Thankful Thursday : Pet Insurance

 

I am joining this week's Brian's Thankful Thursday

I am thankful for pet insurance because you never know when someone needs an emergency visit. I have everyone on insurance except Mia and Coral. If you have a young cat without pre-existing conditions, it may be worth it to get insurance. I got Mia and Coral when they are already in their geriatric ages and coverage starts at $250 per cat per month! While everyone else costs about $80/per cat per month and I don't do basic when it comes to the cat fam so we get the best coverage available.

Recently, Cleo had intestinal blockage due to swallowing some random things and I had to take her to the emergency vet. If you know about vet visits you have to pay upfront before any service (at least here anyways) and that can be very stressful for some parents who don't have the money or can't get a credit loan. My charges were $11,852.87 upfront before they can do surgery. Holy Moly. I mean we all hear stories about how expensive the vet is but boy did my soul leave my body. Of course I would do anything for my babies but I can't say it didn't hurt especially with the remodeling going on. 

They usually charge you the upper limit estimate and luckily for me they refunded me $3262.55 but that was still $8590.32 out of pocket! Thankfully with insurance, and after some back and forth emails, they reimbursed me $7551.29 leaving me to just pay a grand total of 

$1039.03

I couldn't be more grateful, thankful because without insurance I would be in some financial trouble. Definitely get insurance if you can, because nobody wants to take their kitties to the emergency vet! I'm sharing the exact cost to be transparent on just how much the vet costs.

Sunday Selfie 03 : Rosie

Sunday Selfie is brought to you by The Cat on My Head. 

Rosie is quite a lovable character. Her previous owner had named her Artemis, but I just call her Rosie even though I made up this ridiculous long name for her Penthouse Princess Rose "Rosie" Royce. She has an incredible appetite for an 8 pound cat, she will eat, and eat, and keep eating until all the food is gone. She will 1) eat everyone's leftovers 2) spend at least an hour finishing up the food 3) get into unopened bags of food and go to town 4) find food in places I didn't even know had food...

Rosie is extremely, EXTREMELY food motivated that she can easily be clicker trained. She knows a few tricks though the one she likes is fist bump by touching your hand hoping you will give her food. She's also so food motivated that I got a SureFeed Microchip Feeder for Chief (since he eats very slow) but Rosie already figured out how to beat the system....She's a spoiled kitty.

Friday Blog Hops : December 10, 2021

Happy Friday everybody! I'm doing a few blog hops today first is Feline Friday hosted by Comedy Plus. Here is a snap of the kitty crew, I usually try to take a photo whenever everyone is together! Starting on top is Siggy the Domestic Short Hair, Chief the Maine Coon, Cleo the Savannah, and Rosie the Bengal. Zorro and Cleo is still in the process of a slow introduction so they are doing time-share of the space for now.

Nature Friday is hosted by The LLB Gang and this is a snap of a walk in Sausalito, Scoma's is a popular seafood restaurant. I love spending a day exploring different parts of the Bay Area, enjoying the walks, fresh air, and change in scenery.

Flashback Friday a year ago from today is Chief enjoying his nap on the couch. 

Happy Tuesday : Featuring Tiger & Mr. Patches

 

Happy Tuesday blog hop is hosted by Comedy Plus!

Wishing everyone a Happy Tuesday and hope everyone's week is off to a good start! This is Mr. Patches (front) and Tiger (back) who I am cat sitting this week. Mr. Patches love food and will stand up on his two hind legs and do a twirl when it's meal time. Tiger also recently showed more enthusiasm during his meals, however both are on a little diet at the moment. I love them so much as I love all my cat clients just as I love my own cats. 

Mr. Patches is a silly boy, he's kind of lazy when it comes to playing with toys and he rather relax under the couch or under the table dozing off..Zzz..

Sunday Selfie 02 : Chief

Another Sunday, so here is another Sunday Selfie hosted by The Cat on My Head. This is my favorite shot of Chief, my Maine Coon. He loves going outside, to the yard, to the neighborhood park, and sometimes he will try to whine and whine until he gets his way. I always walk him on a harness, and the one I use for him is the Supakit Cat Harness and the backpack is from Your Cat Backpack by Travel Cat. He enjoys going out during the daytime, when the sun is out because he loves basking in the sunshine and rolling around in dirt!

Apparently cats love to roll around in dirt, but we do not 100% understand why. Perhaps they want a dirt bath, or maybe instinctually to mask their scent by covering themselves with the environment making it harder for predators to find them, or perhaps they are just enjoying themselves and expressing their contentment? Those who have indoor/outdoor cats or let your cats outside does your kitty display this behavior?

I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who visited or commented on my blog, I see you and just know I visit each and every single one of you! I'm amazing at just how many cat bloggers are out there and some of you have been blogging for many years! Happy to share the love for our feline friends.

Continue reading if you like for my This Week's Highlights (general personal life stuff, cat stuff...just stuff...)

Thankful Thursday : Featuring The Kitty Crew

I am joining this week's Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

We are thankful our grandpaw, which is our hooman's dad who has been working very hard on remeowdeling our new home. It's been a rough past few weeks since the lease ended on our previous apawtment, and we are trying get use to the chaos and noises during the day as construction is happening. Grandpaw says only a few more weeks, he is doing everything he can to finish the work so we can finally settle in! He pawmised he will build a catio so we can enjoy the yard and safely.

Our mom is thankful for this community, and getting the chance to meet other cat lovers out there! She enjoys reading about all the kitties out there and hearing all your stories.  Thank you to everyone who stops by, and can't wait to share more about us!

Wordless Wednesday : SSAL @ 2226 Polk St

Wordless Wednesday hosted by Comedy Plus

Happy Tuesday : Featuring Memol

Happy Tuesday blog hop is hosted by Comedy Plus!

Here is Memol, a Scottish Fold Cat and another kitty I have cat-sat for. She's a quiet and reserved girl but her favorite position to relax in is sitting like she's a human being. It makes me laugh every time I visit her because I never seen a cat do this before. I wonder if it is comfortable for little Memol? The Scottish Fold Cat is quite adorable, they almost look like an owl! Hoo, Hoo~!

Sadly my schedule has changed as of late so I have to cut back on my cat sitting services. I will miss seeing Memol and Misha (her little brofur also Scottish Fold) and their little antics! It's not so easy to say good bye to these lovely babies but they are such sweet cats that their next cat sitter will have a blast, I just know it!

Does your kitty(s) have any funny quirks?

Awww Mondays : Fall 2021

Awww Mondays is hosted by Comedy Plus!

This is Arlo, one of the kitties I occasionally cat sit for. He was found by his mom by their home near a garbage can. His mom took him in and the rest is hisstory! Sometimes when I visit him he will flop over on his side, roll over, and expose the sacred belly. Of course I don't dare to reach my hand for a belly rub, most cats will not appreciate it! I find it very cute when I visit cats and they roll over on their backs. Maybe they kind of like me I guess...Haha!

What kind of quirks does your cat(s) do that make you go Awww?

Happy Thanksgiving 2021

I am thankful for my family and friends, and of course my beautiful (furry) children Chief, Siggy, Rosie, Cleo, Luna, Mia, Coral, and Zorro. They give me happiness everyday even when they are raising havoc. I treated my family to dinner the night before Thanksgiving so we can all eat together as we usually don't do anything crazy on Thanksgiving. I did however make use of Black Friday sales on Chewy and ordered a bunch of things for the Cat Fam, 35% off the cat litter we use, 25% Primal Raw Freeze Dried Nuggets, 15% Coral & Mia's food, and I added a few other cat toys in the cart. The best deal I got was 30% OFF the Weston Pro #8 Meat Grinder from JCPenny's! Amazing deal, what a score!

Did you get any good deals?

I hope everyone are able to spend time with those that they love and hug your kitties for me :) I send my virtual kisses and boops.