Monday Mancat Antics

Here are some pictures of Gizmo playing with his toy tiger friend. He really seems to think its real. He pounces on it, jumps away from it, tackles it, forward rolls over it, uses it as a kicker, hugs it, and after he has fought with it, he gives it a quick bath on the head.

Caturday and Sunday

Through Gizmo's Eyes

I love weekends, cause it means my humans are home to play with. I spent caturday and sunday playing with toys, snuggling, and sleeping in the sun. I watched people looking like ants off the balcony, hung out in my hammock, and played with my toys. Dad and mum went out for a bit and came back with a new sucky monster, so dad spent the day cleaning, but then he was so tired we had a cat nap together.

I love new toys

Through Gizmo's Eyes

My humans have worked out that if I have lots of new toys to occupy me I get up to less mischief. They have been talking about finding a new friend for me, but until they find the purrfect kitty to match me, they keep buying me at least 1 new toy every 2 weeks (sometimes every week). My new favourite toys are my ball tunnel circle, ikea  (toy boxes used as) tunnels which they have joined together to create a giant long tunnel, and some toy fishies so I don't want to play with the real ones. The toy fishies are much better, they have tails of long feathers and are fun to throw and chase. I also got a new scratching post with a ball attached.

My other favourite toys are still string, paper and boxes.

I still managed to cause some mischief this week though. My humans have been trying to grow me some cat grass in a plastic pot on the bedroom windowsill. I was trying to open the greenhouse lid off it to see what the catgrass looked and tasted like. My humans told me it wasn't ready yet, but I was curious and just had to see for myself. Oops I should have listened to my humans. I accidently knocked the cat grass container to the ground and dirt went all over the carpet. Dad wasn't too happy as he had just shampooed all the carpets in the house a week ago.


But cause I was still not 100% better from my eye injury I think he let me off easy.


Anyway check out the photos of my new toys.

Update on Gizmo

Gizmo wants us to let you know he is feeling a little better, and he thanks you for all the purrs and prayers.
He was confusing us a little on Sunday as he slept all day, didn't want to play or curl up near us at all, but was still eating his food. On Sunday night he started following us around a little bit and because he was up, we noticed he was trying to keep his right eye closed. We tried to look at the eye and see if we could see anything in it, but couldn't see much as he was trying to protect it. The one thing we did notice is his eye seemed cloudy in comparison to the other one.

We went to work yesterday after noticing he seemed to be feeling better and was starting to play with his toys a little again, but he still wasn't his usual boisterous self. In the afternoon when we got home, he was holding his eye open more, and was really playful, but we wanted to be sure, because his eye definately seemed cloudy, so we took him for a visit to the vet.

The vet was confused as to why a sore eye affected a kitten so much, so he suggested a few possibilities including calici virus and chlamydia (especially as he came from the pound and seemed to present no illnesses when we first took him for his checkup), but he checked to see if Gizmo had an ulcer or a scratch on his eye, checked for muscle soreness and joint stiffness, and checked his temperature... none of which Gizmo liked of course. In the end the vet decided to treat the eye as Gizmo was obviously trying to keep it closed, and said he might have banged it on something when he was playing.

We have got antibiotic drops for his eyes every 3-4 hrs as well as anti inflamitory drops for his food, and the vet gave him a pain killer to dilate the eye and make him feel better. We have another appointment for Wednesday afternoon to make sure Gizmo is ok, and hopefully it just turns out to be the blunt trauma. Right now he is back to runing around crazily like his usual self, so we think thats a good sign. Fingers crossed. xx

Gizmo also wants to let you all know that if you like tunnels as much as he does you should have a look in Ikea kids section. they have toy baskets that have a spiral inside them and when you cut the closed end out they become a great tunnel. We paid $25 for his tunnel from cat protection society, and this one is almost the same size from ikea for $10. It even has a lid which makes a great frisbee.

Gizmo Goes Fishing (and gets very wet)

Through Gizmo's Eyes

I've been eyeing off the fish in the fish tank on the counter top for weeks. When the light hits them they flash silver and gold like the medals hanging around the house. They are so shiny, and I just have to have one.
While my people have been sleeping I have been sneakily jumping onto the table and from there to the counter top, then I can jump on top of the fish tank. There are holes on the top of the fish tank just big enough to fit my paw into and if I dangle the tip of it into the water, the fishies come up to visit it...silly fishies. When they swim up to my paw i make a quick swipe and try to catch them, but they are just too fast.

So yesterday I decided I am not going to let the fish get the better of me and any time my people weren't looking, or when they went into another room, I decided to go fishing. I got to the top of the tank and dangled my paw into the water... here fishy fishy fishy... pow, crash, splash eek... I was sliding into the fish tank, the lid on the fish tank flipped into the tank and took me with it... just when I almost had one too. Help I can't swim! I clawed my way out of the tank, luckily finding a rock in the tank to push off. I could hear my people coming to see what the commotion was, I had to get out of the tank, or I knew I would be in big trouble... I'm not allowed to go fishing. Luckily I made it out just in time. I think my people knew what happened anyway. there was water everywhere (and I bet the fishies told them). They were very nice to me though, and dried me in a fluffy towel, and let me sit on a heat pack because I was cold. I don't think I want to go fishing again... it wasn't a very fun experience.

Gizmo's Favourites

Favourite toys
tennis balls
bouncy balls
pom poms
cardboard boxes of any size
balls of paper
paper butterflies
balls of foil
string of any kind
toilet paper/empty toilet rolls
empty cling wrap rolls
catnip mice
ribbon
peoples hair
peoples ankles
peoples hands
drains
bath/sink plugs

Favourite Places to Sleep
anyones lap/chest/neck
under blankets
open or closed lap tops
on a heat pack
in boxes
under the desk
on the couch or bed
in the pot plants
anywhere in the sun
in the cupboards
in the camping chair

Favourite Mischief Making Activities

chewing electrical cords

playing with blinds

jumping up walls

jumping out at people

attacking feet

biting hard

pulling up the drains

hiding anything from jewlery to bath plugs
going fishing in the fish tank

waking up people with kisses so they don't mind

scratching on doors

Hates

being left alone

being cold
having baths
not having someone to play with
being bored
getting in trouble