Moki's Video Update...

It's been awhile since we last posted a video of Moki on his blog, so I thought you all might like to see one. This video was taken this afternoon, and shows the current struggles Moki still faces. Please note that Moki is struggling a bit more in this video because we need to make an appointment to take him in and get his front claws trimmed. Unlike most cats, when Moki's front claws get to long or sharp, they start to interfere with his ability to get around. If we do not keep Moki's front claws trimmed, he starts to get his front claws caught in the carpet which makes it difficult for him to walk and causes him to fall over quite a bit. We do not trim Moki's back claws however, since he uses them for traction while walking...

As some of you are probably aware, Moki has been out of physical therapy for about a month now (due to the chest congestion) and as you can see, it is really starting to affect his ability to get around. I would therefore like to get Moki back into therapy no later than the end of this month. In order to do so, we will be working with Deb and ML once again, to hold some more fundraisers for Moki sometime in the near future to help cover the costs until mommie can land another job.

In regards to the job front, some of you may know that mommie bean has been out of work for quite some time. Well today she had another interview, (which went quite well by the way,) and the job would be absolutely perfect for her. It requires extensive research skills, the kind she has gained through her anthropology studies. In addition to the job being a great fit, it is also located just down the street from our house, and the employer is a huge supporter of higher education, and is willing to work with mommie bean, so that she can continue to go to school while she works. Please, please, please, keep your fingers crossed for mommie bean and wish her lots of luck on landing this job. Well that's all for now.

Mr. Puddy's break through...

Some of you may recall that for the past year and 1/2, we have been feeding a feral cat who showed up at our doorstep. He was only about 5 or 6 months old, when he first showed up here. Originally, he did not get along, at all, with our other cats, and we encountered close to $500.00 in vet bills due to cat fights which took place between him and the rest of our cat family. However, as the months past, the fighting stop, and everyone eventually found their place in the pecking order. We named the feral Mr. Puddy, and slowly tried to establish some trust between him and us. At first he would run away whenever he saw us, but would always come back the minute we where out of sight to get the food we left outside for him. Then after awhile, he became curious, and would stay outside, and watch us from a distance as we poured food into his bowl. For weeks I have been working on trying to get him to come up to his food bowl while I poured his food, and finally managed to get him to trust me enought to do this on Thursday night. By Friday, I was able to actually reach out and touch him, but only for a second, before he ran away. On Saturday, he let me full on pet him, for 15 minutes while he ate. At first my boyfriend didn't believe me, but by Sunday, he was allowing my boyfriend to pet him as well. Mr. Puddy still has trust issues, and will only allow us to pet him, when we set food outside for him, but it was a major break through and I look forward to further break throughs in the near future...Given the way the Mr. Puddy responded, I now believe he was probably dumped in our area and left to fend for himself. He is too friendly when he does allow us to pet him to have been born a feral, however given the fact that he is an intact male, I doubt he was adopted by someone from a shelter before being dumped. My guess would be that poor Mr. Puddy was yet another victim of a unplanned kitty pregnancy. Fortunately, he found his way to us, and will be and has been well looked after and cared for. So here's to Mr. Puddy, his break through, and the hope that there will be many more breaks throughs yet to come! (P.S. Mr. Puddy is the black kitty featured in the above picture sharing a bowl of food with Orange Boy.)

Sorry To Have Left...

So unannounced. There was an emergency situation which came up in my family (which I do not care to discuss at his time,) which required me to make an unexpected trip out of town. Everything is fine, and I am now back at home. Due to the nature of the situation, I had to pack up and leave rather hastily, so I was unable to let everyone know that I would be gone for a short while. With that said, we wanted to let everyone know that we have returned, and hope to be back up and blogging on a regular basis, with new photographs and stories to share of Moki and his siblings, next week. We also plan to catch up with everyone then. Until then please enjoy this picture of Moki taken on 4/19/08.