Shia Came Home!

Daddy snapped this picture through the window at 9:22 PM tonight and we are very happy to announce Shia found her way back home! Sorry for the low quality picture, but all that really matters is Shia returned!!!

We are so thrilled she is ok. She is refusing to enter the screened porch at this point, but hopefully in time Momma can prove to her it's safe to seek shelter there again. She ate a little bit and was purring like crazy when Momma went out on the patio with her. Thank you God for answering our prayers!

Momma's Plea: Come home Shia

Last night around 11:00 PM Momma opened the cat door on the back porch for Shia to go potty. Even though there was a litter box on the porch, Shia prefers to potty outside. She has not yet returned. Momma is grief stricken and terrified for Shia. Please come home Shia!!! Momma is so sorry for taking you to the vet. Please don't give up on her. You can trust her. She's frantically searching all through the neighborhood for you. She loves you so much. Come back to us Shia.

Prayers for Shia

Momma noticed Shia was acting strange this morning, then she saw Shia choking, coughing, and making odd breathing sounds. As many of you know, Shia is pretty much a feral cat. Momma has been feeding her for 5 years and she only recently has been allowed to pet her. Picking her up was not an option if Momma wanted to keep all of her limbs. The problem was Shia was really struggling and Momma knew she had to run the risk and catch her. Thankfully one of Momma's friend is a vet tech and explained that if she could gently drop a large towel on Shia and act quickly, she may be able to pick her up in the towel. After many failed attempts and even more prayers, Momma finally got Shia into a large box (with lots of air holes!) and they were on their way to the vet.

After feeling such gratitude for capturing Shia, great fear set into Momma's heart. She knew that the first thing the vet would do after sedating Shia would be to test for feline leukemia. Should that test prove positive, it was basically a death sentence. Tears began to slowly fall from Momma's eyes as she expressed her love to Shia and reluctantly handed her over to the vet tech. Momma was told to return in an hour, so she kept her cell phone ever present waiting for the call which would reveal the test results. About twenty minutes later, the vet called. Great news: Shia was negative!!! Now for the bad news, Shia had grass lodged in her nose and throat. Apparently it had been in her for a few days and the obstruction continued to worsen. Thankfully they were able to extract it and Shia should be fine. While she was sedated, Shia also received multiple vaccine shots as well as an antibiotic shot.

When Momma returned to the vet to take a very indignant and terrified Shia home, she took this picture of Shia in the car right before the trip home:

Oh, poor sweet Shia. She has spent all day on the chaise lounge under its cover. The shots and trauma of the day have worn her out. She now has that very sad, I-don't-feel-well look in her eyes. Please say a prayer for Shia. We all want her to recover quickly and hopefully forgive Momma.

Kitty, Interrupted

This is nice. Relaxing in the yard:

Great, the neighbor let the crazy dogs out:

Maybe I should run away from them:

The fence has them trapped, maybe I'll go smack them:

Forget it, I'll just go back and lounge on the porch:









Inside Kitty Job: Part 3

Wow, this carpet stuff is so comfortable. I think I'll roll all over it:

Now, I shall stretch and enjoy myself some more:

What is happening to me? I AM AN OUTSIDE CAT, but I feel the urge to dig my claws in and claim this soft warm spot as mine:





Shia's World

Where's Shia?

Inside Kitty Job: Part 2

These pictures are not the clearest because it is difficult to capture Shia's reconnaisance work:

Inside Kitty Job: Part 1

Yes, I am inside. Soon this will all be mine, minus the humans.

Shia has been coming inside the house every day and Momma really wants to convert her to an inside cat. The only problem is should the door close when Shia is inside, sounds come out of her that no cat should ever voice. She is completely terrified of being trapped inside. Sadness permeates Momma as she wonders what could have happened to this beautiful creature to make her so afraid to be inside with humans?

Wordless Wednesday

Shia's Success

Can you believe the human left the window open?



Oh yeah, the taste of victory is sweet:

Shia's Question

Hey human, I need to ask you a question:

Does this paw look dirty to you?

I think it does:

This conversation never took place human.





Great Shia of Back Porch

Shia is acutely aware of the fact that cats were once worshiped as gods. Here she practices her divine pose:

Remind anyone of this:

( Great Sphinx of Giza )

Coincidence? We think not.

Christmas Card

We wish you a Christmas full of love, peace, grace and purrs.

Where's Shia? Part 2

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

Hey lady, keep your paws away from my acorn.

Shia's Smack Down

This video is not the highest quality and it was taken at night so the lighting is atrocious, but we simply must share this with everyone. The following shows what happens when Daddy tries to pet Shia:



Did ya notice at the end how Shia has to clean her paws after contact with a human? Also if you turn your speakers up to max volume during the last section you will hear the thump, thump, thump of Shia smacking Daddy.

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

( Shia sound asleep on porch chair )

Kitty Decor

Kitty it's Cold Outside

You know it's cold when Shia willingly comes into the house to warm up:

But just in case you were thinking she may stay inside, she runs so fast back outside that the picture is blurry: