Labyrinthcats

I am on a journey to learn and share knowledge about cats and their care. You may also be subjected to an unreasonable amount of pictures of my very own feline Chai. I do like reblogging other people's majestic felines as well. You have been warned. https://pawtree.com/labyrinthcats

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The Sweetest Feral Cat, Part One

Hello, it's been a while. So, last week I went and house-sat for a friend. Since I had been laid off a week or two before, I had time to spare. Originally, this was something my mother had agreed to do. However, my Mom and Dad both got sick the day before. So, I ended up going. Now, I say house sitting, but really, I was there to take care of her animals. She has two mastiffs, a dove, eight chicks, and four chickens. It is a running joke that when I was there last time, house-sitting. That I have a thing about randomly finding cats. Out of the many, many years she's been living there, one of the times I was house-sitting for her with my Mom at the time. We found a kitten that we were fairly certain was abandoned on the property. She decided to keep this cat. He lived for several years, but has recently passed away. So I jokingly said to her when I got there that I would be sure to find her a couple more kittens. She responded with please don't, a couple of weeks ago a two kittens had started coming by her place. After taking care of her last cat, she and her husband decided that a cat really didn't suit their lifestyle. So she has been trying to find them an actual home. Everyone around has said that they have never seen the two before, so no one has any ideas. I managed to get hold of one of these felines before they left. And, I immediately noticed something really odd about this cat. My friend had also mentioned that she suspected this kitten was actually the mother of the other kitten. Holding her made this easy enough to confirm. Her breasts were damp from being recently suckled on. I had to look up more about telling a cat's age after this. She has all of her adult teeth, along with stains, chips, and general wear on her teeth. It was actually kind of funny; her teeth looked a little too big for her mouth. This gave her a ferret-like appearance. Her kitten took a lot of time; he did not want to get within twenty feet of me at first. When I figured out where they were staying. The mother was furious at me, and they both ran away. You can read part two on Tumblr here

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This video never gets old

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Perfect deloafing 🐱🐱🐈‍⬛

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black tabby with high white spotting

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Somebody got ambushed by a cat who really wanted to be petted, apparently.

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Out of PawTree's products. I would have to say their wet food is my favorite. Its first four ingredients are chicken, chicken Broth, turkey, and turkey liver. Then it goes into fruits, herbs, and vitamins.

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This is a good example of why I like PawTree's pet products. These are cat and dog treats that only have a single ingredient. It's just freeze-dried chicken liver, and that's it. I am sure I don't need to say this, but chicken liver is incredibly good for most meat-eating animals.

Freeze Dried Chicken Liver

These limited-ingredient freeze-dried treats are highly digestible, making them ideal for pets with digestive issues or sensitive stomachs.

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Me trying to take promotional pictures with Chai

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Once I had a said that I might try and shave Chai again. Someone gave me the suggestion of trying a different brush. So I did some research and saw that a lot of people highly recommended de-shedding brushes. I was unsure of how well this brush was going to work so I thought others might find it helpful to see and unsponsored video of just showing how well the de-shedding brush did.

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The Sweetest Feral Cat Video Edition

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The Sweetest Feral Cat, Part Two

I came back every day with persistence, no internet, and a ton of time on my hands. We made a ton of progress, and soon I was able to enter her territory to pet either of them, and neither felt the need to even get up anymore. The mother took a walk with me down to a pond on the property. My friend owns around fourteen acres of mostly wooded land. So they made trails that snaked through it. I was amused that she actually followed me all the way to the pond. When we got there, it only took a matter of seconds before she caught a frog. She brought it to me, dropped it, and then stepped on it. I appreciated her trying to teach me how to hunt, but I picked her up much to her astonishment. I decided to carry her part of the way back to avoid any more frog gifts. When I did set her down, she started doing backflips off the trees, almost all the way back to the house. She is the sweetest cat I have ever met, and having worked at an animal shelter, I feel like that is saying something. Her kitten took a little more time than her to really open up to me. He is playful, silly, and loves to imitate his mother in everything that she does. Something that is uniquely his, I suppose, would be his willingness to be held forever. I would carry him down the pond and back since I was worried about him getting lost in the woods. The mother never seemed to mind me taking him. Actually... I think she enjoyed having a break from him. He is the only kitten, so I can only imagine his siblings have passed away. He still drinks from his mother every so often. Watching the mother hunt was incredible; she was so fast and agile. It was almost as if she were dancing. She would often catch butterflies and eat them. Once, while I wasn't watching, she caught a mouse. I only figured it out because she had given it to the kitten to teach him about hunting. Their den was covered in animal blood; it was kind of gross. You can also imagine how that made them smell. Well, the mother actually smelled a bit like a skunk... When it began to get close to the time to leave. It made me remember what I wanted from my life, all these things I wanted to achieve. And, how I am so incredibly far from achieving those things. It made me feel so trapped and helpless. A feeling that I had been trying to ignore for a long time. After all, I am twenty-one now. I don’t have a job again, and I am forced to live with my parents. No one I have ever met has blamed me for these things, and they always say such kind things about me. But that changed my situation… I wanted to take these two with me. However, as I said, I have no job, even if I could use a spay and neuter program to get them fixed. I believe it would be irresponsible to take them in without an income. So I tried looking for a place that might take them in. Every place I checked either said they were full or never responded to me. So, when the day arrived. I simply went home…

I have not given up hope, that has never really been my style. I may not have achieved my goals over and over again. But I have learned something from all of the not-so-fun adventures I have had and so much more from the amusing adventures I have taken. I will change my aim and try again. Maybe…. If I do good enough, I might be able to reunite with my feline friends someday.

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Just Chai playing in a box

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Chai acts strangely around the violin while I'm playing. Does anyone know if anyone else's cat acts this strangely while they are playing an instrument?

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The Cat Fancier's Show in Lexington, KY

This was actually really enjoyable. I can't say I have ever woken up and was completely okay with going to work until now. All of the people I met at the show were incredibly nice people. I learned all sorts of crazy things about different breeds and just about cats in general. So, I was placed right by the cat agility course. Which was both fantastic for my entertainment and probably not so great for selling, since it's kind of on the far side of things. I really enjoyed being there, watching the cat agility whenever there was a slow spot. There was also a dude there who was kind of like the master of cat agility, and he ran the cat agility. Very literally. There were quite a few people who just couldn't run around the course with their cats anymore. So when that was the case, he would run the cats through it for them. When new people who haven't done agility before come, he gives them tips on how to keep their cat engaged and moving. I have been testing some of them out on Chai since I have gotten home. Some of my favorite cat breeds from the show were the Ocicats, Siamese, Turkish Angora, and Somali cats. I never really appreciated most of these cats until I saw them in person. They are just so different from the pictures. I sold a lot of the stuff I had with me, and everyone says I did really well for my first time vending. So I am hoping to continue with this, and I have about ten thousand ideas for both selling and just for making life at home easier with Chai. There was a nine-year-old Ocicat named Foxy there, and he was still very active. I thought Chai no longer liked a lot of things just because she was getting older, but now I want to give it one last go. I have some ideas for trying to get her shaved again, which will be the biggest step to getting her back outside. There are two other things I am really interested in trying as well. I want to make her a sun hat like this

The reason for this is that whenever I used to take her out kayaking. She would get sunburn on her head and this made her quite angry with me. The second thing I am working on is making my pine litter less smelly. And, I wanted to try mixing in dry mint into her cat litter. Looking it up, it seems like some people already do this, and I just so happened to have a lot of mint growing. So it's super easy to test out. Some other herbs I head of people using is rosemary and catmint.

I didn't really take a lot of good pictures this go round. Which I am kind of sad about. I forgot my camera on the second day, so I just ended up using my phone, which isn't great.

If any of you are interested, the kitten right above this text is available for adoption. The Halfway Home cat rescue was there with adoptable kittens. They manage only to get two adopted, which is kind of sad... They would often walk around with the kittens, showing them to people. All of the volunteers were super nice and would often stop to chat for a few moments and let you pet the kittens. Also, I have a couple of videos I will be posting throughout the next couple of days of the cat show.

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I accidentally left these pictures out. These are a couple of the vendors' booths, including mine. Mine is the last one.