cats archive
January 20, 2008
*embarrassing*
Linking from some of the other houseblogs gives us the idea that our wee house blog got a mention in Victorian Homes Magazine. I guess Leaky Roof and Still Smells like Cat Pee Magazine figures we’d be too easy or something. Anyway, we haven’t done anything in months and don’t seem to be gearing up for much until at least spring. Check back in July, we really ought to be kicking ass again by then…
August 16, 2007
the cat is broken
Two of the feral cats that came with the house, Key-Key and Teeny, are still around, having doubled the 2-year average life-span for ferals. We’ve picked up a new boy cat along the way; today was his day to go the vet and get fixed.
May 7, 2007
R.I.P. Tommy the cat
Our new outside cat Tommy has, of unknown causes, gone to the big cat nip in the sky.
March 25, 2007
tommy the cat
Now that Key-Key is back outside, we’ve attracted a new scruffy boy cat that one of us has decided looks like a “Tommy”.
March 11, 2007
key-key goes back outside
The “bring the outside cat inside experiment” has failed miserably, unless having everything that one owns peed on by a cat is considered a success. Key-key is an outside cat again.
November 22, 2006
cat liberation day
Today is the day that: 1) the new inside cat gets set free from her quarantine, and 2) she and the other 4 will be given access to the newly livable downstairs. If you hear a ruckus, it’s just us…
November 13, 2006
key-key comes inside
We’ve decide to pull inside one of the feral cats that we’ve been taking care of since soon after we moved in.
September 4, 2006
replacing a tall and skinny window
Last Thursday afternoon, someone broke into our house. In the process, they mangled a window pretty good.
July 11, 2006
plus/minus one cat
Soon after we got the house, a litter of kittens was born in the crawlspace. Being fixed and fed, a few have stuck around and even attracted other wayward cats. We seem to have a new one this summer…
April 30, 2006
the outside cats are kicking mouse ass all over the place
We’ve been gifted a crow, a whole mouse, and a mouse head & shoulders over the past few days. (Mouse shoulders!?!)
May 16, 2005
mitsu returns!
Last summer, a three-legged cat became part of our outside herd. Sometime in the early winter he stopped coming around and we assumed the worst. This afternoon, though, Mitsu was seen chillin’ in the new grass.
May 6, 2005
a new member of the team
Somehow we got to thinking that the 4 cats inside and the colony around the house weren’t enough small animals to take care of.
November 16, 2004
cats good; pigeons bad
A goal of ours since the beginning has been to get the &%$! pigeons out and off of our house. Since the last update, the guys working on rebuilding the back porch have made great progress, including starting the structure for the porch roof and blocking off the remaining pigeon access point.
July 13, 2004
proof
It is important that a three-legged cat is not allowed to become obese because he has fewer limbs on which to distribute his weight.*.
February 20, 2004
fixing things…
We’ve been pulling down old plaster and trapping the feral kittens living under the house.
