The Little Fluff Ball: Psapp
So we have mentioned that we got a new kitten but have not blogged about it. We are ashamed! Here is the blog on the little crazy kitten. 
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The story of how we ended up with a third cat (we were not intending to get a third...it is then that you seem like you are those crazy cat people... I guess we are now). Donna met her friend Teagan at a cute bakery in Eugene and while enjoying great company, Donna was somewhat distracted with the wild kittens that were running around. These kittens pulled at her heart-strings—especially when she saw that they had a "teenage" mom who didn't seem very motherly. Toward the end of the discussion, Donna was quite sure she would be taking one home. Teagan—being the good reasonable friend, questioned this decision saying, "what will Corey say?" to which Donna's response was, "how could he resist this little kitten?" (even though the fleeting thought of being the "crazy cat lady" did pop into her mind—it was pushed away, reason being: you aren't crazy with three, it is four or more—as shown in this crazy cat lady action figure)
Just as they were getting up, Donna saw a young girl carrying over the most precious wild kitten, and from that moment on she was determined to take THAT one home. Yes, she snatched a little kitten out of the girl's hands and said, "this one is mine" (Donna is not normally one to use her adult powers over a child, but here it paid off). The little girl was not going to take it home, she was just holding it (or so Donna would like you to think). SO, off to show Corey the new little addition to the family, Donna let this wild critter roam in the car. Psapp (she was named from the moment she was snatched) liked hanging out on Donna's shoulder and seeing the cars go by. Once Corey met this new little surprise, he too was captivated and there was never a question as to whether we would keep Psapp! So now that you know the story, here are some pictures of her!
She likes climbing. I think it makes her feel like she has conquered something in her little state.
Since she was a wild cat, there are a lot of "wild" tendencies that we are trying to rid her of—one being the claws that come out!
Doesn't the one below just melt your heart? See why Donna couldn't resist her?
She put up with a lot in these first few days. We felt that when Feist and Frou-Frou were young we didn't take enough pictures—so we are making up for it with Psapp's! (By the way, "Psapp" is another band with a girl lead singer...just like Feist and Frou-Frou. You should check the band out—very funky music called "toy-tronica" I think)
Also going along with being wild—she had severe ear mites, flees, and worms—eeekk! So we had to quarantine her in our little downstairs bathroom. (so sad!) Donna took her to the vet immediately and though not in the room with Psapp, she heard her yelps and little cries all the way down the hall as they gave her shots, flee treatments and tried to rid her of all the ear mites. When we would come in and check on her, she would be curled up in the little window as shown below.
She works as a great accessory—and already loves purses almost as much as Donna does!
This shot has captured an expression showing that she is still getting used to people bombarding her with hugs, kisses and putting cameras in her face.
We wanted to get a perspective shot so that we could take a picture of her later and see how much she has grown. Here she is about the size of Donna's spin shoe!
As any cat, she LOVES to nap! We would prefer that she run around more in the day so that it would calm her down by our bedtime. The first few nights she just didn't know what to do on our large bed except bounce around on us and nibble at our fingers to get our attention. (she didn't last very long in the room before we shut her out until she settled down as she got older)
Here Corey and Psapp are found taking a nap together. Awww, what great pals. (Corey does pretty well with 4 females in the house now! Maybe when we get a dog—not for a long while—we will get a male...)
Psapp has quite a playful side. One in which the other cats will probably never get used to. Her favorite pastime is to torment the cats by chasing them all around the house. I don't think there is a day that goes by that there is not hissing going on. (Psapp never hisses, I think the hissing just entices her to continue the torment) It is pretty funny watching a kitten 1/3 of the girls size chase them around.
She does also enjoy little toys. The other girls like watching her play (from a safe distance) with the toys. She is a bundle of energy, I think the girls get exhausted just watching her play.
Look at how fearless little Psapp is! She will place her life in danger of being eaten by these large beasts called "humans". She gets quite curious when we eat food and if we let her, she would probably eat our half-chewed food in our mouth.
Here Corey soothes the little savage beast with his guitar-playing. (I think she was content in the fact that she was sleeping directly on the sheet music)
I forgot to mention that Psapp—like the other cats is a Siamese-tabby mix. Feist and Frou-Frou are "Flame-Point Siamese" because they have a mix of orange tabby and Siamese, leaving them with orange/brown tipped ears, striped tales, and faintly striped feet. Psapp is "Lynx-Point Siamese"—a mix of grey tabby and Siamese—which is why she has grey ears, striped tail, striped face, and striped feet. They go so well together!
As rainy season comes, we get to see Psapp almost double in size. Instead of being the size of Donna's spin shoe, she is now big enough to fit in Donna's large rain boots.
We did our duty as responsible cat-owners and had her "fixed" (even though she is an indoor cat like the others). They said to keep her from jumping and playing for 5 days and keep her limited in running for up to two weeks. Yeah right! She lasted 5 minutes before she was back to terrorizing the girls and jumping everywhere! Here she is jumping up for a toy (you can see her shaved belly).
Psapp has definitely become part of the family. She loves being right in the middle of the activity—even if it means sleeping on your computer to get your attention!
That is it. Our cat-obsessed blog is complete. Next blog will be focused on humans—we promise. And we can promise you we will NOT be getting any more cats! Three is quite enough for us.
Just as they were getting up, Donna saw a young girl carrying over the most precious wild kitten, and from that moment on she was determined to take THAT one home. Yes, she snatched a little kitten out of the girl's hands and said, "this one is mine" (Donna is not normally one to use her adult powers over a child, but here it paid off). The little girl was not going to take it home, she was just holding it (or so Donna would like you to think). SO, off to show Corey the new little addition to the family, Donna let this wild critter roam in the car. Psapp (she was named from the moment she was snatched) liked hanging out on Donna's shoulder and seeing the cars go by. Once Corey met this new little surprise, he too was captivated and there was never a question as to whether we would keep Psapp! So now that you know the story, here are some pictures of her!
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These next few shots were taken the first day we got her. We took countless pictures (love digital cameras) and here are the cutest of cute pics below.
She likes climbing. I think it makes her feel like she has conquered something in her little state.
Since she was a wild cat, there are a lot of "wild" tendencies that we are trying to rid her of—one being the claws that come out!
Doesn't the one below just melt your heart? See why Donna couldn't resist her?
She put up with a lot in these first few days. We felt that when Feist and Frou-Frou were young we didn't take enough pictures—so we are making up for it with Psapp's! (By the way, "Psapp" is another band with a girl lead singer...just like Feist and Frou-Frou. You should check the band out—very funky music called "toy-tronica" I think)
Also going along with being wild—she had severe ear mites, flees, and worms—eeekk! So we had to quarantine her in our little downstairs bathroom. (so sad!) Donna took her to the vet immediately and though not in the room with Psapp, she heard her yelps and little cries all the way down the hall as they gave her shots, flee treatments and tried to rid her of all the ear mites. When we would come in and check on her, she would be curled up in the little window as shown below.
She works as a great accessory—and already loves purses almost as much as Donna does!
This shot has captured an expression showing that she is still getting used to people bombarding her with hugs, kisses and putting cameras in her face.
We wanted to get a perspective shot so that we could take a picture of her later and see how much she has grown. Here she is about the size of Donna's spin shoe!
As any cat, she LOVES to nap! We would prefer that she run around more in the day so that it would calm her down by our bedtime. The first few nights she just didn't know what to do on our large bed except bounce around on us and nibble at our fingers to get our attention. (she didn't last very long in the room before we shut her out until she settled down as she got older)
Here Corey and Psapp are found taking a nap together. Awww, what great pals. (Corey does pretty well with 4 females in the house now! Maybe when we get a dog—not for a long while—we will get a male...)
Psapp has quite a playful side. One in which the other cats will probably never get used to. Her favorite pastime is to torment the cats by chasing them all around the house. I don't think there is a day that goes by that there is not hissing going on. (Psapp never hisses, I think the hissing just entices her to continue the torment) It is pretty funny watching a kitten 1/3 of the girls size chase them around.
She does also enjoy little toys. The other girls like watching her play (from a safe distance) with the toys. She is a bundle of energy, I think the girls get exhausted just watching her play.
Look at how fearless little Psapp is! She will place her life in danger of being eaten by these large beasts called "humans". She gets quite curious when we eat food and if we let her, she would probably eat our half-chewed food in our mouth.
Here Corey soothes the little savage beast with his guitar-playing. (I think she was content in the fact that she was sleeping directly on the sheet music)
I forgot to mention that Psapp—like the other cats is a Siamese-tabby mix. Feist and Frou-Frou are "Flame-Point Siamese" because they have a mix of orange tabby and Siamese, leaving them with orange/brown tipped ears, striped tales, and faintly striped feet. Psapp is "Lynx-Point Siamese"—a mix of grey tabby and Siamese—which is why she has grey ears, striped tail, striped face, and striped feet. They go so well together!
As rainy season comes, we get to see Psapp almost double in size. Instead of being the size of Donna's spin shoe, she is now big enough to fit in Donna's large rain boots.
We did our duty as responsible cat-owners and had her "fixed" (even though she is an indoor cat like the others). They said to keep her from jumping and playing for 5 days and keep her limited in running for up to two weeks. Yeah right! She lasted 5 minutes before she was back to terrorizing the girls and jumping everywhere! Here she is jumping up for a toy (you can see her shaved belly).
Psapp has definitely become part of the family. She loves being right in the middle of the activity—even if it means sleeping on your computer to get your attention!
That is it. Our cat-obsessed blog is complete. Next blog will be focused on humans—we promise. And we can promise you we will NOT be getting any more cats! Three is quite enough for us.