We are sure that for anyone reading our blog, they will be no stranger to "The Rainbow Bridge" and that it needs no explanation.
The Housekeeper has had a damm good cry this evening and hugged the Abyssinians even tighter on reading news on the BBC website about the terrible news of a cattery in Staffordshire in the UK loosing 20 animals in a fire today.
Words simply cannot descibe how the cattery owners and individual pet owners must be feeling
Pinetrees Cattery Fire
Showing posts with label Abyssinian. Show all posts
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Friday, 4 January 2013
Friday, 16 November 2012
Hammock-Ville
Anyone would thing these dark November mornings and evenings were for nothing but snoozing ..
If you had seen The Housekeeper and Jasper curled up in a throw on the settee at 18:00 yesterday, then you have had to agree!
If you had seen The Housekeeper in bed this morning with AMBER under the bedclothes having a proper cuddle, you would have definitely agreed!!!
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Happy Birthday Amber
Happy 4th Birthday Amber!
Happy Birthday to the vunerable, delicate yet cheeky bundle known as "Little Legs"
She may cause untold heartache when her skin has errupted and she is in a sorry state with her plastic collar on but there is no better sound in the house than when "Squelch" brings yet another of her moppy toys and leaves it either at The Housekeeper's feet when she is working or, when The Housekeeper wakes up to find that Amber has spent the night moving all her "moppy babies" and leaving them next to The Housekeeper where she sleeps.
The very rare Amber 6am "stand and headbut" never fails to make The Housekeeper smile
Happy Birthday to the vunerable, delicate yet cheeky bundle known as "Little Legs"
She may cause untold heartache when her skin has errupted and she is in a sorry state with her plastic collar on but there is no better sound in the house than when "Squelch" brings yet another of her moppy toys and leaves it either at The Housekeeper's feet when she is working or, when The Housekeeper wakes up to find that Amber has spent the night moving all her "moppy babies" and leaving them next to The Housekeeper where she sleeps.
The very rare Amber 6am "stand and headbut" never fails to make The Housekeeper smile
Born 14.11.2008
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Booster Boys
I've just re-read my "booster post" for the boys from last year and too be fair, I could have almost copied it, word for word!
The Housekeeper took Jasper and Dino to the vets this morning for their annual boosters....
Boys boys were fine getting into their boxes. No subterfuge, closing doors hours in advance and running round the house like a lunatic as The Housekeeper has to with the wylie fox cub that is Amber Brown!
Jasper emitted his first ear-piercing cry as the car engine started up and managed to sustain the same note until the end of the road. Quite something! Dino wasn't much happier!
Jasper was first to be weighed, checked and vaccinated and cried in The Housekeepers arms like a baby with his heart going ten to the dozen. In the words of Mr P, the vet. "He's a bit solid, isn't he"! (Told you I could have copied the post!)
Dino was second. he decided the best ploy to the impending scales doom was to sit with one paw randomly out of the scales at all times, however he was placed. This made the vet laugh a lot!
Both boys weighing in at around 5.4kg, both very healthy and as Mr P said "There isn't much wrong with either of them, is there! Beautiful coats"
The vet does however think that they are both marginally overweight so there will definitely be a limiting and weighing of the crunchies from now on to help both them and Amber, who has gained some weight from her regular steroid jabs. The only one who will miss out a little is Crystal who is such a waif. More ball games up the stairs too, for the boys, to wear them out!
Jasper obviously felt that it was a bit of an ordeal as he was shaking at lunchtime, sitting on the chair next to The Housekeeper. The Housekeeper just found two trips to the vets in one week an ordeal on her purse but they are definitely all worth every penny!!
The Housekeeper took Jasper and Dino to the vets this morning for their annual boosters....
Boys boys were fine getting into their boxes. No subterfuge, closing doors hours in advance and running round the house like a lunatic as The Housekeeper has to with the wylie fox cub that is Amber Brown!
Jasper emitted his first ear-piercing cry as the car engine started up and managed to sustain the same note until the end of the road. Quite something! Dino wasn't much happier!
Jasper was first to be weighed, checked and vaccinated and cried in The Housekeepers arms like a baby with his heart going ten to the dozen. In the words of Mr P, the vet. "He's a bit solid, isn't he"! (Told you I could have copied the post!)
Dino was second. he decided the best ploy to the impending scales doom was to sit with one paw randomly out of the scales at all times, however he was placed. This made the vet laugh a lot!
Both boys weighing in at around 5.4kg, both very healthy and as Mr P said "There isn't much wrong with either of them, is there! Beautiful coats"
The vet does however think that they are both marginally overweight so there will definitely be a limiting and weighing of the crunchies from now on to help both them and Amber, who has gained some weight from her regular steroid jabs. The only one who will miss out a little is Crystal who is such a waif. More ball games up the stairs too, for the boys, to wear them out!
Jasper obviously felt that it was a bit of an ordeal as he was shaking at lunchtime, sitting on the chair next to The Housekeeper. The Housekeeper just found two trips to the vets in one week an ordeal on her purse but they are definitely all worth every penny!!
Monday, 5 November 2012
VET Week
It's that time again. Two trips this coming week.....
Amber went to the vet this afternoon for her steroid jab. She managed to last 9 weeks this time before her little tummy errupted into a red horrid mess. I say little... For a cat who is known as "Little Legs" she is apparently "chunky" and should maybe be on a diet or getting more exercise.
CHUNKY??? Heaven help The Housekeeper when they clap eyes on Dino on Wednesday then, as he and Jasper go for their boosters and health checks.
Dino is currently still in the cat house for breaking The Housekeeper's favourite tea mug on Saturday.
The Housekeeper is currently in mourning, not only for her tea mug but also her bank balance after a hefty service and MOT on the car and vet bills for three cats within three days.
It may be Beans OR Toast by Friday
Amber went to the vet this afternoon for her steroid jab. She managed to last 9 weeks this time before her little tummy errupted into a red horrid mess. I say little... For a cat who is known as "Little Legs" she is apparently "chunky" and should maybe be on a diet or getting more exercise.
CHUNKY??? Heaven help The Housekeeper when they clap eyes on Dino on Wednesday then, as he and Jasper go for their boosters and health checks.
Dino is currently still in the cat house for breaking The Housekeeper's favourite tea mug on Saturday.
The Housekeeper is currently in mourning, not only for her tea mug but also her bank balance after a hefty service and MOT on the car and vet bills for three cats within three days.
It may be Beans OR Toast by Friday
Saturday, 27 October 2012
Amber Brown Galaxy Phone
If an Abyssinian cat could ask for their own personalised mobile phone then this would have to be it!
There have been adverts on the television all week for an Amber Brown Galaxy S3 phone.
Amber would like to point out that she is the one and only limited edition Amber Brown around here!
There have been adverts on the television all week for an Amber Brown Galaxy S3 phone.
Amber would like to point out that she is the one and only limited edition Amber Brown around here!
Friday, 26 October 2012
Winter Warmth
The days are drawing in and the Abyssinians are all finding it as hard as The Housekeeper to wake up and get out of bed each morning as it is so grey outside. Indeed, on a number of occasions recently, The Housekeeper has come in from the workshop, mid morning to find all four cats back in bed after breakfast.
The summer sun basking has been replaced with curled up balls of fur in all the radiator hammocks and, if allowed, in the bottom of the linen basket during the day, with everyone barr Amber cuddling up under the duvet at night. This leads to happy, contented, purring Abyssinians but does not always lead to a good night's sleep for the humans. The housekeeper often wonders why she bothered buying any cat beds.
The onset of winter has also seen a new toy in the Aby House. The Housekeeper has started knitting again and the Abyssinians cannot resist the moving wool. This does not prove a very relaxing break from work for The Housekeeper but it has meant that a usually aloof Dino has been very happy to sit on The Housekeeper's lap and has earned the new nickname of "craft cat"
The summer sun basking has been replaced with curled up balls of fur in all the radiator hammocks and, if allowed, in the bottom of the linen basket during the day, with everyone barr Amber cuddling up under the duvet at night. This leads to happy, contented, purring Abyssinians but does not always lead to a good night's sleep for the humans. The housekeeper often wonders why she bothered buying any cat beds.
The onset of winter has also seen a new toy in the Aby House. The Housekeeper has started knitting again and the Abyssinians cannot resist the moving wool. This does not prove a very relaxing break from work for The Housekeeper but it has meant that a usually aloof Dino has been very happy to sit on The Housekeeper's lap and has earned the new nickname of "craft cat"
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Crystalpaws Cosmicstar - Tara
Today we have the saddest news...
We have heard that Tara, the beautiful fawn Abyssinian girl who gave birth to our gorgeous princess, Crystal is desperately ill and going on her journey to the bridge today.
Test results have confirmed that she has a tumour in her brain as well as first stage kidney failure. For a few months now her personality has been changing. She started causing fights, and going to the toilet wherever she chose. Both of which have been getting worse, but now she starts a fight, then stops defending herself, she is incontinent, frightened all the time, and has started attacking the lovely lady who gave her a forever home at the time she ceased to be a breeding queen
The Housekeeper can well understand the torment that Tara's owner has gone through since she became unwell, having lived with a brain-damaged Abyssinian for 9 years.
The Housekeeper was able to cuddle Tara back in 2008 when she went to collect Crystal from the breeders at 13 weeks old and thanked her at the time for her beautiful baby with such a relaxed temperament.
Tara will not be forgotten, for as long as The Housekeeper has Crystal as they look SO alike
Saturday, 18 August 2012
Sorrel Saturday AND Sunday
Amber is feeling a bit left out in the posting stakes this week so we have decided to have an all Sorrel weekend to address the balance!
As many of you reading this will know, Amber has an undiagnosed skin complaint which flares up regularly and this usually requires a trip to the vets every six weeks for a steroid injection because she gets very red and sore and pulls her fur out. We've tried skin scrapes, antibiotics, changes of diet, allergy testing and had no firm conclusions. We also wondered if it was stress induced (and you can see why living with Jasper and Dino in the house) however the decorators have been in for the last week painting the hall, landing and stairs and so far, no flare up ..... BUT ...
Today is 8 weeks and 4 days since the last injection and whilst we don't wish to blog about this too soon, or get too excited, we silently have every single paw crossed that MAYBE we MIGHT have found out what the culprit is. Whilst she still has very little fur on her tummy, it's better than it was and showing signs of regrowth.
We are wondering if it MIGHT be the meat sachets in the food she has been eating (but definitely hasn't had within the last 8 weeks). We were alternating the fish and meat sachets weekly and assumed it was the fish to blame as all the cats were already on the poultry selection, and had been for some time when we introduced the fish ones - but maybe not!
We will keep you updated but for now every human finger and Abyssinian paw is crossed for a positive outcome.
As many of you reading this will know, Amber has an undiagnosed skin complaint which flares up regularly and this usually requires a trip to the vets every six weeks for a steroid injection because she gets very red and sore and pulls her fur out. We've tried skin scrapes, antibiotics, changes of diet, allergy testing and had no firm conclusions. We also wondered if it was stress induced (and you can see why living with Jasper and Dino in the house) however the decorators have been in for the last week painting the hall, landing and stairs and so far, no flare up ..... BUT ...
Today is 8 weeks and 4 days since the last injection and whilst we don't wish to blog about this too soon, or get too excited, we silently have every single paw crossed that MAYBE we MIGHT have found out what the culprit is. Whilst she still has very little fur on her tummy, it's better than it was and showing signs of regrowth.
We are wondering if it MIGHT be the meat sachets in the food she has been eating (but definitely hasn't had within the last 8 weeks). We were alternating the fish and meat sachets weekly and assumed it was the fish to blame as all the cats were already on the poultry selection, and had been for some time when we introduced the fish ones - but maybe not!
We will keep you updated but for now every human finger and Abyssinian paw is crossed for a positive outcome.
Friday, 17 August 2012
Happy Birthday Jasper and Dino
Happy 2nd Birthday to the terrible twosome - the brawling brothers
Jazzie J and Popsy - aka Jasper and Dino
ARE TWO!
ARE TWO!
Life will never EVER be dull with these two in The Housekeeper's life
Born 17.08.2010
Happy Birthday also to Sister Daisy in France and Brother Leon in Wales!
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Happy Birthday Crystal
Happy 4th Birthday
To the small fawn waif of the house
To the small fawn waif of the house
Princess, top cat and mother hen
Owner of the "smacky paw of doom" to keep the boys in line!
Owner of the "smacky paw of doom" to keep the boys in line!
Crystal Couture is FOUR!
Happy Birthday also to sorrel sisters Ruby and Scarlet, wherever you are!
Thursday, 9 August 2012
Containment
You'd think by the wails and sullen faces that something awful had happened. The Four are all contained within the dining room and conservatory during the day at the moment as the hall, landing and stairs are currently being decorated.
Jasper spent Tuesday "helping" Jack the painter run down and wash down the paintwork, and everyone else took turns supervising the work in progress. For once, NONE had a catnap during the day and by 5pm when Jack left, everyone was absolutely exhausted. So much so that by 6pm, when it was time for tea, no one wanted dinner! Unheard of!
At the point that the undercoating began, the four were herded into the conservatory, with the nice cool dark dining room to protect them from the heat of the day.
Desperate to be let out as soon as the paint was dry and no Abyssinian fur could stick to anything white, they were let out of their confines...... only for them all to decide that it was a) cooler and b) less smelly in the conservatory and that's where they willingly spent the evening!
Jasper spent Tuesday "helping" Jack the painter run down and wash down the paintwork, and everyone else took turns supervising the work in progress. For once, NONE had a catnap during the day and by 5pm when Jack left, everyone was absolutely exhausted. So much so that by 6pm, when it was time for tea, no one wanted dinner! Unheard of!
At the point that the undercoating began, the four were herded into the conservatory, with the nice cool dark dining room to protect them from the heat of the day.
Desperate to be let out as soon as the paint was dry and no Abyssinian fur could stick to anything white, they were let out of their confines...... only for them all to decide that it was a) cooler and b) less smelly in the conservatory and that's where they willingly spent the evening!
Thursday, 2 August 2012
Cameo Cats - Word Up!
Wave your hands in the air like you don't care
Glide by the people as they start to look and stare
Do your dance, do your dance, do your dance quick mamma
Come on baby, tell me what's the word WORD UP!
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Olympic Cat Yoga by Dino
Dino is a little stiff after an afternoon nap, so time for some cat yoga
Stretch to the left! Oops the tail is in the way
That's better now twist ...
and stretch ..... Yoga is SO relaxing I might just have 40 winks ...
And now some floor exercises ... Lean back and elevate ...
and stretch and hold for a count of .....
Come on Crystal, if you're going to join in at least do it properly!
The gold medal goes to .... Me! Even tough the bronze one would match my fur better!
Sunday, 22 July 2012
Putting my foot in it
The day started peacefully enough with a cup of tea for The Housekeeper in bed whilst reading on the iPad and deciding on a plan of action for the day.
Meanwhile Dino and Jasper's Sunday morning started with a brotherly brawl and a bout of tearing round the house at break neck speed.
The Housekeeper's plan of action did NOT involve clearing up .....after the inevitable happened.
Dino chased Jasper off the bedroom window sill onto the bedside chest of drawers that The Housekeeper's mug of tea was sat on, two thirds drunk. Dino's front paw went straight in the lukewarm tea and the remainder went all over The Housekeeper, chest of drawers, carpet, and teddy bear on foot stall at side of bed.
End of lie in!
Meanwhile Dino and Jasper's Sunday morning started with a brotherly brawl and a bout of tearing round the house at break neck speed.
The Housekeeper's plan of action did NOT involve clearing up .....after the inevitable happened.
Dino chased Jasper off the bedroom window sill onto the bedside chest of drawers that The Housekeeper's mug of tea was sat on, two thirds drunk. Dino's front paw went straight in the lukewarm tea and the remainder went all over The Housekeeper, chest of drawers, carpet, and teddy bear on foot stall at side of bed.
End of lie in!
Saturday, 14 July 2012
Amber Warning
There's Amber warnings from the BBC Weather team yet again this morning.... Something to do with yet MORE rain and possible flooding in the UK.
It's very considerate of the BBC to tell me in advance that it will be noisy on the conservatory roof and to advise me to sleep in bed.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Off Colour
Jazzy J has not been a well cat. It's unusual for The Housekeeper to have anyone in the house requiring any form of nursing care, but the Jasper cat has definitely not been himself.
He was violently sick several times on Sunday evening and was bringing up liquid repeatedly rather than just dinner. He was also licking his lips excessively. There was nothing obvious to show what he might have eaten or drunk that had caused the problem, assuming it was food related, but by the time The Housekeeper went to bed on Sunday evening, he was looking very sorry for himself and exceptionally quiet. Jasper doesn't DO still or quiet.
With Mr Housekeeper having a 5am start on Monday morning, the whole house was awake but instead of getting under the duvet for a cuddle, Jazz was at the bottom of the bed, still looking very sorry for himself.
The Housekeeper settled herself on the settee with a large cuppa and a throw and within a couple of minutes a a very miserable looking Jasper came to join her and they snoozed for a couple of hours together. When it was time for The Housekeeper to start work, she left Jasper to the throw and that's where he stayed until approx 3pm that day.
Luckily by the evening, he was obviously feeling much more himself as he started to annoy Crystal and Dino again and today he is definitely back to being his cheeky self. Phew !
Sunday, 6 May 2012
It's Just SO Not Fair!
Since 10am I have been told to ......
Get off the kitchen work surface (several times TH)
Get off the draining board
Stop chasing Crystal
Stop eating the girl's food
Stop asking for more crunchies as I cannot possibly be hungry
Get off the kitchen work surface AGAIN
Stop shouting at the wall on the landing "because there's nothing there"
Stop chasing Jasper
Stop chewing the spines of paperback books on the landing bookshelf
Apparently my name has been said too many times today and that isn't good.
I've even had the cat-gut factory threat....
Things must be bad
I'm off to the conservatory to tell the pidgeons outside just how unfair life is. Maybe they will listen to my wailing
Friday, 27 April 2012
Confused.cat
The Housekeeper has been busy in the kitchen today ...
It's her Father's 88th Birthday and her Aunt's 80th Birthday within the space of a week, so there is a family "do" tomorrow at The Housekeeper's parents house. On the teatime menu is The Housekeeper's homemade smoked mackerel pate and also a very large four layer carrot cake for pudding which will double as a Birthday cake.
The Housekeeper had a committee meeting on Tuesday evening so was able to test the carrot cake recipe out in advance and all agreed it was good enough to make again.
With the pungent smell that only smoked mackerel can make to the house, clothes and hands, The Housekeeper expected that she would have four furry friends supervising the making of the pate this morning, but it wasn't to be. However just as she was finishing the de-boning process everyone arrived in the kitchen so The Housekeeper thought that she had better be kind and offer fishy titbits.
It turns out that three out of four cats DON'T like mackerel.
In the dim distant, a small black cat called Mouse who lived next door and Parsnip, the first Abyssinian that The Housekeeper owned would have removed human skin for a bit of "Mach Pat". But not these guys, that is except for the Amber cat (still wearing her collar) who devoured every bit she was given and came back for more!) This is the cat who won't eat cat treats of any sort and never begs for human food.
This evening it was time to cover the carrot cake in cream cheese frosting and guess what, the boys both sat at The Housekeeper's feet and cried to be fed??????
It appears that two out of four Abyssinians prefer cheesy cake frosting to fish.
Just to be different!
It's her Father's 88th Birthday and her Aunt's 80th Birthday within the space of a week, so there is a family "do" tomorrow at The Housekeeper's parents house. On the teatime menu is The Housekeeper's homemade smoked mackerel pate and also a very large four layer carrot cake for pudding which will double as a Birthday cake.
The Housekeeper had a committee meeting on Tuesday evening so was able to test the carrot cake recipe out in advance and all agreed it was good enough to make again.
With the pungent smell that only smoked mackerel can make to the house, clothes and hands, The Housekeeper expected that she would have four furry friends supervising the making of the pate this morning, but it wasn't to be. However just as she was finishing the de-boning process everyone arrived in the kitchen so The Housekeeper thought that she had better be kind and offer fishy titbits.
It turns out that three out of four cats DON'T like mackerel.
In the dim distant, a small black cat called Mouse who lived next door and Parsnip, the first Abyssinian that The Housekeeper owned would have removed human skin for a bit of "Mach Pat". But not these guys, that is except for the Amber cat (still wearing her collar) who devoured every bit she was given and came back for more!) This is the cat who won't eat cat treats of any sort and never begs for human food.
This evening it was time to cover the carrot cake in cream cheese frosting and guess what, the boys both sat at The Housekeeper's feet and cried to be fed??????
It appears that two out of four Abyssinians prefer cheesy cake frosting to fish.
Just to be different!
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Seeing Red
On Friday afternoon, The Housekeeper noticed a patch again on Amber's tummy, about the size of a 5p piece. The dreaded red blotch that means another trip to the vets is imminent. The Housekeeper rang up on Monday morning and get an appointment for today, but of course by then, the small red blotch was an explosion of redness which has been duly licked. Gone is all the nice new downy fur which had been coming through nicely over the last month.
So it's square 1. AGAIN. The Housekeeper feels so sorry for the poor little scrap, more so because she hates the collar so much and hates tressing amber out over catching her to get tablets down her but it has to be done.
Another week of Antirobe antibiotics to wade our way through and another steroid injection to come, this time next week.
Dino is currently chirping so there is obviously a great deal of cat conversation to be had this morning.
It's also been suggested that we get some cotton sheeting and cover the settee which is a man made fabric and get rid of the fleece throws off the chairs to see if this makes may difference to her at all.
So it's square 1. AGAIN. The Housekeeper feels so sorry for the poor little scrap, more so because she hates the collar so much and hates tressing amber out over catching her to get tablets down her but it has to be done.
Another week of Antirobe antibiotics to wade our way through and another steroid injection to come, this time next week.
Dino is currently chirping so there is obviously a great deal of cat conversation to be had this morning.
It's also been suggested that we get some cotton sheeting and cover the settee which is a man made fabric and get rid of the fleece throws off the chairs to see if this makes may difference to her at all.
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