So this is Oliver.  He doesn't mingle with us dogs (thank goodness) but every once in awhile I see him in the kitchen or the doorway to the living room.  But he basically keeps to himself. Mom says she can pet him when she is giving him some wet cat food. By the way, I love wet cat food! I try to stay close if those darn cats don't clean the dish, then I go for it. Everyone once and awhile mom is busy and forget to watch me and I get some delicious cat food!! 

So I have another update for you.  Let's just say, the next time Katie comes home I need to have a good long chat with her to tell her NO NO NO. You can't keep bringing these Virginia cats to our house.  Mom had told her the inn was full, but then there was a crisis. 

Here is the story.  Katie has been at the SPCA and talked to the folks there and they said if she catches a cat they will take it.  So, Katie put out a trap one Monday morning and caught the cat Katie called Luna.  Luna is actually Oliver's real momma!  Katie loved Luna as much as Oliver and wanted her to have a home and not be outside.  So she was glad when she caught Luna.  At lunch she ran to the SPCA to drop her off. The lady told her, "We can't take her, we only take kittens and cats that are to be re-homed, not feral cats".  Katie was shocked and now what??  That is not what the lady had told Katie when she talked to them a few weeks before she caught Luna.  Katie couldn't let Luna out again, she'd never ever cat the girl again.  She called mom and was super upset.  So you can guess what mom says.  "I guess we'll have to take her, but that is the VERY END, no more!  The Inn is over full now!". Katie had to come to PA on Friday, so until then Katie left Luna in their second bathroom.  

 

That didn't go too well. Luna really wanted to escape.

She climbed the shower curtain but didn't find an escape door.

She climbed the sink and sat on the light fixture as you can see below.  

The cat did not find an escape route! 

On Friday, March 24, Katie had to go to Penn State Schuylkill for an meeting and a weekend thing.  So mom met her up there and mom got the cat.  She brought this creature, Luna home.  Luna wasn't a happy girl.  Mom put her in a big dog crate and she hissed and swatted at mom.  The nerve of her, hissing and swatting at our mom??  Shame on her!! 

Actually she hissed and swatted for a week while she was safe in the big dog crate. None of us could get to the cat, but the cat really had an attitude.  Despite the attitude, mom opened the cage and gave her freedom of the house.  Mom put up a gate so none of us dogs could get into that part of the house but the cats can jump over whenever they want. It's really not fair, but what can I say?  Everyone left Luna alone. With that attitude, do you blame us?? Mom was sweet and would check her every few days.  Mom found Luna's favorite hiding place was under the sofa in the "safe dog-less" room.  

On Wednesday, April 12th when mom did her normal check on Luna, mom got down on her knees and looked under the sofa.  Mom shines her phone flashlight on Luna and talks to her to try to make friends.  I'm not sure why mom wants to be friends with that wild thing, but whatever. Mom really wants to help her. Well, mom looked and her face went blank and she stood up.  I had no idea what was going on.  Mom said "I can't believe it."  Mom explained that she saw Luna's face and a tiny face with it's eyes closed! OMG!!!!  Oh good heavens that means the cat multiplied.  That's not right!  That's not normal, is it??  Mom looked several times and then mom said there are triplets!! OMG!!! 2 identical black kittens and a gray tiger like kitten.  Can you believe this???  Mom called Katie and Katie and Erik were shocked. No one knew, or even had a clue she was pregnant.   This is really bad. Mom gets this new cat from Katie, trying to help her and the cat brings hidden kittens along.  I think that should be outlawed!  You can't just do that!  It's just not fair. I was unhappy that mom was bringing home another cat and then the cat sneaks in three more!   I almost fainted!! 

Mom says the triplets, as she calls them are under the sofa with mama Luna.  I have no idea how many girls and how many boys.  Mom decided to name them.  The black ones are Tilly (after one of my mom's favorite lighthouses, Tillamock Lighthouse in Oregon) and Pearl  (Black pearls are very unique) and the other one she named Stella.  Not sure where she got that, guess it just popped in her brain.  

Anyone looking for a house cat??  Mom says they will be ready to go to homes in 12 weeks.  I want them to go to homes now.  I don't want mom to keep any.  Can you say, we know who will be very attached by 12 weeks?? This zoo is just getting insane if you ask me.   Katie's one friend said she'll take one if there is a boy in the group. I'm gonna figure out how to sneak the others cats inside the one that the lady takes.  I guess it's not illegal to sneak cat inside each other.  Heck, that's what Luna did!  

Really folks, this crazy stuff happens at our house.  I can't make this stuff up!  

I'll add pictures when mom takes some good ones of them. Right now they are under the sofa and I can't get through the gate to take pictures of them.

 Your very unhappy friend,

Leonard

 Greetings my dear friends. 

I'm sorry it's been so long since I posted, you know I'm getting pretty old and my body isn't as good as it used to be. My eyes aren't real good, so if there are typo's I'm really sorry.  

I had to announce my mom and dad have done it again. They brought another CAT in the house. I was really furious, but what can I do??  

The story that I hear my mom telling people is that the apartment where Katie and Erik live in Virginia, they have a lower level apartment.  It included a patio that goes right out to the grass.  Mom has been getting pictures from Katie of all the cats she is feeding that have found there way to her "Catio" as she calls it.  

Here are a few of the pictures I found on mom's phone.  Mom got Katie those white box things for the cats for winter to help them keep warm.  Mom got them at the cat clinic she volunteers at sometimes. That's a whole other story in itself. Anyway, these are the cats that found their way onto Erik and Katie's "CATIO".  Katie loves all the cats and has them all named.  She really fell in love with the one little guy that is on the top of the white thing that is in this picture. (The white and gray one)   Katie named him Barnaby. She talked to mom a long time about how sweet he was and how she can pet him. She wanted to take him inside but she has met the limit of cats she can have in their apartment.  

So she kept mentioning Barnaby and how loving he was and finally broke mom down.  I wish I had known, I would have whispered in mom's ear while she was sleeping and told her not to listen to Katie.  But I had no clue what was happening. I'm the last to know these things. 

From these pictures you can see they have some really weird looking cats in Virginia. At least the one that dad came home with is a normal looking cat. Thank goodness.  

You can see Katie has all shapes and sizes of cats that come to her "Catio", but she loves them and would take them all in, if she could.  

Dad made a quick trip to Virginia after classes on Friday, February 3rd and brought home the new cat, on Saturday, February 4th.  Katie had captured the cat the Sunday before and had kept him in the extra bathroom in their apartment.  She named the cat, Barnaby and she would sit in the bathroom with him every night and she would talk to him and pet him.  She said he was a really good boy.  

So, when dad came home, mom did what she does with every new cat. She kept him in a big dog crate for a few days to let everyone smell each other and check each other out but no one can hurt anyone.  After a few day, we all went to bed and

mom went back downstairs and opened his crate.  So in the morning he was somewhere, we didn't know where.  He's been hiding in the one room since then, at least during the day. We aren't sure what happens at night, it seems sometimes it's like that movie "Night in the Museum".   Mom put a gate at the doorway, the cats can jump over, but us dogs can't. We stand at the gate and look at him.  Mom said she didn't want to call him Barnaby, what Katie had named him, so she tried a few names and I think "Oliver" is the one that stuck. She keeps calling him Oliver now.  

 

He is a very pretty cat. But mom and I had a talk and I said, "That is it mom!! I'm putting my paw down, no more animals"  She did agree with me!  Thanks goodness!  

Well, I'm really tired, it's nap time. This was really tiring, writing this long blog to you my friends.  I need to remind you, do not tell my parents if you have an extra cat or dog or cow or whatever.  Our house is full!  DO YOU HEAR ME??

Thank you.  

Your friend, 

Leonard