Romping and running and noisy as ever.
Like music to our ears. It was just too quiet.
Bright-eyed KC got through this with just a couple of sneezes.
Faith Boo loves her hammock and the snuggle
(check out this snuggle — gorgeous).
Sol is the last to get well, but even he was up playing this morning.
Mr. Smokey, who got sick first, is doing much better.

***** UPDATE ******
The kittens are starting to play again!
Faith has been resting in her Ham-Mick all day long.
Missy & Smokey slept on the new Snuggle from DKM.
BJ slept in the box the Furminator shipped in.
Sol slept in the sky box directly over the humidifier.
KC slept on the Gizzy Quilt in the big chair.
And now, at 10:30 pm, they are all up,
running, jumping, eating and playing!
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I’ve been busy restructuring the Pet Prayer & Praise blog,
changing it to Pet Purrs & Purrayers, hopefully to make it more cat-like.
Please give us feedback on how you like the new look.

And I’ll get a brand new post up with peppy, playful cats.
Thank you, one and all, for all the purrs and purrayers
and encouragement that got us through this.

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Not much going on around here today,
we’ve got 6 cats with varying degrees of sniffles
and two really worried beans.
But we opened “cat mail” from yesterday & today.

Here is Faith’s ham-mick she won in the raffle from 40 Paws
and she shows us how to assemble it.

Once assembled, she makes a flying dash across, but doesn’t stay.
Sol comes up to test it out (see Faith to the right?).
Sol decides it is the purrfect place to recover.
This stunning snuggle came today from DKM, it is beyond gorgeous.
Poor Missy has the sniffles and can’t smell the nip tucked inside.
I think she’s spotted the nip, though.
Finally, a surprise from Auntie Deb — a Furminator
and toys for each kitty and some treats.
We’ll get around to those when our sniffles go away.
KC spent the day sleeping on Missy’s “Blues” Gizzy Quilt.
No doubt dreaming of Jack… he got her Valentine’s present,
a framed photo of her with charms and beads, handmade by Artsy-Catsy.

We’ll post lots of pictures later today… Faith Boomerang

Sol here.
I missed Mancat Monday due to being in the Cat Hospital.
I’ll be ready for it next week, though.
My brother BJ took such good care of me Sunday,
when I felt soooo bad.
He snuggled with me…
and let me prop my stuffed up head on his shoulder
so I could sleep and breathe at the same time…
… he made sure no one disturbed my sleep ….
… he groomed me and gave me lots of kisses.
That’s what brothers are for!

Faith and I are back home!
They have nicknamed me “Snotty Sol”, guess I don’t have to tell you why.
Aside from the URI, I feel grrrreat.

I came home to find out I’s a member of the Tuxedo Gang
and now the House Panthers!
That’s quite a bit for a little guy like me in one day!

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We received this award from Queen Snickers.
And we pass it on to Farmer Beezer
fur his eggcellent Spring Farm Reepurrt.

Breaking noos: Miss Faith Boo and big brofur Sol are in the kitty hospital today. They have the same upper respiratory infeckshun that Smokey had last week. They are furry dehydrated and kept Mommie ML up all night long, wheezing and vomiting.
Please keep them in your prayers.
Also, keep Churchill’s Mommie Rhiannon in your prayers, she is very sick, in the hospital with a bleeding ulcer.
Faith Boomerang is the winner in the
40 Paws Ham-Mick Raffle to benefit Churchill.

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Pictures of the boys’ first day home from the shelter.

The four, Faith, Sol, BJ & Smokey in their forever home
with Missy Blue Eyes & KC (not pictured)
Smokey wasn’t feeling well, you can tell in these photos.
His twin brother, BJ, helps him start eating again.

It’s Friday, and two sweet formal ferals are sound asleep. Click to biggify.

We’ve got some very sick kitties we are worried about:

Little Kitten (LK) – Lilly Lu – Felix – Pepper

And, a MAJOR surprise here at the Sherwood Shelter!
It’s biggie noos, as KC says.
We will announce it this weekend.
KC said she bets no cat can guess what it is!

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Don’t furrget our Weekend Activities:

Weekend Cat Blogging #143
Mog and Meowza at Mind of Mog
(see Mind of Mog and enter your WCB post in the comments for weekend roundup)

Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos #34
Chandra & Samantha at New Tuxedo Gang Hideout
Optional Theme – Favorite Game
(submit your post here)

The Carnival of the Cats #207 – Grace & Kittens
Sunday Evening 3/2/2008
(submit post here)

And this weekend, the CAT BLOGOSPHERE is hosting
the furrst ever SQUILLIONS CONTEST
in honor of Squillions Day (2/28) and Derby & Virginger.
Here is the prize package from KC & Company (comfy chair and Gizzy Quilt NOT included): a collector’s 2007 Original The Squillions poster calendar; a Squillions tee shirt (XL); a KC reepurrter button; a Squillions button; a Kitty Cats Treat Kit (with recipe, catnip and fish-shaped cutter); wooden sign (Lord, help me be the person my cat thinks I am) from Mo’s Wren’s Nest; Nip Ravioli; Kitty Stickers; Cat Blogosphere 2007 postcard; a huge bag of kitty grass seeds from Poopsie Cats; plus cool stuff from Prairieland Herbs).

February 28th, 2006 is the day that Derby & Virginger started it all.
See the original post, learn about Squillions or adopt a virtual-Squillion of your own.

Hello, Theo here, one of the Original Squillions
from the Green Wall Shelter.
Read about my arrival and about Theo II.
Ha ha, betcha can’t find me in this picture!
I’ve been snacking on real live kitty grass. Not too bad.
Speaking of snacks, betcha can’t tell KC and Faith Boomerang apart.
(Secret Admirer take note!)
Here is the lovely tabby, Missy, sleeping after an afternoon’s play
with nip ravioli, fevvers, and temptations.

Lookie what Tybalt awarded Faith yesterday:

For being the inspiration for Tough *ss Torties and for knowing how to get what she wanted, like any good self-respecting Tortie would! Miss Faith Boomerang, you are an inspiration to us all… Tybalt

I love my new home and want to fit in with everyone.
There must be something new I can learn today.
What is this… there’s lots of water here…
…but how do I get a drink??? What would KC do?
Oh, yes, a glass of water. Gotta steady it with my paw….
…now I’ve got it. Delicious!

Faith came back with a warning label!

Who? Me? Srsly?