HouseOfPurrfection

Do we eat to live or do we live to eat? Whatever the answer may be for us, I’m asking the question as it pertains to one of my cats, Ariel. In her case, I believe the answer is ‘yes’ to both reasons for eating. And perhaps, now in her life, that ‘yes’ is just [...]

I just love getting close-up pictures of my cats. The color of their eyes is as multifaceted as the surface of a diamond and just as perfect.

Ariel continues doing very well receiving at-home fluid treatments. I’ve upped her treatments to three times a week. She seemed to need more fluids, so after letting my vet know that I wanted to give her more, he agreed. Also, Ariel continues to take the treatments very well, and I’m getting better at administering them [...]

We just couldn’t resist a 50%-off sale of cat trees at our local Costco. They had three sizes, and we grabbed two of the medium-sized cat trees to put in the living room. Since the clean up from the Northern California Fires, when we reluctantly had to practice deforestation, the cats have been without the [...]

These pictures say it all; Ariel is happy and comfortable. She hasn’t slept in this position for several months. When I found her that morning, sleeping on her side, a tremendous feeling of gratitude filled my heart. As I sat on the bed gazing at her, the months of stress and worry melting away, I [...]

All is going very well for Ariel as she receives fluids at home. I’ve given her fluids several times so far, and the effectiveness of it is doing wonders for her. Twice a week, Tuesday mornings and Friday evenings, we give her the fluids. Since then, she’s been eating more, sleeping longer, pacing less, and [...]

During our evacuation in July, Zoe got a taste of what it was like to be in the main clowder once again. Sharing one big room at a friend’s house for five days, all the cats had no choice but coexist. Well, she’s wanted out of the front bedroom ever since we returned home. In [...]

The last time I had Ariel at the vet clinic, roughly 3 weeks ago, she had her blood panel done and a general physical to check how her thyroid is doing and the effectiveness of the dosage of medication for hyperthyroidism. Thankfully, she’s doing very well. However, our vet did find that she was very [...]

Isn’t this cute? As I was taking pictures of the kittens sleeping the other day, I also got this picture of Smudge as she slept next to the kittens. She is totally relaxed! I’m sure you’ve caught your cats with their tongues sticking out as they slept. It’s very funny and common. For all their [...]

The only time I can take good pictures of the kittens is when they’re sleeping. Since kittens have no off switch, and I’ve had very few opportunities to take pictures of them sleeping, I’ve taken my fair share of blurry photos. They’re so blurry that the subject remains a mystery. However, the temperatures have been [...]