Shilo Pictures

I promised some pictures of Shilo, so here they are!

This one is my favourtite!

Just relaxing and hanging out.

Whenever she something new, this is how she reacts.

Cartwheel time!

Jumping to get the toy.

What a pretty pink tongue you have there Shilo.

Food = The Way to Tame a Cat

As you can see in the picture, Kitten is back and hungry again!  I can now pet her once more, almost everywhere, without her getting too freaked out.  Another neat fact, she knows her name.  If you stand outside and see her in the distance and call, "Kitten!" she'll come trotting over to you expecting some food for her troubles -- of course.  And T.T. is also coming along.  While he ate at the food dish I managed to get a few strokes onto his silky coat before he got a little freaked out.

Blast From the Past V: Little Birdie

Not very long ago (maybe a couple weeks ago?) my cats where going crazy around one of the windows.  Me, being the inquisitive type of folk, approached the wound-up felines to see what all the kerfuffle was about.  It was not extremely surprising to see a chickadee perched on the windowsill outside stunned.  

Birds hit our window often enough, although usually one of the feral cats takes them before anything can be done.  This tiny little bird just sat there with beady eyes calmly acknowledging the cats and I.  I couldn’t leave it there to be cat food after the way it looked at me.  So, I went outside and then approached the bird, my cats following every movement through the window.  

Holding my hand up to the fragile creature it hopped onto my hand willingly where it perched for an extended amount of time.  I couldn't believe this avian had just climbed aboard my finger and stood there.  I wish I had my camera with me to capture the moment -- but of course when I needed it I didn’t have it!  

After a couple minutes the bird cocked it's head toward me and looked at me with beaming eyes before excreting waste into the palm of my hand and flying away.  Yes, the bird I possibly saved the life of pooped in my hand and then fluttered away like nothing every happened.  Some thanks I get.  Yet I do feel privileged to have held a wild creature that had no contact with humans whatsoever before that point in time perch on my hand.  I hope everybody gets to experience a moment like this at least once in their life.  It truly is something magical.

Kitten Update!

Miley has in fact found her forever home!  She's living with my friend on her farm to be a mouser.  I'm sure Miley won't disappoint.  Toy mice never stood a chance against her fanged jaws of doom.

Shilo is doing amazing.  Every second all she wants to do is cuddle, play and cuddle some more.  I find it amazing that one of the shyest of the feral kittens turned out to be the boldest and friendliest.  I'll post some more pictures of Shilo in the next coulpe days.  Her not standing still doesn't make it easy!

Soon

Hey everyone!  I have a lot of homework I'm bogged down with tonight, but tomorrow I will post an update on the all the feral kittens!  Also, there'll be a "Blast From Past" about a bird I got to hold.

Staring Contest

     Fun fact about cats (and most animals) is that when eye contact is made it's initiating a challenge.  Most domestic animals will stare at you and then look away because they really don't want to fight you.  It also means that they’re accepting your dominance.  

     As you all know, I dislike Tuckercat because when he appears, bad things follow behind him in a trail of evil.  For example: my cats will fight each other if he's at the window, he attacked both my cats and he's the reason my finger swelled up.  Whenever I see him in the backyard I encourage him to leave with a shout and bluff charge.  You may think I'm mean, but if a dog attacked your child, would be so forgiving?  Unless you despise your offspring, you will not be forgiving; my cat is like my son and I love him dearly.  

     Anyways, Tuckercat was lying in the grass beside our deck.  I didn’t feel like going outside – so I just stared at him with an unnerving glare of steel through the window.  Finally he turned his head and glared right back.  We stared for a while at each other until he accepted my dominance and got up and left.  Therefore, we avoided physical conflict.  All in the mind and eyes!  Next time someone I don’t like bothers me; I might try this trick on them as well!

Kitten is Back!

Sorry about the long wait for a new post everyone!  Unfortunately my laptop broke and I had to send it away to get fixed.  Fortunately though it's now fixed!

Kitten and T.T. frequently visit the house again to grab scraps from dinner or some dry food.  T.T.'s colouring is very interesting.  It's a tabby colour but with light orange patches all over his body.  Kitten is very skittish now after her surgery -- but I'm sure I'll have her eating out of my lap soon enough!