The other day, as Frankie and I were walking, we encountered a group of vultures attempting to remove roadkill from our streets. Frankie was very interested in them and pursued them more like a reporter trying to get an interview than a cat trying to catch dinner.
Last month, my wife found an ad for a water fountain that she wanted to buy. She read to me all the great benefits of the miracle device. When she finished, I thought two things:
I said the second one out loud, which didn’t go over well. She was determined to buy it so I told her I would look for it on Amazon. I very much would prefer to support a small business over Amazon, but, on the other hand, I worry about giving unknown businesses my debit card number.
The fountain in question is called FEELNEEDY Stainless Steel Automatic Pet Water Dispenser. The all caps are theirs. The link above is an affiliate link because, why not, but I don’t recommend it unless you know your cat is into water fountains.
It uses a battery and only runs when your cat is nearby, unless it is plugged into power and you choose the continuous run option. Frankie drank from it shortly after I put it down, The paper towel is because I spilled it when I set it down.
Since I replaced their water bowl with this fountain on March 20, more than two weeks ago, I’ve seen Frankie drink out of it four times, including once this morning. I’m not sure I should count this morning because the battery was dead and no water was flowing. During that time, I have seen Frankie drink from the water bowl in our bedroom almost every day.
Floki, on the other hand, has never drunk from the fountain, at least not that I have seen. That might not be the fault of the fountain since I haven’t seen him drink from the bedroom bowl, either.
For now, I will keep the fountain and see how it goes. What do you think? Do your pets have a fountain?
On our walk the other day, Frankie paid close attention to this tree.
I don’t know what sparked his interest. Perhaps the tree was sick and needed the healing power of a cat’s purr.
This post was from November of 2016, and nothing has changed with Frankie except we go for a walk everyday now. I still have to pick him up and turn him around when we get too far from home.
I caught Frankie and Floki napping on the catio yesterday afternoon. Frankie was enjoying the sunbeam while Floki was only getting partial sun under the table.
Here is a post from November 2016. As many of you know, cats love new things and they love them until they are no longer new.
Several days ago, my wife said she saw something in our bird feeder that she thought might be a rat, but she wasn’t sure. Yesterday she saw it again and called me over to look at it. it was definitely a rat enjoying our bird food. I didn’t have my phone, so I didn’t get a photo of it at the time.
It ran away and returned sometime later. This time our neighbor’s cat Frankie saw it and forced it off the feeder and into the bush below. We cheered Frankie on, but rather than go after it, she just stood there waiting for it to come out.
After a minute or two I decided to go out and try to scare the rat into the waiting jaws of Frankie. Instead, I scared Frankie in one direction and the rat in the other.
Needless to say, Rose was not happy about the situation. She wanted me to get rid of the bird feeder. I understood. I didn’t want to encourage rats to come to our house, but I do feel bad that the cats will no longer enjoy seeing the birds and squirrels. In addition, Rose and I will miss seeing the family of cardinals that came by several times a day. Now I have to figure out what to do with the big bag of bird seed I just bought.
Our boys like to spend their afternoon siestas by the windows when the Catio is too hot or too cold.
Here is Frankie lying on our printer back in November, 2016.
May your home be warm, your food be tasty, and your lap forever inviting. May your cat bring you joy, mischief, and just enough sass to keep life interesting.
Bad Cat Chris 