Pachuco goes outside

The creature

I've had to lock the cat door ever night and day now for weeks because a creature has been invading the catspace. At first we saw it eating from behind and it looked like some kind of possum or kangaroo because it's huge with really big floppy ears. It's all black and doesn't wear a collar. I extended a welcome initially because I felt sorry for it. It is so timid and afraid, but yet so brazen. The other cats didn't seem to mind sharing their food with it, in fact it worked out really well because the creature would get rid of their unwanted scraps and then they could always have a nice fresh serving. They leave most of their food and then never want to return.

However, when the creature began spraying all over my oven trays and salad bowls, in my brand new special oven-tray/bowl cabinet I didn't feel very welcoming. It smells like old man's socks! I thought about catching the creature and taking it to the council, but they'll only kill it. Then I met my neighbour, who admitted he was the owner and that the cat's name is Sticks. He took it in as a stray and it's so traumatised that it has to live outside. It keeps pissing on his back-pack, he said.

So now I just have to try and lock it out. The Mooch got constipated at the beginning because she couldn't get outside, and kept spewing up, but now she is used to it. They sit out there and look sadly through the little window until we are kind enough to let them back in. The can get out, but not back in again.

Today I have bought the Mooch a top grade crunchy for 'sensitive stomach, mature'. She took one look and started a throw-back session at the bowl. I hope this will soothe her system. She's so angry at the moment, she shouts at any slight movement and has bitten Lewis on the hand twice.

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Also

Last night I kicked the cats out of bed because Pachuco sneezed on me under the covers. I made them a bed in the lounge with their own duvet and everything. Then I felt bad and invited them back in. They were good after that.

Not much been going on

It's been pretty quiet in the cathouse, with all the foods getting eaten and the going to bed each night and day. Pachuco and Lewis have been really getting along well, Lewis has been taking close-up photos of him. Pachuco is like that, for a long time you will push him away, thinking 'gross' about his cat snots. But then if you just let him, he will mesmerise you with his cuteness and especially his kind niceness. We love you Pachuco xoxox

Supercoat

They have changed the recipe and made the pieces smaller and now the Mooch is satisfied with them.  She can throw them back in her signature style.  Glad about that.

cute pachuco

Mooch and Pachuco take a break at the Westin

It was a big operation.  The house was infested with LARGE whitetail spiders and possibly funnelwebs on the front porch so I got it fumigated.  I took the cats down to Weston St to visit Lewis for the morning so they wouldn't get fumed out.  They had a good time there, we all went to sleep for a couple of hours and then Pachuco woke up, jumped onto his legs and said "maow!" and it was time to go home.

Pachuco's retirement

On the advice of a good friend, Pachuco has decided to "put down the blackberry" and focus on what's important.

Claw in the head

When I came home last night there was a collection of fur on the front path.  Black and white fur clumps.  The Mooch had a sore eye but  I diagnosed her as fine.  Later on I was patting Pachuco and I found there was a claw sticking out of the top of his head.  I had to pull it out!  It was stuck in there pretty far.  He is fine now.

Bonnet torture

little bini bini

We found some more photos of her on the computer

Bini Bini on the fridge

I don't have many digital photos of her because she died before we got a camera.  She also was a bit of a loner, not a poser like the mooch.  She kept to herself, mainly in the towel section of the laundry cupboard.  She lives on the fridge now, keeping watch over all the food.  She loved food the most out of any cat.

Our cat shrine

Tribute to Rufus and Sardinia

Here are some photos of little Rufus and Sardinia when they were babies

glossy moochi

The Mooch

The Mooch is very thoughtful at the moment.  She doesn't appear to enjoy food.  Perhaps it's the heat.  I said I wasn't going to buy those $30 packet of crunchies from the vets anymore, they're too expensive, but she went on a hunger strike.  Of course there's nothing else she likes to eat - Optimum is now inferior and Supercoat's pieces don't give her room to use the throw-back eating style she is fond of.  They are too big to throw back.  She won't eat any meats - the only things I'm able to give her as treats are eggs, which she laps us from a special bowl, and a spoonful of cancer food left over from times of sickness.  It's like pate.  Can a cat be a vegetarian?  She is snoring right now.

more pachuco

Pachuco

hair

It's been hot, but Pachuco has never been so lazy about his grooming.  I brush him each day and out comes about half his body weight in hair!  It's enough to knit a jaunty cap with.  Maybe he is depressed because he misses Rufus?  It's common to give up on personal hygiene when depressed.  It's been going on for a while.  Some of it comes out in huge chunks!  I took him to the vet and they said there was nothing wrong with him.  He is taking some Chinese herbs for his chronic sneezing problem, which seem to help a little bit.  All he does is lie in bed.  Poor little mewmew.

recent casual Mooch and Pachuco 2009

Rufus darling

2009 cats

It's 2009 and many things have happened.  Sadly, little Rufus got very sick in December and we lost her.  She was such a sweet little creature and she seemed to just float off away from us in the end.  Business to do elsewhere.  We have all been very sad, and especially because her sister Sardinia died only this time last year.  They were twins - the only two in the litter and both were only very young.  So we saw them get born and now we have seen them die.  RIP we love you forever babies.