Here is Frankie enjoying a little peace and quiet.
Photo Friday: Power Nap
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What Goes Around, Comes Around
It was a little fun to watch our new kitten, Puck, do to Chris what Chris had been doing to the other cats for three years. That didn’t last long though. Now Puck just puts up with what Chris dishes out. Frankie is another story.
Chris’s three-year reign of terror has ended. Okay, maybe that statement is a bit exaggerated but there has been a turning point in the Bad Cat Chris household.
Previously, Chris was able to dominate the other cats without fear of reprisal. He would often, out of the blue, pounce on Tigger or Abbey, pin them down and bite them on the neck. After a few minutes, he would then cozy up along side one of them like nothing had happened. Now that Abbey is gone and our new Kitten Puck is here, it is not so easy for him anymore. Puck fights back!
The two of them spend much of the evening going at it. Chris will attack Puck and Puck will counter with his own attack. I often see Chris as the submissive one during some of their many battles. It makes me think of Karma and the saying…
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Frankie Marches to the Beat of a Different Drummer
I think every cat is a little quirky in one way or another. This short video shows Frankie’s quirk.
Photo Friday: Let the Sun Shine In
Here is Puck enjoying the sunbeam in a seemingly uncomfortable location.
Chris Gets a Playmate
At the risk of being redundant, I thought I would share my original post about our adoption of Puck three years and two days ago.
A few weeks before Abbey died we visited Jeff and Felice, Rose’s sister and brother-in-law. Felice works for a vet and is active in helping stray and feral cats in the area. Her and Jeff have also adopted several “unadoptable” cats with physical problems.
The day we came for a visit she had two very young kittens that she was bottle feeding in her home for a local rescue organization. One kitten was a male that was all black. The other was a black female with calico markings over one eye. They both needed homes and would be ready for adoption in a few weeks.
Of course, with Abbey being sick, we were not ready to adopt another cat at that time. We did not want to bring any trauma into the house during the small amount of time Abbey had left.
It happened that Abbey died when the kittens…
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Puck’s Gotcha Day
Three years ago today, we adopted Puck. He was rescued and bottle-fed by my sister-in-law, Felice, and was in need of a home when Abbey passed away. Here are some pictures and videos of Puck from oldest to newest.
Puck with Felice’s cat, Toad.
Chris greets kitten as he comes out for food.
Tigger, Chris and Puck
Puck takes over Chris’s spot
Chris and Puck on top of the Cabinets.
Photo Friday: Kitten Belly
I’m sorry but I withheld a couple of the cutest pictures from my post, Miss Luis the Kitten’s Last Day Before Adoption, so I could showcase them here. This kitten is Floki, named after the eccentric character on the show Vikings. I am told he is a good eater.
Floki the kitten.
Floki napping with Miss Luis.
Abbey Gets Sick
Three years ago this week we lost our beloved Abbey. It was a difficult time but the silver lining was Puck, another cat saved by Felice, the great kitten rescuer.
The summer of 2012 brought us bad news. At first we did not know what to think when we noticed that Abbey was not as fat as she used to be. We were a little concerned but when someone is obese, losing weight is usually a good thing. In hindsight, we should have brought her to the vet right away, but our thinking was that endless tests for a problem that may not exist can be very expensive.
We kept an eye on her and the weight gradually came off but she did not act sick. Instead, she seemed to be more active, even jumping up on the counters, something usually reserved for Chris. She also had a great appetite. Nothing we would associate with an illness, except for the weight loss.
Because of her energy levels and apparent happiness, we waited too long. She passed normal weight to slightly underweight…
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Miss Luis the Kitten’s Last Day Before Adoption
Back on the 26th of June, Rose and I were involved in rescuing a newborn kitten (read here if you missed it). We brought her to my sister-in-law, Felice, who is an experienced kitten rescuer. She worked hard to keep the kitten alive and now she is doing well.
Rose said she wanted to name the kitten Luis, if it was a boy, after her maintenence supervisor who found the kitten and called Rose for help. It was a girl and she ended up with the Name Lulu (see here and here) but that didn’t stick so now she is called Miss Luis, which we pronounce “Louie.”
We were at Felice’s house on Saturday to celebrate the birthday of Rose and Felice’s mother. While I was there I was able to get a few good pictures of Miss Luis along with two male kittens that Felice took in shortly after Miss Luis arrived.
Miss Luis
Miss Luis
Makeshift kitten sanctuary.
The three kittens had fun playing together for awhile and then one fell asleep on the couch while Miss Luis hid behind the pillows. The third cat disappeared into the bathroom where he napped in a carrier that has become their bedroom.
Miss Luis eventually fell asleep with one of the boy kittens.
Later, the third kitten came out and joined Miss Luis in some play while his brother tried to nap.
Of course there are more than kittens at Felice’s house and I got plenty of attention from some of the locals.
The next day, Miss Luis went to her new home. A man adopted her so another female kitten he recently adopted could have company. I was told she cried all the way to her new home but then quickly became friends with resident kitten.
Photo Friday: Three Cats Napping
This is a rare photo of all three cats napping in one picture. It is even more rare because it is Frankie with his nose at Chris’s butt and not the other way around.
Bad Cat Chris 
