9..8...7...6..5..we Have Ignatius! Options

[Jon730]

By the way, the adventures of you two that you just posted simply had me laughing all over the place. Thanks, Jon. What a wonderful way to start my morning...with laughter. I also love to come back and reread these stories and just laugh all over again.

I have not REALLY laughed since Miles died, so last night was cathartic. Or catalytic.

This morning after I had posted I could not stay away, so went in to take more pictures and movies. We played Feet Attack for a while, then he ate, then impersonated an elephant in the litter box. I opened a window and laid back.

He climbed into my elbow and fell fast asleep. That is the last thing I remembered for almost two hours.

I have to convert another movie before I post it, but here is his Day 3 Portrait. His eyes are turning green or gold..the kittie Blue is leaving.



As soon as I walk into the room he starts purring, then I am stuck there. There are WORSE fates!

[forduffy]

Jon, He is absolutely beautiful!

[E.M]

Well, well, well Jon, what can I say?

You look every bit the proud father and rightly so......Iggy has such a masterly look about him behind all that cuteness, I think you will find a very wise head on those little shoulders of his.

As Love Them so rightly said do not be overly concerned about him not drinking water if he is eating wet food. One piece of advice if you don't know this already, is to stick to the same brand of wet food till at least he is a lot older and his digestive system isn't so delicate as switching brands can have disasterous results on the rear end if you know what I mean. Same brand, different varieties are ok and when you progress from kitten to adult food try mixing a bit of the adult food in with the kitten food to begin with to give the digestive system time to adjust as adult food is very rich.

You could also try a little kitten milk half diluted with water in a coloured bowl (not white) every now and then if you are still concerned. Personally I would stay away from dry food until at least 6 months old or until the kidneys are fully developed and even then I would only give a small amount as a treat or a sprinkling of 'crunchy topping' as I call it.

So is M as smitten as you and a proud mommy, will she be picking up her paint brush in earnest...?!

Keep those picture and videos rolling, I think we all expect AT LEAST one picture a day!!!

When Iggy settles down you will be looking at him sleeping for hours and just willing him to wake up and start running round the house again. I must admit with my two I had forgotten how much sleep a kitten needs to recharge those batteries that I just couldn't wait for them to wake up again and entertain us. It didn't take long for my two to work out where our bed was and head up stairs once the lights were turned out but yes the first week or so they don't realise that when we go to bed we want to sleep! Or that at 4am in the morning is not our usual time for waking up and playing!

Love the meet and greet pictures, the tail bushed out, I'm so big and scary look is cracking!

Wishing you many, many more days of pure, unadulterated bliss with Iggy and his massive chainsaw purr!!!!

[Jon730]

When Iggy settles down you will be looking at him sleeping for hours and just willing him to wake up and start running round the house again. I must admit with my two I had forgotten how much sleep a kitten needs to recharge those batteries that I just couldn't wait for them to wake up again and entertain us. It didn't take long for my two to work out where our bed was and head up stairs once the lights were turned out but yes the first week or so they don't realise that when we go to bed we want to sleep! Or that at 4am in the morning is not our usual time for waking up and playing!

Last night he looned out again, with so much energy I was afraid he would hurt himself, literally bouncing off the walls! THEN he discovered the Cat Trick we all know....Getting up on the high dresser and JUMPING onto the bed. Once again, I was trying to read, and once again, I gave up. I turned out the light, and he took up what I guess will be his permanent sleepling place, on the pillow next to my head. I bought him a nice new cat bed, but he spurned it immediately. Waking in the middle of the night to a warm, actually hot, purring puffball is just the thing an insomniac like me needs.

I just realized this morning that Iggy is truly a dream-come-true, because here is what I posted March 24, in the depth of my loss of Milesy:

"In a week or two, when I am contacted by the Rescue Society I will conduct interviews. I will make eye contact and ask, "Who wants to win the lottery and be spoiled rotten?".
One will run forward and jump into my arms. (This has happened before!)
From that moment on, the New Hire and I will be intensely imprinting our personalities on each other. We will become an item."

Well, that is exactly what happened. The Kitty Lady brought up the basket of kittens, I made the announcement, and he popped out, climbed my leg (ouch), sat on my shoulder, climbed on top of my head, and tried to get into my shirt pocket! And he was only five weeks old at the time.

So if I seem overboard, he was already a special cat before he even was hired. Or Hired Me. He has not disappointed me-he has astonished me. He is SO happy to see me. When I walk in he shows off every crazy trick, then rolls around and purrs. I melt. I mean to go in and get a shirt, etc., then cannot leave, and when I do, I realize I have forgotten why I went in that room, and come out empty handed.


I think I am a Cat Person.

[Muffins]

Hi Jon!

CONGRATULATIONS on being adopted by handsome, precious Iggy . He really seems to be a bundle of joy and I am very, very happy for all of you. I enjoy seeing the photos and movies too, and look forward to many more .

I think I am a Cat Person.

Without question, it seems that you are ---- We really ARE the lucky ones, aren't we?

As Love Them so rightly said do not be overly concerned about him not drinking water if he is eating wet food.

I agree - Here's a link to Wellness kitten food, http://www.wellnesspetfood.com/cat_wellness_can_kitten.html . It shows the ingredients, guaranteed an*alysis, etc..., and shows that there is not more than 78% moisture.

A book that I HIGHLY recommend to everyone that is owned by a furcat is, "Your Cat", and is written by Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins. Here is a link to her book -- http://all-about-cats.com/your_cat.htm

Early last year I went to her website, http://yourdiabeticcat.com/ , (one of our precious kids has diabetes, Ms. Lucy ), and that is where I learned about her book.

Looking forward to more pictures & movies, Jon.

Take good care,

Denise

[Jon730]

Looking forward to more pictures & movies, Jon.

O Good! An excuse to visit him!

First, a film clip!
IGGY DISCOVERS THE LASER
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"I am going to EAT your FEET!"


AND:
Announcing, the first cat here who is not afraid of this thing!
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"As soon as I am through tuning, I will warm up with
"Tossing the Feathers" from "Riverdance".

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"I'll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul..."

[katzen11]

Keep those picture and videos rolling, I think we all expect AT LEAST one picture a day!!!

When Iggy settles down you will be looking at him sleeping for hours and just willing him to wake up and start running round the house again.

hi, Jon,
the last kitty i got, 3 months old, was MISCHO (1988-2000).
she and me were enjoying her baby-time, and for a couple years i had those "hamburger-arms".
FELICE, ( see my avatar ) was pretty old, when she joined me, ( born ?, with me 2003-2006) but still looking and acting amazing young, till the last few months.
so JIMMY KLINGER, my buddy, soon celebrating his 13th birthday, spend his first 14 months in a cage in a rescue-center.
and i get tears in my eyes, when i am thinking about how he spent his "childhood".
but the ladies, who took care of him, must have been very nice,
and JIM is such a devoted, lovable, playfull cat.
yes, the better species than humans.
thanks for sharing IGGY with us
Eva

[Jon730]

the last kitty i got, 3 months old, was MISCHO (1988-2000).
she and me were enjoying her baby-time, and for a couple years i had those "hamburger-arms".

Do you remember the scene in the "Godfather" movie, where the guy woke up in terror, blood all over the sheets, and the horse's head in the bed?

It was like that this morning.
At 5:00 AM, Iggy announced "PLAYTIME!!!" and popped out lik,e a Jack-In-The-Box.
But sometime during the night he got affectionate and scratched my lip. I never woke up, but there was blood all over my pillow and the sheets. I never woke up till PLAYTIME.

He is crazy. I love him. I think I will go bring him more food so he will sleep. And I am going out to the camper to take a nap.

This is what happens when someone is "married" to a sick old cat for twelve years-They forget what a healthy kitten is like!

[Jon730]

I had just written a post about kitten food, but Iggy has his first day out of his room, and he got onto the keyboard and somehow it's gone....

[Jon730]

I had just written a post about kitten food, but Iggy has his first day out of his room, and he got onto the keyboard and somehow it's gone....

Piggy Iggy has gained 45.4 Grams (.1 Lb) in 4 Days, reaching a Jumbo 2.6 pounds!
Cool! I have more cat than I did on Tuesday! Dividends!

On a dry weight basis, he has eaten 125 grams of food, as protein, fats, and carbohydrates. This does not aproach the published weight gains of ~20 grams/day, though, in an optimized high protein diet.
I'll go to Petco and read labels. The supermarket only carries kitten food in Friskies and Iam's brands.
Iam's was involved in the recall, so they are dead, in my book. I have a copy of the Recall Blacklist I will bring with me.
I don't care if I have to go into the city to a five-star restaurant and order foie gras, this cat is NOT going to have what happened to my male Siamese thirty years ago. (LONG memory, huh?)

[LoveThem]

You said: They forget what a healthy kitten is like!


So true. Yours is only 2.6 pounds...the 2 year old shelter kitty I adopted is 10 pounds and has kitty energy galore!

Seriously, if you want to see some of what you are in for....look at Ken's thread here about his twin kittens Elvira and Ellen.
See what a treat you are in for.

Iggy is probably saying "You ain't seen nuthin' yet"

5 AM sounds about right for youth. We've been up then pretty much daily since December when we got Lucky.

What's fun is when they get you up and it is play, play, play. Then once you are up...they will take a nap and you sit there
not sleepy anymore and know that they are just resting up for next time. They look so innocent sleeping there and you would think they are so exhausted they won't move for a week. WRONG!!!!

Be careful about sleeping...these babies don't know what they are doing....don't know if your lip was accidental kitty claws or what but be sure he doesn't think your face is a toy cause it seems like everything is a toy to these babies. They are so full of energy and curiosity and want to explore everything.

I know at the shelter where I got Lucky, the gal there who was fostering twin kittens said one of them was so cute that he liked to nip on her eyelid. Cute to her but a bad habit starting I thought. I would not want to sleep with that one watching me. They absolutely do not know what they are doing.

Now as I read one of your recent posts...a 2.6 pound bundle of joy gets the house and someone that does not weigh 2.6 pounds gets the camper........sounds about right when a delightful furbaby (and I do mean "baby") moves in!

He really is adorable, Jon. Love your diary here. ONE-TWO-THREE-FOUR! WHO DO WE ADORE?? IGGY! IGGY!

[Jon730]

FAMILY DAY PICTURES!
He was at large in the main house for the first time today! I just peeked in and for once, he was asleep! We ground up some freshly roasted turkey and had a party in the livng room for all the cats, thinking the festive occassion might keep the stress low. it did, a little, and Murphy got up on the couch and laid down about five feet from him..but Iggy had stage fright.
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Murphy Spies on him:

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Now they can't see me!

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It's a big world out there!

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Admire my whiskers!

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Miles was the last cat who did this. Iggy carries on the torch!

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I am superior!

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That was nice Turkey!! *BURP*

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I am going to sleep now!

[Jon730]

One piece of advice if you don't know this already, is to stick to the same brand of wet food till at least he is a lot older and his digestive system isn't so delicate as switching brands can have disasterous results on the rear end if you know what I mean.

I see what you mean. Now. It's not really a disaster, it's just...well...if it were worse, I could use him as a bagpipe. The windows will be open tonight, pollen allergies or not.

From Friskies to a can of Iam's. I will take the rest back to the store. We did not know Iam's was one of the places involved in the Gluten Recall, anyway, so do not want it. I was planning on a trip to the local Petco, anyway.

He's in a great mood, regardless.
Cats.
He probably thinks it's funny.

[Jon730]

so JIMMY KLINGER, my buddy, soon celebrating his 13th birthday, spend his first 14 months in a cage in a rescue-center.
and i get tears in my eyes, when i am thinking about how he spent his "childhood".
but the ladies, who took care of him, must have been very nice,
and JIM is such a devoted, lovable, playfull cat.

I wonder if the ones who have bad starts are extra grateful when they land in a loving home? This was the case with Miles.
I always loved animals, but Miles was the one who taught me what an extra special devoted one was.

[forgeorge]

Thankyou for that...It helps ease the pain a little.And believe me...we need it.Happiness to you both!

[Jon730]

Thankyou for that...It helps ease the pain a little.And believe me...we need it.Happiness to you both!

Time heals all, a little. I was where you are not long ago, and at that time I felt that thinking of a "New Hire" was disrespectful of Milesy.
But they are all so different, Miles can only always be my special Cat Wife. There will never be another.
She worked hard to make me happy, even when she was not well.

Until last Tuesday, I was sad much of the time..I began to laugh when Crazy Iggy came. I was just talking to my wife about it, about how much healthier it is to laugh before going to sleep.

Today's Home Movies:

Oh NO! Iggy found the Big Cats' Catnip!!!
It really did not make much of a noticable difference in him, I guess.

LOONEY TUNES!

Iggy Goes Nuts.

[goliath]

These videos of yours are hysterical Jon. I especially liked the catnip and Looney Tunes.

You are so right when you say it feels good to go to sleep after laughing. Somehow or other they wear us out with all the fun and happiness they bring and we sleep so much better.

Keep bringing the happiness and joy you are feeling with Iggy.

[Jon730]

You are so right when you say it feels good to go to sleep after laughing. Somehow or other they wear us out with all the fun and happiness they bring and we sleep so much better.

Our Bat-Eared little clowns have been great medicine!!
Maybe they do not CURE things quickly, but they certainly dull the pain! How much can it hurt when we are laughing?

[Jon730]

Iggy's first day At Large has been very tiring for him. He has only been here five days, and has now taken up the usual Cat Position.

He seems to prefer the Windows System over Debian Linux.

Not surprising, since he has crashed!

[LoveThem]

I don't know about his OS preferences, Jon, but I would say there is a good possibility he was on your computer area....looking for the "mouse"!

It is hard to fool a cat..even a kitty...about mice. That's what my Lucky puts his paw on the minute he lands on the desk.

Again, your videos bring many smiles. Thanks, Jon.