HouseOfPurrfection

With the endless rain and conveyor belt of storms we’ve been getting, I haven’t been able to get really good pictures of the cats. The lighting is awfully dim in the house, and the cats don’t want to go outside in the enclosure, except for Bruce of course. Since they mostly nap when the weather’s [...]

Mars is the biggest male cat in the HOP, so getting comfortable in any of the cat trees has been difficult for him. Of course, being a cat, he can roll his body into a surprisingly small space, but he loves to stretch out when he sleeps. The latest carpeted cat tree we’ve brought in [...]

Tiny Pea is doing very well. Our vet called and gave me the stellar results of the blood panel; her kidney and liver functions are perfect. The test results showed no abnormalities, so there’s only the urinary tract infection to worry about now. Tuesday the vet clinic should have the results of the cultures taken [...]

For the past week and a half one of the cats has been marking outside of the litter boxes. This could be a sign of ill health, so I was on high alert to find out which cat was eliminating outside of them. The cat had urinated in a couple of places: various rugs and [...]

The cats are certainly thankful for the cat beds they received this past Christmas since they haven’t had any desire to spend time out in the enclosure, except for Bruce. It’s been the perfect way of riding out the torrential, battering storms crashing through California at the moment. They’ve made nap time more comfortable and [...]

California is currently under a torrential deluge, and where I live in Northern California, that’s putting it mildly. But, despite the unfriendly outdoor conditions, Bruce still insists on being outside in the enclosure. He doesn’t necessarily do anything while he’s out there. He simply loves to sit and be by himself. And, besides the bathroom, [...]

I leave my camera in the living room so that it’s close for me to grab at a moment’s notice because I don’t have much time to capture what the cats are doing. Usually, by the time I get there whatever the cats were doing ended and they’re are on to something else. Yes, it’s [...]

Pooka has serious issues with females. Over the past several years he’s aggressively targeted Zoe, Smudge, and Tiny Pea, resulting in Smudge having to stay in the front bedroom. Zoe also stayed in the front bedroom for a couple of years, but she’s been reintroduced into the main clowder. Unfortunately, Pooka and Zoe still get [...]

Cats love routine. Once they settle into a groove, they continue on that path happily. They sleep in the same spots, expect to eat at the same time every day, and rant when Regardless of how inconvenient it is to their human servants, they expect absolute obedience when it comes to accommodating their daily activities. [...]

As soon as my cell phone alarm goes off, it begins. I can’t sleep through it and either can Mom; we can’t sleep through the racket that Jewel’s making, that is. At 5 a.m. Jewel begins rubbing and pushing on the gate at the doorway of the back bedroom with her head, making it bang [...]