Happy 1st Birthday, Zayd!

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Happy Birthday, Zayd! You're 1 year old today. We love and miss you sweet boy!

Ragdoll Mommy~

Meet Cashmere

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Hi Everyone,

Our 'surprise' posted to be for March 5th, had been rescheduled for March 12th. After 9 long hours in the car, I finally have my new (and 2nd) female Ragdoll! She is named Cashmere (which is one of my favorite materials and to match my gray cashmere sweater!), she is a blue bicolor like Nico and Baloo were. I no longer own Baloo as of November 14, 2015 due to very bad litter box allergies associated with the only type of cat litter he was willing to use. I miss him very much but he now resides in Bradenton, FL with his new family who loves him and spoils him like he deserves. Baloo is doing good and I regularly receive updates on that sweet guy. Now, Cashmere was born 4-4-2012, so she is 3.11 years old (which is weird because that is the exact same age Nico and Anya were when I got them). Cashmere is going to be my breeder (not a show cat due to being too mismarked), Cashmere had 2 litters of kittens in her life before coming to me. Please no offensive comments, you're more than welcome to have your own opinion, but please keep it to thyself, haha. And yes, before anyone loses their shit, I am aware that there is already a huge over pet population going on, but remember that I am controlling when and who she will be getting pregnant to, and also I will be spaying and neutering all pet kittens before they leave me for their new homes. Only 10% of the cat population in the world is purebred cats. I plan on only having 1-2 more litters with Cashmere before I spay her as a pet only. Cashmere maybe pregnant now (yay!) as her old owner bred her to her male before I bought her. Cashmere has a excellent pedigree and I am very proud to have her! She is so sweet and very good with other pets and kids, I am very excited to see how her future kittens turn out.

Cashmere at her old owner's house. Credits to her old owner for use of her photo.

Ragdoll Mommy~

Wordless Wednesday: Ghost

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Weekly Ragdoll: Interactive Games\Toys and Why They're a Good Idea for Cats

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Hi Everyone,

Let's talk about being overweight, primarily for cats, but their owners too, I can imagine some of you wanting to run away from the topic of diet and being overweight, but how can you if you're overweight, you fat fuck? Just kidding....sort of. ;)
Too many cats in North American are fat or obese, vets say that around 55% of our pet cats are overweight. Yikes! Tons of things can contribute to our pet cats becoming overweight like:

• Free choice feeding. This is what some people do (actually what a lot of  people do) with their cats, they fill up the food bowl half way or all the way to the top, and when the cat eats it all the owner simply fills up the food bowl again and again, this is very commonly done with dry food (aka kibble), with the excuse that "he\she is hungry". No, they are not and your cat does NOT need food available 24\7 (unless you are traveling\not home and no one to care for the cat, that is the only exception, and I do not know any vets that would disagree with me on this), your cat is often over eating due to poor nutrition, or for the love of the flavoring sprayed onto the food. Yes, sprayed. Pet food companies (even the ones owning the 'better' foods) spray their kibble foods with a flavoring agent to make it much more palatable to pets, this is often artificial but sometimes the flavoring is more 'natural'. This is why you often see cat or dog food labeled as 'beef flavor', 'chicken flavoring', etc. This is also used for human foods and is FDA approved. I frown upon the FDA for a number of reasons, and this is one of them.
• You're too lazy or 'busy' to exercise your cat. Okay, I am a little guilty of this one. Saphira is 3-5lbs overweight, that may not seem like much, but low exercise will do a number on anyone. I am busy day and night, but I am working on fixing some time to properly exercising her. My vet told me that 1 lb on a human is 10 lbs on a cat. Ouch...if Saphira were human, she would be 30 - 50 lbs overweight. With starting on a raw food deit and sometimes canned food, she has lost a bit of weight. I am keeping this up until she is healthy again. I won't let her down.

Those are just two good   examples of contributors to making our cats overweight. I will list more another day, I am trying to keep this post short.

I love interactive games\toys for my cats, they often improve weight loss, mental smartness, and bonding time with the cat's owner, to just name a few. My cats own several 'mental' toys and games, from a spin ball track to different ball toys that release food or other rewards, and even a cat kong toy. 

Some ways to smarten certain cats:

• Put food\treats in a treat ball, track, or puzzle and have your cat 'work' it out.
• Get a laser pointer\pen, point it at certain things (the light switch on the wall if its close enough, a door, or a cabinet door, and if your cat responded to the laser pointer, have the cat learn to close doors. Back when Nico was alive, I would often be a half ass and keep a laser pen on my nightstand, when him and Anya got comfortable where ever in my room, I would point the laser pen at the door, Nico would run and jump at the light and closing the door in the process, then I would trace the laser pen with Nico onto my bed, flick off the pen and lights out. Ha.

Anya figuring out one of their toys on 'expert' mode. She figured this out in 6 seconds.

Ragdoll Mommy~

Nico and Renato Monday

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We miss you, sweet Nico!

We miss you too, little Renato!

Ragdoll Mommy~

Review Day: VetriScience Perio Plus Feline Bites Everyday Health Feline Formula Supplement from Chewy.com

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Hi Everyone,

Today I am reviewing the VetriScience Perio Plus Feline Bites, there are endless types of dental treats\supplements out there for cats promoting 'great' results, the way these gimmicks work is not the ingredients, but rather the chewing that is said to help scrap tartar and plaque from your cat's teeth, this goes back to the old myth that dry food\hard food (aka kibble) helps with feline dental hygiene, it was said by many people (including vets) years ago, that kibble pet food helped clean cats' teeth, I have even heard this for dogs a few times too. The problem with this is that cats anatomy is not like humans, humans were made for chewing their food thoroughly before swallowing, cats are strict carnivores and their teeth are made for tearing into meat and bone matter, cats do not chew their food nor are they capable of moving their jaws side to side, so to make a long story short, cats cannot get clean teeth by chewing hard kibble\'dental' treats, this has been proven false by several vets and my own vet agrees. However, my cats (at least most of them) liked this supplement. Star did not care for this too much, although she would eat a little of it some times, Angel's 13 year old teeth could not handle this supplement too well as it is a little bit smaller than a USA nickel, and the outer part is very hard and difficult to break without crumbling the supplement, the inter part is soft and crumbly, this supplement smells relatively nice so that is a plus. Anya and Saphira love this supplement however, as I listed above, these products tend to be ineffective for cleaning cats teeth (maybe beneficial to dogs, I don't know). I am sad to say that this product did not show a huge difference in my cats teeth or oral care, but 2 out of 4 loved them!

Pros:

* Great customer service (as always!)
* Fast shipping.
* Inexpensive at $5.99 for 60 bites.
* Anya and Saphira like them.
* They smell pretty good for a cat supplement, as supplements and treats usually smell.
* Re-sealable bag.


Cons:

* Star did not really like them.
* Too hard for Angel to eat (and even hard for the younger cats to eat correctly).
* Hard for me to break up for Angel, and when I do they crumble too easily.
* Not proven to help clean cats teeth.



All in all, the cats and I rate this product 3 stars.


Ragdoll Mommy~

PhotoHunters: Storm

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A beautiful, storm free day. A bonus as I also know someone with a dog named Storm. :D

Ragdoll Mommy~

The Great Outdoors...Sort Of

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Yes, even blind 13 year old Angel likes being outside.

This little shit climbed all the way up the screen!

Star steals Saphira's spotlight....Saphira had gotten revenge by photo bombing her! Oops.

One of my new favorite pictures. I just love this girl!

Ragdoll Mommy~