Family Day

It's a rainy drippy day today.  Most of the time I hate days like today.  But not today.  Today all four legged children are safe and happy.  I have shown pictures before but let me introduce you to them.  First picture is Pepper.  The dark one.  My soldier and a bit of a bully.  He is actually sleeping on my steel footrests (He looks comfortable but Wow.  The gold cat in the middle is Fat Boy.  Hes my love bug.  He loves being kissed and cuddled. The cat on the bottom is Minnie.  The princess.  She is also Fat Boy's Mom but they don't get along.  They can be in the same room but that's about it.  Pepper and Minnie don't get along either.  For the longest time after Minnie's kittens were weaned Pepper chased her away.  I wouldn't see her for days.

For months I tried different things, Pepper got sprayed with so much water I thought he was gonna drown.  Cat nip worked but I didn't want high cats all the time.  Finally a combination of salt water spray, a schedule, and Temptations cat treats seems to work.  Minnie knows I get up about 10:30 11 am.  So after I get cleaned up, I go get Minnie. She waits down the street.  Pepper gets temptations treats, and gets closed in his room.  Minnie usually comes when I call and follows me home.  She gets the same treats as Pepper and eventually settles in my room to sleep hidden in my clothes.  Fat boy usually checks in around 2 pm and gets loved on.  He can take or leave the treats. 

The other day I did a bad thing.  I went to the local Walmart and got what I thought was a different set of Cat treats.  Come to find out it's wet Cat food.  Pepper hates it. Minnie will eat anything.  Fat Boy will too.  But I did a quick run to the dollar store and got the right treats.  Pepper was happy.  They have me well trained.  Boring day.  But I am getting ready to start a Rummy game with my care provider.  Wish me luck.