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"Mews Nooz" with "The
Boys" and
Karen McGreevey
Published
Weekly for Cats, Cat
Lovers and More
Vol
2,
Issue #4 Week 4 - January 29, 2011
"The Boys" say,
Hello,
We've
definitely been in the middle of winter--what with 23 degrees below
zero last week and snow on top of snow. The good news is, we're having
a "heat wave" as a couple of days this
week, we've had 21 and 23 degrees above zero.
Slowly,
But Surely...Changes are Coming
If
you haven't been by Kittens 'n
Things lately, you've missed the
"changes" I've begun to make on some of the pages. Specifically, "Who
Meow Are" and our "mini-mini "Itty
Bitty Shoppe for Kitty".
In the summer,
"when
I wasn't looking", somehow some of the script I used to
add
graphics for Amazon
products disappeared. I'm thinking
the company who
let me have it as a beta test, unbeknownst to me, decided to not use it
any more--or
something. At any rate, what happened was that I, embarrassingly, ended
up with partially blank pages except for some text I had added
to describe what I had intended to have on the page(s).
I've
finally had a chance to begin to add new Amazon code
and graphics for
the products. It is (and will be for some time) a work in progress,
however you can see the beginnings
here...and
here.
Yours
in furriendship,
 and
"The
Boys" 
Karen
McGreevey
Publisher/Editor
Mew's Nooz
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In
this Issue
- Days
of Our Meows:
The Joys of Coming Home
- Taking
Care of Kitty: Danger
In the Skies
- What's
New Pussy Cat? Catty Stacks
- It's Your Turn:
Floppy Cats, Trigg and Charlie
- Who Meow Are: "The
Boys"
- Manage Your Subscription:
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Days
of Our Meows
The Joys of Coming Home
One of the neatest things
about coming home
is walking in the door and seeing at least one of
"The Boys" waiting
at the door for you.
I'll bet you experience the fun of it with yours, too.
Sometimes, though, we don't know if they're at the door because they
really are glad to see us, or if it's because they want to "take a quick look"
on the porch.
Or if it's because they think one of the neighbor cats came over to
play while the door was closed!
Many years ago when we still had Snowflake, she
would sit in the window
and watch for us.
She knew our car because as soon as we pulled into the driveway,
she would jump fron the window sill ledge and be at the door by the
time
we got out of the car and
opened the front door.
When she wasn't in the window, Snowflake would watch TV. A lot! She was
deaf
so she would sit close so she could read lips...or so Chuck said!
Photo: Snowflake
Taking
Care of Kitty
Danger In the Skies
And in this instance, I don't mean "people danger".
I was readong at a blog just the other day about a heart-breaking
incident a kitty owner experienced with her brand new kitty...one she
had purchased from a cat breeder many states away from where she lived.
The lady wrote that she family had purchased, I believe it was,. an
11-week old kitty. And made transportation arrangements for the kitty
to
be flown from the breeder's state to where the new owner
and her
family lived.
As is common with transporting animals, the ktty was flown in a cat
carrier in the cargo
area of the plane.
Animals fly like that quite often--the cargo area is maintained and air
pressurized.
Unfortuantely, the flight took place in the winter, and when the plane
landed the "adoptive family" was not able to get to the kitty right
away--waiting for deplaning, luggage pick-up of other passengers, etc.,
When it was finally their turn to get the kitty, kitty had already
waited about 2 hours in the depressurized
plane. And it was cold in the
cargo hold. In addition, the kitty was a kitty that had no fur.
Needless to say, the sad ending is that kitty was barely alive
when the family got the kitty! And by the time they were able
to get it to
the emergency vet, it was too late.
The family was heartbroken, and the lady who posted did so to help to
make us all aware of such incidents that can happen.
As I read the story, I couldn't help but think about Pet Airways, or Pet
Express, airlines' specifically created for
transporting
animals.
I
have not used either airlines
 
What's
New Pussy Cat?
Catty Stacks
"The
Boys," our
"Cat Seen
Investigators"
(CSI), like nosing around the Internet for really cool toys and all
kinds of stuff that might catch the eye of any discerning
kitty. This
week, they want to present the Catty
Stacks.
We found Catty
Stacks when we were visiting Floppy Cats.com.
If you
haven't been over there yet, you might want to take a quick look.
They've got some really neat stuff there. Although we haven't yet
purchased these stacks, as I'm not sure where I'd put them, I am
providing the following information, in part, which I found at the web
site for
Catty
Stacks.
"Catty
Stacks, by Cat
House System LLC,
were created with the
notion that there must exist a durable, eco-friendly, and aesthetically
pleasing alternative to the bulky, ex pensive,
carpet covered climbers which are often eye-sores and difficult to keep
clean.
Note from Karen: We've also found
that sometimes the regular carpet-covered type climbers do not sit
evenly on our carpet--and would topple over on occasion when our "kids"
would get a bit rambunctious!
Catty
Stacks
offer a unique, modern design and are available in
a
variety of colors. ...
It’s
clear to see why cats love Catty
Stacks.
STRONG
- Catty
Stacks are not your ordinary
cardboard boxes. They are
made from super-strong, heavy-weight, double-walled cardboard similar
in strength to the boxes that huge, flat-screen TVs are shipped in.
Boxes
clip together and can be moved as a single structure and
are
strong and stable enough for multiple cats.
ECONOMICAL
- Catty
Stacks are
less expensive than most traditional cat
houses.
Catty Stacks
fit any budget
and style. They
fit perfectly
along walls or in corners."
"The Boys" absolutely
love the thought of Catty
Stacks,
and give them
paws up!
It's
Your
Turn
Floppycats, Trigg and
Charlie
Since "The Boys" and I have been
"cattin'
around the web" looking at all the really neat kitty blogs
and cat sites, we're meeting a lot of amazing kitties and their
"bean" families that we never knew befire. So we've decided to
feature some of our new-found furriends in this spot.
Just this week, we "met" Trigg
and
Charlie,
at Floppycats.com.
Here are their stories; I love the way their mom put this
together:
Hi! My name is Trigg. I am a blue lynx
mitted
Ragdoll cat. I
am a year old
and was born on
August 19,
2009. My mom writes a blog called Floppycats.com -
I
am one of two
official product testers for the site and often appear in videos and wha  t
not. I am a
relative of a cat, ( Rags),
that my mom had for 19.5 years (and who she grew up with).
When Rags died, my
mom looked for descendants
of Rags
and found my parents on Soulmate
Ragdolls'
website. So she
watched it regularly to see when my
mom would have kittens. This,
of course,
was after Rags had
passed.
Nicknames:
Chiggy Wiggy Woo
Woo, Chigger
Likes:
Watching the
squirrels and birds out the front window and having the crazies in the
morning.
Dislikes: I come to you, not
the other way around. I
am much like
Rags
in this way.
Favorite
Food: I
love all
food!!!
Favorite
Bed: Alpha
Pooch
Siesta Cat Bed
Favorite
Scratcher:
Imperial
Cat Zen Lounger
or TopCat
Products Sisal Scratching Post
Favorite
Toy: Bottle
caps
from Mountain
Valley Spring Water and Neko
Flies Interactive Cat
Toys!
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What
up! My
name is Charlie.
I am a seal
mitted Ragdoll cat
with an
hourglass blaze. I
am a year old and was
born on July
23, 2009.
I’m often featured on Floppycats.com
-
I am one of two
official product testers for the site and am more of a poser than my
roommate
brother (we’re not blood related) Trigg, so I am
often the one in the
photos
with the products.
My
mom found me on Soulmate
Ragdolls website in August 2009 and told me that she nearly jumped up
from her
computer in excitement because she knew she had to have me the second
she saw
me.
Of course, she
wasn’t looking for
me, but rather to see if Trigg’s mom had had a litter – but I came
first.
Nicknames: Charlemagne,
Charlemagnzers, Sharlie, Bubie (don’t ask – my mom is weird!)
Likes:
DRY FOOD, going
outside for 1 hour every day and Neko Flies!!
Dislikes: Wet food and
combs!
Favorite
Food: I
love all
dry food!!! The
more the better!
Favorite Scratcher: Imperial Cat Zen Lounger
or
TopCat Products Sisal Scratching Post
Favorite Bed: Brawny Cat Big
Baby
Favorite Toy: Neko Flies
Large Kittenator!
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Yay for our new found furrriends, Trigg and Charlie. They
must have a
lot of fun at
their house. They've got those cat
stacks.
Who
We Meow Are
The McGreeveys
I'm Karen McGreevey,
"keeper of 'the kids.'" "The Boys" at our house include:
Jonny
Cat, II - named for Jonny Cat, who was in our "first
family", and for a sack of cat litter. He'll have to tell you the story
one of these days.
Michael
Anthony (Mikey or Mikki - depending upon whether I spell
his name or Chuck, my husband spells it). Mikey is named after an
expensive line of jewelry--because he's "mighty fine"!
Daniel
Boone - Although Daniel's no longer with us. We called him
"Daniel" for short. And he and Mikey were "true brothers" because they
were from the same litter.
Wild
"Bill" Hicock" - Who is really just "Billy"
Buffalo
Bill "Cody" - Unfortunately, is also "gone". He left us a
little too young.
Jim
"Bowie" - We cfall him "Bowie" (Booie), although as the
"baby" he could easily be called the "brat" but that wouldn't be nice!
Chuck
- Daddy of "The Boys," and husband of Karen.
All six were/are Purebred Persians, with babydoll faces. (Their faces
are sprinkled throughout this ezine, on the l left side of
each topic page.) They do not have the really smashed nose,
which is a characteristic of some Persians.
Except Jonny; he's close - "by a nose!"
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