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05 Jun 2012

TIssue Paper Rocks!

THIS ONE IS FOR MY PAL SAMMY!!!

Sammy, over at One Spoiled Cat, taught me all about tissue paper play!! Oh My Cat! My first time tryin’ it…WHAT A RUSH!!

After Mom read about Sammy’s collection of tissue, she promised to ge tme some of my own…harummppphh…never happened! So Dad buys this nice pair of new sandals…and guess what?? YES! They are wrapped in tissue paper!

So Mom gets two pieces and puts them on the floor…Dad says “Hey, what if I want to take them back??” And Mom says “Return them without the tissue paper honey, Savannah needs it more…” MOL

Anyways, so now me and Mom are on the floor…with the tissue paper…and I just sort’a sit there and stare at it…so Mom knows my fave toy is my black feather wand…so she gets it and starts to put it under the paper…

…and I’m thinkin’ ‘now your talkin’ Mom”…this could be interesting…so I reach over and just lightly ‘tap’ the tissue paper…aieeeeee!!! WHAT A GREAT NOISE!!! Just like Sammy said…it is CRINKLY!!!….

…then I kind’a find myself sitting on the tissue paper…hmmmm…oopps! Something is under my butt??!!…

..Oh Cat! Now it’s under my tummy…must attack…must kill…spreading front paws wide to trap it….

…AIIEEE…it is getting away…I launch my whole body across the tissue paper…not matter the awful (not really) noise it makes…trying to trap what’s under it with my front VERY strong paws and a good ole body slam!….

…phewwww! Now it’s back under where it belongs…but wait a minute…is that a peek under the sheet of tissue paper…lemme test it with one paw…verrryy carefully…

…oh, oh, oh…it’s getting away AGAIN!! Quick grab under the tissue paper…no matter the risk to myself…

…uummphhfff…can’t quite reach it…shover paws and nose under…again, taking the risk it won’t attack me…full offensive attack mode from me now….pant, pant…

…there…the tissue paper is now deaded!! Bring on the next one! …yelling at Dad…”Hey Dad, could ya go use your plastic card thingy and bring home some more shoes??!!”

Yep…I am luvluvluvin the tissue paper!!

Paw pats to all, Savannah

Posted in Mental Recovery, Savannah's Life Experiences and tagged adopt adult cat, cat photo, CAT PLAY, cat recovery, scared cat, special need cat rescue, trust

04 Jun 2012

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Monday Meowsie News: I Am Getting Braver

I must still be in a “thank you” mood…’cuz I got to thinking after being honored with so many awards and all in a week…I thought, I outt’a acknowledge how much my bloggy, Facebook and Twitter furriends have done to help me move forward on my recovery process.

So then I got to thinking about how I am getting braver…

I come when Mom and Dad call me for brekkies…so now I get to eat at my feeding station, not in the bedroom…and I let Mom pet me when I eat (just a little)
I let Dad stand by me when I eat my brekkies
I let Dad walk past me when I am sun puddling on my stairs and I don’t even run
I let Mom lay her head on my shoulder…I never used to let her get her face anywhere near me
Mom can even touch my tummy sometimes…not too much mind you
Just yesterday, Mom picked me up…I struggled a lot…but once she put me down, I did not shy away from her at all!

…Mom touching my tummy..she says it is realllllly soft…purrr

…having brekkies at my feeding station…Dad is taking the photo…but he is right by me…

So for some of you out there this may not be big news, but for a 5 year old cat who lived for a year hiding in a cat cubby bed at a shelter…this is HUGE BIG PROGRESS IN BEING BRAVE!!

In 6 months, thanks to all of you and Mom and Dad…I have gone from looking like this…my intake photo at the county shelter in December 2010…

…to looking like this…

…pretty brave don’t ya think?!!! Not to mention way more relaxed. So thanks to efurryone for getting me this far…and I have way farther to go…but nice to have furriends support along the way.

Now one last thing…

I don’t really get to appreciate some of my Twitter feline friends so let me give a big shout out to 2 Twitter pals who have been so supportive of me, @MrTibbsAP and @IAmSmittyKitty. They always encourage me and never forget to say HI on Twitter…play bows with crossed paws in thanks to them.

And some of my totally cool Twitter pals are my Sibe/Husky/Mal pals! Dad and Mom once had Siberian Huskies, like 3 of them and they showed them and trained them and Mom went a couple times sledding etc. Anyways, I like to hang with the Sibes some on Twitter and they ALWAYS let me know when I am being brave…and of course, I have my stuffed Sibe pal who does Am and Pm patrol duty at the front door window, my Nanuk.

So here are my huge paw pats and hugs to my Twitter Sibe/husky/Mal pack: @RumpyDog, @SiberianForrest, @ra_husky, @dieselhusky, and @khumbusibe. You guys always let me know when I have been brave…play bows and woo woos to you all.

Whew…lots of words so now I need a nap…Paw pats to all, Savannah

Posted in Mental Recovery, Savannah's Life Experiences and tagged adopt adult cat, cat recovery, scared cat, special need cat rescue, trust

02 Jun 2012

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Discovering the Harry Potter Closet: Part 3 (The End)

I left you yesterday as I turned to leave the Closet…

….OH NO! It can’t be!!!

…How did I miss it on my way in!!!!… Gasp!!!

IT’S THE HOOVER!!!!!!!

…can you even dare to imagine how shocked I was????…there it was, looming over me…

…my furriends over at Cat Chat WIth Caren and Cody kinda guessed that must have been what I was so stunned to see!!! I walked right by it upon entering the HP Closet…(no, ‘HP’ does NOT mean ‘Hoover Potter’ Closet!!!)…anyway, back to my serious discovery.

So…you know what this means, right? Dad and Mom and Auntie Shannon have been keeping THE HOOVER in this secret HP Closet…and that’s why they don’t want me in here!!

…now let think…what to do, what to do???…hmmm…tapping one claw up and down…

…I wonder if there is anything over here that I can use to make it dead furrever???……

…nope! Not really…hmmm…I remember reading one bloggy…yes I can read! So what’s so surprising about that??? Seriously!…anyways, I was reading over Mom’s shoulder…and I can’t remember whose blog it was…but the cat gave some instructions on how best to make dead the HOOVER…what did he say…hmmmmm…RIGHT! Look behind, find the big fat hose….lemme check to see if it is there….yup!

…OK, now lemme check the front to see if I can get to it over there….nope…

…do I hear someone coming!!!!…OH CAT!!!…I may not have enuff time to make it dead furrever by chewing through that fat hose….

…whew! they went up the stairs instead of coming this way…what to do? Time is of the essence!!…

…what else is over here…nothing that can help me…wonder if I can find a way to get back in…hmmmmm

…Oh Sheep!!! Now they really are coming…..aieeeee…must get out of here….

….I am NOT DONE with THE HOOVER! I will be back…there will be another day I can get at it to make it deaded furrever…just wait…bide my time…time is on my side….

So…that was my epawration of the Harry Potter Closet…what a discovery, huh?! I will be back to take care of THE HOOVER…bet on it, or my name is not Savannah NanaMo…

Paw Pats, Savannah