1 Small Bean and 3 Farm Cats

Hello, Friends!

Sorry we haven't been blogging much.

Mommy had a friend and her 2-year-old son visit us from Singapore

so we were busy showing them a good time.

Bronzy and I were kinda nervous being around the little bean at first.

It was, after all, our very first time meeting such a small human.

I gotta say...

I don't quite understand the little bean yet.

But we did end up sharing the bed quite nicely.

Here I am calculating the odds of the little bean falling off the bed.

On a visit to the Collingwood Children's Farm, Mommy met some very interesting farm cats.

Let me introduce them to you!

This Calico is a most exotic beauty.

Her left profile looks totally different from her right!

Wouldn't you have thought that she was two different cats?

And in my opinion, this handsome grey-and-white is one lucky kitty...

Because he has the largest, most amazing, eco-friendly litterbox in the world!

 Just look at all that pooping space he has among that luscious green!

Bronzy and I are totally "green" with envy.

But the most interesting kitty on that farm is this one.

When Mommy first saw her, Mommy noticed right away how strange she looked.

Both ears and a bit of her nose were gone.

 Mommy thought that she must have endured some horrific abuse or accident from before.

To find out more about her, Mommy asked a farmerette the reason for her appearance.

 It turns out that this lady cat is a skin cancer survivor.

To save her life, the vet had to remove both ears and part of her nose.

But it was all worth it as she is officially cancer-free!

She now enjoys a great deal of attention from visitors to the farm.

During lunch time especially, she works her charm to the max!

And she never fails to get rewarded with delicious snacks.

~5-Cat Style

Chillin' and Playin'

Even though Slash loves a good game with the wand, he prefers not to exert himself.

There'll be no running, jumping or pouncing.

He'll just lie down and swipe.

Observe...

In my next video, I'll show you how wild and mad Bronzy gets when she plays.

~5-Cat Style

Slash and The Gap

Remember how Slash used to stick both his paws under the door?

I caught him doing it again, but this time it was under the table between two boxes.

Mommy: What are you doing, Slash?

Slash: I'm waiting for someone to help me get into the gap.

Mommy: But why do you have to stick your paws into it like that? It's weird.

Slash: It's not weird. I'm pointing you to where I want to go, silly! I thought it was obvious.

~5-Cat Style

PS. Even though it looks incriminating with my big name all over the box, those maxi nappies are not mine, I swear!

Raspberry Repartee

Bronzy: I have a raspberry for you, Slash.

*pbbrrrruuurrrrpptttz*

Slash: Do you want 'The Paw'?

Bronzy: Nope. Sorry!

~5-Cat Style

Slash Gives a High Five

Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!

A very Happy Lunar New Year to all our Chinese friends!

May the Year of the Water Dragon flood you with good luck and great fortune!

Because preparations for Chinese New Year includes a thorough spring cleaning of the house,

I thought I'd give both Slash and Bronzy a thorough cleaning too.

So after a good scrub-down in a warm bath,

I gave the kitties a furious brushing.

As you would all know by now,

Slash hates the Furminator with a vengeance.

His latest strategy to get out of a brushing session is to give me a high five.

So whenever I know that the brushing is over,

instead of just stopping, I'd ask Slash for a high five and he'd give me one.

Here's one of his high fives captured on a friend's mobile phone.

~5-Cat Style

The Stain Saga Continues

Thank you for all your concern and advice.

Please be assured that Bronzy is in good health.

When Bronzy was little, she had a bit of peeing problem.

Thankfully, the house I was renting then had wooden flooring so cleaning up was easy.

Then the habit broke for quite a long while...

Only to resurface now.

And unfortunately, this rental apartment is mostly carpeted.

So yesterday, I went out to the shops to look for a solution to the stain problem

 and I came home with this.

The sales rep said that this is the most powerful stain remover she has ever used in her own house.

But she did also say that she wasn't sure if it would work as well

now that bleach and Dettol are already in the carpet.

Oh well, no harm giving it a try now.

So when I got home from the shops, I immediately went to work on the carpet.

I poured the solution generously all over the stain

and then left it to soak overnight after covering the sodden areas with cling wrap.

When I took a peek at the stain this morning,

I was disheartened to see that it was still there all in all its orangey brilliance.

So I gave the carpet another generous soaking...

Grabbed the carpet brush...

And began to scrub the solution in.

I was determined to get this baby right into the fibres.

Almost right away, the solution began to foam.

So I scrubbed even harder...

Concentrating my efforts on that damn splotch.

I scrubbed till every bit of that orange was covered in foam.

Make that a mountain of foam!

Now that the foam has disappeared, this is what it looks like.

It doesn't look any better yet.

But I'm going to leave it overnight again and hopefully...

that awful orange would have faded into a less obvious yellow.

*fingers & paws crossed*

~5-Cat Style

Pee Stain Devastation

Look at this pee stain disaster! 

And look at the culprit!

Does she care?

I think not.

This is the first time that a cat under my care has peed on the carpet.

In fact, I hadn't even realised that Bronzy had done the naughty deed.

I found out only after I had picked up a strong pee smell and tried to trace it.

It was a day later that I discovered where the smell was coming from.

But, by then, there were two puddles on my row of flip flops.

So I soaked up what I could with paper towels first.

Then I used bleach over the affected areas.

Things were looking good but the smell was still there.

So a few days later, I used Dettol to rid the same areas of the smell.

And things were still going good,

except for a couple of yellowish stains that remained.

So this morning, I decided to have another go with the bleach.

But as soon as it hit the carpet,

this monstrous glowing orange stain popped out!

I've spent the entire day googling for solutions,

but there is nothing to address this potent pee-bleach-Dettol combo.

Hmm... Maybe I should start looking at carpet dye sticks.

~5-Cat Style

A Lesson for Slash in Never Giving Up

Slash: I'm ready, Mommy! Go ahead and swing that wand!

Mommy: But, Slash, that bag strap is in your way. Why don't you move away from it first?

Slash: Don't worry about it. I have the moves! It won't get in my way at all.

Mommy: Alright then. Here it comes!

Slash reaches out quickly...

But gets smacked right in the face!

Mommy: Slash, are you okay? 

Slash: Er... yeah! I meant for that to happen.

But the poor boy shrinks away in embarrassment.

Mommy: That's ok, Slashy. I'll swing it again and you'll get it this time. Here it comes!

Slash reaches out once more, this time with the other paw.

And the boy gets his feather!

~5-Cat Style