Today, two of my older cats; Slim and Sharkey went to a new home in LaComb. The farm is on 11 acres, they have goats and ducks and few dogs. They do dog obedience as their main source of income. They are situated off the beaten track miles away from major roads. Recently, they lost their 18 year old barn cat and their 12 year old orange barn cat seems to miss his buddy.

The gal feeds dry in the morning, wet at night, keeps the vaccinations current and because the barn is overun with mice, she worms the cats every 6 months, this exceptional care towards barn cats (most people just toss them in the barn and figure the mice will sustain them) leads me to believe these two cats will have a wonderful, long life.

Although I am not thrilled at how these two cats will be spending the next 48 hours (in a rabbit hutch) that was set up- I know they won’t be in it long. With the lady’s permission, I set up the hutch to be more cat-friendly and left behind my snuggles sleeper (I will miss that warm robe) and another rug from here so they have familiar scents to cling to.

Then tonight, two of the newly arrived kittens went off to another home. Four unsocialized kittens are a bit overwhelming for one person without help. Mike’s days of helping are long over, so another rescuer (Bless her heart) said she would take two of them. They have bonded in pairs, so she took the muted tortie girl and the bright orange mackeral tabby. I kept the muted orange tabby girl and the striking grey tabby. Now the cage is a bit bigger. My concern rested in whether or not all the kittens were eating- or if the one alpha was eating all the food on his own.

Now it is time to let them decompress yet again as I have just rocked their world.

Received in the mail today the Harp of Hope Therapy Edition for stressed and convalescing animals by Dr. Diane Schnieder and her newest Christmas CD as well. A timely arrival-t he music is playing softly next to the cage where the two kittens are wondering where in the world their littermates vanished to.