Time Flies

 I didn't realise that I hadn't posted for such a long time! Sorry!

For a few days, I couldn't actually do anything; I have a herniated disc in my neck. Most of the time it's alright, but sometimes it moves and pinches a nerve, which in turn makes my neck and shoulder painful.

The reason it started to play up this time was because of the cats fighting! I grabbed one of the cats and felt something move in my neck and shoulder. The next thing I knew, I was in so much pain that I had to go to the doctor.

The fights are continuing. Not every day, but enough to make it stressful!

The main culprits are Fred, Frodo and Alan. Steve and Alan are either fighting or snuggling up together.

Reminds me of the Yin-Yang symbol.

Fred is looking for love a lot recently. He wraps himself around my legs and just purrs, very loudly. He then lies on his back, acting all cute. Which means that I have to get down to pet him!

Fred on the sofa!

 Today I took one of the drawers out to clean it. Fluffy decided to help!

Fluffy was a big help!

I'll try to write more often!

What To do?

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The fights are getting worse. I've been trying to work on my computer for the past hour, but every two minutes I have to jump up because the cats are fighting!

I played with them, hoping to redirect their energy. While I was playing with them, they were alright, but as soon as I sat down again, they started.

My second son works nights, so he is sleeping now and having the cats fight means that his sleep is disturbed.

I'm thinking about buying a Pheromone Diffuser to help calm the cats down. I've heard mixed reviews about these and wonder if they work or are a waste of money.

This one on Amazon looks good.

https://link.amazon/B0b7KBfCW

I solved the problem for now with catnip!

I had a packet of catnip in my hand!!

The catnip party got a bit crazy!

If anyone has used the Pheromone Diffuser let me know in the comments. I'm really getting desperate!

Just Cats

 They are very quiet today! It's nice. Still a few fights but not as bad as the other day. 

I take photos to send to my daughter every day. She's at university but misses the cats a lot. Whenever she comes home, the first thing she does is pet the cats. She also buys them a lot of treats; they know that when she's home, there are extra treats to be had!

Some of the photos I've sent over the past few days!

I think Toast is wondering why I keep pointing my phone at him.

Snuggled on the bed.

The weather has got very cool, so the cats snuggle up together.

Fred is lying on the sofa like he owns the place.

They can hear something in the next room.

Alfie is usually hiding.

I have so many cat photos, I don't know what to do with them all!!

Fights

 I don't know if it's because the weather has cooled down or because this house is small and the cats don't really have enough space, but over the past few days, there have been constant fights.

Usually, it's Fred and Frodo, but then they are snuggling together.

This was a few minutes after fighting!

The air conditioner went on!

Today Alan was having a go at all the other cats, except Mama and Fluffy!

This was this morning; it was a bit chilly here, so of course the cats snuggled together. But after breakfast it was one fight after another. I think I spent most of the day moving cats to other rooms. I tried playing with them to redirect their energy, but it didn't work.

I hope they sleep tonight, as I really need sleep, not chasing cats all night!

Alan The Black Cat

 Why do I spend money on cat toys?

When a piece of paper keeps them entertained!

There was a receipt lying around on the table. David went to move it and caught Alan's attention. They ended up playing for about 5 minutes until one of the other cats came in and Alan walked off!

I got a little video of them playing.

This reminds me of when my kids were little. I would buy them toys, but they were more interested in the boxes that the toys came in! Typical!

I Missed My Cats

 Last weekend, I went on a little trip with my daughter to Kagoshima. I was away for only four days, but I really missed the cats.

The one place I really wanted to visit was a cat shrine, but it was up a rather steep hill. It had been raining on and off all morning, and the hill looked rather slippery. I would have been all right going up, but I was worried that I might slip coming down. My daughter went up and took some lovely photos of the cat statues that are set up around the shrine.

I like this one!

They are so realistic. 

My daughter said that the statues were so cute up close! 

We are hoping to go again. Let's hope that the weather will cooperate, and I can go and see this shrine.

As much as I enjoyed my trip, I was happy to get home and see my cats!

This was last night. It's got very cool here, so the cats are back on the beds. This is my son's loft bed, warm and high, the best place for the cats!

No, Sam's head isn't stuck; he just likes sticking it through the bars!

I'll update about the cats again soon!

Fred And Alfie

 I'm going through my old photos to delete some and make space for my upcoming trip!

I try not to delete photos of my kids or the cats, but do I really need 20 photos of a stray cat?

As I was going through them, I noticed that there are a lot of photos of Fred and Alfie together, especially when Alfie was a kitten.

I thought I would share some here.

I love this photo; they both have the same pose. 

These two photos show them snuggled up together. 

The top photo looks like Fred is complaining about babysitting Alfie; the bottom one looks like Fred has resigned himself to being the big brother!

Somehow I like looking through these older photos.

I have to ask does everyones phone have a massive number of photos of their cats, with just a few of family members and friends thrown in? Or is that just me?