Thankful Thursday

I'm so thankful for these wonderful assistants. Sweet Purrfections wouldn't be what it is without them.

Brulee and Truffle assisting at the computer

Wordless Wednesday

Brulee sleeping the day away

Tongue Out Tuesday

It's nice to see Truffle with her tongue out enjoying her prescription cat food. She's getting better and better with eating her food. We must get the pH down and this is the best way to do it.

Truffle eating her prescription food

Truffle to Vet

Just a quick post and we'll provide more details tomorrow. Truffle went back to the vet for a 1-month follow up from her recent bladder surgery and subsequent infection.

Truffle securely strapped in the car in her Sleepypod® Mobile Pet Bed

Truffle was scheduled to go back to her vet today at Cherokee Trail Veterinary Hospital to see Dr. Boyette.

Sunday Selfie

Mom Paula was able to capture this photo of both of us looking at her in the human litter box.

Truffle and Brulee in the human litter box

The girls are really looking different as they get older. 

Caturday Art

For our Caturday Art creation we used the Watercolor effect because it had the colors of red, white, and blue to help us recognize Memorial Day on Monday.

Truffle using the Watercolor Art effect in LunaPic

We also went to PicMonkey to recolor the eyes and add our watermark and resize the photo for the blog.

You can see more Caturday Art Creations at Athena Cat Goddess Wise Kitty.

Sleeping Cat

Brulee sleeping on the suitcase

Do you think Brulee can be any more relaxed?

Thankful Thursday

We're definitely late posting today, but we wanted to get something up. We're going to continue posting every day until our 7th blogoversary this summer. 

Truffle listening to Coryelle Kramer on her FB live Animal Experience session

Wordless Wednesday

Truffle and Brulee

Truffle doesn't look too wordless. What do you think she is saying to Mom Paula? Look at the expression on Brulee's face!!

Screen Saver

Mom Paula doesn't know how Brulee expects her to work when she is blocking the monitor.

Brulee acting like our new screen saver

Usually Truffle is the one in front of the computer, but Brulee decided it was her turn. This is usually a sign that it's time to eat or the girls want to be held.

More Than a Treat - #ChewyInfluencer

We continue talking about the challenges of getting Truffle to eat her prescription food because of her bladder stones. It's been seven (7) weeks since her diagnosis and surgery and she's getting a little better each day. We are also working with Brulee eating the prescription food because she showed a little variance in her ph balance at her wellness checkup. What are some of the things we've done to help them adjust to a new diet?

Brulee waiting for Mom Paula to open the HALO® Liv-a-Littles® treat jar

The vet was very specific that Truffle needed to change her diet for the rest of her life to a prescription diet. We've had a couple of different opinions from different vets about what she needs to eat. For the first month after Truffle's surgery and subsequent infection, she's wasn't eating much of anything - not even her regular food.

Sunday Selfie

Truffle was relaxing this morning in the sunlight coming through the windows.

Beautiful Truffle on Sunday Morning

I love it when I can capture the beauty of her green eyes with the natural sunlight.

Caturday Art

For today's Caturday Art creation, we used the Color Sketch effect in LunaPic for Truffle.

Truffle

We love how these sketches pick up the grays in Truffle's fur when it is colorized.

You can see more Caturday Art creations by visiting Athena Cat Goddess Wise Kitty.

Enjoy Life

Truffle

We found this quote last night and it really spoke to us. Mom Paula has experienced some difficulties the last few months and this quote was a great reminder of how wonderful life can be. We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Eating in Comfort and Style

Mom Paula always tries to feed us a high quality food that is high in protein and low in grains. As many of you know, Truffle recently had two Struvite Stones removed from her bladder. Because of the type of stones that were identified, she needs to be on a special diet to keep her urine at the appropriate ph level. We're going to post a series on bladder stones in the near future to help you understand.

Truffle trying out some new cat food in her Dr. Catsby's Bowl for Whisker Relief

It's been a challenge finding a prescription food that Truffle will eat. There are times Mom Paula wants to give in and give Truffle her normal food so she'll eat it, but the consequences could be additional bladder stones which may cause surgery again.

Wordless Wednesday

Truffle

What can you say about this photo of Truffle?

Comfort Away From Home

Have you ever gone on a road trip with your cat and stayed in a hotel? We haven't yet, but we have some wonderful cat blogging friends who brought their cats on their first road trip and stayed in a hotel at the recent BlogPaws conference. We reached out to them for tips and to share their experiences.

Truffle in the comfort of her Sleepypod® Mobile Pet Bed

Celebrating our 2500th Post

We're a little late posting this because we were working on an informative post about cats at the BlogPaws conference, but we wanted to celebrate our 2500th blog post today! This July will be our 7th blogoversary and we've blogged every single day. We are in the process of rebranding our blog and this will involve some changes in our posting schedule and content. We promise we'll still share photos and stories of our everyday lives, but in a new and different way. Thank you for supporting us!

Truffle and Brulee

Happy Mother's Day

We're celebrating today by wishing a happy Mother's Day to our kitty moms, Chloe and Mikayla.

Mikayla and Brulee

Chloe and Truffle

Caturday Art

Brulee was trying to rest behind Mom Paula's head on the back of the chair when Mom Paula snapped this photo. We've used the "floating" effect in LunaPic to create our Caturday Art creation today.

Brulee - Using the "floating" effect in LunaPic

We sometimes think these photos make Brulee look mean because of her Persian scowl and her fur horns, but she is the funniest and sweetest little Persian.

You can see more  Caturday Art creations by visiting Athena Cat Goddess Wise Kitty.

Not Us!

Do you ever catch your cats looking at you and their look is so guilty but  you can't figure out what they did? This is what Mom Paula was thinking when she saw the girls in the guest bedroom today.

We're not doing anything!

Thankful Thursday

We're so thankful Truffle is beginning to feel herself again. She is beginning to eat one of the prescription diet wet foods and another of the dry kibble.

Beautiful Truffle

Wordless Wednesday

What do you think has the attention of Truffle and Brulee?

Truffle and Brulee

Truffle Tuesday

Truffle wanted to share a photo with everyone to show that she has some wild fur that blows in the wind just like Brulee.

Truffle - May 2018

Truffle is doing much better. She is beginning to eat some of her prescription food (as long as Mom Paula sprinkles some freeze-dried chicken treats on top). The swelling appears to be gone from her incision. Mom Paula did feel a stitch this week and has a call into the vet to make sure this is okay since this is the first time she's felt a stitch. Last night was the first time Truffle played with her nip nanner since before the surgery and she and Brulee and chasing each other down the hallway now. Looks like we are on the road to recovery.

A Different Experience - BlogPaws 2018 #sponsored

This summer will mark the 10th anniversary of blogging with my cats. Little did I know, BlogPaws® was celebrating its 10th anniversary this year at the conference in Kansas City, MO. This was my fourth year attending the BlogPaws conference and I'd been excited since the announcement last Summer. However, this year, the BlogPaws conference was a different experience for me.

Flat Brulee and Truffle preparing for the excitement of BlogPaws 2018

Sunday Selfie

Brulee says it's her time to post for the Sunday Selfie since Truffle has had most of the attention for the past month. Even though the weather is getting warmer, Brulee still has a full Persian coat that flows with the air of the ceiling fan.

Brulee - Sunday Selfie

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Brulee

Truffle

Star Wars Day

Mom Paula loves Star Wars and is one of the geeks celebrating Star Wars Day today.

Truffle and Mom Paula's Luke Skywalker figurine

May the Fourth be with you!

Thankful Thursday

We're a little late posting today, but we wanted to let everyone know that Truffle is getting better each day. 

Truffle feeling comfortable enough to expose her belly

We're still trying to find a prescription wet food that she will eat and ordered a case of a different texture of the Royal Canin OC with gravy from Chewy.com since the girls have eaten the wet RC food in the past. We're still experimenting with other RC, Hill's and Purina prescription wet foods and textures. She's been eating some of the Royal Canin OC dry kibble, but not very much. The vet gave us a sample of the Hill's Prescription Diet c/d Multicare Urinary Care with Chicken Dry Cat Food and both of the girls appear to like it. 

Going on a Road Trip with Your Cat

The only road trip we've been on lately is to the vet, which we hope we don't need to do again any time soon. However, now that Mom Paula is retired, she wants to work with us on harness/leash training and traveling with her on future trips.

Truffle traveling in her Sleepypod® Mobile Pet Bed

Since we haven't been on any road trips of any distance, we've reached out to one of our cat blogging friends, Jeanne, from Random Feline for tips and experiences when traveling on the road with cats.

May Day

Here are some important days and celebrations for the month of May.