Curiosity Killed the Cat

Fetch!

One of Cherry's favorite games is fetch. At first it was only with her crinkly toy, but now it's with any object she can find. I've played with yarn, fabric, those plastic things that clothing tags are attached with, and feather toys. She's also starting to figure out that if she brings it to me(and not just onto my bed), I'll throw it. She hasn't figured out that I need to be awake for this to happen though. Some mornings I wake up covered in toys. One morning I woke up tangled in yarn.

So here's a quick video I got of her. She had been playing a bit before, so it didn't last long. Also she knows when I have my phone out to take a video. In this video she's playing with a plastic tag thing.

Play Time

Sorry for the bad quality and for the fact that I didn't turn my phone...

KITTENS!

Today was my first day working at the cat shelter where we adopted Cherry. It was awesome. It didn't start out very good. First, my GPS decided to freeze about 10 seconds into my drive. Seriously, we didn't even get off my street before it stopped. Luckily, my mom used to live on the street the shelter is on and I was able to get directions. I found the street fine, but finding the actual shelter was another story. It really looks nothing like a shelter and they don't have a sign. I did make it on time though.

My first thought about the place was how welcoming they were. I tentatively walked into what I figured was the main entrance (after sadly deciding to leave the shelter "mascot" that I was petting) and right away they knew who I was. My first day at the last shelter I worked at was full of questions like 'What are you doing here?' Don't get me wrong, the other shelter was fine. I just didn't feel very welcomed there. The person I worked with was nice, but everyone else seemed to give me a cold shoulder. At this new shelter they were very quick to introduce me to everyone.

Anyway, they have me working in the isolation room. So basically I got to play with kittens today. A lot had ringworm, so we couldn't cuddle them much, but the healthy ones were so much fun! It was crazy to watch them all bouncing around.

I think my favorite part today was cleaning a cage with five kittens (don't worry, they're big cages and temporary). The cleaning wasn't much fun, but the kittens sure made me laugh. This particular cage had healthy kittens, so I could cuddle them all I wanted.

For cleaning the cages, we have to take all the kittens out and put them in a cat carrier on top of the cage. Do you have any idea how hard it is to transfer five kittens into a carrier? Especially when one is blind? It is definitely a challenge. Luckily I didn't get the cage with ten ringworm kittens. They were going everywhere. Two were pretty shy and didn't like being held, so I quickly put them up in the carrier. The other two "normal" ones were pretty indifferent. I mainly focused on holding the blind one. It was such a cutie and really adventurous. I cuddled it for a bit before placing it with its siblings and going to cleaning.

The cleaning was not much fun. Kitten diarrhea is not much fun to clean up. Just take my word for it. And as much as getting the kittens into the carrier, getting them back into the cage was even worse. I opened the little carrier door and almost had the blind kitten(long haired orange tabby) walk right off the edge of the cage. I grabbed that one first and placed it on the bedding. The little cutie just rolled around. Who knows what the tiny kitten was imagining. The two indifferent ones(long haired, light orange&white tabby and darker orange&white tabby) were easy to get into the crate, but then they wanted back out. I easily grabbed one of the shy kittens(black&white kitten) and got it back in the cage, but the other one(black kitten) wouldn't come out. I really didn't want to just reach in and grab it, but that's what I ended up doing. The two shy kittens went off exploring their cage while I was occupied with the long haired light orange&white tabby. This one was really begging for attention! It was rolling all around and letting me pet its belly. It didn't want to be held, but it definitely wanted love.

I seriously wish I knew the genders of these kittens. They don't have names either. My understanding is that they're new to the shelter and I don't think the kittens are really told apart by gender until they're fixed. The fixed ones get paper collars that are color coded by gender. Usually they get a name and their age is written on the collar too.

So yeah, that was my first day. I cleaned some cages and played with some kittens. I enjoyed it a lot. I've never really played with a kitten before and it was a lot of fun being in rooms full of them. It was like a dream come true.

Haha...yeah

Wow, I suck at keeping things updated. Not much has happened since my last post. I'm out of school now and my summer class starts Monday. I also somehow ended up volunteering again. I'm going to be working at the shelter we got Cherry from. I've wanted to work at this shelter for years. I tried to volunteer there last year, but that never worked out. So I think I'm starting there on Tuesday. Wish me luck!

Anyway, Cherry and Woody have been the same. Woody got shaved. Cherry's invented new ways of being a little pain in the ass. Her newest thing is sleeping in my office chair. It was a slow take over. She started with sitting in my lap while I was at my computer. Then she moved on to sleeping on the back of the chair. Then it was sleeping behind me. Now she just takes over the whole chair. Little bitch.

Taking over my lap.

I don't even know what she's doing here.

Back of the chair...

Complete take over. Little bitch.

And here's Woody shaved. He was so damn soft.

Black and White Sunday

100th Post!

So it's been a while, I know. I wanted the 100th post to be a bit more than just a video or a B&W Sunday or Wordless Wednesday. It's really not going to be that much more special, but whatever. Not too much has happened and I don't have many pictures to share. Once the weather gets a lot nicer, I'll take a lot more pictures. So here we go!

The Queen

Hunting her prey

Stalking her prey

That's not for you...

Cat fishing

Beautiful portrait

And the goofball's portrait

She ended up just about killing that plant.

Her favorite spot ever.

This one is my phone's wallpaper.

Again, her favorite spot.

Mornings are rough.

She's too short to see out. 

Ugh, research papers

"Oh, you didn't make this bed for me? Too bad."

Another favorite spot of hers.

I couldn't see her form where I was sitting and when I got up she scared me half to death.

There was a full bowl of water I swear...

My boyfriend's cat. <3 She's so cute and she's like 20 years old.

My baby

So, that's about all I got for now. Like I said, not too much has been going on. I'm out of school on the 7th and start my summer class in late June(I think), so I'll have some more time. Although there is one interesting thing that happened on Easter morning. A neighbor was burning brush in his field and it got out of control and headed up towards our house. Luckily, it only made it to the tree line and not into our fields. Also the firemen were already there. 

See all the smoke? 

Not much damage to our property. At least that I've seen so far.