Saturday, December 10, 2022, 8:29 pm — Perkins … with faithful guardian, Ms Koala …
Monday, December 12, 2022, 2:05 pm … two days later …
10 years ago! … Ms Koala … ever vigilant … Teeny Tuxedo and Perky, new printer box … Eye of the Printer Cat, Oct. 26, 2013 …
Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 7:13 pm — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … yup, it’s happened again … time for another taste test … Wellness has totally gone over to grain free … bought the last bag of the old Complete Health Indoor Healthy Weight a month ago … within a few weeks, Perky wasn’t eating it with as much gusto, and was losing weight … oh, no! … stopped at Petco on the way home tonight …
Left to right, all grain free … 1. Complete Health Indoor, Chicken … 2. Core, Chicken … 3. Complete Health Indoor Healthy Weight, Chicken … 4. the last of the non-grain-free Healthy Weight … Neither liked Core … thank goodness Perky gobbled the Indoor Healthy Weight, the winner …
Friday, January 31, 2020, 12:43 am … 3 days later … still the winner … Indoor Healthy Weight … (the other 2 were returned to Petco) …
Friday, September 6, 2019, 11:51 am — Perkins … Here I am on the rug … I wonder what I should do while I’m here? … I’ll take a look around …
… Hey, you with the camera … do you have any ideas? …
… nothing over there …
… let me think some more …
… nothing interesting up that way …
… Meow! … I’ve got it! …
… head to the scratching post! …
Friday, August 9, 2019, 1:36 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … why are you ignoring the Stimulo activity center? … UH-OH! … it’s empty … time to put in more of your Wellness cat food kibbles …
… ONE year ago … Teeny in action … expert kibble-flipper … 5th Anniversary Cat, July13, 2018 … Stimulo and the Teenster have been pals for six years now! …
… TWO years ago … a rare sighting … Perkins and Stimulo … she’s a left-paw girl, too! … Believe It or Not! Cat, Jan. 13, 2017 …
Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 5:30 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … undisturbed in the Camo Cat Tunnel …
… with her color-coordinated Stimulo activity center nearby … Stimulo is five years old! …
Wednesday, August 22, 2018, 3:20 pm — Perkins … top of the scratching post …
… she can sleep through any tv show … Project Runway … on Hulu … for just a few minutes before changing to …
… Father Knows Best (which IS the BEST!) … on Hulu, no commercials! … scene at Betty’s college (no Betty) … bit players … season 4, ep. 2, The Awkward Hero, Oct. 7, 1957 …
Wednesday, July 18, 2018, 9:09 pm — Perkins … becoming an expert at flipping kat kibble out of the Stimulo activity center … a rare sight! …
Monday, July 16, 2018, 3:00 pm — Teeny and the oscilating fan … practice their choreography for a local production of A Chorus Line … a singular sensation! …
3:25 pm … Dancing really takes it outta you! … Teeny’s ready for a snack at the Stimulo Bar …
Update … Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 1:15 pm … Teeny … still rehearsing … none too happy that the fan has lost interest in their upcoming performance …
Wednesday, July 11, 2018, 1:50 am — Teeny Tuxedo and Stimulo … the “interactive cat feeding station and activity center”! … it’s been on sabbatical for a few months … Teeny still likes to flip out pellets of cat food … she’s a natural left-paw gal …
Saturday, October 28, 2017, 11:05 am — Perky’s not pleased … and not eating what she’s loved for years … Wellness Complete Health dry cat food in all it’s varieties … But not now! … The recipe and shape have changed … Perk says, “NO!” … She’s pickier than Teeny Tuxedo, who doesn’t mind …
The new-ish blue carrier … set up a few days before a visit to the Feline Medical Clinic … Bags of Wellness … some are the old recipe (good), some the new (bad) … have returned bags of new to Petco, puchased both online and in-store …
Luckily, there’s a small bag or two of original left … which Perk’s eating … gotta find something that’s natural, no preservatives, etc. … that she’ll eat! …
Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 6:50 pm — Teeny’s FAVORITE toy!! … pieces of cardboard on the end of a wiggly wire … Brand new … arrived today from AmazonPrime … The original, finally worn out, was Wendy’s over 20 years ago …
Perkins is interested … but Teeny Tuxedo REALLY loves it! …
6:53 pm … Three minutes later … captured! … for a bit …
The name of this wondrous toy? … Cat Dancer … made in the USA! …
Saturday, July 1, 2017, 11:11 pm — Perkins … on stage for a late-night performance at Chez Box KitKat … but where’s the audience? … she scans the empty room … from one side …
… to the other … Hang on, Perky! … your audience of one will soon be here! …
Saturday, March 25, 2017, 9:48 am –– Morning playtime doubles for Perk and Teeny Tuxedo … rainbow toys AND paper! …
9:51 am … Teeny takes a snack break …
9:54 am … Perky keeps her eye on the rainbow toy from behind the lamp …
Friday, January 13, 2017, 6:37 pm — What’s this?! … Perkins using the Stimulo activity center! … to grab a paw-full of …
Wellness dry cat food …
Whoa! … she goes back for a second helping! … as rare as a solar eclipse … On the other hand / paw, this is Teeny Tuxedo’s favorite daily munch location … Specifically bought it in 2013 to slow down Teeny’s eating … Perky’s a slower, picky eater …
Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 10:23 pm — Teeny has made her decision … not the catnip sock … not the Stimulo activity center … her choice … the Whole Foods paper bag! …
Wednesday, June 15, 2016, 7:43 am — Perkins and Teeny have specific preferences … Perk is comfy inside the purple box … Teeny rarely, if ever, ventures inside …
Teeny enjoys flipping food pellets from the Stimulo activity center … Perk, no thanks …
Sunday, May 8, 2016, 9:28 pm — Teen on the scratching post pedestal … What’s happening down on the floor? …
Perkins! … and the catnip sock … her toy of choice …
Until she gets an itch in her nosey-nose-nose …
Saturday, March 19, 2016, 5:59 pm — Perkins had been going back and forth to the litter box, with nothing much happening … when she sat frozen in this pose for several minutes, it was time to call the vet … our Feline Medical Clinic was closed … 24-hour Columbia River Veterinary Specialists had to do … walk-in, no appointments … luckily, fairly close … south on I-205, west on Padden Parkway …
8:40-11:00pm … CRVS … large, pleasant front desk, waiting area, modern design, fireplace … Perk went back for exam, blood, etc. tests … Met with veterinarian in back side room to view x-ray … no obstructions, whew … UTI, urinary tract infection … sent out blood, urine samples to lab … urine culture results will take several days … gave her subcutaneous fluids … took home antibiotic (liquid, one week), pain med (syringe, every 8 hours, for a few days) … Perk timed this perfectly … I’m on spring break for next two weeks …
11:52 pm … Perkles playing with the empty pain med syringe … First dose (plus antibiotic) when we got home … Wrapped her in big blue towel on bed … Good about syringe, dropper in her mouth … She was REALLY lively for quite a while, zooming around …
Monday, March 21 … Feline Medical Clinic, 3:40 pm … No lab results, but Perk was fine otherwise … still only little piddles in her litter box
Monday, December 21, 2015, 10:29 pm — Looks who’s got a brand new rainbow toy … Perkins! … She’s been sharing Moka’s before today …
She gives a solid tails-up 10 for … “Toys your cat would buy” …
Getting ready to chase it up over the edge of the bed …
How’m I going to get my tail in this little box? …
Tail’s ok … now it’s time to play …
When the catnip sock beckons, let nothing stand in its way … not even a new rainbow toy! …
Thursday, November 12, 2015, 12:26 am — Perkins is so focused on some action at the bedroom door that she doesn’t even notice the flying yellow feather …
She jumps up on the tv stand … still watching the door … careful not to step on the Route 66 and Father Knows Best DVDs … while looking cute at the same time …
Saturday, September 12, 2015, 8:48 pm — Catnip socks for both Perk and Teen …
Teeny stops playing to watch Perk …
Hey, Perkins … You better watch out …
Watch out for what? …
Watch out for your claw!! …
Perk’s sock, abandoned and neglected, never left her side when Ms. Fickle turned her attention elsewhere …
Ho-hum … a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do …
Monday, June 15, 2015, 9:58 pm — Perkins was lounging by the activity center …
When she was struck with a great idea …
How long would it take …
To stretch to the end of the rug …
Stop for a paw cleaning …
Make a mighty final stretch …
Grab the end corner of the rug …
And finish with a victory paw cleaning? … Answer: Less than one minute! … Perk is still the champ! … She’s ready to take on any and all contenders! …
Friday, June 5, 2015, 4:50 pm — A musical birthday card arrived from Minnesota … Perkins HAD to find out where those singing, piano playing kittens were hiding …
Teeny, ever the cool cat with a fuchsia tongue, strolled around first … a little orange kitten watched her …
That little Siamese kitten thinks Teen is the cat’s pajamas … (Notice the Mini-Me Teeny and Perkins kittens on either end of the card?)
Sunday, April 5, 2015, 12:56 pm — How to spend a quiet Sunday … Perk chose a box pew …
Teen’s contemplative moments by her empty food activity center …
Punctuated by her expressive tail … click for the full picture …
Saturday, February 14, 2015, 2:38 pm — It’s been two years and Teeny still enjoys fishing for food from her “activity center” … Bought it for fun and to slow down her eating … Teen is a survivor. When she had a cold the day after she came home from the Humane Society, she ate and ate, thank goodness! … Perky is more picky. What she leaves in her dish, Teen hoovers up.
Teeny is a natural left paw … Don’t look away, Perky! You’ll miss all the action … (Click photo for closeup of paw vs. food)
When Perk looked back, Teen had flicked out a few cat food pellets and was munch, munch, munching …
Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo 