Remember Caleb, from The Seven?
He’s all grown up!
His mom says: Thought you might like to see how beautiful John has become! He is a wonderfully intelligent cat. Every morning we play a hunting game. I hide kitty treats around the room and he enjoys the hunt! It is a challenge to find new places to hide the treats. I sit and enjoy my morning coffee while the mighty hunter brings home the kibble! Thanks again to his foster family!
Merry Christmas!
Doesn’t he look like he could be related to our Jake and Elwood?
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My house was super quiet last night. I called the vet in the late afternoon to see if the Cookies were done with their surgeries and ready to come home. I waited on hold for a few minutes, then found out that they weren’t all done yet, and I’d have to wait closer to 6:00 to pick them up.
I really hate bringing them home when they’re still groggy from the surgery, because they stumble around and look so confused. I opted to leave them at the vet’s overnight, and I’ll be leaving in a few minutes to go pick them up. I expect they’ll be mostly recovered, and ready to run around like their butts are on fire!
When I dropped them off yesterday morning, I got confused and almost renamed the Cookies! We were weighing them and then putting collars on them with their names, and after she’d taken two of them off to the cage in the other room, I looked down at the two Meezer cookies left in the carrier, and I said “I have no idea who these two are. Who do we have collars left for?” She said “TimTam and Milano?” and I had to think for a LONG time before I realized that I’d told her Pink’s real name is Lorna Doone when OF COURSE Pink’s real name is Milano (Orange is Lorna Doone), so she had to go get Pink so we could rectify the situation.
Speaking of their weights, Hydrox weighed the most, at 3.5 pounds. The closest Meezer was Keebler, who weighed in at 2.7 pounds! There was another foster mom there dropping off her babies (hi Cydney!), and she couldn’t believe how heavy he was. He is going to be one huge cat!
Look at Orange looking at me, all “WHAT did you say about my mother?! I will kick your BUTT!”
Miz Poo’s all “FINE, let the BABY have the heated bed, I’ll just lay here in the PRETTY bed! And she can’t have it!”
If that look on her face doesn’t say “smug”, I don’t know what does.
“Hellooooooo, laydeez!”
I sure do love his gorgeous stripes!
Cookies, Cookies, everywhere!
I love it when one of them hooks her chin over the other one. They just look so content.
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Spanky say, relax.
Dec 15, 2009 | | Cookies, The Seven, the Wonkas
If you are in or near the Baltimore area, two absolutely gorgeous cats are looking for a home – go fall in love!
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Beulah, for those of you who don’t remember her, or weren’t reading this site back when I had she and her brothers and sister, was a tiny little thing when I got her. She was half the size of her siblings – definitely the runt of the litter.
(She’s in the exact middle. You can see how much smaller she is than the others.)
She actually weighed 8 ounces when we got her.
She looked like a little alien, and I loved her SO much. She loved to sit on my knee and judgmentally watch her brothers and sister run around like wild things.
Despite the fact that she was a fraction of their size, she never once hesitated to start up a playfight with her brothers.
I fell in love with her, of course, and I thought long and hard about keeping her, but in the end I decided not to. (It should be said that I think long and hard about keeping at least one kitten from each litter that we foster!)
She grew, she got a little less alien looking, and then it was time for her to go off to be adopted. She was adopted quickly, and as time passed I’d occasionally think about her, wonder how she was doing and what she looks like these days.
Then a few weeks ago, I was thrilled to get a forwarded email from the shelter manager from the woman who’d adopted her. And there were PICTURES!
Dear Challenger’s House,
I adopted Beulah, who is now named Pumpkin, a few months ago. When I adopted her I was told that Challenger’s House loves to hear updates about their cats.
Pumpkin is doing just fine. She is spoiled rotten and loving it. I have two other cats and two dogs in a small apartment. It took Pumpkin a few weeks to get comfortable around the dogs, but now they all get along just fine. She and my one year old cat Pixie became best buds within a few days of bringing Pumpkin home. Pumpkin has brought out the playfulness in Pixie and they are almost inseparable. Pumpkin also loves her other big sister Praline. Praline is two years old and loves to nap with her new little sister and give her baths. Pumpkin loves to follow her sisters around, and has to copy everything they do.
Pumpkin has grown into a beautiful young cat with gorgeous, big gold eyes. She is still a little small for her age, but she does not look like a little alien anymore and she is already getting a little belly on her. Pumpkin has such a sweet personality. She loves attention and is not afraid to give you a few little bites when she wants it. She still has a very loud motor which she turns on the instant anyone touches her. Every morning she takes a short nap on my chest while I watch the news, and as soon as she lays down on me I have to turn the volume up on the TV so I can hear over her purr. When I get up to get ready she continues nap time with her brothers, Peanut and Pepper (my dogs).
I am so blessed to have Pumpkin as part of my little family and so are her brothers and sisters. Thank you Challenger’s House!
Sep 19, 2009 | | The Seven
