Tiger Lily

Tiger Lily is sitting on this little box next to my patio waiting for dinner to be served.

The pups are getting older and don't seem to mind that much if I'm home all the time so I've been trying to get out a little more. In the last month or so I've gone to hear Bill Richardson speak at Rice and heard Rachel Maddow speak at the Progressive Forum. I've also been to the ballet for a performance of The Rite of Spring and seen The Merchant of Venice at Baker Shakespeare.
The roommate situation is working out better than expected. C is such a delight to have around. He inspires me to eat healthier. He says the same thing about me. I've been using my new Vitamix everyday. Last week (5 days) I did a green drink "fast." Technically not a fast but I'm going to call it that anyway. I tried to just drink 2 green drinks a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. I did cheat a little by having some fruit for lunch but still managed to lose 7 lbs. After taking the weekend off, I'm going to try it again this week.
On a sad note, two of my kitties have disappeared, the gray kitty, Cinza and the female Siamese.  I still have the tiger mother cat and the fluffy male Siamese plus a very vocal orange male cat has become a regular. I need to trap him and get him fixed but I don't have a trap anymore.
   

Four Cat Mom

Ginger and Her Kitty

Although Ginger doesn't look too happy here, I think she really enjoys it when her kitty comes in for a visit.

Relaxing after a long hard day keeping the mice away.

Our beautiful, formerly feral kitty enjoying the good life indoors.

Not So Feral Anymore

Now that the weather is a little cooler I've started leaving the patio door open in the afternoons. The cats who were once very feral are getting friendlier and coming in. They all love Ginger and the male Siamese walks with us when we go on our evening walks. He also purrs when I feed and pet him. He is in the first picture and Cinza is in the second. I really need a name for him. Right now I just call him "Pretty Boy"

Ginger with her Cats

Ginger loves our little cat family and they seem to like her too. She enjoys finishing up the cat food they leave on the plate and they like playing with her leash. When I open the door every morning they all rush in the apartment but only the male siamese lets me pet him.

Cinza and Her Kitten

Beautiful Cats

This is the prettiest of the strays. She is the little girl I had spayed a few weeks ago. If you look closely you can see the notch they took off of her left ear to indicate she has been fixed.
I have to take pictures from inside the patio door so the quality isn't great but you can still see what a beautiful seal point siamese kitten she is. Her mother is a tiger cat with white paws so she isn't a real siamese kitten but she and her brother could pass.


Here are the 2 siamese kittens when they were younger. The boy is a little fluffier than the girl. I haven't taken him in to be neutered yet.



The 2 siamese kittens are waiting for the gray kitty I call Cinza to finish eating before they will eat. Cinza has been fixed too.

UPDATE: I had the beautiful little boy siamese kitten neutered on Saturday.

Feral Cats

After trying for months I finally managed to get all of the female feral cats at my apartment complex spayed. I took the tiger kitty in yesterday to SNAP and she is recovering at home right now. I'm planning to trap the male Friday or Saturday and take him in on Saturday morning. There are also 2 kittens who are still a little too young so I'll wait a month or so for them.
SNAP is a great non-profit that does low cost spaying and neutering. I wouldn't have been able to do this for the 6 strays without their help. My vet wanted to charge me $623 for one female. SNAP charges $50. They also have a wellness clinic and several mobile spay/neuter vans in Houston and San Antonio. Here is a link to their site: http://www.snapus.org/

Kitty

Here is another one of the stray kitties I'm feeding. I noticed she was sleeping on my Amish rocker so I put a little blanket on it to make her more comfortable. As you can see, she is a beautiful slate gray with yellow eyes. She needs a name. I'm thinking of calling her Cinza which is Portuguese for gray or silver.

New Kitties

Here are 2 of the 4 kitties I've "adopted. " There is another orange kitty and a grey/orange/white kitty who I think is their mother. She is the only one who isn't completely feral so in the next week or so I'm planning to catch her and have her fixed. These kitties provide lots of entertainment for Ginger.