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Marching to the Beat of My Own Drum

Vacation Time

Last weekend I got to visit my grandpawrents! They live six hours away and my humans didn’t trust me to stay behind with the other cats even though the cat sitter stops by once a day. Something about me hurting myself. Just because I fell off the wrong side of the dvr once and ended up stuck in the wires (luckily my female human was there at the moment and immediately rescued me). Or maybe it’s because I’ve started jumping on the kitchen counter lately. My humans seem to think I shouldn’t be jumping down on tile flooring at that height. Just because I only have three legs. Hmph! The kittens can do it without any problem. *whispers* I want to do everything the kittens do, so they see that I’m a big boy too!

My humans didn’t want me to be lonely during the trip to my grandpawrents, so they decided to bring one of the kittens along; but they hated to split them up (since they’ve never been apart), so all three of us got to go with the humans! The older three cats stayed behind on a staycation.

My humans found a wire cage (made for large dogs) that filled the entire backseat and put a fleece bed with bumpers in it. They also put some of our favorite blankets in the cage and a tiny litter box (which we only used to sleep in). They say we howled for the first hour there (and back), but then we were quiet and snuggled with each other. We liked resting our heads on the bumpers, so my female human was really glad she got the bed. Our grandpawrents have two cats that were confined to their bedroom while we were there. We were confined to the guest bedroom (though we darted out of the room a couple of times). We loved it (especially me)! There was comfy carpet everywhere and no Hetty Miep to beat me up. Plus the weather was nice, so we got to sit in the screened window quite a bit. The guest room had a walk in closet, so the humans set up our litter box and the travel crate with the bed in there. A couple of times, I got a little nervous and was happy to have the crate in the closet to run into. Our grandma got us all kinds of toys. She said she loved having us visit and we can visit her again anytime! She also said I’m her favorite and I can do no wrong. I love grandpawrents!

Friends Helping Friends

Hi all! My female human and I want to thank everyone for their kind thoughts, concerns, and efforts for our good friend Julie and her cats in Central California. Another friend Elsa had a wonderful idea for bringing a little cheer to Julie’s life right now. Elsa suggested that we send Julie some cards to let her know we’re thinking of her. Julie is still in her old apartment and she moves on April 6. Elsa suggested sending Julie some “Happy Spring” cards now and, after Julie moves, we can send her “Welcome To Your New Home” cards. If you’d like to send Julie a card, please pawmail me or Elsa for Julie’s address. Or, you can pawmail Elsa (before March 22) to have your name added to the “Happy Spring” card that she will be sending to Julie.

I know sending cards seems like such a small thing, but I really do think they will brighten Julie’s day and she needs every little bit of cheer she can get right now.

Elsa’s diary also provides information about donating to the no-kill shelter that accepted five of Julie’s cats. It is one of the loveliest shelters Mom has ever seen. Julie says it has several wonderful sun rooms for the cats to enjoy. Knowing that her cats are at such a lovely facility helps a bit, but I know Julie still misses them terribly. She said she worries about Beijo especially (who has never been at a shelter). She worries that he keeps waiting for her to come back for him.

Update II on Central CA Friend/Cats

Written by Artie’s female human (Heather):

A bit of good news: Julie was approved for an apartment. Although it is a pet-friendly complex, the contract didn’t allow Julie to keep all of her cats. A lovely no-kill shelter (that accepted three of Julie’s other cats) agreed to accept the additional (final) two cats that Julie needed to re-home.

A small pot of gold at the end of the rainbow: when Julie took the two cats to the shelter today, one of the other cats (Chief Joseph) that she took there a couple of weeks ago was being brought from the back to get acquainted with an older woman. She ended up adopting him! I’m so happy Julie got to see that because, as I’m sure all Catster pawrents can imagine, she’s so very very sad to have had to re-home the majority of her cats. She is very grateful to get to keep some of the cats, but she feels terrible about not being permitted to keep them all.

Thank you all for your assistance in trying to re-home Julie’s cats. I know she greatly appreciates the support and kind words received.