Cat Fountains

This past weekend we took Milo to the vet for a Feline Leukemia Vaccine. While we were there I talked to the vet and asked him a couple of questions. One thing I mentioned was that Milo peed on our comforter a few days ago. We thought it might be because we changed his litter box to a covered one with a flapping door. We had never used a covered litter box with him before so I wasn't sure how he would like it. I should have taken the door off to see how he would do first, but I didn't. Anyways, I mentioned it to the vet and he said ordinarily I would think you are right. However he has all the risk factors of a UTI. He is a male orange tabby, an indoors cat, neutered and young, which are all risk factors. Lovely. I had known this though through doing some research on the internet. Jeff thought I was being a hypochondriac. The vet checked his urine and turns out he did have some crystals in his urine. Poor kitty. So now he is on special food for the next 6-8 weeks and then the vet is going to reassess how he is doing. I'm glad we caught this early before he had a lot of accidents and he was in pain. He doesn't seem to be in pain at all. He is very playful. I don't know if he got it after he came to us or if he had it when we adopted him. I'm just glad we are taking care of it and hopefully he won't have to be on special food for life.

To make sure he gets rid of the crystals and doesn't have to be on special food I went out and bought a Petmate Fresh Flow Cat Fountain. They are expensive, but I think they are worth it, drinking a lot of water is supposed to help cats with crystals. Milo is always drinking from toilets and trying to drink the leftover water from the bathtub. He doesn't drink much from his bowl. So today I went out and bought it. After taking a while to put it together he drank from it right away. I have heard that some cats need a while to get used to it, but not Milo. He tried drinking from the left side and the right side and from the top fountain. He drank the most I have ever seen him drink and then went to the bathroom. Good Milo. Hopefully he will keep it up, get rid of all his crystals, and this will be a very good investment.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! I hope you all will bee good ;D

The paper bag

I have always heard that cats love boxes and paper bags. My cat that I had growing up always did. So one day while I was at the groccery store I asked for a paper bag. When I first brought it home to Milo he wasn't sure what to do with it. He sniffed at it and then left it alone. I tried putting his toys in the bag to no avail. I finally decided to cut half of the bottom out of the bag so that it was still partially closed out of one end, but that he could look through it. He loved it. He loves to dive into the bag, hide and get ready to pounce, and then he will run out of the bag pounce on a toy, run around the kitchen table, and then run back in the bag again. He also will chew on the bag. I think he likes the sound it makes. Unfortunately he has had so much fun with his current paper bag that he ripped it in half. He still likes to sit on it and will try to hide in it, but it doesn't work so well anymore. I have to remember to get him another bag the next time I go to the groccery store. There is a more expensive option that you can buy at the store for $15 that is a cat tunnel that does the same thing, but I don't think we are ready to buy that just yet.

The feather wand

The feather wand was one of the first toys we bought Milo. We bought it because the woman who was taking care of him before we adopted him said he loved them. We bought him one that is soft and has feathers velcroed to the bottom. He loves it. This is one of the toys he plays with the most. He loves to chew on the bottom velcro section. If you hold on to the stick and throw the soft wand part at him he will leap for it, sometimes with impressive twists and turns. He once did a somersault just to get it. He will also take it in his mouth and walk off with it to chew on it in peace. Over all a very good buy if you have a cat.

The laundry basket

One feature I want to implement in this blog is to list all of the toys we buy for Milo, the things around the house he makes into toys, and the toys we make. I'm going to make labels according to each category. I want to write about if he plays with them, if they last, and how often he plays with them.

The first toy I'm going to write about is my laundry basket. I didn't expect him to enjoy my old laundry basket. I bought it for very cheap at CVS. When we got married I got a large three sorter laundry basket that replaced it. When we got Milo I didn't want it to fall on him so I moved it into the computer room, which at the time he wasn't going into. I first noticed that he liked the laundry basket when Jeff and I would use the computer. He would want to be in the same room as us so he would come sit on the floor. After a while he discovered the laundry basket and knocked it over while investigating. He soon went inside of it and seemed to enjoy it. After that every time Jeff or I are on the computer one of his favorite spots is the laundry basket. He will claw at it or move and sometimes it will start to colapse or fall over. This is extremly amusing to watch. Overall, Milo likes the laundry basket. I think he likes it because he can go inside of it and still see through it. I have tried throwing toys inside of it while he is inside, but it usually makes it collapse.

Some cute random pictures

Adoption

My husband Jeff and I have wanted to get a pet together for a while now. We decided we were going to wait until after we were married and then waited at least four months after that. We started thinking we should get a dog, but because of where we are in life getting a cat fit our lifestyle better. We live in an apartment with no backyard and we both work. We found Milo through a local Petsmart. He was being shown by a local organization called Forgotten Cats which rescues cats from the streets. I knew Milo was the one when we met him. He immediately rubbed against us and asked for petting. He is a majorly snuggly cat. The woman who took care of him said she could always count on him for a snuggle. A week later he was ours.

He was a little timid at first, spending most of his time in our closet. After a couple of days he ventured out and had the run of the apartment. Now he is everywhere. We took him to the vet the next week and found he had ear mites, fleas, and possibly worms. The vet started treating him on everything and now he is a very happy kitty. I tell him that he is a lucky kitty. He started out on the streets and now he has a family who feeds him, gives him lots of snuggles, and buys him too many toys.

Welcome

Welcome! This is a new blog that will be all about our new cat Milo. My husband and I adopted Milo a little over a month ago. This blog will include Milo's adoption story, some of his daily activities, favorite toys, and things he gets into from day to day. I hope you will stick around for the ride.