Wordless (Whisker Hump) Wednesday

This handsome 'tuxedo' kitty is Franklin, who is 9 years old and lives in California. Frankie is King of his Castle, and he' one of our extended family.

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Happurry Heart Day 2012

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue...

Coco's Pretty in Pink, and she LOVES all of you!

Hope your Valentine's Day fills your Hearts with lots to Purr about!

Mancat Monday--Disco's Diet

Oh Noes...There's only 2 weeks left in Disco's 'Young Again' challenge and while he was cheating in the beginning and getting some carbs he wasn't supposed to...we had really hoped he would have lost the healthy 4 ounces a month Teri had been dreaming of!

Nope! At Disco's weekly weigh in today, he tipped the scales at 15# 14 oz...the heaviest he's been in 18 months. We are blinkin' back tears...

So Teri is thinking she will go back to an all canned diet for him, as both Brighton and Disco still have urine that is too concentrated for comfort, 1.080. She could try the no carb version of Young Again, or maybe even think about feeding raw. One of the clients at the cat hospital where Teri works raves about RadCat and how well her cats are doing on it...

(Disco in his slender days...)

She knows part of Disco's lack of success is her failure to exercise him, too. But especially after Coco's problems with her knees, she worries about Disco carrying the extra weight and the strain on his joints. She thinks maybe a PetZen Treadmill would help both Disco and Coco...but she doesn't have an extra $600 to lay down...

We know the ladycats out there love Disco just as he is...but maybe if he could chase around Prancer Pie and Ms Stella...that would burn off some calories for free, hahameow.

Caturday Saturday 'n More!

We missed posting a pix for Fashion Friday, so Teri took some photos of Coco in her new necklace (actually a bracelet Teri found for $5 at Tuesday Morning)...

Teri has a penchant for frittering away her 3 day weekends...so much so that her therapist told her that unless she gets the Christmas decorations taken down AND put away, and unless she finishes up working on the 1st draft of her will...that she will have to go back to counseling sessions twice a month instead of once a month...

So, has she done any of those things so far this weekend?? Nope! She stayed up way too late and then slept in til 11am both Friday and today and well, that kinda makes for a short day, doesn't it Mama?! She says she's coming down with a cold, and is taking all kinds of potions and pills... so that might explain some of her lack of initiative...

The good part for us kitties is that she sleeps in and we get extra snuggle time with her! She did go out yesterday grocery shopping cuz we were out of litter and today was supposed to be cold and windy and maybe some snow flurries and the weatherman was right!

We missed the flurries cuz we we napping like Disco, who was disturbed by the flashy box or waking up and playing in the tunnel o' fun like Clement, or getting a little time out of the rehab cage to stretch his legs, like Hero...

Both Clem and Hero are doing great. Clem's been in  rehab for 5 weeks now and has used the litterbox 100% of the time and seems very happy and content. Next step will be for him to meet us, one at a time, to see if he wants a friend and if he is ok sharing his space and litter box.

Hero has only been here a week, but there have been no 'thinking outside the box' for him either and he seems calm and relaxed and is keeping his cage neat and clean--not dumping over food or pulling his blankie into the litter box, etc...all signs of stress when caged.

It was a good day to stay inside for both human and cat alike, but when Teri noticed the pretty sunset, she snapped a photo outside, then dashed back in! Here's a photo of the sunset today...

Teri worked out with Coco this morning and here's a few pix of the PT sessions, with the exercises that Teri can do and hold the camera at the same time, hahameow...

This one is called Cookies at Contra-Lateral Hip...the 'cookie' is really a catnip stem. Teri saves them from the Nip they grow at the cat hospital where she works and they are good and crunchy!

This exercise shifts weight from the good leg to the one that had surgery...although Coco is supposed to be standing up for this to work...

This exercise is called Paws up, and it causes weight bearing in the rear legs, as well as stretching the back and hip flexors. Again, Coco is reaching for that Nippy stem.

And this exercise is three leg standing, but it was hard to photograph and this position isn't exactly corrrect...Teri's hand is supposed to be on the knee, not the shin...

Today, Coco gets to start dancing exercises, but Teri said she won't be able to film that and hold on to Coco's front legs at the same time, hahameow!

Coco got to 'limber up' with her own stretching exercises once they were done...

As you can see, from the video clip below, Coco is walking very well this week, with barely a limp now. She is still confined to the bedroom, but gets more time out of the tent now and she gets to sleep with us at night again, too.

And Coco's Bum Leg Auction is attracting lots of attention and bids and new items are being added every day! Go take a look and see if there's something you kitties would like to buy your servants, hahameow!

We have made some new friends from the auction, like the Slimmer Puggins, Schauzer and Schnauzer, and our old friends have donated many items, too...and Teri said she's having a hard time not bidding on stuff but every penny is going to help pay off her surgery bill.

Thankful (for The Furriends of the CB) Thursday

The Furriends of the Cat Blogosphere have come to the aid of Coco with a 'FUNraising' Auction. 

Our Curlie Swirlie family is furry grateful and we are so excited to watch the Auction, knowing it will help with Coco's knee surgery expenses.

We wanted to donate some things to help, too and so Teri scoured our house to see if there were some items we could part with that would bring smiles to someone else. 


Just to tempt all of you... how about a gently used Hepper Pod, or a cool ferret-sized EB pouch carrier or maybe a 'vintage' cat vase, or an 'antique' cat knick knack that Teri got when she and our CatDaddy were in England... 

Our frequent followers know that Coco had to have patellar luxation surgery about a month ago, and we sure appreciate the healing purrs that have been generated. Coco is doing great and is even cooperating with her physical therapy exercises.

For those of you who maybe haven't met Coco before or missed our posts about her, Teri made a new page for our bloggie that is just about Coco's 'Bum Knee' and here's the link to it:

Coco's Bum Knee Journey

We thought you might like to see Coco 'working out', but Teri can't hold the camera and be the Physical Therapist, but here's some short clips of a few of the 10 exercises that Coco has to do twice a day.

 

High Stepping

"Irritating' Hair Scrunchy, Opposite Leg

We'll keep everyone updated on Coco's progress on this and her 'Bum Leg' page (you can get there from the menu bar near the top of our blog).

And, of course, we will be watching the bidding at the Auction and hope our furriends bid and win something they have their heart set on. But if you can't make a bid, we are accepting healing purrs and they are free, and freely accepted.

To all involved with putting together this auction to help Teri pay off Coco's large vet bill, we can't thank you enough for caring and working so hard to make this happen! Mega Purrs to you.

And if you have something you wish to donate to Coco's auction or just want to learn more about the auctions, you can click on this link Furriends of the Cat Blogosphere or just email KC at catblogosphere dot com or Marg at margaretmsan at gmail dot com.

Wordless (Whisker Hump) Wednesday

Uh..yeah Mr. Bit 'o Binky once more assures no computer work will be accomplished...

Bosco reads the Take Out Menu...

WWF???

and the lovely whisker humps of the kitty called Sunkist...

happy to share a few pix of our 'extended family'...

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