Our
Cat Family
The story...
continues
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SO
, enter Shaggy,
Blackfoot, Bug
and Guido....
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The
three striped kittens looked a lot a like
when they first showed up in Spring of
2005..
One was Shaggier than the others =
Shaggy
and one had Black feet = Blackfoot
(Duh..)
Bug got her name cause she used to go
outside and bring bugs in to play with...
(oh joy)
And Guido got his name when one day I was
eating spaghetti and left the room for a
couple minutes,
came back and he had eaten over half of
it! He must be Italian!
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Shaggy
is the biggest cat.. not fat, but BIG!
He is also very silly! He likes playing
tag and is good at making people
smile.
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Blackfoot
is a sweetheart. ... Most of the time.
She is the bravest of all our cats. The
others run when the vacuum comes out or
when guests come over., but Blackfoot
likes being around the action., although
she might drink a little too much
beer...
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Guido
is very silly too and likes lots of
attention He doesn't know there is a
hierarchy of cats here. He ignores any who
growl... not because he is boss (not even
close) but because he thinks all cats are
created equal...
Guido sits on our deck and waits for us to
come him. He'll start meowing as soon as
he knows its us....
It's nice to be loved.....

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Bug
still likes chasing bugs, when given the
chance... She also likes playing catch
with Balls... She loves a good massage
(don't we all) and enjoys hiding, then
Jumping out at us in
surprise....

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Munchie
Boy, Munchie Girl and Steve weren't
thrilled about having more cats around.
When the kittens got bigger, Blackfoot,
Bug, and Shaggy decided they would all
pick on poor Munchie girl. Anytime Munchie
Girl goes from one room to the next one of
these three, or all three chase her across
the floor. (Munchie Girl is the
smallest)
Steve chases Munchie Boy, so Munchie Boy
would rather have the kittens around then
Steve...
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Steve still thinks he is the top cat, but
if Shaggy wanted to, he could prove Steve
wrong....
That is Munchie Boy and a young Guido
watching a pig outside...
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We
had a great place with a yard away from
all traffic, for almost a year and half,
then decided to move closer to the beach
The only place we could afford (if you
call it that) was a small condo in town!
There was no way we would let them outside
there...The kittens were young enough to
not really notice the change... And we
knew Munchie Boy would be happy to be away
from Larry. Steve we worried about the
most, but I think he is the one that
actually likes it the best!
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We
screened in the porch, added places for
them to lounge, and covered the steps of a
ladder with carpet and put that out there
for them too.
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We put some carpeted Palm Trees in the
living room for them to climb.
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We
also built shelves all around the top of
the master bedroom, and carpeted those
too.
Click
here to see more about that...
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We
think the cats are happy...
at least most of the time...

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So
2005 passed into 2006....
We moved our office to a new
location....
which already came with
cats....
As many places, the people who were here before us liked having cats around, but never got the cats fixed!
A lot of people
don't think (or care) about what happens over time, or what burden it puts on others, or how these animals can survive safe and happy!
Others just let their pets run outside, while not being spayed or nuetered, and even worse, people abandon pregnant cats, or cats they cant care for anymore, or dont want anymore, so what happens?? Besides being forced to live and survive on their own,
... when unfixed, these cats
have more cats, and those cats have more
cats... and it can escalate... These community
cats go hungry, get sick, get injured...
and have no one to look after them. Thousands upon thousands of community cats are killed by local cities, and "humane societies" every year
Our society needs to change how we can so easily take the life from a healthy animal! We need to stop allowing cats, and dogs to breed until there are no "pets"
being killed at the shelters because there isnt enough room, or enough places for them to live. We need to educate people on caring about animals, what is good and right. Taking care of animals needs inteligence, and compassion! We need to stop all abandonment of animals. Throwing away an animal, as if it is last years clothes.
We of course started off by feeding all the animals around ... We, too
wanted to get all of them spayed and
nuetured which can be spendy... John, a
nice guy who had been feeding the cats there
told us about the feline foundation which
helps get feral cats fixed. They work from
donations and get discounted surgerys for
feral cats with certain vets. We got
involved with that program and 2006 are
taking care of for a colony of nearly 50
cats!
(SIDE NOTE: Feline foundation closed its doors around 2010 but the Maui Humane society started helping people get community cats fixed there)
For more on our office
colony click here.
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We
would love to take all the cats home with
us, (and still hope to have property
somewhere, someday, that lets us do just
that....) But it is nice to have two
"homes" with great cats that welcome us
and make us smile....
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We have had a few cats that needed
special treatment, and a couple that we
needed to bring home for
awhile to nurse back to health...
AND
a couple that stayed....
Click
here for the next page of our
story...
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THE CATS STORY...
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