Halloween!!!!

So, this time every year Instagram, Facebook and Twitter are overwhelmed with cute animals dining their owners favourite costumes-usually to the chagrin of the pet.

I had planned on hunting for a few costumes for my girls but school and work have been overwhelming as of late. O'well, plus I don't think Pancakes would be impressed with me if I came home with a pumpkin costume for her. On the flip side, I have a feeling Meisha would love to dress up as a Superwoman.

Instead, I scoured the internet and compiled a list of the best cat halloween themed costumes that they could wear and walk around the house with.


Scuba cat, Bat Cat, Baller player cat, and cat lobster.

My personal favourite is ball player cat...he looks like he is ready to get in the game.

Though bat cat is probably the cutest thing on the internet right now.

Anyways, happy Halloween all! Be safe out there tonight!

And if you, or anyone you know is dressing up their cat this Halloween season please post a picture in the comment section below.

Jealous Kitty

Soooo, this blog will be about my jealous girly, Pancakes.

Unfortunately, one of Pancakes most frustrating characteristics is that she gets jealous. I know this because I have had the misfortune of having many pillows soiled.

If I don't spend enough time showing her attention while giving Meisha too much, she will give me dirty glares (yes cats can give dirty looks) and stare Meisha down.

I haven't the slightest idea why she gets jealous of Meisha, maybe it's because she's stealing "her man"? I'm not too sure, I give both the kitties plenty of attention, sometimes Pancakes will get more loving, sometimes Meisha will get more loving. Basically, whoever comes over to me first gets my attention.

This now brings me to the human element, having a female companion over. Normally, she is fine with it, however, the issues arise when they spend the night. If they are a common frequenter of my home she will become accustomed to her being there. BUT, if not...I could all but expect when I get home that the pillow where she put her head down for the night will be soiled.

At first, I just thought that she may have had a bladder infection so I took her to the vet. The results came back negative, so the vet asked if there were any stresses in her life. I said no, she then asked if there were anybody new in my life. I said, occasionally. She then theorized that was the reason.

It all became clear, Pancakes was jealous of my confidants and/or guests. Sounds bad, but I was unfortunately going through pillows far faster than I should have been. Thanks, to an idea by one the people whose "scent" was left behind, she suggested getting pillow covers that prevent liquid seeping in the pillow through the pillow case. It has saved me a few pillows thus far-Good investment, solid idea.

Hopefully, Pancakes will one day learn to "accept" others staying over and not to view them as a threat as she and Meisha are still my babies for life.

free warming blanket

Laying down on my couch there was a chill in the air. I grabbed my blanket and threw it over top of me.

Still a little bit chilly, but not wanting to get up to turn the thermostat up I laid there.

I then realized that I hadn't written my blog post for the week...but I had the afternoon off from school and I was up late completing a journalism assignment that was due at 8 AM sharp.

Sleep was calling me as the home opener for the Jets was only a few hours away and I knew this was going to be a long and busy night at work.

I hadn't a clue what to write about and was going to get up and starting putting words down, any words when Pancakes jumped up onto my belly and laid down.

I couldn't possibly get up and kick her off now, she looked so comfortable just sleeping there. I was in a pickle...write my blog post or lay there, fall asleep and let her sleep too...

All of a sudden, my stomach started to warm up, the Cakes was a radiator on my belly. I certainly couldn't get up now! All was lost... well not entirely, I had myself a free warming blanket!

I fell asleep for what seemed like three hours when all of a sudden the Cakes popped up and jumped down. She meowed a few times and went to her food dish. I was still groggy, but I had my blog post idea, I just needed to get it down on paper.

As I sat up and began to write my blog post, the Cakes came strolling back wanting to hop back onto my lap to sleep some more...Tough life these cats live... I caved and let her back up, because hey, I like be warm as much as the next guy!

It made me wonder if having two cats sleep on me would double the heat...? Only time would tell, hopefully it does as Winter is Coming..(shameless Game of Thrones plug)





side note: I already knew that having the Cakes sleep on me would be wonderfully warm.

side side note: having both the kitties sleep on me is great but it makes you not want to move a muscle in fear of waking them.

Labels Matter

Labels matter eh?

Well yes, they do when it comes to the brand of food you are going to feed your kitties. 

The old adage of you get what you pay for is very true when it comes to the quality of food you purchase.

A lot of the cheaper brands such as Iams and Whiskas are marketed and advertised as good healthy food for your cats. However, if you flip the bag around and look what actually makes up the kibble you'd be ( or at least I was) surprised. The first few ingredients are by-product, corn meal, wheat , soy meal... I could go on but you get the point. It's Shit!

It's full of animal by-products and gluten rich ingredients...Would you want to put that in your body? Probably not. 

I used to be one of those guys who just got the purple bag (Whiskas) because I didn't know any better. It never occurred to me that I should be looking at the labels just as I do with myself. But it only makes sense, so now I do.

I now look at the labels, make sure that meats are the first ingredients are good and healthy for my babies. Company's have started to create G-Free animal food, protein enriched food and older cat food. Don't get me wrong, these brands of food do cost more upfront, but i've noticed that I save more in the long run.

I try and feed my cats the same amount at roughly the same time of the day each day, it helps with weight management and routine. With the Whiskas and other cheap brands of food, I noticed that the bowls would be empty well before their second meal of the day. At first, I thought it was because they enjoyed it so much, but I realized that all the gluten rich ingredients didn't keep them full as long as the protein rich brands. I was then, giving the cats more of the cheap food, thus it came out to be approximately the same as buying them a better quality product.

I come home most nights and their food bowls still have some food left over from the beginning of the day, they are getting all the nutrients that they require and are fuller off less food.

Here is an example of my most recent purchases list of ingredients.

And this is the bag itself...

As you can see...The ingredients are Turkey, Duck, Pea protein, Chickpeas, tomato, peas, canola oil... All these things are great for your cat. Heck, I wish I ate that healthy.

Now the Bag art itself, its got a cat glasses on it (smart kitty) and it's the Diva recipe...sooooo obviously I had to get it for these two divas :D

So I urge you, next time you need to get more food for your babies, flip that bag around and look at what is actually in the food. Your cat health and waistline will thank-you.😸

Friends?

So this past week, I witnessed something that normally does not happen. I saw the kitties hanging and chilling together on the couch.

Now, you guys don't know these two yet, hopefully soon you will. But, this picture is somewhat of an anomaly for the two of them.
Normally, they are never sitting side by side. Normally, they are on opposite sides of the room or in different rooms.

This is why I had to take out my new fancy camera and have a photo shoot...I felt like a fancy photographer, setting the white balance, correcting the focus, finding the right angles and correct zoom. But the most impressive aspect of all this is that they stayed put and worked with me!
Animals have their own minds and will do as they please, especially cats. I felt as if everything was coming together for me and them.

The sun finally set and the cats reared their real colours, or traits...The Cakes was again laying down watching the Wild Card game with me, when out of nowhere The Meish crept towards the couch, and  an unsuspecting Cakes was pounced on by her resulting in the cakes rolling over, claws and paws stretched outwards and hissing back at her.

I normally see something like this or similar to this once every couple days. For some reason Meisha is always the aggressor and Pancakes never wants any of it.

I don't solely blame Meisha though, Pancakes needs to be a little more fun and play with Meisha a bit more. I think Meisha is just bored and wants to play, but Pancakes being mostly a single cat for the majority of her growing up years never really experienced playing with other cats unlike Meisha who had a big grey fluff ball named Karl or Kurly.

The only time the two of them play with each other is when I pull out the infamous red laser pen that the cats love to chase but never catch... Pancakes usually gets worn down quicker than Meisha because she's fuller of life...

Till next post :D