Filed under: All about Cats — Christi at 6:01 pm on Monday, February 27, 2006
We are looking at building our own big cat tree for our cats to climb and play on and are looking for sites to come up with ideas. I would prefer sites that offer design plans since this is our first attempt at making one of these. I figure we need to have a hammock in there because those look cool. I need a high perch because our cats love our window perch that we have right now but get upset if the other cat is using it. Any ideas on websites to use for ideas? Or have any of you built a cat tree that we may reference?
Filed under: General — Christi at 6:06 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2006
So American Idol started up again and even though I told myself this time I wouldn’t get drawn into the hype again, it drew me right back in. Last night we watched the top 12 women sing and I have picked 5 favorites already and I hear the men are even better. There is one girl though that thinks its all about her as she put it, its called American IDOL not IDOLS. I think she should be eliminated. If we haven’t learned anything in the past it truly is IDOLS as not just Carrie Underwood got a record released, but Bo Bice, George Huff, etc. Bo Bice’s CD is doing better in allot of ways then even Carrie Underwood’s so I have to say this is about idols and not idol and if you think otherwise maybe you need to get your head examined!:)
Filed under: All about Cats — Christi at 1:12 pm on Sunday, February 12, 2006
Everywhere you look online about Cat Declawing you find people ranting and raving about how bad it is for cats, it hurts them terribly and that it changes their personality. I have to say after having my two cats laser declawed with very very minor issues afterwards that I feel very strongly about favoring LASER declawing. I can understand the issues with regular declawing I would never do that to my cats but laser declawing has alot of benefits. People will say I shouldn’t have adopted the cats if I was going to get them declawed. Ok, I looked at this and came up with a different perspective, first they both were in a society where they would have been killed if they weren’t adopted, hmmm who’s the enemy here I wonder. Second I spoil my cats as if they were my real children (in my mind they are my babies) any little problem I run them to the vet, any new toy I see or special food, litter for them I buy. I only want the very best for my cats. So when I was considering declawing I did a bunch of research on it. I found out that yes you are still removing that part of the cat but it is a quick procedure where the wound is sealed up immediately. After the procedure my cats were put on a heating blanket to sleep of the anesthesia. The vets called my 15 minutes after the procedure and let me know how everything went. They keep the cats for 2 days just to make sure that nothing goes wrong and you are allowed to visit after the first day. Our cats came home without limping and with very very little blood. Yes they could tell something was different but within a couple of days you couldn’t even tell they acted any differently. Our cats still claw on furniture and everything as if they have claws they still hunt their toys and they still do everything that they did before. There was no change in their personality. People say to train cats to claw on specific things which I think is easier said then done. When we got our first cat we tried that and it did not work she has an attitude that whatever she wants to do she will do which is why she fits her name (sassy). If other ways work for you I’m all for you using the other ways but do not condemn before you hear everything. I saved my cats life and they live a life that I think they love now. Would I change what I did? Never!! I did what I think was best considering the circumstances.
