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It’s Meow Like a Pirate Day, and we’re celebrating!
For our celebration today, we’re looking back at the summer of 2011 when we had an actual pirate ship. Dread Pirate Pierre was napping at the wheel, but he didn’t need to worry about preparing to be boarded, because First Mate Newton was keeping a watchful… oh…
It looks like First Mate Newton is sleeping off some especially good pirate grog. We’ll just hope we have fair winds until our pirate crew is ready to sail away on our next adventure!
The The Natural Pet Company asked if we would like to review their cat toys and catnip, and since we are experts on both toys and catnip, we said we would love to try them out.
Newton and Pierre: What’s this?
Pierre: It smells like catnip… maximum strength.
Pierre: Yessssss!
Newton: It smells good. But how do open it? I don’t have thumbs.
Newton: Ooooh… new toys? For me?
Photographer: Wait, wait, I want a photo of —
Newton: ARGH! No waiting! This is awesome!
Newton: It has a string, and I’m going to undo it since you’re so slow!
Strangely, the string wasn’t threaded through the end of the stick.
Newton: It wasn’t my fault!
It was easy to thread through and tie into a simple knot, whether it was Newton’s fault or not.
Newton: Mine!
Pierre: This has feathers! I’m giving it the bitey!
Newton: The toy package also contained this thing that had ribbons on it. Ribbons! And a bell! OMC!
Pierre: And there was a mouse made all out of stuff that feels like the sisal on my cat tree. This thing rules!
Newton: I’m not sharing!
Newton: Wait, what are you doing to the toy with the ribbon. Ooh, that smells good…
Newton: I thought this toy was good before. Now it’s just dreamy.
Pierre: I admit it. I inhale catnip. A lot.
Ashton: This was so tempting even I came out of scaredy-cat hiding to play with it!
Newton: If there’s catnip in the air, there it must be time for a smackdown!
The toys and catnip from The Natural Pet Company were a real success, and as you can see, everybody enjoyed them. The toys were a lot more durable than they looked at first glance, which we appreciate, since we are kind of rough with toys. Thanks to the Natural Pet Company for the opportunity to give them a test drive. We’ll be getting a lot more fun play time out of these toys and catnip!
Disclosure: The Natural Pet Company provided toys and catnip for review, but all opinions are our own.
As we mentioned yesterday, there were ominous signs that something was going on. Carriers had been on the floor for a few days. Then, our peaceful Caturday morning was interrupted by a snatch and grab!
Ashton: Not funny, peeps.
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With our carriers seat belted securely, we were off for a Caturday morning drive.
There wasn’t a disembodied hand stuck in the carrier with Ashton. The door on top of the carrier allows the head peep to reach in to her on the ride. Ashton gets very stressed during drives, working herself up to panting excessively, so the head peep tries to reassure her.
All three of sang the song of our people the whole way. We’ve included a sample of it below, in case you want to sing along.
Pierre: Seriously? Is this necessary?
At the vet’s office, Ashton is a bit of celebrity because of her rescue story and their role in it. The head receptionist saw her and immediately started calling people out of the back to come see how big she has gotten since her rescue and early surgeries.
Once we were in a room, all Newton wanted was to get out of the carrier.
Newton: I’ll be good. I promise.
So the peeps let him out while they waited for the vet.
Newton: Is there anything edible up there? Because I could use breakfast. You have no idea how these people feed me.
Needless to say, Newton got his exam first. He might not be so eager to get out of the carrier next time.
Then it was Pierre’s turn.
Pierre: Guys, I’m healthy. Really, this isn’t necessary.
While the Dr K. was getting a fecal sample (how undignified!), he got distracted reading the head peep’s t-shirt. The vet tech pointed out that he could read it afterward. Pierre agreed completely.
Pierre: Are you finished? Because I am.
Ashton tried to throw off the scale by putting a paw down on the table.
It didn’t work. Everyone agreed that she would benefit from dropping a little weight. We’ll be working on that soon.
Her dirty ears turned out to be a yeast infection. Dr. K described putting ear drops in daily for a week. After the head peep’s laughter died down, everybody agreed that Ashton would come back in another week for another ear flush. It isn’t ideal, but Ashton barely tolerates basic handling at home, and we don’t want to traumatize her into becoming untouchable.
Ashton also got her nails clipped. You can see how the staff at the vet absolutely adores Ashton, even if she doesn’t exactly return the sentiment.
Ashton: Can we go home? I need to hide in the closet. Now.
With the exception of Ashton’s ears, everybody is healthy. Hopefully, Ashton will come out of the closet before she needs to go back to visit her admirers at the vet again. But for now, she’s going to spend her easy Sunday in her favorite spot in the closet, where there aren’t any scary strangers.
We’re seeing some rather disturbing signs.
Newton: I don’t like the look of that thing….
Pierre: You want me to go in WHERE?
It’s time for all three of us to go for our annual vet visit. On a Caturday, can you believe it? We promise to sing the song of our people all the way there and to bring you an update on the experience tomorrow.
