08/04/2023 – Change of Plan

Indecisive Quint © Colehauscats.com
Indecisive Quint © Colehauscats.com

Quint, oh, Quint. Quint, where are you? Quint, Quint, come here.

Dad, I have places to go today, like, I think I hear my blanket fort calling me. And I’m late as it is. Another time, Dad.

Oh, Quint. Okay, then. I’ll just put these snack kibbles back away…

Decisive Quint © Colehauscats.com
Decisive Quint © Colehauscats.com

Hmm, my blanket fort can wait a little longer. Coming, Dad!

Quint in his blanket fort © Colehauscats.com
Quint in his blanket fort © Colehauscats.com

Later…

Snack kibbles and my blanket fort and Dad who give snack kibbles mid-morning. Yeah, this is the good life.

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Olivia says she's okay © Colehauscats.com
Olivia says she’s okay © Colehauscats.com

Olivia’s vet X-rays came back. Dad says our favorite vet said Olivia is too skinny to see anything inside that may have been displaced or pushed out of the way should something be amiss. She doesn’t have any blockage of any kind. And because Olivia’s back to eating fairly normally now, they can only speculate that perhaps she had a case of pancreatitis that’s clearing up or has cleared up. If we wanted to, the next step could be an ultrasound but neither they or we are convinced they’d find anything. Our budget and gut feel doesn’t allow us to go that far, especially with such strong doubt.

So, we’ll continue to monitor her eating just as we do every day with everyone and will look forward to Colehaus Cats normalcy. And with that news, let’s break out the treats all around!

Yes, please! © Colehauscats.com
Yes, please! © Colehauscats.com

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2022 – No post
2021 – No post
2020A Random August Post!
2019 – No post
2018 – No post
2017Around Colehaus
2016 – No post
2015Ruby Tuesday
2014MultiCat Monday
2013 – No post
2012 – No post

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08/02/2023 – Wednesday Whys

Viola asks why © Colehauscats.com
Viola asks why © Colehauscats.com

Viola’s a curious cat. Here’s a small smattering of her latest whys.

Why do we have so many toys?
Why aren’t our names on our toys?
Why do the other cats dig toys out of the basket and leave them?
Why doesn’t Dad dig through the toy basket?
Why does Dad yell when I try to drink his coffee?
Why doesn’t Dad have his own personal feeder like we do?
Why doesn’t Dad share his kibble with me?
Why does Dad tell me he’s brushing kittens off my fur?

All of these can be answered with one word: Because. And that’s all the attention span needed today.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2022 – No post
2021It’s That Time of Year
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018 – No post
2017Wordless Wednesday
2016 – No post
2015Random August Post!
2014 – No post
2013One Word Weekend
2012 – No post

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07/31/2023 – Good-bye July

Olivia © Colehauscats.com
Olivia © Colehauscats.com

Good-bye July. It’s good to see you go. And Olivia says you can take all the vet visits in the world with you.

Olivia’s vet appointment for X-rays went good and fast but we haven’t heard back from our vet yet. It might be an X-ray people don’t work weekends thing in which case, we’ll hear something today or tomorrow. Olivia gained a few ounces and is no longer taking her appetite stimulator ear gel (it had a 30 day limitation). So, we’re going on a week-by-week basis and will just have to see what happens.

Unhappy Tessa and rightfully so © Colehauscats.com
Unhappy Tessa and rightfully so © Colehauscats.com

In other news, Tessa’s personal feeder (SureFlap bowl) stopped opening sometime on Saturday and we didn’t pick up why she was being so annoying in getting into EVERYTHING and in our faces constantly. For hours. Later in the day, just about kibble snack time, did Mom discover the problem and Dad worked on trying to get it to work correctly, with mixed results. Clearly, something else to keep an eye on. Really, SureFlap. You couldn’t have lowered your price on these by now?

Additionally, we just discovered we are unable to send out email. All along for oh, the last three months, we thought our email returns were a problem on the other end because, surely, it couldn’t be us, right?

How embarrassing. Why, oh why, do we have computer problems every single summer? Dad will need to hunt down this problem on top of the other problems and yearly failures we seem to go through. Please bear with us, and we apologize profusely if you were expecting a reply from us, any reply, an acknowledgement, a peep, anything, over the past few months. Truly, we had no idea it was us.

Okay July, good-bye to you and this month’s expenses. Bring on August!

A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2022 – No post
2021 – No post
2020Good-bye July
2019Good-bye July
2018 – No post
2017Good-bye July
2016 – No post
2015Good-bye July
2014 – No post
2013Young ‘Uns
2012 – No post

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