Post 297: David’s heart is not so good.

I’ve subscribed to many YouTube accounts featuring cats over the years. One of my favorite’s is David’s Zeus & Phoebe’s Cat Sanctuary.

I suppose part of their appeal is the fact they are ginger cats. The late Louie was a ginger cat, and I think they are pretty, intelligent, entertaining, and just pretty darn wonderful cats. Watch any of the Zeus and Phoebe videos, and you’ll see what I mean.

Another part of these videos’ appeal is David, Zeus and Phoebe’s human. He not only makes long and interesting videos for people who love cats (guilty!), the videos are informative, often have useful recommendations for helping you give your cat or cats a better life. I like him and his very well-trained cats a lot.

Sadly, David learned late last week a bronchitis issue he’s had for a long time actually is misdiagnosed (or undiagnosed…?) congestive heart failure. David will die, his doctor told him, without major heart surgery, not the news someone who just had a 50th birthday wants to hear.

David entered the hospital this morning, February 3rd, and, if you’ve watched the video above, you learned he will have his very extensive heart surgery today to try to repair his broken heart. Prayers and thoughts for David, who has been on my mind since I watched his video yesterday announcing why he can’t post any new videos on either of his YouTube channels for at least three months…if everything works out.

As someone who has two cats, I try to imagine how I’d assure they have good care if I die or have major health issues that end my ability to have them around. That gave me concern about Phoebe and Zeus. How would David have the medical care he needs yet assure his little buddies get as much care and love as they get at home in Colorado?

David has family in a close-by state, it turns out. They will care for David’s cats as long as needed. I feel relieved for the cats that they are assured a happy future, regardless of David’s outcome. On the other hand, I hope and pray that future can be with David three months down the road.

Post 296: photo evidence of Dougy’s naughtiness

Both Dougy and Andy are mild cats, part of their Persian cat heritage. That doesn’t mean they don’t have their days. The day I took them to be groomed last week, for example, was Dougy’s day to be naughty.

Dougy jan 31 2014

I know most people doubt Dougy is ever naughty, that I “exagggerate” his misdeeds of that day, but take a close look at the photo above. Notice the position of the chair…. Yes, knocked over during the chase where it landed on top of things that had been on the seat, waiting for me to sort through them.

The knocked over chair created a convenient pocket in which to hide from “The Man”, a hiding spot that revealed Dougy’s lack of comprehension of the difference between thinking you can’t be seen if you can’t see your pursuer and you can be seen if your fluffy butt’s exposed but your head’s hidden.

Once Dougy hid there, he assured his capture!

Post 295: videos Andy the Persian cat likes

Andy likes the insurance commercial where the fellow pours cat litter in front of the car tire to help get it unstuck. You know the one. The car drives off, then dozens of cats run to the snow-covered scene, attracted to the cat litter! Yeah, Andy likes that commercial, at about the 17 second mark to the end:

But Andy really liked this video, which I watched yesterday:

Andy found that video irresistible, probably because the kitten is having naughty fun! I noticed his interest, decided I’d replay it for him so I could try to capture his reaction on video. Here’s the result:

I left the rest of Andy’s story to the imagination, but had a comment today on facebook asking about what Andy ran off to do. Well…! He ran off to take a nap!

andy jan 31 2014 in soft focus

Unfortunately, I woke him up when I snapped the photo. Sorry for the soft focus, well, unfocused image. I’d turned off the flash earlier, which meant when I snapped a picture, the camera calculated an exposure time on a dark subject – Andy in shadow – that was longer than I could hold the camera steady! I like it anyway.

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If you enjoyed the video of the kitten mauling the curtain, you need to check out the other videos Igor posts twice weekly of the family Scottish Fold cats and kittens. Here’s the link to his YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/Funnycatsandnicefish?feature=c4-overview