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18 Oct 2021
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Dealing with stress

HIYA!!   SAVANNAH HERE!!!

Well you got a great ole big humongous clue in my last Monday post about where my stress and anxiety are coming from. I do not deal well with anything stressful, never have and now that I am mostly deaf, it ain’t gettin’ any easier.

“HOW?” you ask is my stress showing up?

Let’s just say I didn’t have a chillaxin’ morning, na’ mean?? I had, ummm…ahhhh…*how to say politely*…”Ok, I had a serious incident of the squirts!”  Told ya it wasn’t pretty. I left clues to my embarrassing incident on my  on our king size bed, on the stair carpet and of course, in the litter box.blankies

So bad that Mom L and Dad P had to give me a butt baffy. *hangs head between paws* Oh the shame of that baff.

Kittehs, I am not sure I can hang on with this potential introoder lookin’ more and more like she is gonna wanna stay in my castle. How have you coped with some youngsters showing up, in your comfy senior years, and trying to become head of your castle? I need help my pals, serious help.

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

Posted in Adult Cat Rescue, Savannah's Life Experiences and tagged , , ,
11 Oct 2021
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Do you know what the future will bring?

HIYA!! SAVANNAH HERE!!!

I never ever thought my future would hold more than me, Mom and Dad. And then, because I bonded so closely with Mom L, Dad P really missed having a cat that was close to him. This is me when I was dropped at the night drop box at our county animal shelter in 2010.

My Intake Photo: Kill Shelter

ENTER—TKS aka The Kid Sage aka Sage. I had a really tough time accepting Sage. But Mom L and Dad P’s patience got me through that adjustment. Sage came along about twenty months after I made myself comfy in my new forever castle.

Contemplating Zen

Sage and I have become good furriends. I know she always wanted to snuggle, but my previous traumas before coming to my forever castle made me a very hesitant to trust kitty. Na’mean??

And then, as Mom L and Dad P became involved in community cat rescue in 2017, they happened upon a desperate five month old kitten who was traumatized in a hoarder’s home.

ENTER—Katie aka KK aka Kit Katie. Katie came to my castle in the summer of 2018, she was adopted twice and returned both times because she was “too shy”.

Mom L and Dad P said forget that crap!! This kitteh is ours!! And Katie has become such a treasure in my forever castle!

Our concern has been that sweet Katie is only three years old, and she is starting to sleep more than she used to play. I am now—ahem!—a sixteen year old lady cat and TKS is a nine year old gal. Neither of us has the energy to keep Katie playing  and I have to admit, I am also now deaf so’s I can’t even hear her calling to me to play.

ENTER—you decide if this entry may be in my future. I am yet not convinced, but there are possibilities. This was taken in my our master bedroom during afternoon siesta time. Notice any introoders?

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

Posted in Community Cats, Feral Kitten Rescue, foster kitties, Katie's Life Experiences, Sage's Life Experiences, Savannah's Life Experiences and tagged , , , , ,
04 Oct 2021
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What’s a “low card” diet???

HIYA!!   SAVANNAH HERE!!!

So listen up my pals! I heard Mom L tell Dad P that she was gonna put Sage, aka TKS, on a similar kind’a diet that Mom L is trying out. Something about “Low Card/b”?? Help me out pals, does this mean that my very own Mom L is now trying to eat LESS cardboard?? OMC!! I never even knew she ate that stuff!!

I know she has been trying to hold back on some of her favorite foods like bread and pasta—BUT LOW CARDBOARD!! (Card-o-hydrate)

And now, she is gonna make Sage cut back on her consumption of cardboard too!!! WHO KNEW!! Sage has been putting on weight by eating cardboard from all those Chewy boxes she likes so much! *slaps paw to forehead*!! And she has put on almost a whole HALF POUND since a month or so ago! It has to be all that soggy cardboard sittin’ around in her tummy, right???

Hover over those photos to see the dates they were snapped. What do you think? Does our TKS need to go on that “Low Card” diet???

April 2021
September 2021

Here are a couple more comparison photos.

July 2021
October 2021

Sage has gained about a half pound in just the last month!!! She went from 12 LBS 6 oz to 13 LBS 2 oz! And she sure does have a large tummy on her.

She cuts a wide image to say the least!

But even if Sage has gained a bunch of weight quickly—somepawdy help me understand how this “Low Card” diet is gonna make a difference?? And what’s up with Mom L tryin’ to to the same thing??? I have never ever seen Mom L eat one single piece of cardboard. SWEAR!! NEVER!!

As always, I really am lookin’ forward to your words of wisdom to help me understand what the heck poor Sage is gonna have to go through with all this “Low Card” diet junk!

PAW PATS, SAVANNAH

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