Well meowllo everypawdy. Me’s runnin’ really late today and it’s all cuz of da weather. It’s like Spring furgot she was supposed to be here and Winter came back fur his bags and decided to stay a while. And it’s not just here, lots of you are having da colds and some of you even have snow. OMC All day yeafurday was dark as night and we just knew somethin’ big was about to happen. So ’round dinner time there was da loudest boom me thinks me’s ever heard, and then da skies opened up and da rains fell. Da wind was blowing so strong dat mommy’s wind chimes was singing non stop. And then came da pellets of ice beating down anything in their path. They were hitting da roof, da walls, da windows and da ground with such force me actually thought they were gonna break thru any minute. So to answer da burnin’ question on your minds…Yessiree, me was scared and hidin’ out behind da chair.
Of Course me isn’t doin’ this today. MOL
At 5 o’clock this meownin’ mommy finally decided we should try to go to bed and get some sleep. Da storm seemed to have died down so all was quiet. Mommy gathered me up and turned off da lights and to bed we went. We always say our purrayers befur goin’ to sleep so once we settled in we began to purray. Befur we could even get half our purrayers said da storms started ragin’ again. And this time they were even louder. You know, no tee-vee to help mask da sound. You guessed it, me hauled me’s purretty little kitty girly hiney right off da bed and down da hall behind da chair again. Mommy didn’t move, and suddenly me realized me was all alone behind dat chair in da living room. So me came slinkin’ back to da bedroom and mommy. Me crawled under da bed while mommy finshed purrayin’; and then we both just laid there fur what seemed like hours just listening to da raging storm. Mommy cooed at me from da bed and me quietly mewed back at her from under da bed. Around 8:30 this meownin’ da storms finally calmed and me joined mommy on da bed so we could both finally get a little sleep.
Just hold me mommy, till da storm passes by.
After walking around on mommy’s chest a bit and swooshing me’s tail in her face a few times, me cuddled up next to mommy and we drifted off to dreamland; only to be jolted awake less than an hour later when da storms started up again. Da only good thing ’bout all these storms is dat mommy didn’t have da chance to rest long enough to freeze over, so she didn’t have to wait on me to get around this meownin’. Dat coulda been a long wait cuz coaxin’ me out from under da bed fur brekky took an hour. We can’t rely on mr. weatherman fur accurate repurrting so we’re not sure how long this is goin’ to last. We’ll be around to visit as soon as we can. We’re sendin’ purrayers fur all of you. Stay safe and warm and dry. The storm is still raging on here.
Mr. Sunshine!!! Where are you? Lady Spring!!! Me thought you was comin’ early? Oh, meowllo everypawdy how ya’ doin’? Member all dat purretty weather me had reported ‘bout? Well it went away and Old Man Winter came back with da colds, da storms and all. Mommy had been tellin’ me it was comin’ but me kept remindin’ her dat da weather guessers was sayin’ just da opposite. So Tuesday night when da sky started rumblin’ and lightin’ up like Cristmas trees mommy ‘splained to me dat da weather guessers must not know old man Arthur-Itis like she does. Me told mommy she needed to quit hangin’ out with old man Arthur-Itis cuz all he ever brought round was bad news, pain and yucky weather. Mommy agreed with me but sed he was an innerloper, an uninvited guest dat showed up whether you wanted him to or not. Bein’ da Southern Belle me is, me thinks dat’s just rude.
It iz rude Dezi, but old man Arthur-Itiz visits most of us az we get older. I hiss at him and old man Winter ever year and yet they still come back.
Well sissy me thinks sumpawdy shuld teach him sum manners. And dat’s all me’s gunna say ‘bout it fur now, cuz in all da stormin’ and cold we missed World Spay day.
As ya’ know we believe in spayin’ and neuterin’ your anipals. As with any medical purrcedure there’s a little controversary surroundin’ da when it can/should be done. Mommy remembers a long time ago when VETs recommended waitin’ till an animal was 6 – 8 months old or da females had their furst heat cycle afur altering. She even remembers a time when they thought it was good to let a female have 1 litter afur bein’ spayed. (shakes head) Fank Catness we know better today. With so many unwanted anipals in da world, da last thing we need is a bunch of kitties and puppies bein’ born to respawnsible pet owners. Anyways, in recent years spay and neuters have become commonplace in very young animals. Da new requirement seems to be dat da anipal in question must be 6 weeks old and weigh 2 pounds. This purrcedure is technically called a Gonadectomy and refers to the removal of the sex organs or gonads in both female and male animals. Spaying a female animal means dat da ovaries and usually da uterus are removed. Neutering a male entails removal of da testicles.
ASPCA clip art
Neutering is about more than just de-sexing an animal. It can also alter some of da behaviors exhibited by in tact animals. Fur instance, neutered animals no longer feel da need to breed and pass along their genes and thus rarely exhibit territorial behaviors such as spraying, fighting or caterwauling. The medical benefits of neutering an animal include, reduced risk of mammary gland tumors, testicular cancer is eliminated, a decrease in da risk of prostrate disease and ovarian and uterine cancer is reduced or eliminated; especially ifin done before da furst heat cycle. And of course it does away with the vicious cycle of propagating and adding to da nummers of unwanted animals in shelters and rescues. As with any surgical purrcedure there are risks. But da benefits far outweigh those risks in most cases. Ifin you have any concerns da bestest thing to do is talk with your VET.
World Spay Day is an annual campaign by da HSUS and Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association to bring awareness to spay/neuter fur companion, community and street animals. But every day can be Spay Day as far as we’re concerned. Ifin you have trouble comin’ up with da funds to spay or neuter your furry furiend, check with your local shelter. More offen than not there is a low cost clinic dat can help you out. Even we have one about 35 miles from us. Mommy used to volunteer a lot; and me was spayed there many years ago now. Me was 6 months old at da time of me’s spay and sis Lexi was a bit older. But only cuz she was so tiny and her VET wanted to cut down on da risks of surgery by allowing her to gain weight afur goin’ unner da knife. Ifin him only knew. Sissy hasn’t seen those tiny days in a long time. MOL Mommy purrsonally isn’t a fan of da Gonadectomies and purrfurs da 6 month time line, but we encourage you to talk with your VET ifin you have any concerns. Spay, neuter and adopt. Words to live by.
Contrary to some beliefs, neutering does not make your pets lazy or gain weight. Your anipal will stay active as long as you continue to purrvide stimulation. And a propurr diet and play life will keep your pet healthy and weight appropriate. Me’s gunna go now and try to find Mr. Sunshine. Or maybe me will just take a nap by da lectric fireplace.
What are your thoughts on early spay/neuters (Gonadectomy)?
Till da next time…………………………………..Be Blest!!!
Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses
Dezi and Lexi
References: Miriam Webster Dictionary (Definitions) and da ASPCA website (World Spay Day definition and clip art)
Yez Dezi, I hearz it. I know mommyz really glad dat youz not hidin’ out unner da bed cuz of it. Altho’ da livin’ room floor kinda lookz like storm Dezi hit in here yesfurday what wiff all da boxez and wrappin’ paperz and scattered toyz. MOL
Dat storm sounds really scary.
Well me has to tell ya’, me gave dat a lot of thought and unner da bed sounded purretty good; but me wanted to be wiff mommy and play wiff all da pawsum things we got fur Christmas from our furiends. And since you wasn’t up to openin’ da purresents me had to do it all meez self. Mommy will clean up da mess. Dat’s what mommys do, right?
We shur did get a lot of gret toys and treatz didn’t we Dezi. I know I wazn’t in much of a Christmas mood on Christmas day, but I shur do purreshayte all da scoutz dat included giftz fur me. And da great stockin’ we got from awnty Sylvie, Cleo, Mika and Patteron waz full of toyz. And da great nomz awnty Jennifer sent us shur are tazty. Thank yawl so much.
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Sure ‘nuff Lexi. We are so blest. We wanna say a meowsy big Thank you to scout Cat, her brofur Nugget and awnty Lisa, scouts Gracie and Anya and their mommy, scouts Timmy and Einstein and their furmily, scout Sammy Pilch, awnty Ellen and their furmily, scouts Dora and Tiger and their fursibs Trouble and Spooky and their furmily, scouts Charles and Foxy and their furmily, and even mr. W who brought us a little gift bag with a mousey and can of noms each.
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Yep sissyfur they are awl such pawsum furiendz. And maybe mommy iz getting’ fru to mr. W after awl. He got hiz kitty Buddy sum great Christmas giftz too.
Girls I would like to thank your friends too. A lot of them included gifts and/or gift cards for me in their packages. Yes I had the leaky eyes, but they were tears of joy and humility. To see my girls have so much fun enjoying their new toys makes my heart swell with happiness. We appreciate all of you and are so grateful for your friendship and love. And I’m so thankful to have had another amazing year with you girls. I pray we have many, many more.
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Yep mommy we are so thankful to all those who stop by fur a visit and read our blog, facebook posts, tweets, instagram posts and comment, share and like. And we are thankful fur all those who have shared their love, furiendship, money, and purrayers with us. We wouldn’t be here without all of you. So from da bottom of our hearts we thank you. Me has to go now so we can schedule this posty afur da storm knocks us off da catputer. And me wants to play wiff meez new toys. Weez ‘spectin’ da white stuff and more rain and sleet, so we’ll be by to visit as we can.
All dat playin’ has really got me tired. Maybe a little nap’s in order.
Are you plannin’ sumfin’ big fur New Years? Do you make New Years resolutions?
It’s Blest Sunday and awe we ever Blest. Last week it started stormin’ sumfin’ pawful. We wondered when we might see da sun again. See fur days afur da storms started it had been overcast and gray outside. It wasn’t cold, just yucky. Then da storms came and it turned black. Da next few days made us think we lived in Alaska, and we started wonderin’ not only when we might see da sun again but when we might see daylight again. It was like 30 days of night round here. Okay so maybe it was only 4 but when day and night never change you start to go a bit stir crazy and lose all track of time.
These storms also came with high powered winds dat kept knockin’ out our internet. We would try to visit our furiends and it would take 2 and sometimes 3 times to load a site cuz we kept getting’ da no internet connection message. And tryin’ to leave a comment? OMC Dat was crazy. By Furiday we had all but given up on da catputer. Me was posed to be havin’ a blast at Cat Scouts but me kuldn’t comment at all. And da fotos mommy and me made fur our trip? Well they were all question marks and blanks. All our fotos and videos was fur dat matter. So da video mommy was posed to work on wasn’t there. Oh it was there, we just couldn’t see it. MOL
Finally on Caturday da storm let up fur a few hours and me was able to get into Cat Scouts and post a foto or two and let everypawdy know where we had been. And then we shut it down and played wiff mommy. It had turned cooler, wiff da days seein’ da low to mid 70’s and da nights in da low to mid 60’s. When we have this kind of weather mommy gets really slow and sis Lexi and me give her lots more massages. We finally went to bed Caturday and wondered what we might see when we woke up today.
When we finally got around this meownin’ it was like a scene right outta a Disney film. Da sun was peekin’ thru’ da clouds and we could imagine butterflies swarmin’ da plants and birds flittin’ round with twigs in their beaks fur nest makin’ and bunnies raidin’ gardens. And we could hear ‘da hills are alive with music’. We do have an active imagination, don’t we? MOL We was just happy to see daylight and sunshine. Weez not sre how long it’s gunna last cuz we’re ‘spectin’ more of those storms, but at least fur today we have da sun. It’s kinda like nature knew it was Blest Sunday and showed up. And as always we are so blest to have each and every one of you in our lives.
Looks like mommy’s gunna be workin’ on dat video today. And workin’ on meez birthday party a little more too. Me really can’t wait. Ifin you wanna be included in meez birthday posty on November 2nd, purrlease send yous fotos by October 30, 2015 to: lexi.dezi@yahoo.com
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