Kitten Update

I have bad news.  Something got into the barn last week and three of my kittens are missing.  :(  Whatever it was must have been huge.  It was able to move cinder blocks.  I've never had anything move those before.  I honestly thought nothing could get into the barn where I was keeping the kittens.  Whatever it was (my guess is coon) it ate all of their food, dumped their water, shredded the paper bowl I feed their milk in and moved a bunch of other stuff.  The momma cat's leg was ripped open and swollen to three times it's normal size, but with cleaning and antibiotics she's healing up quickly.  The two kittens that are left are the sweet gray female and my favorite, the only male.  I'm surprised because normally it's always my favorite kitten (or chicken, or goat, or whatever) that dies.  I'm so glad he's okay, but I really miss the other kittens.  The gray striped female with four white socks was the sweetest kitten and the only one that purred when I pet her.  I'm heartbroken that they are gone and mad at myself that it happened, although I had no idea anything could get in there (where they had safely been for over a month).  :(

So I let the mom and two kittens out.  I think they are safer loose because mom can protect them.  I still catch the kittens and lock them in a cage on the porch at night.  They are pretty much weaned now so they can be away from their mom overnight.  She doesn't seem to mind lol.  I really wish I'd never moved them off of the porch and out to the barn, but the mom was ruining the screen on our porch and pooping all over the place instead of in the litter box...  it sucks.  I keep beating myself up thinking they would still be alive if I hadn't moved them to the barn....

Anyway instead of dwelling on the guilt, here are some pictures of the two remaining kittens.

 Puffing up at Jackal hehe.  

 Normal kittens.

 Kittens in the presence of a dog haha.

 So cute!  Emi rubs against her kittens and then falls over on them.... it is so adorable!

 My big man hissing and acting all bad.

 Gorgeous Emi. 

 Attacking mamma's tail.  

I really need to come up with a name for him.    I've been calling him Chunk because he is so much chunkier than the females.  I've been calling the gray kitten Smokey because that's what my mom's first cat was named.  They were never meant to be permanent names, but they are going to be if I don't think of something else soon!

 She is gorgeous! I love her long face.

 New favorite picture!!  See, she lays on them all the time.  So funny.

He's hard to get pictures of because he never stops moving, but this shows his awesome markings and huge, ADORABLE, ears!

Great camouflage too.  :)

Aren't they cute??

2016 Reading Challenge - Book Scrabble - June

I didn't read much during June.  Between having to feed the horses square bales twice a day because our supplier was out of round bales, spraying Chrome with neem oil every night, working so much, Jackal getting injured and taking care of the kittens I have just been exhausted and too busy to read.  I loved the first Zombie Fallout book that I continued reading the series.  I read book 2, 3 and 4 in June.  Sadly I had to quit reading the series because it is getting too expensive.  I have to go back to reading free books lol.  Can you imagine how much I would have spent if I'd had to pay for all 31 books I've read so far this year??

I love these books!  It's not what you would expect from zombie books.  There is so much humor in them.  Sarcastic humor!  My favorite.  ;)  I actually made my husband read the first one because he just didn't believe me that they were funny.  He was laughing out loud within no time and he doesn't laugh easily.  :)  If you have a sarcastic sense of humor and love quirky characters, you should totally check out this series even if it's not normally your preferred genre.  I will warn you though that there are some really disgusting descriptions haha.  I'm easily grossed out though and it never failed I'd be eating when I'd get to a gross part.... that's my luck!

3 Points

1 Point

1 Point

Sadly these weren't high scorers on the Scrabble scoreboard so I only got five points for the month of June.  I'm up to 79 points for the year though!  I made mom tally her's up the other day and I'm actually ahead of her on points although she's read more books than me.  :)  These did knock out two more letters of the alphabet.  Here is what I have so far.

A - Awakening You by Jessica Sorensen

B - The Bell House by Lori Titus

C - Chasing The Wind by Hannah Hooton/Conash: Dead Son by TC Southwell

D

E - Zombie Fallout 3: The End by Mark Tufo/Zombie Fallout 4: The End Has Come and Gone by Mark Tufo

F

G - God Touched by TC Southwell

H

I - Ishtar's Blade by Lisa Blackwood/Inspiring You by Jessica Sorensen/Invisible Assassin by TC Southwell

J - The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

K - Keeping The Peace by Hannah Hooton

L - Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon/Lord Protector by TC Southwell

M - Master of the Dance by TC Southwell

N - November's Past by A.E. Howe

O

P - Zombie Fallout 2: A Plague Upon Your Family by Mark Tufo

Q - Quietus by David Sellars/The Queen's Blade by TC Southwell

R - Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen/Relentless by Dean Koontz

S - A Scone To Die For by H.Y. Hanna/Spellbound by Kodilynn Calhoun/The story of Awkward by R.K. Ryals/Sacrifice by TC Southwell/Sacred Knight of the Veil by TC Southwell

T - Tea with Milk and Murder by H.Y. Hanna/Two Down, Bun To Go by HY Hanna

U - Unraveling You by Jessica Sorensen

V

W

X

Y

Z - Zombie Fallout by Mark Tufo

So I only have eight more letters to go.  That's all for today's update!

P.S.  Oops I forgot the Amazon links.  Book 2 here, book 3 here and book 4 here.

Jackal Update

It's been two weeks since Jackal went to the vet (see last post).  He is doing much better.  He hasn't whined or cried since about day three, but he does still limp sometimes.  He isn't allowed to jump on the ottoman anymore so I got him a new bed.

 First time laying on it.

Hours later... I think he likes it haha.

He bit down on a pill that I hid in his food and since then has refused to eat his dog food and won't take any food out of my hand.  I had to go buy a new dog food that he's never had before just to get him to eat!! He went two days without food!!!!  Scared me to death.  This dog loves stressing me out.

I finally have him taking food out of my hand again.  He's only taking thyroid meds and Doxycycline now with Tramadol as needed. So no more steroids thank goodness.  That's the nasty tasting one he bit down on.  He hasn't had any pain meds in several days and he's still doing well, so that has me hopeful.  We are still not letting him run or jump.  He is only allowed to walk and he likes to lay in the sun outside.  He's already losing weight, so the higher dose of thyroid meds is definitely helping.  I can't wait to get it rechecked.  I hope it's not too high. I worry too much though.

All three pictures are from today.  Life is boring right now for him, but at least he's not in a lot of pain anymore.  Let's hope it stays that way.  I may have them do x-rays again in another couple of weeks just to see how things look.  We are definitely doing blood work again when he finishes his Doxycycline.

Anyway sorry for the disorganized update.  Just wanted to let you know he's doing okay.