Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all our US friends today.  We hope you are enjoying your turkey day feast!

 We are thankful for fresh water...many people and kitties around the world struggle to find clean drinking water.

 We are thankful for window whiffies...

 We are thankful for fresh nip...we would be thankful for dried nip too, but mom doesn't have a picture :)

 We are thankful for a brother that "has our back"

We are thankful for comfy sleeping spots...this is what we'll be doing while mom is gone to her parents house for the day.  We will be dreaming about the leftovers she had better bring to us :)

We are also thankful for friends and family, and wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

What are you thankfor for today?

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Tummy Tuesday

This is the dead kitten pose by Devon.  He lays like this and whimpers until you notice him.  We usually make some joke about him stinking before the trash is taken off :)  He loves it! 

Fevvers Friday

 We are so excited to see the Eastern Bluebirds at the bird feeders again.  They have returned in full force, and we hope that Auntie will buy some mealworms for them because that is their favorite food!

 Flat boys with an owl at the NC State Fair...

A pelican on a channel marker down in Galveston Texas...mom spent the other weekend down there visiting a friend.  (You may need to biggify to see him better.)

Well, there you have it folks...Fevvers on Friday!

Tanner Update

Thanks to everyone for the purrs for Plavix...Tanner has been on this for a whole week now, and no adverse reactions have been noted!!!  YAY for Tanner!

He is now a walking pharmacy though, as we take two pills morning and night.

Morning time we get 1/2 of an Atenolol, and a whole Enalipril.
Evening time we get 1/4 of the Plavix, and 1/2 of an Atenolol.

Tanner is a great at taking pills, and usually doesn't give any trouble.  We have been doing his heart meds in varying doses now for 7 years.  He was diagnosed at age two with HCM.  I hate that any of my boys have a medical condition, but I am thankful that it is Tanner because he is so laid back with taking his medicine!  I think it would be much worse, if I was having to struggle with him daily to medicate.

Our next heart recheck will be in June of 2012 at the NC State Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Cardiology Clinic.  I feel so blessed to live close to this wonderful facility. 

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Two on Tuesday

Me and my shadow!

Smokey was able to go out, strictly supervised of course, for a few minutes last weekend.  The weather was beautiful, and I wanted to use the light to get some photos of him.  He was more interested in eating the grass, but that's ok too.  I know he had a great time!

Mancats are Clean Cats

Captured this video the other morning...Tanner was washing Devon's head...such sweet boys.  When I watched later, I realized that I also caught Smokey in the chair washing.  Mancats are certainly clean!

Tanner Update

Many of you already know that Tanner has a heart condition called HCM.  When he was at the vet school last June, it was determined that he is at an increased risk for blood clots.  Therefore we decided to try him on an aspirin therapy, for prevention.  We tried taking 1/4 of an 81 mg pill every three days...Tanner could not tolerate this medication.  Severe vomiting occured each time we tried to start.  We tried about three times, in case there was something else going on with his stomach at the time.  Each trial produced the same results. 

 After speaking with his cardiologists and his regular vet, we have decided to try him on Plavix.  This drug is relatively expensive, but I hope he can tolerate it.  He will take 1/4 of a pill each day.  I have a months worth at the house, and we will be starting tonight. 

I would like to ask for some purrs that he can tolerate this drug, as there aren't any other options for prevention for him.

On another note, he has lost almost a pound of weight!  We are very excited about this, and continue to work on his diet for more loss.

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 Window views with Smokey, Devon, Tanner, Cousin Pirate and Cousin Sophie!

These photos were all from a few years ago...just felt like remembering my boy Mojo today.  He loved to go outside, but could go very little due to his allergies issues.  During his last couple of weeks of life, we were having some really good days, health wise for him and weather, so we let him enjoy the fresh air and the outdoors.  (Supervised of course)  This is the look of pure bliss on his face!

Trio on Tuesday

Devon, along with Cousins Pirate and Sophie, enjoy some window whiffies!  It's turning a bit cooler now, but we like to sit in the windows on the weekends...

Dona Nobis Pacem

Peace in our household looks like this...

• Mom watching 'fun' tv with us because there is nothing else on to take her attention.
• No squealing or staring contest
• Everyone getting all the canned food they want because we are all sharing nicely
• Wishing all the creatures of the world had things as good as we did, warm house, full bellies, soft bed, and most of all love

Here's to peace throughout the world...

~Four Crazy Cats

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