Spring Time

In the spring a young man's fancy turns to love but a cat's fancy turns to MICE.  They are plentiful when the snow starts to melt and the house cat is so happy to be out chasing them.  Unfortunately he likes to brag, and to do that its best if we can see his successes.  good thing we're not squeamish.

warm and dry

Seymour avoiding eye contact

Last winter someone dropped a pregnant cat at the end of the driveway.  I guess they thought a place called "Kitty City" would be the perfect place for her.  She subsequently gave birth to six kittens and we managed to find good homes for them.  It just wrenches at your heart to know how cruel some people can be to animals.  Poor Mama Kitty was left out in the cold to fend for herself.  Luckily she was found and saved, but by that time she was very skinny and very hungry.  Also very scared.  It took quite a bit of coaxing to get her to come where it was warm and dry.
I hope everyone will think twice about getting a pet if there is a chance that it won't be cared for.  It is a lifetime commitment.  We have cats here that are fifteen to twenty years old, and a few even older than that.

Curious kitties

Year of the Cat

2011 The Year of the Cat (YOC) is a Canada-wide initiative orchestrated by Care for Cats that is intended to "get rid of the myths and give the facts!" This program will bring a national time-line of events such as adopt-a-thons and an identification week. To facilitate the effective delivery of these programs online tool kits will be provided at no cost to community collaborators across Canada
want more information?  http://www.careforcats.ca/year_of_the_cat/2011_year_of_the_cat.html

Winter blahs

Things tend to slow down a bit in mid winter.  Christmas is over, everybody is settling back into thier routines.  The cats at Kitty City tend to sleep more in the cold weather.  It's a good thing too, since the people are busy shovelling snow and trying to keep warm.  Of course, the snow blower chose this time to break down and spent most of January (the time when blizzards were prevalant) in the snowblower hospital.  There was two feet of the white stuff in the driveway, and it all had to be cleared so the customer's could come in. 

We have number of long term visitors this winter (staying a month or more) including the kittens, Cali and Rupert, Cleo, Millie, and Sissie to name a few.  They are all settled in and getting to be good friends. 

How Old is your Cat?

All animals age differently than humans.  They are only babies for a short time and their live span is much shorter.  Do you want to know how old your kitty is in human years?

Cat's Age                                     Human's Age
6 months                                              10 years
8 months                                              13 years
1 year                                                   15 years
2 years                                                 24 years          
4 years                                                 32 years
6 years                                                 40 years
8 years                                                 48 years
10 years                                               56 years
12 years                                               64 years
14 years                                               72 years
16 years                                               80 years
18 years                                               88 years
20 years                                               96 years
21 years                                               100 years   

Getting a kitten could be a lifetime commitment. 

Kittens

these three little girls were guests for over a month and quickly became great favourites.  It was quite difficult to get them to sit still long enough for a picture.  First they had to run around and exhaust themselves.  Luckily there is a lot of space for them at Kitty city.  There are ladders to climb, posts to scratch and toys to chase.