Roxie and Jean Claude, while primarily housecats, enjoy the outdoors. Well, Roxie not so much , although she likes sitting on the back porch steps or peering out the open windows to check out what’s going on. She will on ocassion come to supervise my work in the garden or to let “Rocky” the urban squirrel know that he is not to climb the huge pine tree in my backyard.
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The Queen Must Be Amused
CCL calls Roxie a drama queen. She is a true Japanese bobtail and very prissy. Clearly she has a short attention span. Jean Claude, the male Bombay cat, can stay in the yard and watch the birds and dialouge with them for hours – ok for at least several minutes but if no food or fun is involved Roxie’s not having it. She’d rather watch Tivo with grandma. Yes, Lionel, that cat is watching television. Of course playing with her laser toy remains her favorite form of amusement.
Boys and Their Toys
I just found out my nephew Evan, just over one year old, is starting to walk. Evan likes to dance, so does Roxie, she loves music of all kinds. Evan like his “cousin” Jean Claude also likes to make noise. Give Evan a spoon and a pan and sit him in the middle of the floor and bang – bang/pop pop. Recently I’ve had a few deliveries…this has meant empty boxes much to Jean Claude’s delight and while he can’t quite manage a spoon he does love the sound of the box as he pounds against it with his paws.
And It’s Good for Me Because??
Roxie was sick for a time and had several prescriptions. I or CCL would give her the medication in her food or treats but the joke was on us as she always discovered the hidden pills and ate them anyway. Now she’s better and while the vet wants her to stay on medication for a bit longer, Roxie’s not having it. Drama queen that she is she no longer willingly take the pills without force and much drama and hollering. Here for pet lovers and pill givers everywhere are instructions on “How to Give A Pill to A Cat.”
| How to Give a Pill to a Cat
1. Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if 2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in 3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away. 4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear 5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. 6. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and 7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. 8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head 9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink 1 beer 10. Retrieve cat from roof of neighbor’s shed. Get another pill. 11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on 12. Call fire department to retrieve the cat from tree across the 13. Tie the cat’s front paws to rear paws with twine and bind tightly 14. Consume remainder of Scotch. Get spouse to drive you to 15. Arrange for Humane Society to collect mutant cat and call local How to Give A Dog A Pill: |
