In true spirit of Christmas, the Band of Cats have ‘elfed’ themselves. Take look!

You can see the Band of Cats doing their thang and getting down with their bad-elf-selves here!

Go and get yourself or your furry friends elfed at www.elfyourself.com

For the humbug crowd there’s also www.scroogeyourself.com

For an indoor cat a window can be the only link to the outside world. It’s proof that there is something more beyond their enclosed domain. The amount of activity going on just outside any window can become endless entertainment for a cat.

Everything from birds, to bugs to clouds draws their attention? Just what are they looking for? Is it something specific or is it just simple cat curiosity? What lurks in the shadows? What can they see?

Jasmine is fascinated by what’s going on out the back window.

The fascination cats have with windows and what lies beyond is all part of their daily routine. There is always something out there that draws them back. Maybe it’s the new frontier calling them; urging them to seek out new worlds, to boldly go where no cats has gone before. [Insert Star Trek theme music here]
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Our cats are into their meals so much that they come to us an hour before dinner time. You’d think there was a sale on catnip and they needed to be the first in line before the store opened.

When feeding time finally arrives, the cats hover around their bowls with so much anticipation we can barely fill them with food.

I’m sure it’s not because we starve our cats or our fabulous company so I’m thinking they must really like their food.

Two Main Eating Goals

We’re big on nutrition and want to be sure our cats eat right, even if it costs a bit more. It sure beats paying those vet bills later on. You know what they say about prevention. But we also want their food to taste good. If you can cover these two areas you’ll be sure to have very few troubles getting your cats to eat.

Meals are usually over in a matter of minutes. If one cat finishes before the others they usually take over the bowl of another cat that is still eating. Dax eats so fast sometimes we have to remind him to chew his food. Jade likes to eat by herself and will stand up on her back legs to get to the food faster.

The Cat Food we feed our Cats 

The cats have been eating dry food for the most part but we try to keep a balanced mix of moist and dry food. We get our cat food from the vets. It’s called Hill’s Prescription Diet w/d. They offer many different types of cat food depending on your cat’s nutritional needs.

Start at their home page and look around. If you’re interested in switching your cat’s food, talk to your vet about using Hill’s.
What do you feed your cats? Do you have any trouble getting them to eat?

Here is the Band of Cats gathering around their bowls in hopes of getting fed early and finally chowing down when it’s meal time and the food finally arrives.

Hovering around the food bowls an hour early waiting for breakfast.

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So which is it? A couch that eats cats or a cat that eats couches? Looks like it’s the first one.

I was walking through the family room and found Spooky in a unique spot. It was something I had not seen before and was a bit of a shocker. At first it looked like the couch was devouring my Cat. Then an instant later I thought Spooky had some how gotten his head stuck under the Couch.

Realizing it was neither, I took a few shots. That’s when Spooky finally moved out from under the couch and gave me a “what?” sort of look, as if I was the one doing the weird stuff.

Silly Spooky Cat.

Help! The couch is eating my Cat!

Spooky emerges unscathed. Were you hinding from the other cats? Having a bashful moment? That was a new/weird thing for you.

Cats love sun baths. Our cats are no different. Every sun beam that comes in the house usually has a cat in it. There are lots of places in the house to catch a few rays but the best spot in the house for soaking up the sun is in the south side of the kitchen.

In the mid-afternoon the Sun streams through the backdoor of the kitchen and also through the large window right next to the backdoor. The big matt at the backdoor gets a big blast of sun.

What can be better than some brilliant sun rays on a nice warm rug where the cats can stretch-out, hang-out or simply take a nap? And they do just that, big time!

Here’s the best part. The cat food and water bowls are right under the kitchen window. No wonder it’s turned into one of the cats top 10 favorite things to do.

Jade can’t resist the warm sun beam that streams into the kitchen in the afternoon

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OK, I can hear it now. “So what, they’re just eating bowls”. Good point; but let me set the scene for you. We used to have what we thought were nice eating bowls with little fish guys on the side. They were half the height of the new bowls and about the same width.

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It’s a cat’s life. Our cats spend a lot of time sleeping. Being one of their most favorite activities, cats will sleep 2/3 of their lives away. In fact, our cats are all sleeping right now as I write this. I wish I could say that about myself too. In general cats will sleep about 14 to 18 hours a day which sounds like our cats.

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What is it about cats? One minute they’re hissing and swatting at each other and the next they’re the best of friends. Must be some kind of territorial / power struggle thing. I’ll like you as long as you do things on my terms.

Anyway, here are some cute pics of one of their “I’m your best friend” moments. This is Spooky and Dax sharing the foot stool in the TV room where normally one of them would sleep the day away.

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Our cats aren’t really that stressed out. But if they were, this would be one of the best ways for them to release any stress. To get the party started we put a bit of catnip in their Cat Spa and the rest is up to them. Jade and Jasmine are usually the first ones in. Shortly after Spooky and Dax get wind of what’s going on and join the party.

A little word of advice; don’t put the catnip on any carpets or rugs unless you want to have them scratched to pieces. We sprinkled some catnip on the carpet and next thing we know all the cats were clawing away at the carpet trying to get to the catnip. We quickly vacuumed it up and used the cat spa instead.

Here are a few fun shots from one of our recent catnip parties. Fun and merriment was had by all!

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Our four cats each have their own beautiful palette of colors. We’ve created a palette of colors for Spooky, Dax, Jasmine and Jade to highlight the unique and beautful colors of each cat. Of course it might come in handy if we need to color co-ordinated the cats with new colors for the house!

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