo Friday: Pet

Oh, boy! Our whole blog could qualify for this one! This is Mommy with our now-angel-kitty Sara. Sara Kitty lived to be 17 or 18 years old, and was put to sleep in January (old age and dementia). Our family adopted her for the last year of her life, and she was loved and cared for until the end. You can read more about her time with us on her Catster page.

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Cat fight!

Rori, alpha kitty of the house, writes:

The giant kitty SpongeBob came in this evening, and I went ballistic! I did NOT want him in MY HOUSE! I puffed up, hissed, and slunk all over. He played for a while, then went around saying hi to everyone. When he came toward me, I hid under the couch. He saw me, and walked over by me to say hi. I hissed, so he walked away. I followed him, slinking behind him, with Tabby following me. SpongeBob walked into the office room, with us following right behind him, then tried to turn around. I was all puffy still, and I lashed out at him. He swiped back and hissed, then I lit into him. When Mommy clapped, he ran away but I turned on Tabby and she and I rolled in a furry, hissing fight into the living room. SpongeBob by this time had run up to the window escaping me, then over by the door. Skylar got scared because SpongeBob ran right by him, and Daddy got scratched on the arm. Mommy and Daddy clapped a lot to try to separate me from Tabby, and we separated after a few tries (the first few times we separated, I attacked her right off again). Then I ran by Smokey and swiped at her, while Tabby hissed and growled. Smokey went into fight mode and lashed out, then ran onto the top of the dishwasher.

Mommy let SpongeBob out the door, then put me into the bedroom. Then she cleaned up in the office, because SpongeBob peed in there when I attacked him. He didn't spray; it was obviously because he was scared, not because of territory. He was just so scared he wet.

Everyone's ok physically, just very scaredy at the moment. Mommy let me out, and I slunk around for a bit, but now I'm almost walking again. Everyone's investigated the spot in the office. Carbon came out from under the bed, and Skylar hopped back up with Daddy. I haven't yet apologized to the others, so they are still avoiding me, and Smokey tried to swipe at me. Tabby wanted to sniff me, and I turned like I was going to smack her again, but I didn't.

Update: I went up to Mommy and apologized. Then I went over to Smokey and apologized to her by sniffing her tail. Then I made the rounds to the others and sniffed them too, apologizing to them.

I tricked Smokey! hahahahahaha

Rori says:

Boy, did I have fun! Smokey loves playing with balls, but sometimes it gets tiring just to watch her. Sometimes I join in, but she always hogs the toys when she wants to play. I found a way to defeat her, though! She was playing with a blue puffy ball, and Mommy threw it for her. Well, it landed in a corner right next to our "Bizzy Kitty" puzzle. I ran over to get it, picked it up in my mouth, and promptly put it in the puzzle box! Then, Smokey had to try to get it out of there before she could actually play with it. I sat on top of the box, watching her, and it was a full five minutes before she managed to get it out. Too fun! I kept looking over at Mommy, and she swears I was laughing!

Photo Friday: The Team

Just found the "Photo Friday" fun, so sorry my post is late.

Here's the tag team of squirrel watchers, Carbon (on left) and Rori (on right)...






and here's their squirrel friend, totally unconcerned that cats are watching him!

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It's a cat chair!

We have a grey chair that we absolutely love. Our humans think it's their office chair, but it's really OUR chair. We just let them use it.

Skylar and his sister Lydia chilling on the chair

Carbon playing underneath the chair

Rori relaxing on the chair

They make great scratching posts, climbing toys, and (of course) snuggle places. We've found some other cats around the internet who also have one of these purrfect chairs!

Milo and Alfie
Clyde
Scout
Stripes
Mingka

There is even a how-to for a kitty tree from a dead grey chair!

If you have a chair like this, please tell us so we can add you to the list. >^..^<

Tabby's Tummy Tuesday

What?! It's my favorite sleeping position!

I went someplace!

Smokey the foster kitten here, to tell you about my great adventure last evening! I've been begging and begging to go outside, and finally Foster Mommy said I could! But she wanted to put me in the carrier to go out. I didn't want to go in there, but she said that was the only way she was letting me out, and I was going to go with her to her class. Well, I didn't know what a "class" was, but I knew I wanted to go somewhere, so I let her put me inside the carrier.

First we walked down the street. I thought ok, I've been here before, what's so great about this. We walked by where the bunnies were, and then I started really looking around. I'd never been this far down the road before! We actually crossed the road! We waited a bit, then a big scary monster came and picked us up. Foster Mommy said it's called a "bus". It spit us out after a bit, then we waited for another "bus" to come chomp us.

Waiting for the bus. I want out to explore!

Ewww! Why do humans leave cigarette butts on the sidewalk? Why do they smoke at all?
Those cars are loud, but I want to see them!

Finally we were at "class". It was a big building with carpet and lots of new people. They all spoke a funny language I didn't understand, and Foster Mommy was the leader. She says it's called "Norwegian". She let me out of the carrier, and I walked around on the table then explored the room. A couple times during class, I hopped back on the table for pets from Foster Mommy or to look at all the other people and say hi. I also took a nap on a chair for a while.




After class, I jumped up on the piano to investigate it. Then we went on the "bus" monster again, back home. I knew when we were almost home, and started to get very wiggly inside the carrier. Foster Mommy didn't let me out until we were inside, though. I went right over to the food bowl to eat, because I was hungry from all that adventuring!

P.S. Foster Mommy says she made an appointment for my spay. She says Starla and I are going in on March 4th.

PhotoHunt: Furry

Rori says: Oof, brother, you're almost smothering me with your furriness!

This picture was taken when they were about 8 weeks old. Rori's brother Knut was adopted out soon after, not because of his sister-squishing. ;)

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Feral Friday by the Trailer Kitties

Food bowl rollcall for this week: Outdoor Fluffy Buddy, Starla, Shadow, white kitty with orange spots, orange kitty from down the street, Little Bit, SpongeBob, the black big-headed kitty, Carbon's lookalike kitty with the red collar.

It snowed on Tuesday, but melted by the afternoon.

Fluffy Buddy sniffed outstretched hands from both the humans this week, at different times. The lady thought she'd try touching him, and got hissed at. Fluffy Buddy ran to the safety of the shelf on the porch and turned his back on her. He came right back to eat from the bowl, though.

Smokey is outside at the moment. She escaped out the door when the man went to do laundry, and is playing a game with the people. She says hi, then runs off to play with her cousin Starla. When she wants in again, she'll let the people know by jumping at the door. She's going to be in trouble, though! We heard them talking about a bath for her once she gets back inside!

Updated: 1:03 am
Our raccoon friend is back! We just looked out the door and there he was! He's a nice raccoon, though. He doesn't pick fights, and he eats out of the bowl and takes his turn with the kitties.

Updated: 1:55 am
Smokey's back inside now. She went running up to the man when he went to check on the laundry, so she got scooped up and put back in the house. The lady washed her paws, and she screamed about it, but is very happy to be inside again.

Tabby's Fashion Friday

Tabby the model here to tell you about the latest in my series: "Love Bug". I wouldn't wear the wings, but the dress is so cute by itself. I thought it should have a head hole, and kept lowering my head for one, but Mommy told me it just had straps for my arms.



I told Mommy it's ok to use my picture on her Valentine's Day cards at Zazzle this year. She's sending them to our Catster friends at the Pen Paws group, too!

Thankful Thursday

Today we're thankful for humans who care for foster kittens. Our own foster kitten is Smokey, who we're trying to find a home for. Please check out her profile here.

If you are a foster family, we're thankful for you! Feel free to add your fosters or links to them in the comments so we can see the cuties in your care. We'll add the links here as they are posted.

Skeezix's Food Lady clued us in to this cute live video feed of foster kittens in the Los Angeles, CA, USA, area. They're too cute!

Updated Catster diaries

Rori had her post-spay vet visit, and Tabby joined her for moral support. You can read about it in Rori's and Tabby's diaries.

Foster kitten Smokey also wrote in her diary about adjusting (or not) to inside life.

Carbon's Wordless Wednesday

Tummy Tuesday

Rori's post-spay belly
January 21, 2009

Carbon in catnip tissue paper bliss
Christmas 2007

Welcome to our new blog!

Welcome to the new blog home of the PDX pride! We are Rori, Carbon, Skylar, and Tabby. We live in Portland, OR, USA, in the green house. We also have a foster kitten friend named Smokey who lives inside, and feral friends who live outside. Our outside friends, the Trailer Kitties, currently are Outdoor Fluffy Buddy (feral), Shadow (feral), SpongeBob (neighbor cat from across the street), Starla (tame cat being fostered outside/Smokey's cousin), Little Bit (neighbor kitten/Smokey's littermate), Boo-Boo Kitty (neighbor cat/Smokey & Little Bit's mom/Starla's aunt), and the black big-head kitty (stray cat). Sometimes there are other trailer kitties, but those are the regulars who come and eat out of the porch food bowl.