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In Memory Of My Cat Kohl

In Memory Of My Cat Kohl

Kohls Kitten Years

Kohl started with respiratory problems as a kitten. His Mother was a first-time Mother cat, and she did not know how to care for Kohl. She left him on a heated mat in the cat building. Kohl became one of my housecats on Christmas night in 2008. I put him in a massive cage with a litter box, food, and water. He was old enough to survive with my help. He had significant respiratory problems. One of my Vets gave me antibiotics for Kohl. Kohl also had to have Pediasure for one month, which he drank from a kitten bottle. He also had exceptional cat food with added vitamins and minerals that he needed to survive. I let him out of the cage in one month, and my other cats got along fine.

Kohls Young Cat Years

He loved playing with plastic frogs. He also liked bright-colored balls and yellow mice. Kohl wanted to wrestle with my cat Sebastian and Sebastian would let him know he was still the top cat. Kohl spent many hours watching birds from my picture window. Garfunkel and Kohl would wrestle, also. He loved exercising by running up and down my steps. He loved sleeping in any warm heated area and sunbathing by the picture window. Kohl liked to help me with my bookwork as he would throw it on the floor when I was gone. He let me know what he thought of the bookwork.

Kohl Had Several Mishaps In His Life

He did not want to land on my new housecat Garfunkel. As he was jumping down, Garfunkel was right in the area where he would land. Kohl flipped his body to avoid landing on Garfunkel and broke his back leg at 8 PM. I rushed him to my Vet, and he sat his leg the best he could. Kohl had a pink cast on, and he hated that cast. He did not want to walk again. I kept working with him, and finally, he started to walk again. He would rest with the broken leg sticking up from his cat bed. He would run down the steps, and you could hear the cast bumping on every step. He had a sizeable noncancerous tumor above his eye that was removed. Cancer would have grown over his watch if it had not been released. Kohl made a full recovery from his ordeals.

 

Kohls Wonderful Personality

He was a very gentle and loving cat. He had a very mild temperament, and he never did anything wrong except play with the bookwork when he was young. My carpenter told me he would have a cat if it were as laid back as Kohl always was.

Kohls Older Years

He would sleep more, and he was not as active anymore. Kohl would sit in my lap for a little while and want down. He has been on antibiotics for his respiratory problems for the last two years. I took Kohl to one of my Vets for surgery to remove a tumor from his nostril, causing his eye to bulge. I had just noticed the look four days ago. She said she could hardly remove any of the tumors. She told me the cancer was vast and cancerous and would be painful for him to live on. I told her to put him to sleep. I put several of Kohls’s’s favorite toy frogs in his burial box. Kohl was the last cat that I had that was related to my original cats on the farm. He was part Himalayan, Siamese, and domestic shorthair. Kohl was put to sleep on Feb. 15, 2022; he was 13 and .4. God bless my sweet Kohl in cat heaven. Kohl will be greatly missed as he had the personality of Saint. Thank you, God, for letting me have Kohl in my life.

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Active Cats

The Hunters

I have had many excellent hunters over the years. I had one cat that kept my ditches free of all types of rodents. Once in a while, she would bring up a half-eaten gopher to show me that she was hard at work. I once had a cat that would place dead garter snakes by my back door. She was a dark-colored calico cat named Blacknose. We had Blackie, and she caught many mice over the years. Onyx was my outdoor Tom cat that hunted until his last day. I think he lived to be 19 years old. He was the father of Kohl and Conrad, my indoor house cats. Conrad knows how to drown mice in a water dish. I had a light-colored calico cat sitting atop the fence posts and pouncing down on her prey. Trisha could run down a rabbit until she was 16 years old. She would share the rabbit with her kittens. Flossie was my very first cat. She was light gray and white. Flossie hunted every morning, afternoon, and evening, and she was very successful.

The Staircase Cats

Conrad runs up and down my steps many times during the day. Cali loved exploring my house and values that she has steps to run up and down now. The house next door is the ranch house where she had been living. My Siamese cats Sugar and Ginger loved running up and down the steps. Most of the cats I have now are part Siamese, Himalayan, Maine Coon, and domestic short-hair. Sebastian loved my stairs as he would follow me everywhere. Stairs are a good way for your cat to be active and lose weight.

The Cat Gamers

Cats love to play with circle game toys that I have purchased from Chewy.com. Cats love to play with catnip mice and any cat toy filled with catnip. My cats like to get cat treats out of cat treat balls which keeps them very active, and they are rewarded with a lovely cat treat at the end. I have a battery-activated cat toy that throws a string out, and my cats go crazy trying to catch the elusive line. My cats like to play with the ball on the rope attached to my cat hammocks.

Healthy And Happy Cats Are More Active

If your cat is constantly sleeping and is not interested in anything, he is most likely sick, and you should take him to your Vet for a checkup. Cats tend to sleep often but should be active and alert between naps. Feeding the right foods to your cat will help him be more active. Do not feed your cat bones, chocolate, or alcoholic drinks; any of these could kill your cat quickly. Give your cats plenty of fresh water every day. Water helps get rid of toxins in the body that would cause your cat not to be active. Give your cat top-quality cat foods, fresh water, and regular Vet care so they will have many active, healthy, and happy years to come.

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Cats With Cattitude

Cats With Cattitude

Cats That Do Not Like Vet Visits

I took one of my cats to my vet’s office and she leaped, jumped, and knocked his cordless phone onto the floor. Luckily she did not break his phone. My vet was finally able to contain her and give her her shots. She used to be a feral cat and had not yet gotten used to the benefits of being an indoor cat. I took  my new male cat to the Vets office the other day for shots and blood test, and after he had been treated for ear mites, he was mad and beyond mad. After I got him home from the vet, he bit into my shoe and legs, but luckily, he did not hurt me. On the way to the vet’s office, I had one cat hyperventilate and drool. On the way home, he could breathe perfectly fine. One cat leaped in the air once and caused the vet to get stuck in the syringe. When you adopt a new cat, you never know if they have ever been to a Vet before, so remember to prepare for the worst-case scenario.

Cats That Seem Always To Have A Temper Problem

If you adopt a cat that was always the only cat in the house, he may never learn to interact correctly with your other cats. My purebred Siamese cat always wanted things to go her way, or she would quickly lose her temper. She would give you a dirty look, meaning you better be careful. She got very jealous if you did something other than pay attention to her. She chewed off the corner of our paperwork once and destroyed the new road atlas years ago. I have owned only two cats that wanted to be left alone and untouched, and I adopted them.

Cats That Are Never Afraid Of Anything

I have had cats kill a skunk, rat, snake, and rabbit, and even though they had problems doing so, they continued what they thought was their duty to perform. I have had cats climb too high, but they all came down eventually. My cat that killed the snakes would come up to the house once a week and drop a freshly killed garter snake by our back door, and once we saw it, she would eat it. I had one cat that would kill mice by drowning them in the water bowl. I remember the female cat on TV that kept going into the burning house to save all of her kittens. She got them all out, but one died later on. She was burned badly. She and her kittens found loving and caring homes. She was an excellent and loving Mother cat that would do anything to save her family as any good parent would do for their children. God Bless all our wonderful feline friends, as we all have an attitude now and then.

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The Curious Cat

The Curious Cat

Adventurous Cats

I have had farm cats take off for several months or years, and then they returned home again. I had adopted a new farm cat, and she investigated my neighbors. She returned home after she had been gone for about one month. I had one cat climb to the top of the barn roof, and she stayed there for two days before returning to lower ground. One of my cats got too adventurous, but he did live to tell his tale. He must have been watching the grain go into the hopper of the drill and decided to jump into the grain. The training was very long, and up and up he went before getting dumped into the grain truck. My Father took the grain to our local elevator, and out came my cat. He swayed back and forth for a while before the man at the elevator caught him and placed him back into the empty grain truck. When my Father arrived home, he said to open the gate on the grain wagon, and out came my cat in one piece, luckily. He had much to discuss that night with my other farm cats.

 The Wrong Kind Of Car Rides

I once had a cat ride to my local college on my car’s gas tank. I did not know he was there when I took off. Luckily I walked past my car before my last three classes for the day. He was sitting on top of one of the car tires. I asked the lady in the office for a box, and she asked what you needed it for. When I told her about my cat, she thought I was crazy. I did get the package I needed, and he stayed in the box except for my last class. I saw him looking out of the back window at me. He was content, and it was only sixty degrees out that day. He was happy when he returned home. I was glad he did not venture away from the car to get back home.

Traps

One of my poor outdoor cats got caught in a trap for muskrats. The trapper told us about it. He came home with only three legs. He managed to get around on the farm OK and lived to middle age.

Things To Check So Your Curious Cat Will Not Die

Check under your car tires, as many cats have been run over. One time a neighbor ran over four of my beautiful little kittens all at once since there was one on each tire. I was heartbroken as I had to bury all four of the beautiful little kittens. Ensure your cat is not locked in a building or room where it could starve to death. Keep lids closed on appliances, as a kitty could knock the top down if he jumped into the machine and died in the device since he could not get out with the lid shut. Check the motor area of your car, as the vehicle’s motor has killed many cats. Have paints, poisons, cleaning products, oil, and grease, and freeze in a protected area your cat cannot get into. God bless and protect our curious feline friends.

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Memorable And Honor Roll Cats

Memorable and Honor Roll Cats

I have had many cats in my life. All of my cats have made a significant impression on my life.

Flossie was my very first cat. I have a picture of my Father showing her to me in my baby stroller. It was love at first sight for cats for the rest of my life. Flossie would sit with me while I swung in my swing set. She would wait with me while I waited for the school bus. She was a constant and comforting friend.

Blacknose was Flossie’s kitten. She was a beautiful Calico cat. I have a picture of both of us on my tricycle. She has her paws hanging over the handlebars and is looking straight ahead. She was a loving cat like her Mother.

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Blackie and her son Midnight were beautiful cats. Blackie had many kittens in her ten years of life. She was an excellent huntress. When I would sit on the steps of my house, she would always sit in my lap and purr away. Midnight was a shiny and gorgeous black cat. He was a good hunter.

Hoover was a beautiful yellow and white striped female cat. I named her after are vacuum cleaner. I was only five years old then. Hoover put up with me holding her like a five-year-old would.

Schnitzel was a yellow and white cat that tolerated me dressing him in doll clothes. He was very kind and gentle. He lived to be ten years old.

Leonardo was a long-haired yellow cat that would sit with me under a tree while I did my math homework. Whenever I would do my homework outdoors, he would keep me company. He was an excellent lap cat.

Sebastian started growling one evening as he looked out the picture window. He piqued my curiosity, so I looked out the window and saw a man walking down the gravel road at 9:00 PM. I pulled my shade down after that. When I first brought Sebastian into my house as a kitten, he gathered up all of the toy mice and placed them in a nice row. He wanted me to see that he was an excellent hunter. He lived to be thirteen years old.

Red was a red tabby cat that one of my vets gave me. I bought a circle toy with a ball in the middle from Kmart. Red learned to spin the ball around with his left or right paw. He was very proud of his accomplishment. When company came, Red would show off his skills at batting the ball with his feet. He would look at everyone in the room to ensure they were watching him.

My outdoor cat Maggie kept me company while I wrote this post. She purred away and rubbed against the area where I was working.

I have had too many outstanding cats to mention them all. I am sure you have had memorable and remarkable cats, also.

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How My Three House Cats Spend Their Day

How My Three House Cats Spend Their Day

Cats get to know your schedule very quickly. When I wake up in the morning, my cats are ready for me to attend to their needs, such as freshwater cat food and fresh kitty litter. Before I go to bed in the evening, two of my cats will already be camped in my bed for a long night’s rest.

Lap Cats

My cats love to sit in my lap when I read a book or watch TV. They all take turns sitting in my lap, which works well for all concerned. I fill three treat balls for them, and they have mastered all cat treat dispensers. Garfunkel loves to watch birds from the headrest on my recliner. Conrad has a recliner that he takes long cat naps in. Kohl has a heated bed that he loves to rest in, or he is in a round fluffy cat bed.

Cat Toy Box

They like to look through their toy box and take out what catches their fancy for the day. Kohl always has at least one green plastic frog to play with. Conrad likes a bat that lights up and cat toy mice and singing birds for cats. Garfunkel seems to like metallic balls and toy mice. Conrad will meow loudly as he carries a toy mouse through the house like it is his catch of the day. My cats take many catnaps during the day. Garfunkel is on my bed watching me type this post.

Cats Do Not Like Changes To Their Daily Routines

If my cats see me packing a suitcase, they instantly know I will be gone for a while and voice their complaints loudly. They can spend their day. However, they want to while I am not home. When Kohl was young, he would knock over things while I was gone. I guess he figured he would get even for me leaving him. Friends would always take care of my cats while I was gone. When I returned from a vacation, they would not greet me immediately because they were mad that I had left them alone. Kohl tends to forgive me first, followed by Garfunkel and then Conrad.

I hope you and your cats have many relaxing and enjoyable days together. Cats adapt quickly to our schedules; we care for them deeply and love them unconditionally. Cats bring joy into our hearts and our souls.

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How To Help Your Flabby Tabby Cat

How To Help Your Flabby Tabby Cat

Buy toys for your Cat to toss up in the air and pounce on by interactive toys you can entertain your Cat with, such as a fish on the end of a rope. Treat toys are good because your Cat has to figure out how to get the pleasure and will lose weight while pursuing the joy.

Some cats are nighttime eaters and pack on the pounds if they eat late at night. My vet told me to put their food bowls away at night. My cats did lose some weight with that method. Buying senior cat food for older cats will help them lose weight. Feed your flabby, tabby smaller portions.

I live in a story-and-a-half house with stair steps, and my cats have lost weight from running up and down the steps. Sometimes they run up and down my steps at record speeds in the middle of the night. My house cats also enjoy playing with a circle game toy for cats with a ball in the middle that they bat back and forth.

I recently purchased  One fast Cat, which is like a kitty treadmill. My Cat next door caught onto how to use it rather quickly. My oldest Cat next door, Maggie, had it figured out in record time. I was shocked when I took Addi to my vet recently for her yearly shots and checkup. My vet put Addi on the scale, and she had lost four pounds in only three months by using One Fast Cat. My calico Cat Cali lost two pounds. I will take more of my cat next door to the vet as the year progresses, and I am anxious to find out how much weight they have lost by using One Fast Cat.

I hope this information helps your flabby tabby become a friendly shapely lean cat. I hope you and your Cat can exercise for many years and remain happy and healthy.

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Cats Showing Off

Cats Showing Off

Cats like and crave attention. I had a Red Tabby cat that would play with a circle game toy, and he would make sure that everyone in the room was watching him. He had mastered that game to perfection, and he wanted to make sure everyone knew that.

I had a black house cat that would walk across the curtain rod with the grace of a tightrope walker. He never once lost his balance while he performed his fast rope walk. We had a black outdoor cat that would balance up high on the feed door and then jump down on the shoulder of whoever was by the feed door. She could scare you at 5 in the morning when she landed on your shoulder.

I had a calico cat that would bring dead snakes homes and put them on my doorstep. I guess she wanted to show me what a brave huntress she was. I also had a gray and white female cat take on a skunk, and she won the match except for a bite on her face which healed up quickly. Her rabies shots were up to date, so I did not have to worry about that.

Cats love to do something naughty while you are talking on the phone. I guess they figure even negative attention is attention. They tend to jump on things they know are off-limits while you are chatting away on the phone. I think they also figure that you will not interrupt your conversation to correct their bad behavior at that moment.

I had one cat climb to the top of the barn roof, and she stayed up there for about two whole days before coming down alone. When she was down, she asked me if you worried about her. She knew the answer to that question, as I had been concerned that she might fall to her death.

Conrad

My house cat Conrad can get treats out of any treat dispenser ASAP. He has mastered all of the ones I have very quickly. He loves to play with circle ball toys and is proficient with either paw he uses. He will sit in the middle of the circle game and bat the ball one way and then the other, using a different foot every time.

Cats crave attention and love showing off whenever and however they can. Cats are great entertainers. We would be lost without our cats and their performances.

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Cats At Play

Cats At Play

Kittens start by trying to grab their Mother’s tail as she swishes it back and forth. They love to play with maple tree helicopters, jump in loose leaves, and chase the leaves as the wind moves them around. They love to play with a medium size ball of aluminum foil. One of my cats had a fetish with sponges; she would remove them from my sink and play with them. I ended up purchasing a lot of new sponges for my dishwashing needs.

Cats Can Play With Almost Any Cat Toy

Cats can play with any toy that seems to catch their fancy. Empty toilet paper rolls are a big hit with some cats. When cats catch a mouse, they love the catch-and-release technique until the mouse dies. Kittens start wrestling with their brothers and sisters to see who the top cat is. In my house, next door Cali is the head of the household. Cali is part Siamese, which is why she has been able to hold on to her position as the top matron of the house. Cali does not hurt or harm the other cats, but she has her way of letting them know she rules the roost. She was the first to try out my new Litter -Robot litter box. All of the other cats learned how it worked from her.

Cats Learn From Each Other

When a new cat toy is placed in your house, one cat seems to go for it ASAP, and then the other cats in your home learn how to use it by watching your leed cat. I have a cat treat dispenser that Conrad mastered, and Kohl and Garfunkel have also gotten their fair share of treats. The circle game toy is an excellent example. My cat Red had the circle toy mastered to perfection. He was ambidextrous, and the ball would speed around the track like greased lightning. Philmoor watched Red, and he was able to master the circle ball toy.

Cats learn from watching one another very quickly. My cats come running when I call them by name. Kohl likes to brush my hair with his paws now and then. Garfunkel loves to lick my fingers, and Conrad occasionally gives little love nips. My cats love to roll around on warm cement and eat fresh grass and catnip. Cats are curious creatures and can make a game almost out of anything.

Treat Your Cat To New Cat Toys

Treat your cat to a new cat toy or make one from things you have in your home that would be pet friendly. Watching a cat or kitten at play is very relaxing. If you have a cat toy with a string and a fish on the end of it, you and your cat can interact together. Your cat will love the extra attention that he is getting. When he is done playing, he will probably purr away until he falls soundly asleep in your lap. I hope you and your cat have many years to interact together.

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What My Cats Do Everyday

What My Cats Do Everyday

My cats have their daily routines down to a science. My house cats sleep on my bed at night, in one of their cat beds, or on a large fluffy mat that the sun shines on in the daytime. My cats stop at the litter box, food, and water bowl to start their morning. They take turns looking out the picture window at the birds eating out of their bird feeders.

Kohl starts his morning rummaging through his toy box for the perfect cat toys to play with for the day. Garfunkel is on my bed now, watching my blog away. Conrad is in his recliner, taking his first catnap at 10:00 AM. Garfunkel will go back to watching birds when I am finished with this blog post.

Conrad will toss his green snail up in the air, and Kohl will play with any toy frog he can find, along with toy mice, a stuffed hedgehog, and more. All of my house cats like to get their cat treats out of cat treat dispensers, except for Garfunkel. Garfunkel wants his treat placed in front of him. Around 1:00  PM, it is time for catnap number 2. Garfunkel likes to watch animals, westerns, and car racing on TV. At 4:00 PM, it is time for catnap number 3.

At 7:00 PM, my house cats take a last look at the birds for the day. Their last catnap of the day is a little after 7:00 PM. They eat a little bit of cat food before bedtime. When I go to bed, they go to bed.

My cat’s next door sit on their cat trees and watch the birds and me. Peter or Faith is on the lookout for cats in the morning, and they seem to tell the other cats that I am up and will be over soon to tend to their needs and wants for the day. I find them sleeping in their cat beds, hammocks, sizeable fluffy cat mat, and on guard in the cat trees. They come running once I open the door. I give them fresh water, fill up their food dishes, and clean out the litter boxes, except for the automatic ones that get cleaned once a week. Cali and Mr. Gray immediately deposit the litter box so I can clean it out before I leave for the morning. They watch me open up a nice can of cat food for a little extra snack for the day for them. They take turns eating their portions of the delicious canned treat.

I find various cat toys lying on the floor when I arrive in the morning. Toy mice stuffed with catnip are a big hit, along with singing birds, balls, and a bat whose stomach lights up when it is tossed around. They love it when I pat or brush them on the head in the morning.

All of my cats love and enjoy different toys and games. My cats have learned my routine for what time frame I will take care of them. My cats give me joy and love every day of my life.

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