Easter Bunny Needs Help

HAPPY EASTER PALS,


As I'm dictating this to M, we are in the middle of an old fashioned blizzard - the wind is howling and blowing snow all over.   We can't even hardly see outside.  M says we're supposed to get 12 inches of that white fluffy stuff.   So maybe I should have titled this post Merry Christmas instead.

Early yesterday morning, there was no snow on the ground - it has been gone for about 2 weeks.  That ended about noon today when it started snowing -  blizzard warnings to go with it until Thursday noon.   Now how is that Easter Bunny supposed to get around?   I'm calling all the anipals together to come to Wisconsin and help that Easter Bunny make his deliveries.   Better come in your snowsuits and bring your snowmobiles for transportation.  After the Easter Bunny has made his deliveries, we'll have a party at my house and have some fun.   Tell your pawparents you'll be home when Spring finally arrives - might not be until June tho.

I'm joining PepiSmartDog's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop because I'm thankful I have a nice warm house to live in and don't have to live outside like some anipals do.   Join us please, and don't forget to come to my house to help the Easter Bunny.

Until next time,

Mario

All Good Things Come To An End

Chilling out until the cousins have to go home!
Gerbil TV reception is great today!

Hi Pals,

Two weeks ago I never thought I'd say this, but I'm sad that my cousins had to go home.   Life here is boring once again - just  me, M and D.  We don't even have gerbil TV anymore.

I was so sad to see them put into the PTU that I didn't even come out to sniff goodbye.  (wipes tear from eye).   Even M and D said they were going to miss them.   

This is all that is left of their visit - my toys scattered all over the kitchen.  sniff sniff!

M says all good things come to an end eventually, and their visit did just that Sunday night when their humans came to pick them up.   We told them they could come back again some time tho, so I'm sure they will.   It was fun!

Mario

Cousins Are Fun - Thankful Thursday Blog Hop

Tucker and me on bed after D gave us belly rubs.

Tanner all comfy and spending more time upstairs with us these days instead of in the basement.

Hi Pals,

I've decided cousins are lots of fun.   No we haven't played together yet - at least not touching, but I have lots of fun watching them.   We are into day 12 already, and I don't want them to go home - ever.   

 M, on the other hand, will be happy when they go home in 3 days.   She says she and D are too old to be kitty sitting 2 year old's and last night was the topper!

M & D go to a certain big box store to stock up on certain groceries once a month because that store is so much cheaper.   But it's a lot of work, and M says they are getting too old to do that anymore.   But they went last night.  M had D bring the items to the garage door that goes into the house and she said she'd take them from there because they were afraid Tucker would get out.   Sure enough, he got out anyway.   They have learned to keep the overhead door  closed to the garage, so at least he couldn't get outside.  But it was a merry chase to get him back in the house again.

As M was getting ready for bed last night, Tanner went into her closet and started to climb up her  clothes, over hangers and wanted to be on the bottom shelf, which has shoe boxes piled on it.   She got him down from there pronto and closed the closet door.   he he - Tanner was so cute about it too, I thought. M said that is why 2-year-old kitties are too much work for she and D anymore. They are constantly into things.  He he - at least I got called "Mario - good boy."

But M says they can be very very sweet too.  Tucker usually lays on the bed with M during the day when she's resting her back.   He cuddles up close to her and takes a nap.  She loves it because I always curl up in a ball when in bed with M or D.

I'm thankful my cousins came so I could get to know them better.  I'm joining @PepiSmartDog's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.  Join us and have some fun. 

Rats - They're back! Sunday Selfie

Tucker (isn't he cute?)

Tanner Just coming out from behind the blinds.  He's a cutie too.

Hissss, Guess there is no way out of this as they are here.

Hi Pals,

Have you ever had that feeling that something unpleasant was about to happen?   Well, that's how I had been feeling last week.   I finally found out Friday night when they showed up on our doorstep once again.  Yup - it's my cousins - Tucker and Tanner.  And the gerbils are here, but they are fun to watch.  

Two gerbils  were sleeping when the picture was taken, but you  can see one eating something in the center of this picture.

HELP me pals - what am I going to do?    Tanner and Tucker will be playing with MY toys, maybe using MY litter box (even tho they have their own), eating MY food (M says I eat their food - so we're even), I EVEN have to share LAP TIME!  Sigh!   What am I going to do?

M said they could even participate in my blog with a selfie today!   That's the absolute last straw!  They Friday  night so they have been here over 24 hours already.   I must say, it hasn't been too bad - yet. But, they haven't been here that long either.

I'm joining the Selfie Blog Hop run by http://thecatonmyhead.com/tortilicious-selfie-astrid/

Thanks to Astid for hosting.

Join us and help me keep these two cousins in line or they'll be taking over all of Blogville!

Mario 

Tap, Tap, Tap and Caturday Art Blog Hop

Hi Pals,

How do you wake up your humans?    This morning I woke M up by doing three gentle taps on her shoulder.   That's all it took - very soft, gentle taps.    She says she was partially awake anyway because I had started to hork and she grabbed paper towel to put under me.   I never did hork, but she says she was partially awake by that point.   Sometimes I give her whisker tickles on the face, but usually it's 3 gentle, soft taps on her shoulder.

For my art piece, M found a picture in archives and put it in Photoshop Elements.  Then she just started fiddling around with diffcerent effects until she began to like what she saw.   

Our special thanks to Athena at http://www.athenacatgoddess.com/ for doing the blog hop again this week.  Check out her art - it's gorgeous.   Get your human to fiddle around in one or more of the many free sites on the internet.  It's really fun and you never know how it will turn out until you try.

An InLinkz Link-up

Pet Dental Health Month - Stomatitis

Hi Pals,

Do you notice anything different in that picture above.   Something is missing! Do you know what it is?

If you said "teeth," you are absolutely right.   I had all my toothies pulled due to a disease called Stomatitis.    For a good description of this disease you can see detailed pictures, etc. at http://mypetsdentist.com/feline-stomatitis.pml, which is the site of my dentist.   It is is a nasty disease, and if left untreated, can lead to major health problems.   Our vet lady suggested M get a second opinion from an animal dentist, which we did.   It's a long story and you can read the detailed story at http://www.mariodacat.blogspot.com/p/where-did-my-toothies-go-part-1.html.    The dentist recommended pulling my toothies because in a sense I was allergic to my own toothie decay.   This was drastic at the time, but it ended up being the right decision as I'm a very healthy 10-year-old mancat now.

It's important to have a vet check your mouth at the first sign of trouble.   With me it was red, infected gums.   Several rounds of antibiotics didn't touch the problem.  That's when our lady vet suggested we see an animal dentist.

February is Pet Dental Health Month!   If you have never had your toothies checked, it's a good idea to have a vet take a look at them.   In my case, the dentist felt bad gum disease was probably something I inherited from my parents.    M and D would never have noticed anything, but our lady vet checked me over the day I was adopted and indicated I needed to get my toothies cleaned.   That was the beginning of the long process.

I am so thankful that M and D took me to the vet lady that first day, and that she noticed how bad my mouth looked.    M and D are thankful too because if left untreated, the disease might have killed me.

M heard recently that they have other non-drastic means of treating the disease, and we're hoping that is the case.   By the way, I'm doing just fine without my toothies.   M buys kibble that is smaller in size and mushes my wet food and makes it into a mound so that I can eat easier.   I'm doing great.

So take my advice and have your toothies checked out.

We're joining PepiSmartDog's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.  Join us and meet new pals.  

Sweet Sarah Day

Today is a special day - SWEET SARAH DAY.   I have not met Sarah, but I hear she is a really kind, special human who currently has some health problems.   We feel very sad about that.  We know she is dearly loved by everyone in the Cat Blogosphere.

I'm going to purr for her, and M said she would keep Sarah in her thoughts and prayers.  We hope she gets better real soon.

Mario