Making cat food!

Yep, that's right.  I've wanted to put the kitties on a healthier diet, so I found some recipes for homemade cat food!  It will have organic chicken, rice, cottage cheese, pumpkin, a little kelp powder, a little brewer's yeast, and peas. I'll make a small batch to see if they like it.  If they do like it I'll supplement their good dry food with this 3 times a week.  I've been reading that a lot of cat illness are actually caused by a steady diet of commercial cat food, which is loaded with all kinds of crap.

I'm going to CostCo to buy their two-pack of organic chicken, which is pretty affordable.  I'm also going to replace Flea, Squeak, and Zoom's vet food with higher grade, high protein cat food--no meat by-products (what are those anyway?), no ash, no preservatives, no crap!

I'll let you know how this experiment turns out!

R.I.P. Beazle, 2007-2010

He was a cunning, wild boy, with no interest in humans.  After we moved to this house, he would disappear for months at a time.  He never let us get close enough to pet him.   But, because in my mind all cats are good,  Beazle was good.  May he rest in peace.

Cat wrangling

Yesterday I posted about the return of the injured Beazle.  This morning we closed the door to the screened porch which resulted in immediate cat freak-out.  Colonel P.  scrambled up the screen, yowling.  Larry and  Beazle ran under the chaise, and Sprout hid under a table.  After the trap (baited with sardines) was in place, I opened the door and we were able to get traumatized Sprout, Larry, and Pcorn outside where their food was waiting.  Beazle  is still avoiding the trap, but hopefully his desire for sardines will outweigh his caution and we'll be able to get him to the vet soon.  It's been a rather stressful morning for everyone.

Creature comfort

Yesterday I started working on a bird creature.  I'll take some pictures when it's a bit further along.  Today we're going to make some tempeh chili and cornbread.

 I've been distracted with trying to keep feral cats warm.  One of the ferals, Beazle, who had been gone for over 4 months, showed up yesterday morning with what appears to be a broken front leg.  He slept in the chair nest all day yesterday with his Uncle Larry.   I  put a heating pad in the big cat basket so there would be warm beds for all.  When I got up this morning Colonel Popcorn and Sprout were curled up in the basket.  They're all out and about right now and I hope Beazle comes back later.  The plan is to trap him and take him to the emergency vet for x-rays.  Anyway,  I guess we'll make decisions about what to do as we go.   Poor little Beazle.

Winter Dinner

I made dinner:  roasted organic Brussels sprouts, baby carrots, and potatoes, Salmon patty, and salad.

Looking in

You may think they want in, but they're just watch their version of tv.

What they do on a cold day

Little Flea, Olive, and Sophie leave no room for us on the couch.  Of course we shouldn't  dare ask them to share.