Cat Tales with Laura and Inspirations with Laura

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date October 4, 2015
2 Comments on Tom Cats and Their Own Kittens

My Tom cat Peter is an excellent father. Peter loves to watch his kittens play. He lets the kittens play with his tail now and then.

I have watched Peter looking at his kittens. One day, he sat on the floor staring at his kittens as if he could not believe they were his ones. Peter will sit on a high shelf and watch his kittens play until he falls asleep. Peter will wrestle gently with his kittens. I have seen him with his paw wrapped around one of his kittens.

Hilford and Sherlock love to hide back a piece of plywood with their father, Peter. He is never mean to his kittens. Peter never growls or hits his kittens with his paws. He is a very kind and loving father. Sherlock was scratching the scratching post one morning, and Peter joined in.

If Peter thinks his kittens are not behaving correctly, he will step in the middle of their disagreements and break up any harmful interactions between his kittens. Mr. Gray likes to wrestle with his father. Peter always plays with him gently and kindly.

Peter loves to be up on a shelf or cat bed shelf or lying back on his piece of plywood. Peters’s mother was timid, and Peter took after her. Mr. Gray is very outgoing and playful. Hilford and Sherlock are very shy, like their father.

I gave Leo and Cleo away to a very loving and caring home. They were more outgoing and playful than their mother, Addy. Leo and Cleo like to sit up on something high as their father does.

Peter worships his kittens, and he watches over them every day. His kittens love to take a nap next to him. I will find them with their paws wrapped around each other in total comfort.

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Ireland The Giant's Causeway located in Ireland

Giant’s Causeway located in Ireland

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date September 30, 2015
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The Giant’s Causeway is a unique and wondrous masterpiece of science and nature. The rock formations were formed 60 million years ago by the cooling and shrinking of successive lava flows.

The Giant’s Causeway has a lot of myths and legends that go along with it. The code is that the coast was carved by a mighty giant, Finn MC Cool; he left behind a home full of folklore. The causeway is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a geological masterpiece with over 40,000 interlocking basalt columns. The causeway is the result of lots of volcanic and geological activity. The causeway became known in the late 1700s.

I truly enjoyed looking at all the volcanic formations that formed over the 60 million-year span. I liked looking at the buildings called the onion skins. They were covered with a white color that looked like it was peeling away from the rock formations. The rock formation called Giant Finn rock organ looked like the pipes of a real working organ. Legend has it that you can hear Finn playing his rock organ on a windy day. There is a formation that looks like a camel. One of the rock formations is called the Giant’s boot. It is said that the Giant was running and lost one of his boots.

I was fascinated by the different plant life growing between the rocks on the ground. I took pictures of many other colorful small flowering plants. The bed was very soft and boggy to walk on. Allow at least one hour to look at the rock formations and listen to the guided tour. I enjoyed looking at the rock columns and all the mighty acts of nature, science, and miracles.

I would highly recommend stopping at the Giant’s Causeway located in Ireland. I guarantee you will be impressed with what Mother Nature can form over the years.

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Benefits of Having a Cat Life in the Day of a Cat

Life in the Day of a Cat

My cats start their mornings by giving me fresh water and cat food. I then clean out their litter boxes. They always drink the fresh water that I have put out for them. My cats eat some of their cat food. The cats then run upstairs and look out of my picture window at the birds eating from my various bird feeders. Conrad and Kohl look through their cat toy box and select the toy of interest for the day to play with. They consistently choose at least one toy that is filled with catnip. They will throw the catnip toy up in the air and then lick it later. They take turns sitting on my lap later on in the day.

My cat family next door starts their day with fresh water and food and clean cat litter boxes. Lorenzo constantly licks my hand every morning after I clean out the litter box. The kittens play with their Mother’s tail and the various cat toys in the house. The adult cats love to sit on the windowsill cat beds and watch the world go by. All of my cats like the cat scratching post combination cat beds. They love to chase each other playfully throughout the house. When I check on them throughout the day, they are generally lying on one of the cat beds and looking outdoors at nature. I give them cat treats and canned cat food as an afternoon snack. I hold them, pat them on their heads, and scratch them under their chins. My cat Russ enjoys being in his enclosed Cat Playpen.

My outdoor cats start their mornings with an early morning hunt. They like to hunt in the ditches and the cornfield for mice. My outdoor cats are all good mousers. I give them fresh water and cat food in the morning. I will find them lying in the shade and relaxing on a hot day. When I have had outdoor kittens, they love to play with leaves that blow around in the wind. In the winter months, they sleep in their heated cat beds. They always have water to drink in the winter with their heated water bowl for pets. They have some tennis balls to bat around in their building.

I hope you and your cat have a wonderful and lovely day.

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Breast Cancer Signs of a Sick Cat

Breast Cancer in Your Female Cat

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date September 23, 2015
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My cat Sugar died from breast cancer. I got Sugar when she was eight years old. She was my first house cat. She was a purebred Siamese. She loved to lay on my lap and sleep in bed with me. She loved to play with tiny sponges. She would gather up any she saw lying around the house. She would toss them up in the air and catch them. Sugar loved to catch flies in her paw and eat them.

Sugar was a very talkative cat. She would meow loudly. A Siamese cat, indeed, sounds like a baby crying.

Sugar was not declawed, and I loved going outdoors occasionally. She would eat grass outdoors. Eating grass helps dislodge your cat’s hairballs.

Sugar grew up in a house that had birds. I had a parakeet. She would sit and watch him sing for hours. When my parakeet died at age ten, she was unfortunate.

Sugar loved to go for car rides. Sugar would sit on my lap and look at the scenery as we drove.

I noticed a lump on one of Sugar’s breast one day. I took her to my vet, and he removed the cancerous lump. The test of the breast tissue removed came back positive for breast cancer. Sugar was eating well and seemed to be getting along fine.

A new lump appeared on her breast. My vet gave her a shot that seemed to slow the growth of the cancerous tumor. Sugar had many growths in a couple of years.

Cancer covered all of her breasts toward the end of her life. Sugar was now sixteen years old. I called my vet to make an appointment to have her put to sleep. I had a burial box with cat toys and a towel to wrap her in. I took her home and buried her. I missed her terribly for a long time.

I never want to see a beloved pet suffer. I remember all of the beautiful times together that we had.

I hope your cat never gets breast cancer.

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Food Supplements and Vitamins for Cats

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date September 20, 2015
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I give food supplements to my cats if they are not feeling well.

I had a cat dying from lung cancer; I gave him cod liver oil and omega – 3 liquid form supplements. I also gave him Brewer’s Dried Yeast Formula with garlic and fortified vitamins in a pill form. I had a cat dying from liver cancer. I gave him Omega – 3 and vitamins. I think it helped them a little.

My house cat Kohl has been sneezing off and on. I started giving him Brewer’s Yeast with vitamins. He seems to be better now.

When I have had pregnant cats on the farm, I give them vitamins. I pour a liquid form of vitamins over their cat food. Vitamins provide the pregnant cat a little boost to her body to help with her pregnancy. I have also sprinkled Brewer’s Yeast on her food. Yeast is a good form of vitamin B.

Your vet will have different kinds of cat food available with supplements and vitamins for your cat. I have bought their food for sensitive stomachs and gastrointestinal health. Both foods have helped my cats considerably. If one food brand is not allowed, buy a different brand. Another brand may work wonders for your cat’s health.

I order my supplements online or buy them from a farm or pet store.

If your cat continues to feel bad, take your cat to your vet for a complete check-up. Have him give your cat a blood test when in doubt. A blood test confirmed that my two cats that died had cancer. X- rays will show a cancerous mass.

I hope your cat is on his way to feeling better with his supplements and vitamins, and yeast.

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Enchanted Acres Iowa

Enchanted Acres located in Sheffield , Iowa

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date September 18, 2015
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I visited Enchanted Acres with some North Iowa Bloggers in Sheffield, Iowa. I love looking at the different varieties of beautiful pumpkins for sale at Enchanted Acres.

There are many things to see and do at Enchanted Acres. I have bought several chickens that were raised at Enchanted Acres. They are corn-fed and are the best chickens that I have ever eaten in my lifetime. I purchased several chickens again this year to enjoy in the late fall and winter. There are many different gift items that you can purchase. I bought a small decorative metal chicken as a decorative accent in my kitchen.

There are many activities for children to do at Enchanted Acres. They can play in the sand or on the tire swings or crawl through the tires. They have storytime for children. Craft classes are available for adults and children.

I love to look at the goats that live at Enchanted Acres. I love the goat named Nibbles. She is a small female Pygmy goat. She is black and white and very friendly. Nibbles will eat corn right out of your hand. The goats are pretty entertaining to watch.

Enchanted Acres is in a beautiful tranquil setting. There are wooden swings that you can sit and relax in. I love the variety of gift items that are always for sale. You can buy Pumpkin, Apple Butter, or other canned items. I like the cloth pumpkins and the pumpkins made out of jar lids along with the real pumpkins.

I highly recommend spending a day at Enchanted Acres in Sheffield, Iowa. There are many fun activities for you and your family to do while visiting Enchanted Acres. I would suggest picking out that perfect fall pumpkin for your porch. I would also recommend buying a pumpkin for that perfect fall pumpkin pie.

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Catswell Nutrisca Grain Free canned cat food from Chewy.Com

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date September 18, 2015
2 Comments on Catswell Nutrisca Grain Free canned cat food from Chewy.Com

I was provided Catswell Nutrisca from Chewy.Com to facilitate my review. All thoughts are 100% honest and my own.

I first feed Catswell Nutrisca Chicken and Chicken Liver Entree in Savory Broth to my two female outdoor cats. They devoured the Catswell canned cat food very quickly.

My cat next door hardly even smelled the canned cat food. They love every little morsel of it. The Catswell canned cat food is indeed shredded, so it is easy for any cat to chew and swallow up quickly. Bella, my oldest cat, ate up the Catswell soon with no trouble. My three kittens, Hilford, Mr. Gray, and Sherlock, almost inhaled the Catswell canned cat food. Nicole is quite shy but even came out to eat Catswell canned cat food.

The next day I put out some more Catswell Nutrisca canned cat food from Chewy.Com. My cats ate every little piece of this fine canned cat food. The cat food is natural, with added vitamins, minerals, and taurine. There is no corn, wheat, soy, artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives in Catswell canned cat food. The crude protein content is 80%, fat 20%, fiber 20%, moisture 86%, and ash 20% in each can think of Catswell Nutrisca Grain-Free canned cat food from Chewy.Com.

My cat Cali jumped on my leg when I put out the Catswell canned cat food. She wanted to ensure she got her fair share of Catswell canned cat food. Russ and Lorenzo kept rubbing on my legs for more Catswell canned cat food. My three young kittens purred away with delight as they ate the Catswell canned cat food. I again gave Bella some Catswell canned cat food, which she swallowed quickly.

If you are curious how my cats liked this food, check this out!

I would highly recommend Catswell Nutrisca Grain-Free canned cat food from Chewy.Com. All my cats were delighted with this fine canned food from Chewy.Com.

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Evanger's Cat Treats from Chewy.Com

Evanger’s Beef Tripe for Dogs and Cats from Chewy.Com

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date September 15, 2015
1 Comment on Evanger’s Beef Tripe for Dogs and Cats from Chewy.Com

I was provided Evanger’s Beef Tripe for Dogs and Cats from Chewy.Com to facilitate my review. All thoughts are 100 % honest and my own.

Evanger has over 75 years of experience. Their dog and cat treats are 100 % whole meat and gently dried. The treats are grain free and manufactured in the USA. The treats contain Wild Salmon, Beef Tripe, Beef Hearts, Beef Lung, and Beef Tongue.

My two female outdoor cats did not like this cat treat. They smelled the treats and would not eat them.

I took Evanger’s Beef Tripe for Dogs and Cats from Chewy.Com to my house next door. Russ and Lorenzo could not eat up these wonderful treats fast enough. Mr.Gray, Hilford, and Sherlock loved eating Evanger’s cat treats. Addy smelled the treats for some time and then ate quite a few. Cali did not like the cat treats. The cat treats have a powerful and pungent smell to them.

The next day Hilford, Mr. Gray, and Sherlock ate up as many Evanger’s treats as I would give them. Russ and Lorenzo ate their fair share of treats also.

My cat next door ate up the entire container of Evanger’s Beef Tripe treats for dogs and cats from Chewy.Com. My male cats went crazy over these treats every time I offered them to them. Addy ate up the cat treats, also. My three young male kittens were especially taken with Evanger’s cat and dog treats. They ate them the minute I put them out for them to eat.

The treats contain 40% protein, 25 % crude fat, 1% fiber, and 9 % moisture. I love to feed my cats a joy that is healthy for them and made in the USA. The treats are 100 % natural and gluten-free. They are a savory snack or treat for your feline friends.

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Ireland Irish National Stud and Gardens

Irish National Stud and Gardens

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date September 12, 2015
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I had a tour of the Irish National Stud and Gardens. I was very impressed with the Stallions and fouls and the Japanese Gardens. Horses have been bred and born on the 800-acre site since 1900. The site is called the Irish National Stud.

The best stallion stud fee was $450,000.00, and the lowest price was $5000.00. Their best stallion is insured for 80 million. The mares go back into heat 8 or 9 days after giving birth. The horse stalls are cleaned out thrice daily to ensure good health for the horses. They have bred up to 150 horses a day naturally. The mares have boots on their back feet so they won’t kick the stallion while breeding. They have a miniature stallion from Argentina that they put in with the full-size mares to ensure they are in season. If the mare is pregnant with twins, one egg is removed. Otherwise, the horse will be too miniature for racing. The stud fee must not be paid until the foul is one year old. Their oldest horse lived to be 40 years old. When a horse gets very old or is infertile, it will have them put to sleep.

Over 100 fouls are born at the stud every year, most between March and May. The fouls generally stand within an hour or two and nurse their mother. Most horses begin their racing career at the age of two.

Breeders worldwide send their mares to be mated with the stallions at the Irish National Stud. The price of the stud fee depends on that stallion’s popularity.

A famous racehorse can take in millions of dollars in its lifetime. Some famous horses at the Irish national stud are as follows: Moscow Flyer, Hardy Eustace, Kicking King, Beef or Salmon, and Rites of Passage. They have won essential races. The current stallion Big Bad Bob is making a big impression at the races and has bloodlines that span over 70 years.

The Japanese garden is gorgeous and in a tranquil setting.

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Caring for Your Senior Cat

Post author By Laura Weers
Post date September 10, 2015
2 Comments on Caring for Your Senior Cat

I have had two cats that lived to be eighteen years old. One was an indoor Siamese cat. Trisha was an outdoor calico Siamese mix cat. She had a heater in the building she had lived in for the last few years. Trisha was always a very active cat. She chased a rabbit down when she was 17 and almost,t catch it. She kept hunting up until the time of her death. Ginger, my Siamese house cat, got relatively thin toward the end of her life. She was very active until about the last month of her life.

Kohl, one of my house cats, is ten years old now. He was born with a respiratory problem. The respiratory problem causes him to sneeze often. My vet recommended giving him two distemper shots a year instead of just one a year. The different picture seems to have helped his sneezing attacks somewhat.

It is a good idea to have your cat’s teeth cleaned. Bad teeth can lead to poor health down the road. Most of my cats have had their teeth cleaned for the first time at around age eight or nine. Regular checkups with your vet are a must for a long-lived cat. I take my older cats to my vet the minute I notice anything wrong with them. A small problem in a senior cat can quickly lead to a big problem. As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is a pound of cure. Make sure you keep all of their shots up to date and have them wormed regularly. Worms can take a healthy cat down very quickly.

I like to have heated beds available for all of my cats. A heated bed is a must for an older cat. They have more trouble getting around in their old age, just as we do. The heat helps them stay more limber. Some older cats have trouble chewing their dry cat food. I feed them canned cat food or tuna canned in water.

Remember, your older cat still loves to play with a cat toy now and then. They still love to sit on your lap and relax. You will notice as your cat ages; he will sleep much more than he used to.

I hope you and your cat age gracefully together. You and your cat should have regular checkups to live to a healthy, ripe old age. Remember to keep your cat as active as they can for their period.

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