Pat's Cats: PEI Humane Society

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September 18, 2010

Taz and her Kittens (September 2010)

As readers of this blog know, We Nine have told Pat repeatedly, "No More Cats!" Henry tells her the same thing. To no avail . . ..

A few weeks ago, Pat went off, as she does most days, to volunteer at the Prince Edward Island Humane Society. When she came home, she was carrying something - we didn't get a good look because she hurried upstairs to her study and closed the door!

Naturally we all hurried after her and scratched to get in. We didn't hear a peep, but Pat came out looking SO guilty, we knew that once again, there was A NEW CAT.

"Guys," Pat said, "her name is Taz, and you won't even know she's here!" Then Pat explained that although Taz is a sweet, lovely little girl, she had not been adopted from the Humane Society because she was so frightened that all she would do was hide in the back of her kennel. Pat hoped that if Taz stayed with us for a while, she might become more confident.

We weren't happy about any of this, but as Pat predicted, Taz stayed out of our way: she scurried right under the bed in the study and hid in the furthest corner.

That was on a Wednesday.

On Sunday, Pat went out with friends (against our wishes, of course). When she came back, she greeted us as usual, by petting each of us and playing with us and apologizing for having gone out. After a while she went upstairs and into the study. And then we heard a SCREAM.

Later Pat explained to us what had happened: When she came into the study she heard squeaking. Then she saw a little black thing wriggling on the floor. Pat thought it was a mouse! And then she heard squeaking in a different place. That's when she realized - although no one had known Taz was expecting, she had given birth to two kittens!

Now the kittens are three weeks old. As you can see, they look just like Taz. So far, they haven't bothered us: they just stay in the corner under the bed with their mother. We were hoping Pat had learned a good lesson! But maybe not: we HATE the way both Pat and Henry are always running into the study to look at Taz and her babies!

And we wonder: what will life be like when those two start running around the house?

Stay tuned for more news from Pat's Cats . . ..

July 30, 2009

July 2009 Celebrations!

Some humans we know (the Canadians) celebrate July 1. Some (the Americans) celebrate July 4. But we cats celebrate July 13, for a VERY important reason: Wednesday, July 13, 2006, was the day Pat first volunteered at the Prince Edward Island Humane Society! But that's not all. On that very first day, Pat met: Summer Cat - who had already been resident at the Humane Society for a few weeks. Pat thought he was SO beautiful and SO sweet that he was certain to be adopted soon - especially when he was named Pet of the Week!

Farah - who was eight years old at the time, and had been dropped off at the Humane Society that very morning. Pat was worried about Farah, because Farah was SO frightened, her beautiful eyes were absolutely enormous, and she wouldn't let anyone comfort her. Hershey, Cocoa, Taffy and Tootsie - who, along with their mother and their brother Smartie, were brought to the Humane Society, just a few minutes after Pat arrived, by a Good Samaritan who had found them dumped on his front yard. The kittens were too tiny to be at the Humane Society, so Pat offered to foster them. And then - on Monday, July 18, 2006 - the nice people at the Humane Society decided that Farah should also be fostered, until she had time to calm down. So Pat brought her home, too! We were all supposed to be temporary residents. But as it turned out: Pat and Henry decided right away that Farah couldn't live with anyone else but them! As for Summer Cat: the weeks went by, and to Pat's amazement, no one adopted him! Pat was sad to see Summer becoming more and more depressed. SO she brought him home to us, on August 21, 2006. Soon after that, Smartie and Mom Cat went off to live permanently in other homes. But by then, Hershey, Taffy, Tootsie and Cocoa had decided that they weren't going anywhere! Here's what we looked like back then:

Hershey was always a Bossy-Boots to the rest of us kittens:

But Summer Cat was his hero:

Which brings us to NOW: This summer, as part of our celebrations, the Cat Recreation Area (Pen) has been expanded and improved! We'll be posting those pictures soon. In the meantime, here are some pictures of us celebrating in the yard:

Sure, we have lots of toys in our Recreation Area. But it's always fun to go to the yard directly behind us and play with the toys there:

Farah and Schooner enjoy the bushes in the front yard:

Although Schooner only came to live with us last November, he fits right in, and we are SO glad he's here:

Unfortunately, we can't say the same about Simon the Siamese, who lives two houses down the street from us. He's not a bad guy - except for the fact that, even though he lives in a beautiful house with a cute little dog and two humans who love him, he seems to want to move in with us:

Pat used to tell us that Simon was SO beautiful! But she stopped saying that when she realized we didn't like to hear it.

Simon wasn't exactly invited to our ongoing celebrations. But (sigh) he insisted on attending anyway:

As for the Blackberries (Natasha and Boris - who now look so much alike we can't tell them apart without a good sniff) - it's always a party when those two are around:

(Remember - CLICK the picture to enlarge it:)

This is NOT the master bedroom, it's our PLAYROOM!

All in all, it's been an exhausting month:

January 2, 2009

Now we are (temporarily) Nine! (January, 2009)

Just in time for the New Year, Natasha and Boris came to stay with us! Mother and son, they were left at the Prince Edward Island Humane Society. Boris was too tiny to be there, so he and his Mum will be living with us for a few weeks now. We have lots of fun playing with them!