Mitsi's Friendship (A Mama Cat Rescue)

She is so beautiful.
The very first time I saw her at the park was many months before we rescued her. I could not approach her, no one could. I knew I would need to use my trap if I had any hope of getting her to go with me if I chose to try.
Time went by and the next thing I know, she is pregnant and my friend was concerned for her safety. It was time though that last day at the park when she finally came home with me but a trap was not needed.
Call it a mother's love or some work on my friends part for taming her a bit with food all I know is that on every other day that I had ever seen her, approaching her was not an option. LOL
I have been down the feral cat rescue road many many times and know full well what an uncooperative feral can act like....it's not pretty sometimes. LOL
On that day though, she stood there, so very pregnant and ready to have kittens soon it seemed. I reached down and picked her up and put her in a carrier and she never let out a peep. She behaved herself the entire car ride home with maybe a meow or two. I was ready for the chaos when I let her into the bathroom (because I have seen the chaos that can be) but that didn't happen. She accepted our help and she actually seemed grateful.
It took a lot of guts for her to allow me to pick her up and take her home that day...a lot of guts. But I convinced that she knew I would not hurt her and she needed help. Since that day we have been trusted not only with her but with her beautiful babies as well. We all watched as she gave birth, she welcomed us. I don't know what goes on in a mama cats head in her position but I know what it's like to have a child and to want to protect them and want what is best for them, I have recognized this feeling in her. She took a gamble that day, I could have been a monster but she took it for the good of her babies. I am really proud to call Mitsi my friend and it touches my heart that she considers us her friends as well. She is a good Mama and very special cat.

Model is Mitsi, she had her kittens the day after we rescued her.

You can visit her Facebook page here and see  more of her babies too  (Sooo Cute)

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Today is Sissy's Birthday too

Sissy is Mikey's Sister, his litter mate.
She is different than Mikey in almost every way. 
She stays in the background always, never asking for much and she is very shy with people but not with me. 
I call Sissy my scaredy cat because she rarely leaves my bedroom.
She sleeps on my pillow every single night, it's the only demand she has but she says it politely. Don't let that kid ya though because she talks ALL the time....if I talk to her first, she will keep a conversation going as long as I do.
Sissy is not the "Rockstar" in the family like her brother Mikey is but she has her own place within me that only belongs to her. She has been along on this journey every step of the way and she is also my friend...

Sissy is 11 years old Today.

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Today....He is 11 years old.

I would like to do it again please.
I want to wake up and find his warm tiny body under my covers, still damp from being born (that's where his birth mother put he and the rest of the litter) Instead of being a bit bothered by her putting them in my bed, I would like to whisper in my ear "Remember everything about this moment because one day there will be little that is more important"
And the day that I discovered that he couldn't hear, instead of feeling sorry, I would be grateful...because this fact alone would soon save my life. It would become a purpose when I felt my real purpose had died with my new born son.

He has continued to give me reasons since that day.

I have no regrets with Mikey at all but I wish that I could just do it all again just to enjoy him even more because being with him makes me enjoy everything, even myself. I smile more because of him, I laugh so much.
He has grown into this extension of me, our lives are so in sync, our souls entwined.

Today it is eleven years and I want 50 more.

Please.

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1000 Words

They say that the Egyptians have 50 words for sand.
And that the Eskimos have a 100 words for snow.
I wish I had 1000 words for love but all I can think of is how you move against me when you sleep and there aren't any words for that.
 ~The Animal Pet Doctor

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Visible Soul

"I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul". ~Quote by Jean Cocteau

Model is Target

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Sweet Boo

Look who is staying with us for a little while…its Little Boo. 

The last time I saw her she looked like this…

She is 6 months old now and just the sweetest most beautiful little girl. 

I am so happy she is here and we are getting a chance to know her better...

I love her little face so much I just want to look at her all day long. LOL

Model is Boo

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Being Himself for Halloween

I have tried to get him to dress up but he's not having it. LOL 
Model is Mikey, his Royal Highness. LOL

Mikey's Cat House

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Love Story

Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.

I'll be waiting; all that's left to do is run.

You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess,

It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes."

LOL LOL

Oh,  but he really is my Romeo.

Model is Mikey

Song is by Taylor Swift

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ACTION ALERT

Please Ask Your Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 2224, the Pet Safety and Protection Act


Dear Humanitarian,
The Pet Safety and Protection Act (H.R. 2224), introduced by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), prohibits random-source Class B dealers from selling dogs and cats for use in experiments. Under this abuse-ridden system, a small number of unscrupulous dealers supply labs with non-purpose-bred dogs and cats. So-called random source Class B dealers and their middleman cohorts, called “bunchers,” acquire the dogs and cats they sell from a variety of sources. They keep the animals in horrendous conditions, routinely violate the Animal Welfare Act, obtain animals through fraud, deception, and outright theft, and falsify their records. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which licenses and regulates these dealers, has acknowledged that it is unable to guarantee that dogs and cats collected and sold by these dealers are not being illegally acquired.
What You Can Do:
Please ask your representative to cosponsor H. R. 2224 to protect companion animals and establish integrity in the provision of dogs and cats for research purposes. Please send an email through the Compassion Index by entering your zip code below and clicking “GO.” You will find suggested talking points to include in your email.
 
Link to article

Please send an email today, this can't go on any longer,  they need our help....please. 

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Cat Reflections

Mikey was featured for the second time on Cat Reflections ...go check it out , you will just love this place.

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The problem in our society is that we just don't look.... so we don't see.

Why is it that most people refuse to look at the suffering that animals go through?
"I just can't watch those video's" they say or "I don't need to see that stuff", "It won't change anything if I see it".
Interesting how we can't bring ourselves to watch it because it's too awful yet we go to that grocery store everyday and buy the meat, the eggs, the milk and never give two hoots about what it must be like for the animal that had to suffer through it.

The problem in our society is that we just don't look.... so we don't see.

If we had to watch what really happens behind the scenes, I believe most people would not be eating what we eat today or buying products that we use everyday.  Instead of facing the reality we stick our heads in the  clouds and pretend all is right with the world but inside we know that this place is very sick, even if we don't look at it. And it's not just about the meat, it's about the fur, the testing, the neglect, the whole attitude that animal suffering is just not the same as human suffering but even if it is so different as many claim, why would any suffering be ok especially when it is within our own power to stop it?

Will it ever stop?

I came across this Pinterest page tonight and found the courage to look through it. Maybe you will find the courage too and then maybe someday soon we will all have the courage to stand up and do what we know is right...and finally stop the suffering...because they should not have to suffer this way.

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Cat Hit by Car Needs Your Help

Please Help Champ

The vets have done a wonderful job with Champs injuries 

but he needs to have surgery to save his eyes.

Please help if you can.

Read the full story here.

Please Donate to Help this Sweet Cat

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Let me introduce you to...

Nike

She is just a Lovely animal.

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And Today he is Ten years Old

On this day ten years ago...I found a friend in you, yet you are the one who chose me.

Life has just been better because of you. My days brighter, my nights never lonely.

I don't think I have ever looked at you in all these ten years without smiling.

The laughter that you have brought into my life has saved me more times than I can count.

Your love and friendship make me so strong.

I adore all of your little kitty ways, even the one's that are not always convenient; like pawing at my face at 3am with that startling deaf meow of yours, though that meow has been my alarm clock for many years now, at your 7am pawing.

People may assume that because I am the human in this friendship, that I would be the one in charge...but that has never really been true now has it?

You have clearly been in charge for about ten years now.

But that's not a bad thing because your wishes are my wishes too.

I love loving you even when you are telling me what to do.

Some have even tried to say that you are demanding but to me...you are just a very good communicator.

Ok, sometimes, I know you are working me but the thing is....I'm good with that

If you get every single thing you ever want in this life, then I will have succeeded in showing you my gratitude....for that day that you chose me.

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What Matters Most is How You See Yourself

Model is Mikey

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Best Cat Videos on YouTube

Nothing can make me smile or bring me to tears quicker than cute animal videos, especially cat videos. So here from Mikey's House are 7 of our favorite cat video's....hope you like them too.

# 1  Oskar the Blind Kitten and His First Toys

This video brought out so much emotion in me and not just because of the sweet little blind cat but because of his parents as well. It is obvious how much Oskar is loved and for me...this video will be number one in my heart for a long time to come. This is what being a compassionate human being is all about.

#2  I Want....

And let me just say that this video was number one for us for a while, a long while but seeing number one you will understand why it has moved to number two

#3  Lazy cat on treadmill

This touched my heart even though it is suppose to be just funny because the cat obviously looks like my       Mikey but the fact that he really doesn't want anything to do with this treadmill yet he doesn't get mad, he doesn't hiss or scratch, he just refuses to participate and he made my heart smile, such a good boy

#4  kitten in hamster ball

What can i say? This is just funny stuff

#5  November Gets on the Treadmill

 This cat is amazing, he is loving this, he even starts to pant but still he runs

#6  Cat Talking, Translation

No words, just laughter

#7  Animals of YouTube sing "Deck the Halls"

 And this my friends is brilliant

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Meowy Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas, in the sleeping cats house, 

Not a feline was stirring-for even a mouse,

Cat stockings were hung by the door with care,

In hope Santa Paws soon would be there.

The kittens were snuggled in mama cats bed,

With brothers and sisters curled head-to-head,

And mama cat on her quilt, and I on my mat,

Had just settled into a delicious catnap.

When out of the yard there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from my mat to see what was the matter.

Away to the windows, I flew like a flash,

Climbed up the curtains, and pressed my nose to the glass.

And what in the world did my feline eyes see,

But a small golden chariot, pulled by cats just like me!

With a fluffy old driver, so white and so furry,

I knew in a moment it must be Saint Purr-y.

More rapid than rabbits his kitties did came,

And he yowled and meowed, calling each cat by name.

"On, Slippers, On, Sneakers, On, Bigfoot, On, Spats!

Christmas is coming, lets go gentle cats."

Now, White Sox, Now, Bootsie, Lets go gloves and mittens!

To the back porch we do fly! lets go cats and kittens!

So down to the catdoor, his kittens they flew,

With a catnip filled chariot-and Santa Paws too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the latch.

The paws and clawing of Santa-paws scratch,

As I sniffed for his scent and looked all around,

Through the cat door Santa-paws came with a bound.

His eyes how they sparkled, his whiskers, how merry!

His cheeks were like marshmallows,his pink nose like a cherry! 

His little cat mouth was drawn up like a bow,

And the fur on his paws was as white as the snow.

He meowed not a word, but went straight to his work,

And filled all the stockings, and turned with a jerk.

Then washing his whiskers, his ears, coat and tail,

After having a snack, out the cat door he sailed.

He jumped in his chariot, to his team gave a yowl,

And away they all flew, like nine cats on the prowl,

But I heard him meow, as he drove out of sight,

"Meowy Christmas to all, an to all a good night."

Author Unknown

Model is Mikey

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Warning...This Post is Graphic with the Intention to only Help

Last nights it all started off so innocent. I ran across a photograph of a seal that resembled my Mikey a great deal so I decided to do a little post about it over at Redbubble in Cats Pajamas. It was really cute and here is the result.....LOL

So anyway, while I am getting these photos of the seals, I run across some things that disturbed me a great deal. Now I am not an idiot, I have known my whole life about the "Seal Hunt" in Canada, I have done just about everything I can do as an individual to help them the best I can..........except for looking at the photographs or the videos. Maybe that is lame but I have seen so much animal abuse in my lifetime and I just didn't want to see it happening to that cute little seal face. But as I said, I just happened to see it while looking at something else.

At first it's just a glance at a small thumbnail on the screen the catches my eye, I know immediately what it's about and everything in me wants to look away and go about what I was doing but it was too late, how could I do that? Those poor babies had to endure that horror, the least I could do is look at this one photograph.

Now I am going to show you what I saw when I opened that photograph and there is no blood at all in this photo but to me, it is the most graphic picture I have ever seen. Here it is....

Yes, people, that is an actual adult person getting ready to club that seal to death. I won't say human being because there is nothing human about this person at all. I wish I could take that club from him and stick it up his you know what. This Photograph angers me in a way that not many have and I have seen plenty and don't get me wrong they all piss me off but this hits a place within me that no other has touched. This is flippin' bullshit.

At that point I was totally compelled to see the rest of the photographs and I will now show them to you as well so if you can't handle this stuff then you may want to exit now. I apologize ahead of time for the graphic nature of what you are about to see but these seals need a voice damn it....we have to stop this crap.

If you are anything like me at all, these photographs will be so difficult to look at. I have been crying since last night and though I have always known about the "Seal Hunt" , I never imagined something like this at all.
I mean WTF? This is outrageous and I cannot believe there are people in this world who can do this, these people are truly sick individuals and I don't want to hear any excuses either because any person who can club an innocent baby seal to death over money doesn't deserve to even live, I don't want to breathe the same air as these murderers.

People, we have to stop all of this violence against the animals, not just the seals. It's wrong and we are just too smart to have to do this for any reason. Look at the face of this seal....

We have to help them.

Please go to Harpseals.org  or to IFAW to see what you can do to help.........Please.

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Rescue One

Until there are none ……………… rescue one!

Better to light a candle for one lost animal
than to curse the darkness of man’s indifference.
Saving just one animal won’t change the world, but
it surely will change the world for that one animal!

Model is Monkey

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Eagle or Hawk?

I thought this might be fun and educational...for ME! LOL

I took this photograph while sitting in the drive through at Starbucks. LOL

This amazing animal is sitting on one those huge light poles along Interstate 80.

Now, my first impression was that he or she was an eagle but then after looking on the internet, he looks like he could be a hawk as well.

What do you think?

All I know is that this was one huge bird with such a presence. I was totally in awe, no matter he/she is.

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