Girls Allowed...

out in the garden at last !

 The sun was shining and the cats were on best behaviour(-ish) so today I toodled down the garden with the scissors to give the girls a quick trim in the right wing department, and then let them have a scratch around in the garden.

 

Baldrick felt that Fernanda needed his close supervision as it was her first time in the garden

 

Shy little Mo was pleased to be out in the sunshine too.

 

 

 

 

and Queenie kept a close eye on her

 

 

I thought it was sweet the way the 3 girls stuck together....old pals after 2 weeks

Yolko takes the lead....

 

 

Erm...what exactly is going on in your head Baldrick?

 

 

What's that you say? Lunch?

 

 

No chickens were harmed in the making of todays blog

(but I did keep a careful watch from the kitchen - LOL)

Snatched from the jaws...

I managed to prise this teeny weeny lil goldcrest out of Queenies jaws today. For once she hadn't delivered the killing blow prior to bringing it in to decorate the living room with blood & feathers. I popped her in the ivy out the front, and after an hours rest and recuperation, she flew away.
I love a happy ending!  Happy New Year !

RIP Akira :( 14/4/2011 - 12/7/2012

When I went out to work this morning there were 3 cats in the house...when I came home this evening only the kittens came to greet me. A little strange I thought, but I toddled through the house to the back door to yell "tea-time" which usually guarantees a feline stampede. There, by the steps, in the rain, I found Akira, cold and stiff, with not a scratch on him. Akira was just 15 months old, and he survived his sibling Aiko by just 3 months. Aiko was poisoned by antifreeze at the beginning of April ( verified by the vet) and the fact that Akira was fine last night makes me think that possibly Akira suffered that same fate.
He was always such a good natured chap with a wicked sense of fun...he loved to sit on the dresser or bookcase, look you straight in the eye and deliberately sweep items off onto the floor one by one with his paw. When Aiko died, he really missed him, but when I brought the new kittens home 7 weeks ago he was friendly and groomed them and once again enjoyed kitten games of chase and wrestling..you could see that he took into account how much bigger than them he was. Much as I'd like to think that it's an accident and that no-one would deliberately kill a cat, you have to wonder when I've lost 2 cats and next door but one have lost 2 cats in the space of 4 months. If someone is doing this deliberately I would really like to think that what goes around comes around ! Anyway...enough rant, I'm incredibly sad , but there are still 2 kittens here that need cuddling . Glass of wine at the ready (if I still smoked I would SO have a cigarette or 10 now) ..raising a toast to my beautiful furry boy who was too young to be going to the great compost heap yet a while....
To Akira!

Kittens 1st vet visit..

The kittehs are now 16 weeks old and went to the vets for the first time today. Only their 2nd trip in a car...and in a spooky replay of 8 weeks ago when I collected them from Swindon, Queenie yowled loudly all the way...for a dainty girl she sure is gobby.  Once we got to the vets she was fine and they were both quite intrigued by the puppies in the waiting room. Todays visit was for microchipping...funds are limited, and microchipping is a priority for me as my cat flap works by recognising their chips...for the last few weeks I've had to keep it locked when I'm at work or asleep as they managed to get out into the rain, but couldn't get back in as they weren't chipped. This has meant that poor Akira hasn't been able to come and go as he pleased either. All fixed now tho'...Queenie and Baldrick did me proud and didn't flinch or utter a sound as the vet "injected" the chip. The boys never made a fuss when they were vaccinated as babies either...clearly I'm blessed with stoic kids and pets.  Anyhoo...cat flap now programmed to recognise them...I just need them both to learn how to use the cat flap.

 I'm currently favouring the "prop it open with a stick " method whilst they get used to going in and out.


Let's hope they catch on fairly fast, as I can see 2 others who may take advantage of an open cat flap in order to raid the mealworm cache...... luckily Baldrick is on Guard-Kitty duty...

take care
KKWF  ^..^