I’m sorry it’s been so long since we’ve posted. Rest assured that everyone has been doing well. We have lots of new pictures and stories to share, so stay tuned!

And of course, not to be outdone:

My not-so-little Tabletop Moobly Moo.

Awwww…

On a side note, we took Janet’s advice and put out a second litterbox for Moo.  This was reluctantly on my part since we literally have no where to put it that is not a focal point of our living space.  I guess you can’t have it all.  I’d rather see the second litterbox and dry floors.  In any case, Moo has claimed this one as her own.  She still visits the other box on occasion as well.  But she seems to prefer the new one.  Now if I could just get Tulip to stop punking her while she’s in there, I think she’d be pretty content.

I was pretty concerned that Moo might have some issues.  She’s a bit smaller than Tulip, but feels 10 times heavier.  She’s like a medicine ball.  She just feels dense.  Then there’s the constant black eye and nose boogers, the snoring, the horrible breath/bad teeth, and the occasional peeing on the floor instead of in the litterbox.  I was really afrad that she had some serious problems.

Eve loaded up both cats in their carriers and picked me up at work to head over to see Dr. Côté.  Moo was talking a bit in the car, but both cats were sweet angels on their way over, and throughout their entire visit.  They both got weighted and got their temperatures taken.  They both got a dose of worm medicine and and a dose of flea medicine.  Moo is getting some blood work done to see how everything else checks out.  But overall she seems to be in good shape other than some bad teeth.  We’ll wait and see if anything turns up in the blood work.  If not, we’ll set up an appointment to get her teeth cleaned.  She has one tooth in particular that will probably need to come out.  I’m sure that will make her feel a lot better.

I asked Dr. Côté about Moos boogers and eye.  She didn’t hesitate to grab Moo’s little head and show me that the eye in question is, in fact, surgically closed.  She just has a lot of fat around that one eye and it’s very deep set.  Unlike Tulip’s it appears that Moo’s eyes still have their tear ducts, so her eyes water on occasion.  Now that I know I’m not going to hurt her I can be more diligent about cleaning that goopy eye.  (I was afraid to try to open that eye because I wasn’t convinced it was sealed.)

Tulip has small organs, but seems to be happy and healthy.  She’s very low maintenance so far.  While in the vet’s office, she was very reserved and quiet.  She tends to play possum when she’s that nervous, which is a huge advantage for us.  It’s far better than having her to wild.  Moo, on the other hand, was working the party.  She was very interested in greeting everyone, and I’m pretty sure she made friends with most of the staff while she was out back.  She was her usual social butterfly self.

We’ll see what Moo’s blood work brings, but I’m more optimistic that she’s doing fairly well.  I’m looking forward to having them both in excellent condition.  I want to keep them as happy and healthy as we can.  They’ve had enough challenges in their short little lives.

If you’re in the area and in the market for a veterinarian, we highly recommend Dr. Côté at Côté Animal Hospital in La Jolla.  There is a link to her website on our front page if you would like further information.

If you go to the FlickR photo stream on the right, you can see a larger version of these photos so you can get a closer look at the details. It’s beautiful! Miss Moo was very interested in checking it out as well:

Unfortunately, I couldn’t get Tulip to come join in the fun. She was a little bit intimidated by the both of us trying to coax her over. I’ll have to get a picture of her with it at some point. The stripes on the face and legs are hilarious.Tu’s stripes are my favorite feature of hers, so it’s fun to see them accentuated here. And I love the little birds. The one on the pendulum at the bottom swings back and forth.  Thank you so much, Michelle, for the awesome gift!  We love it.

Please take some time to check out more of Michelle’s artwork.  She has many cool clocks and pieces of art available at Allen Designs.  I’m not sure if she has more of the Tulip Kitty clock or not, but I’ll find out and report back!

** I checked with Michelle.  She does have more of the Tulip Kitty clocks.  They are not listed on her website.  However, if you’d like to purchase one, you can contact her directly through the Allen Designs website.

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This is Miss Miracle.  She just arrived this afternoon.  As you can see, she is already making herself quite at home. As soon as Tonya opened up the pet carrier, she popped out and made her way around our house like she had always been here. She and Tulip haven’t met yet. They have remained on opposite sides of the door. However, they are already talking to each other a bit and checking out each others belongings. I’m really hoping they’ll hit it off nicely.

Miracle also came from the wonderful folks at FOCAS. Thank you Tonya, Dana, Janet, and Frances for bringing her into our lives.