Poison In A Bag

Well it’s finally Furiday. Mommy has hers mumffly doctors pointment today so we ‘cided to write a short posty since we won’t be able to do much in da way of visitin’. We was gunna write a Service cat twainin’ posty but we got a email yesfurday dat weally disturbed us so we wanted to take today to write ‘bout it and warn peeps.

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Come on in and let’s have a chat.

Wiff more and more peeps bein’ disabled and havin’ aches and pains these days, there awe lots of studies into pain management. One of da newest options is one of da oldest dwugs wound, Cannabis. Yep pawently good ole once illegal everywhere marijuana’s posed to help wiff pain. We get lots of purrsonal messages and emails askin’ us to sign petitions to legalize da medical use of it. Mommy supposes we get asked so much cuz peeps know hers lives wiff tons of pain and wuld be sympaffetic. And da twuff is we awe empaffetic wiff those speriencin’ pain cuz mommy duz know what it’s like. And Cannabis isn’t any more addictive than any uvver nawrcotic pain weliever. So what’s da big deal you ask?

Well it’s fur sure hawrder fur most animals to get into a bottle of pain medicine than a bag. And peeps tend to be more careful wiff a bottle of pain medicine and don’t tend to just leave it layin’ wound. Now dat’s not to say dat there awen’t animals out there getting’ into those pills and getting’ sick, but da nummers awe purretty low cuz most peeps know most human meds be dangerwous fur their animal furiends.

But da use of marijuana is much more welaxed cuz it’s sumfin’ dat be smoked. And most peeps don’t fink twice ‘bout smokin’ wound their furry babies. And leavin’ da bag of marijuana layin’ wound is similar to leavin’ a pack of cigarwettes layin’ wound. Da active ingwedient dat gives hoomans those welaxed feelins is called delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol or THC. Afur da use of marijuana as a pain med, da THC levels was wound 1% – 3%. But today THC levels awe much higher and have even been noted at over 30%.

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This ingwedient is highly toxic to yous cats, doggies, wabbits, pigs and all small animals; specially those wiff bweavin’ conditions. Smokin’ da dwug wound yous pet is hawrmful, but not nearly as hawrmful as them eatin’ it fwum dat bag dat be layin’ wound. Since da legality of Cannabis fur medical conditions has occurred there has been a rise of marijuana poisoning in dogs and cats. There awe more documented cases among our canine furiends, but studies show dat kitties have more severe and lastin’ weactions. Da symptoms of Cannabis poisonin’ in cats and uvver small animals is: Lethargy, Uncoordinated (falling over), Depression and/or Anxiety, Vomitin’, Slow Heart rate, Seizures and sometimes Coma. It can be fatal.

We wuld like to wemind you dat ifin yous usin Cannabis fur any weason dat yous keep it out of da weach of yous furry pal. Purrlease don’t leave it where your pets can get into it. And ifin yous spect marijuana poisonin’ call da ASPCA poison contwol line and get yous pet to da VET immediately.

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Catnip and Cannabis awe NOT da same!!

Weez be joinin’ Rascal and Rocco fur anudder issue of da Pet Pawade. Check out da hop on their blog and all da udder pawsum animals in da blogosphere. And weez’ll be wound to see you as soon as we can.

Till da next time……………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi

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Wesources: http://cats.about.com/od/healthfaqs/f/marijuana_cats.htm

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+1677&aid=2254 

http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/marijuana/

Flat Scout Caturday

Well it’s time fur anudder episode of Caturday’s flat scouts cat scout and this week weez had a gweat visit wiff Sammy P of 15 and meowing. Weez call him Sammy P cuz we have anudder Sammy at scouts too. Yous might know him, and fur sure hims will be visitin’ so weez’ll wait to tell ya’ ‘bout hims. Anyways, Sammy P’s flat got here Monday afternoon. Hims had been twavelin’ a long time and was purretty tired so hims chilled on da twee a bit. He is such a gentlemancat. Hims came in a tie and bwought da pawsumest made wiff luv toys fur sis Lexi and me. Hims didn’t wanna seem to take hims tie off so da furst night hims even slept in it. Da next day mommy took us all fur a stwoll after weez finished bwekky. He weally liked da stwoller. Hiims didn’t wanna get out when we got back in and so mommy sed hims kuld lay wound in it. It has a plush seat so no purrawllem. When hims finally got out, hims jumped up in da wheelchair.

 

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Later dat day weez had company comin’ so mommy spent a lot of tim getting’ weady. We all laid wound and chilled out till our company awwived. And even Sammy p got his foto taken wiff our pawsum guest. Weez’ll tell ya’ all ‘bout dat visit tomowwo. He even went to dinner wiff da ladies. Later dat night we found out why Sammy didn’t wanna take hims tie off. See those post peeps ain’t very careful and hims got a little bent on hims furst outin’ and had a little cwimp iin hims neck. So sis Lexi sat hims down and told hims all ‘bout how embawwasses she had been goin’ to BlogPaws wiff hers neck neckid. But nopawdy pointed or stared, stead she was met wiff an outpurrin’ of luv and support. And dat it was da same fur him. Wasn’t nuffin’ hims kulda helped and nopawdy was gunna make fun of hims cuz of it. So hims took off hims tie and loossened up and had a gweat time. Mommy even twied to help hims wiff it as bestest she kuld.

 

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Sammy P: And I so precieated it too, Dezi and Lexi and aunty Audra. And You girls are such sweeties. Dezi really does give up the scratcher lounger when Lexi wants it. I even got to lay on it a while till Lexi came out and Dezi told me I could lay anywhere else, but that if her sissy wanted da lounger I should give it to her. They have so many pawsum places to lay I didn’t mind giving it to Lexi. They have lots of great toys to play with and their mommy grows them grass all the time.

 

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Yeah Sammy P weez do have sum gweat toys. We have sum amazin’ furiends and awnties dat have sent us lots of goodies and we luv to share. Sammy P weally liked hangin’ on da Liberty twee and lookin’ out da door. Hims sed it was weally quiet out here and weez told hims it’s cuz weez live in da kuntwy amung da old folks. So da only ‘citement is when da ambulance and fire twucks come or weez make it. MOL Weez weally enjoyed our visit wiff Sammy P and hims welkum back anytime. Hims will be headin’ out Monday fur da next leg of hims twavels. Weez gunna miss him but we can’t wait fur da next scout to awwive at our door.

 

Come by on Fursdays to read more 'bout me (Izzy) and Tristy's travels
Come by on Fursdays to read more ’bout me (Izzy) and Tristy’s travels

Ifin yous enjoy our flat scout tales be sure to check back wiff us on Fursdays and Caturdays fur more tales of da virtual and weal twips of da cawdboard twavelin’ Flat cat scouts. And ifin yous wanna join up, click here to be twansported to cat scouts wight now. (will open in new window)

 

Till da next time……………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

 

Dezi and Lexi wiff guest Sammy P

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Lionesses On The Prowl

Well it’s time to spill da purrverbeal beans and tell yous all ‘bout meez big surpwise. Member when we went to BlogPaws back in May? Well while we was there we met up wiff one of our pawsum furiends Christy Paws and hers mommy. It wasn’t weally Christy, she had a flat dat a lot of da kitties had to go to BlogPaws wiff. Hers mommy and our mommy hit it off weally well and hung out quite a bit. We weally hated to say goodbye to all da pawsum peeps we met but we all purromised to keep in touch. And yous know what? Weez did. And Christy joined Cat Scouts. Seems she had been buggin’ hers mommy fur a while and when da scouts stawrted twavelin’ wound hers mommy finally gave in and let her join. She’s gunna have a gweat time. All us scouts do. Ifin yous been finkin’ ‘bout joinin’, there’s no time like da purresent, just click here.

 

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Hey Tristy how’s ya’ duin? This BlogPaws is gweat fun isn’t it?

Okay, back to meez stowry. As you know weez not have da gween papers to make me a flat and have me twavelin’ all over da world, so me and sissy have been havin’ a ball hostin’ udder scouts. And yous gotta come back on Caturday to see who be here this week and all da pawsum fun weez been up too. Weez got a big surpwise to weveal then too. Anyways, back to meez stowry. Sure it wuld be fun to go and visit all meez furiends, but me knows dat mommy duz hers bestest fur us and ifin she sez no, then me knows it’s fur a good weason. So me never gave it anudder fawt. And then one day we was checkin’ our emails and there was one fwum Christy and hers mommy. Christy sed hers mommy wanted to talk to meez mommy ‘bout sumfin’. It was all secwetive like so it weally had us wunnewin’ what was up. Me told mommy to call wight away and find out, so she did. And OMC is me ever glad she did. Guess who be twavelin’ da world over? Yep dat’s wight, it’s FLAT ME!!! Me ‘cided to call her Izzy after meez middle name, Izzabella.

 

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It’s IZZY!!!! And Tristy on hers mommys puter. Mommy wuld never let us sit on hers puter. MOL Awen’t we cute?

Christy fawt it wuld be cool ifin hers flat and meez flat twaveled da world togedder. Hers mommy fawt it was a gweat idea too and so they ‘cided to ask mommy ifin it wuld be okay ifin meez flat was to come there and stawt twavelin’ wiff Christy.’s flat who she’s named, Tristy. Me kuldn’t wait cuz Christy has a horsey named Dancer dat me was gunna get to ride and she even has a bwofur. But even better, Izzy wuld get to visit wiff all meez cat scout furiends. Christy and me, better know as; Izzy and Tristy, awe gunna have lots of adventures while we twavel wound visitin’ so yous gunna have to stay tuned fur da continuin’ saga of da Lionesses on da Prowl. Wanna know what happened next? Wanna hear ‘bout our twip to Canada to see Shoko? Click here to be twansported to Christy’s blog fur da next installment. And click here to go to Shoko’s bloggy to see da fun weez havin’ there. And come back here next week to see what happens next.

 

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It’s Izzy and Tristy on Christy Paws cat twee.

Weez’ll be visitin’ today as much as we can to twy and get caught up cuz weez had company yesfurday and didn’t visit much. We had a gweat time and will be tellin’ ya all ‘bout it. And yes we got fotos. We even got one of mommy wiff our company. Yous all know dat don’t happen very offen. And weez’ll be weturnin’ to twainin’ stowries next week as purromissed.

 

Till da next time………………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

 

Dezi (Izzy) and Lexi

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Lexi, Where Are You?

Well here we awe at da beginnin’ of anudder busy week. We say busy but it’s also gunna be fun. Okay maybe not everyday, but a few days at least. And lots of ya’ was innewested in hearin’ da stowry of sis Lexi and da washin’ machine so weez gunna be tellin’ ya’ all ‘bout dat too. Mommy talked wiff one of our awnties this past week ‘bout hers comin’ up to Oklahoma to meet us. And they finalized da details last night. WooHoo Mommy sez every woman out there will know what comes next. A day of mad cleanin’ is on da calendar fur mommy today. And then later this week mommys case worker be comin’ out. Now weez not fink we told ya’, but member when mommys case worker twaded her last year and gave mommy a new one? Welllllllllll dat didn’t work out. Da furst “new” case worker did nuffin’ but sleep when she came to visit and then she just up and left da company and went back to work fur hers last company wiff no notice. So mommy was assigned anudder “new” case worker. She never showed up fur a visit, and didn’t call or email eever. So mommy called hers old case worker and asked ifin she wuld purrlease take hers case back, and she did. So all’s well dat ends well wight?

 

Anyways, since mommy’s gunna be so busy we fawt we wuld tell ya’ ‘bout sissy and da washer today. We purromise to get back to twainin’ stowries by next week. We know yous be enjoyin’ those and we luv tellin’ ya’ ‘bout ‘em. Me be quite da character, least dat’s what mommy sez. So most of meez twainin’ stowries have da added bonus of bein’ comical. Now weez gunna show ya’ a foto of sis Lexi when she was much yunger and they had a linen closet. sissy luvved sleepin’ amongst da fureshly washed and dwied towels, so she kuld be found there anytime she was “off duty”. Mommy shulda known then dat sissy was gunna be a laundwy hog.

 

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Yep mommy left dat spot tween da towels empty so sissy wuld have sumwhere to lay. Yes we know weez be spoiled.

Mommy’s always kept a clothes basket on top of da dwyer fur puttin’ da dirty clothes in afur laundwy day. And once they moved into this pawrtment da washer and dwyer wiff dat basket was in da pawdee box room. Arguably one of da quietest aweas of da house. Least while da washer and dwyer be turned off. There was no more linen closet so sissy began to sleep in da basket wiff da dirty clothes. When mommy kuldn’t find Lexi she knew dat all she had to do was look in da basket on da dwyer and she wuld find a peacefully nappin’ Lexi. Now as me sed our laundwy room be in da pawdee box room. and it is, it’s just in da back of it wiff these half walls so it kinda looks like anudder room wiffout a door. Da washer sits on one side and da dwyer on da udder. In tween those is a pawdee box and da pails mommy found to keep our extwa litter in. Those sit wight in fwunt of da washer so it makes a little step stool. And dats how sissy wuld get to da basket on da dwyer.

 

When mommy wuld call her she wuld climb outta da basket and stwetch hers way acwoss to da washer and climb down da litter pails to da floor. Sumtimes sissy wuld examine da top of da washer and do a balancin’ beam act on da ledge of da back of da washin’ machine. Course this always made mommy nervous and she wuld tell Lexi to get down and stop duin’ dat. Well this one day when me was weally yung, mommy and me went to town and left sissy sleepin’ in da laundwy basket. Usually when mommy came home sissy wuld come meet us at da door and say meowllo. On this purrticular day she didn’t come runnin’ at all. Mommy called to her and she didn’t answer. Finkin’ dat she was just tired and still sleepin’ peacefully mommy went back out to unload da car. She figgered by da time she got back in da house sissy wuld be there to gweet her. But alas when mommy came back in still no Lexi. Mommy stawrted puttin’ fings away and callin’ to sissy. Me was wight unnew mommys feetsies. No weason to wunnew where me was. MOL Mommy got everyfin’ put away but still no Lexi. And let me tell ya’ dat’s cause fur alawrm cuz mommy always gives us special tweats when she comes home fwum bein’ out. And you know how much sis Lexi used to luv da tweats. She still duz, she’s just pickier these days.

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Then she heard it. Off in da distance was a faint slow and low meow. Mommy knew dat meow and knew it was sissy. But why was she meowin’ to mommy stead of comin’ up fwunt to gweet her she wunnewed. Mommy called again and Lexi got louder and it sounded more distwessed. So mommy headed to da back of da house to check on sissy wiff me in tow. As we got further down da hall me heard sissys distwessin’ calls and headed stwaight fur da pawdee box room. Mommy was still callin’ to her so she wuld keep on meowin’; makin’ it easier fur mommy to find her. Mommy entered da bedroom lookin’ towards da bed. Dat’s anudder of sissys favowit spots. She likes to crawl unnew da covers and sleep, specially in da winter. So mommy’s used to seein’ a lump in da middle of da bed. Anyways mommy headed fur da bed, but me had alweady located sissy and added meez baby meweeks to hers alweady stwessed meows. Mommy sed me looked like a pointer wiff meez body stiffened up, tail stwaight out peerin’ at da washin’ machine meweekin’ away. Mommy went ahead and looked unnew da bed and then headed to da pawdee box room. She saw me standin’ there lookin’ at da washer and asked ifin me had found Lexi. Me bwoke meez stance and rubbed against mommys legs and then wesumed meez furmer stance.

 

Mommy called to Lexi again and da meow was purretty loud and echoed sum. Mommy panicked. She knew she hadn’t left da washer door open but it was sumfin’ dat sissy kuld open hers self. So mommy quickly opened da lid and looked in. Nope, no sis Lexi there. So mommy looked over at da basket on top of da dwyer. No sis Lexi there eever. Where kuld she be, mommy asked and called to her again. This time sissy let out a wail and moved a bit. Mommy heard da noise and knew sissy was…behind da washer. Or to put it more accurately on da floor tween da washer and da wall. Da only weason there’s any room there is cuz of all da hoses and stuff. You know, yous can’t squish da hoses or da machine won’t work. So mommy told hers to wait a minute and she pulled da shower chair over in fwunt of da washer so she kuld see back there. Mommy carefully climbed onto da shower chair and then onto da washer and looked over da back to see sissy wedged in a small spot wiffout any room to turn wound or lay down.

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Mommy sed, “oh sweety how in the world did you get back there?” Sissy looked up at mommy and let out a loud yeowl. Mommy twied weachin’ down to lift hers back up but even mommys awrms awen’t dat long. MOL Sissy knew help was here so she stawrted twyin’ to move. Mommy hollered at hers to sit still and wait a minute. She didn’t want her to get hung up in da hoses and power cord. Sissy stopped movin’ and mommy crawled back off da washer and moved da shower chair back outta da way. Me was still on point when mommy moved da pawdee boxes outta da way and told me to move. We have this card table dat sits in tween da wall and da washer too, so mommy pulled it out and then told sissy to be still. Weez kuldn’t see her, but she almost always duz what she’s told, so mommy had no doubt she was gunna be safe as long as she stayed still. Mommy gwabbed each side of da washer and stawrted pullin’ and wigglin’ it away fwum da wall. She got it out a bit and asked Lexi iifin she kuld turn wound and come out da side she cleared. Lexi meowed and out she came. She jumped up on da vanity and laid down while mommy put everyfin’ back in place.

 

Me jumped up on da vanity too so me kuld make sure sissy was okay. When mommy finished puttin’ fings back she came over and sat on da hooman pawdee box and stawrted pettin’ us boff and told sissy to never do dat again, and told me never to do it fur da furst time. Mommy told sissy how scary dat was and dat she was pawfully lucky dat she didn’t bweak anyfin’ or get hung up in all those cords and hoses. We had no way of knowin’ how long she had been back there. She kulda dun it just afur we got home or wight after we left. But she was okay and dat’s all dat mattered to us. But did she listen to mommy? Not on this. She did dat twick a few more times afur mommy finally put so much stuff on da top of da washer dat no kitty kuld get back there again. Sissy even encouraged me to twy it out. OMC Mommy was not at all purrleased ‘bout dat. MOL Sissy has a weal knack of getting’ into places dat she can’t get back out of and dat take a bit of furniture weawwangin’ to wescue her. Mommy sez she can look back on it now and see da humor in it, but dat it wasn’t very funny at da time.

 

 

So, what’s da worst purrdicament you’ve gotten into? And did yous hooman have to come to da wescue?

 

Till da next time………………………Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

 

Dezi and Lexi

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