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Ashton’s Big, Brave Adventure

Ashton: Those of you who are on Twitter heard about my big adventure the other night, but I wanted to tell the rest of my friends, too.

Newton: Seriously? They don’t want to hear this, Ashton. It’s almost putting me to sleep already.

Ashton: Stop it, Newt! Everything isn’t about you.

Newton: *shakes head*

Ashton: As I was saying…. This happened the other night, so there aren’t any photos, but I was sitting out on the porch like I do when it’s open. We are running out of cool nights to have the porch open, and I’m enjoying it every chance I get. Let me do an reenactment to put you in the mood…

Ashton: When along came the neighbor’s cat. He came right up to the screen! Talk about having no manners. Well, he’s an orange cat, and you know how orange cats are with manners.

Newton: I heard that!

Ashton: Well, it’s true. Orange cats have no manners, and the neighbor’s cat especially. He said some things that made the tips of my ears blush. Well, I wasn’t just going to take that. I puffed up my tail so it was bigger than Newton’s.

Newton: See, it really *is* all about me. You can’t stop talking about me and my glorious tailio.

Ashton: Shut UP, Newt! I was just saying I can puff up my tail as big as yours.

Newton: No you can’t.

Ashton: Oh, yes, I can!

Newton: Well, okay, maybe you can.

Ashton: Anyhow. I puffed up my tail and I hissed, and the neighbor’s cat made a terrible noise, and then he ran away. I scared him away!

Newton: *sigh* The head peep got up from her desk to see what the noise was, and the neighbor’s cat ran away from her.

Ashton: Shut UP, Newton! My friends on Twitter all believed in me! Do you see what they tweeted to the head peep about it?

@FelineHerdsCats That was one big Brave moment for her 😀

— Sivyaleah (@Sivyaleah) April 9, 2014

@FelineHerdsCats Way to go Ashton that’s my girl~ Mr Jinx

— Angel Abby Grace (@manxmnews) April 9, 2014

@FelineHerdsCats Ashton means business!

— CatInTheFridge (@RefrigeratorCat) April 9, 2014

@FelineHerdsCats You go Ashton! Heart of the warrior!

— Arthur Butt (@artyny59) April 9, 2014

Ashton: I’m the undefeated champion and protector of the household now. At least until the rug sucking monster comes out again.

Bird Watching

Pierre: Hey, Newton! Newton! Look behind you!

Pierre: They’re out there!

Newton: What?

Newton: OMC, it’s ducks!

Newton: Ashton, you’re missing this!

Ashton: I can’t eat them, so what’s the point? I would rather wait in the kitchen for chicken.

Pierre: Don’t mind her. Girls are weird.

Newton: Do you think vultures taste like chicken, too?

Just Say No to Lilies

The head peep’s favorite flower has always been the stargazer lily. She loves how they look and especially how they smell.

But we can’t even have them in the house. Do you know why?

If you said it’s because stargazer lilies are poisonous to cats, you’re right. She knows that if there are flowers in the house, we absolutely must have the taste. It doesn’t matter how where she puts them. Cats can jump five times their height, so it’s hard to find anywhere safe to put toxic flowers.

This is especially important this time of year, since the tradition of Easter lilies can be a dangerous one for the cats in your house.

According to the pet poison helpline, some lilies are more dangerous than others, but even the least dangerous lilies cause tissue irritation in the mouth, tongue, pharynx, and esophagus, causing drooling, foaming and pawing at the mouth, and vomiting. And those are the less dangerous lilies! The potentially fatal lilies, including the Easter lily, can cause acute kidney failure if cats eat only two or three petals, or even if they just drink the water from the vase.

Instead of listing which lilies are more dangerous than others, it stands to reason that the best thing that you an do is just avoid having lilies around cats entirely. The risk is just too high.

We are indoor kitties, so we enjoy looking at the lilies in our garden from the safety of our screened porch.

Just say no to lilies. Let this guy enjoy them instead… for your safety.

It’s a MeowBox!

The head peep missed meeting the folks from MeowBox.net in person at Global Pet Expo, but they kindly offered to send one of their monthly MeowBoxes for us to review. A MeowBox is a monthly subscription box filled with different goodies every time, and we couldn’t wait to see what would be in the box with the smiling cat on it when it arrived.

Pierre: What’s in there?

Newton: It smells pawesome! Can we open it now? Please?

Newton: It comes wrapped in nice paper, but I would rather have what’s inside. I will get back to destroying the tissue paper later.

Pierre: I’m tired of waiting for photos to be done so we can get to the opening part.

Ashton: Pierre! I don’t think you’re supposed to be doing that.

Pierre: It’s a Skinneeez toy! We got one of these from our secret paw, but I never get to play with it because it’s Newton’s favorite thing.

Newton: Hey, is that what I think it is? Pawesome!

Pierre: Nope. Go play with your own unstuffy. This one is mine!

Pierre: *sigh* Are you done taking pretty pictures with my new toy yet? I want it back.

Pierre: Yessssss!

Ashton: While Pierre is busy with his unstuffy up there… do I smell something to eat in here? Because I’m good at eating.

Ashton: *sniff* *lick* Hmm, I don’t know about this, Newton. It’s supposed to be Groovy Gravy. What does groovy mean?

Newton: *sniff* *taste* Yeah, I don’t know, either, Ash. Maybe we’ll ask to have it sent to our cousins. They aren’t as fussy as we are about food.

Newton: Hey, can I check out the catnip marker? Don’t mind the drool I’m getting on it. That’s a sign of appreciation.

Newton: *sniff sniff* You said it’s called SuperCat, but it doesn’t smell like a super cat. It does smell a lot better than those markers you use to make squiggly lines on paper!

Ahston: Hey, don’t forget this package of Smart n Tasty dental treats! I’m really good at treats!

(If the video of us licking the last of the treat dust off of the head peep’s fingers doesn’t show for you, you can visit it directly here.)

The other thing that came in the package was a Play & Squeak toy to play with at night. It dangles from a doorknob, and the eyes light up when you whack it. We refuse to play with it when there is a camera in the room, but it’s lots of fun.

Newton: I can’t wait for the head peep to forget to put it away before bedtime and start making it squeak in the middle of the night!

The box from MeowBox was a huge hit. We love that there was such a variety of creative and interesting things included. There were things to eat and things to play with, so that some of the things were things we would do alone and others were things that involved the head peep. All of the things in the box are top quality, and we really enjoyed the chance to play with them. MeowBoxes are $25 a month from their site, MeowBox, and they bring $25-50 worth of fun goodies to your doorstep. Multiple month subscriptions save more but bring the same cool stuff, and your peeps never have to worry about where you hid the car keys to go to the pet store for your toys and treats.

Newton: Now if you’ll excuse me, I think there may be some tissue paper I didn’t destroy yet.

FTC Disclosure: We received our review MeowBox for free in exchange for our honest review, but all opinions expressed in this site are our own.

Ashton’s Big, Brave Adventure

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Just Say No to Lilies

It’s a MeowBox!

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