It’s been a while since Jade has conquered a box by thinking outside of the box. With no boxes in sight it looks like she decided to try out a bag instead. She came across a plastic bag on the floor and I guess she figured it was better than nothing.

She walked away from it a few minutes later seeming a bit disappointed that it wasn’t anywhere near as good as a box. Even so, Jade came back a few minutes later to give the bag a second go. Good show Jade! Hopefully there will be a box for you in the near future. Maybe with a bag in it!

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Jade had another trip to the vets for a follow-up visit. This time she had to stay overnight for observation and then go for x-rays in the morning. She wasn’t very happy going in the first place and staying overnight was probably the last thing she wanted.

We found out that she has a stone in each of here kidneys. She’ll have them for the rest of her life unless we remove them with surgery. The surgery cost a small fortune so the vet has recommended we slowly introduce her to a wet food diet to help her breakdown the stones or at least keep them from getting any bigger.

We may have to start a fund for Jade if surgery becomes her only option. We’re hoping she does well with her new diet and we have no more worries.

Poor Jade. She was happy to be home, needless to say, but she’s been yelling at us for the past few days for putting her through all that. She’s been getting some extra attention to help her feel better and yesterday she stepped outside to enjoy some beautiful sunny weather. Oh, and she love her new food!

Jade acts out of character and boldly steps outside to enjoy the day.
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Dax and Jade went to the vets the other day. Dax was fine, but Jade had a bladder infection. We weren’t surprised to hear that since she’s been urinating outside of her litter box.

We got some medicine for Jade, so we hope once she’s better she’ll go to the bathroom in her litter box again. If it’s a behavioral thing for Jade then it’ll be a bit more work to get her to use her litter box again.

If anyone has gone through something similar with their cat and has any advice to share we could certainly use some help in this area. We’ve searched around the net and got some tips.

Dax wants to play with Jade and she just isn’t interested as you can see in the photos. Poor Jade. Get better soon.

C’mon Jade let’s play.
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Jade as the Dark Knight!

Jade is in April’s picture of the month that was feature in our post ‘A Year of Cats - April 16‘. This was a no-brainer. We had lot’s of fun shots in April but this one stood out for me. Being a batman fan, at least ofthe last 2 Batman movies, we had to go with Jade’s Batman impersonation. The angle of the head, the pointy ears, the dark colors, and the sweeping tail for the cape all say The Dark Knight for me. We hope you like it too.

Jade decided to mix things up a bit and break her usual habit of crashing on the big green couch for the afternoon and came to see what was going on in the kitchen.

Spooky and Dax were there as well, but nothing exciting was happening in the kitchen. I guess Jade just needed a change of scenery or some company. Maybe it was the warming effect of the sun streaming in through the back window or the lingering smell of last nights salmon dinner. Ah the life of a cat.

Whatever it was something attracted Jade to the Kitchen. So we just hung out and spent some quality time together doing nothing. Here’s Jade chillin’ in the Kitchen.

There is food in this thing, right? Any cat food in there?
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Jade is usually hissing and hiding away most of the time. You’d think she was an anti-social little thing, but every once in a while she proves us wrong. Just the other day Jade nuzzled up to Dax as if they were soul mates.

It was a heart-warming moment that brought a tear to my eye. Jade: what a sweetheart of a Cat.
The best part was we actually got some pictures of the whole thing. This is the Jade we all know and love.

Dax and Jade showing their affection by head butting each other.
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Jade’s box obsession continues. Here she is in her latest find. We left a box on the floor from a small framed print that came in the mail and Jade was quick to investigate.

It was a little on the small side, even for Jade, but that was okay with her. No box is too small (except maybe a jewelry box) or too big for Jade.

At one point it looked like Jade was trying to pack herself up for shipping as if she had been sold on ebay. So, we made a fun lolcats picture. You can see and vote on our lolcats picture here!

As soon as she got in the box she was out of the box, if you know what I mean. Being in and out of the box at the same time was a refreshingly new experience for Jade. It’s a box; it’s a matt. This is a box that’s two things in one. Cool.

Now that’s thinking out of the box!

Jade’s latest find!
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Dax shared what seemed to be a very hi-key secret with Jasmine the other day. We tried to make it out but we had two things going against us. We weren’t close enough to hear and we didn’t speak ‘cat’. Figures eh?

Anyway, luckily for us Jade, our informant, speaks ‘cat’ fluently. Jade didn’t tell us what Dax said word for word but it was something about who really runs the show around here and the best way to get extra food when you need it.

It didn’t surprise us much as we pretty much knew all that stuff already. I guess Jasmine just needed a reaffirmation of sorts and Dax decided he was the cat for the job.

We’ve since let the cats continue with their little charade of dominance and independence. But we’ve tightened up on leaving any food laying about (especially Tuna) and maintained weekly updates from our informant.

Let’s see who is the boss next time Dinner is late. They’ll be putty in our hands, at least until their fed.

Now listen up, and pay attention cause I’m gonna say this once.
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Our cats sleep all over the house at night. They each have their favorite spot to crash at bedtime. Sometimes it’s the couch, other times it’s a chair, or the stairs, a scratch post, well, you get the idea.

Suffice to say, all four of our cats rarely sleep together in the same spot. It just doesn’t happen very often.

Last night was one of those rare moments when the entire Band picked the same spot to sleep! Of course the spot they choose was our big green couch.

I was lucky enough to witness this rare phenomenon and took a few pictures for all to see. I think we’ll see another Lunar Eclipse before this happens again.

Everyone is on the big green comfy couch tonight!
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Enjoy today’s cat pictures for the Band of Cats 365 Project.

Does this strange saucer-like device serve food?

Spooky wondering when spring will be here.

Playing with all these toys is messy business.

Jade with the concentration of a chess master.