Spooky - FFF and Nature Friday

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

We are grateful Lady misplaced the other set of costumes

Now for our FFF for Aunty-Yam and Nature Friday for Rosy and Sunny.

Gold days soon to pass.

White winter is on the way.

Breathe in the fall air. 

Wordless Wednesday - Lunch is Served - Tigris

 

Tuesdays with Tigris - The Rest of The Story

Readers,

First, Lady says to tell you she is sorry she hasn't been around and won't be around because life is very busy the next few weeks. Even though Lady is very busy, she and Man had the stupid idea to help Lanie.

Me and Lady

Refill your coffee or tea and get ready for the rest of the story.

You would have thought any sane people would have just let Lanie be after the skunk incident. But no. The people planned a way to set the trap where they were more sure a skunk couldn't get in. Tuesday morning around 3 am, the Man woke the house up to say we had a Lanie and carried a hissing cat to the prison they had made in a large dog crate in the guest room. 

Tuesday, Man tried to get a vet appointment for Lanie, but they could only see her Wednesday. So she was held captive in the crate until Wednesday. 

Then the Man, wearing work gloves attempted to get a Lanie in a carrier. Let's say this was very loud, with banging and yelling and ended with Man requiring medical attention. (FYI, one does not need a rabies shot for a cat bite in our area, just tetanus and antibiotics). But before taking care of himself, the Man took Lanie to the vet. There, they would not see her and sent Man home with special food and gaba to help mellow her out.

The only indoor picture Lady has of Lanie - taken when she was a true prisioner..

The next day, after his trip to the ER, Lanie was off to the vet again (the carrier was put in her prison and she happily got in before Man tried). A stoned Lanie cooperated with the exam and the shots and all the things. The cat expert gave the Man some hints to help her (i.e. give her the whole room now, make sure it has some hiding places, spend an hour a day in the room with her, just being waiting for her to come to you etc.). 

If you are curious about this cat - she is about 1.5 years old and weighs in at 7lbs.  Lady and Man don't really see her. She is eating the food, drinking the water, using the litter. She sings the song of her people once or twice in the night, but other than that, we don't hear her. The train cam is now in the room so we will see what she does when the people aren't around. 

You may be wondering what the next steps for this girl are. For now, until her spay November 24, she will live in our guest room. Lady and Man will spent about an hour a day in the room with her. After the spay and her recovery, Lady and Man will see where we are and what the next reasonable steps are. Given how this has all gone, the next reasonable steps will likely not be that reasonable.

The bottom line is at this moment, they don't know if Lanie can ever be a house cat, or if she will need to be re-released. They are not making this decision now. For now, they are giving her a safe, clean place, meeting her where she is at and seeing what happens. She is currently exempt from hat tax.

Everyone needs a hobby. Apparently this can be one. 

Tigris - who has been adopted by crazy people

Mischief Monday - The Wrong Cat - by Styx

 Hi friends, hi friends,

The most exciting thing happened the other day. So exciting.

It started off not exciting. As mentioned, Lady and Man have wanted to help Lanie. The SPCA would not lend them a trap so they did what any sane person would do, they asked Amazon to bring them one. 

They decided to test it, and guess what, I got to be the one to test it! I did not like it and they didn't keep me in it long and I did not fully cooperate because I didn't set it off.

I did make them think it would work, so they set it up outside. They put it in a place they did not think any creature but a cat and maybe a raccoon could get it.

Sunday night around 8:30, Lady looked out, and said "Man, we have a skunk."

Yep, the skunk was smarter than the people and got itself caught.

I will keep this part short, but I am happy to report the Lady and Man were able to cover the cage, move the cage, open the cage, and the skunk ran away without spraying anyone. 

For the record, Lady would have been happy to keep the skunk if it wasn't smelly. But we know he or shee is happier in the wild.

That was a very big adventure. 

Tomorrow Tigris will continue our story. 

Nature Friday - Nature TV by Styxy

 Hi friends, hi friends,

I had the best episode of Nature TV on the weekend. Let me tell you about it. 

First there were the deer.

Then there was Callie's cat Cinder hunting

Cinder walked away with his prize. 

Now we do love all creatures here - Lady and Man were glad this mouse didn't get into our house. We have had to Uber 3 so far this year, and it hasn't been cold.

I hope you enjoyed this episode of Nature TV, sponsored by Rosy and Sunny.

Your pal and host, Styxy

Wordless Wednesday - Get Back To Work

 

Tuesdays with Tigris - Still Not My Thing

 Dear reader,

Styx mentioned some of the new things Lady got recently from an online auction. One of the things she got was a gently used puzzle. This is supposed to be a very easy one. 

I did more than I usually do. I looked at it, I smelt the treats, but nope, I refused to participate. Queens don't work for treats.

Styxy doesn't seem to hate it. 

Tigris