Category: Cats

Cat houses

On By CarynIn Cats

I picked up a heated cat house from a friend that no longer needed it and put it up behind the coop. We have cats that come and go from the colony next door, and as winter heads in a warm spot might be appreciated.

Photo description: heated cat house on a table with a heated water bowl

This is really a payment for services for the outside cats. They kill venomous snakes and rodents. I have personally seen a meadow cat carrying off a rat, and my husband saw one with a copperhead. The population of the colony has stabilized with just a few that return as the temps drop.

Poor puppy

On By CarynIn Cats, dog
Photo description: calico cat in a pastel rainbow dog bed, small black dog in a new dark blue bed

Izzy the cat has decided that Missy’s bed is the best in the house, much to Missy’s dismay. So I bought a new round dog bed so she had a safe spot again. It isn’t quite the same as her rainbow round, but when the cat rules, you make the best of it. I was actually hoping Izzy would go to the new bed, but no, there is just something about that rainbow round.

Pose

On By CarynIn Cats

Today I present Thor the gray tabby as he posed on a bench.

Photo description: large gray tabby with white face, chest, and legs laying on a storage bench with one leg hanging down

He’s a pretty boy, scared of everything, except mice and bugs, which he brings in from the catio, sometimes still alive.

Face time

On By CarynIn Cats
Photo description: calico cat in an oval wicker basket on the floor

Izzy the calico cat has not had much face time on the blog lately, so here she is being her regal self in a basket I was getting ready to pack up for a spinning demonstration.

Another one down

On By CarynIn Cats
Photo description: large gray tabby eating a mouse on a rug inside the house

Thor the gray tabby brought another mouse into the house. At least this time he dispatched it himself. The last one hid under the couch and Sophie the calico cat had to take care of it.