Jimmy is having a breakthrough!!

What a breakthrough! You are soooooo close!

I'm just in love with sweet Jimmy - what can I say? He reminds me so much of Tuxie. Not behavior-wise, because we went through our issues with Tuxie outside more than inside - but they look so much alike! Actually , last night when I was reading through the thread, Gary said - "When did you take that picture of Tuxie?" It was JIMMY, not Tuxie!



Laurie

I haven't seen him since I have been home today. He did his tricks last night. When I go to bed, I will keep an eye out for "who" is sleeping with me. I usually don't think much about it. I know what different paws feel like walking on me in the dark and who they belong to. I know what their fur feels like and can recognize their individuality by that in the dark. I know which ones like to get under the covers. I can recognize them by tail length at times depending on the cat. But Jimmy is new. I will know if it is him. Even in the dark.

I will post something this evening. I am going to push him a little when Juan leaves for work. He is more responsive to me. He doesn't mind Juan being in the room with him. He watches him too, but most of his progress has been with me...

Now........I need advice on another issue... Off to start a new thread....

Jenn

p.s. and yeah...... Tuxie looks alot like Jimmy!!! Those tuxies are amazing critters........

Way to go Jimmy and Jenn.

How are things in Jenn's world?

Things are going good. I am so exhausted right now. Been working a chain saw alllllllll day long.... Then I went fishing. Didn't catch anything but it was a nice way to end my day.....

This last break through with Jimmy has been the same as the others. He "always" has a breakthrough and then isolates himself again for a bit... This time was no different. He is a little corker... It is like he sits back a bit after a breakthrough to think about things.... Then when he comes forth again, he does something else that is even further along on the way to him being domesticated. And each time, his alone time is shorter. He has his own way of doing things.

He is back out and among us again since sniffing my finger..... I took this pic today. He is making progress but it is definately at his own pace.

This is Jimmy and his princess. He was rolling around under the kitchen table.. And where ever Jimmy is, Princess is not far behind. It's not a great picture but it shows his pretty white belly....

This is my progress. I am clearing the land to enlarge the enclosure. I am leaving lots of the trees there but cutting them 4' or so for scratching posts and to nails runs and things on.........

It is a huge job..... I have a pile of trees and limbs that we are going to burn in a few days. It was too windy today. I have a leaf blower for the leaves but there is debris under them since it has been in a natural state "forever"... I am hoping to have actual grass growing there this spring. The woods were so thick that sun has never been able to reach the ground except in winter.. This area was unwalkable when we moved here.. See the woods beyond this area????? That is how all of this was....

But very good exercise. It doesn't look like much now but it will be....





Here is a better picture of the sticks/trees that are goign to be part of their playground. This is where the back of the enclosure will ultimately be. The cat enclosure will end up being bigger than our hillbilly house.........hehe

It's been so wet that the cats have been inside...... Today it was so so sunny and so they were sure glad to get outside. This spring when the addition is completed they will love it!!!

Every muscle in my body hurts tonight.. I took a davacet..... I've used muscles today that I didn't know I had. I also ran rope today to find the side of our property. The addition will be larger than initially planned.

Here's a couple pics of them I took right before dark. They were so happy. Without the hay, it would have been very muddy.

I got them a new toy too. Depending on whether it rains tomorrow or not, it is going in the enclosure. They love it.....

I also want to add one more thing. As some of you know, I have been feeding Felidae for one month now. I can tell a major difference in the cats coats. They are shiny and glossy. One other side effect of this great food is Cleo's eyes. Several years ago, she was diagnosed with herpes. [the eye thing in cats] It was so bad at one time the vet tried to get me to put her to sleep and I would not. I treated it with antibiotics and eye ointment for years. I also gave her another pill that boosts the immune system in cats. But one eye has always remained just a little weepy. She has never given this to any of the other cats by the way. But my point here is her one weepy eye. On the Felidae, this month... her eye has quit running and appears perfectly normal. I am wondering if the change in her diet has anythign to do with this... The added nutrition with all the good natural stuff in the food has really "appeared" to have impacted her in a positive way. She is also absolutley glossy right now and both her eyes appear perect in every way.

Here is a pic of cleo aka patty cake kitty. She will not open her eyes while a pic is being taken. She is older and has never looked better.....! She is 6 or 7 yrs old. We've had her a long time. She was out second cat.


This is the new toy.....


And here is cookie climbing.....


And here is Tink and Turtle. They see something. I couldn't see anything but tink was growling.... She looks like a little chipmunk...


And star.......


They love their enclosure. I can't wait to make it real big........ This will be a relaxing spring season because I won't have to worry about them.

Jenn....your cat enclosure is going to be fantastic.
All of your hard work is paying off.

Princess is in love with Jimmy.
She has excellent taste....
he is a handsome boy.

It's wonderful that Cleo's eye is looking better.
I love Tabby's --- Tink is gorgeous.
All of their coats look great.

Of course Star is a star.

Keep your updates coming and your pics too.

Wonderful update and pics Jenn, the kitties are all looking really well.

Awww, Jenn, your kitties are all so beautiful. I love the one of Jimmy and his Princess. Glad all is going well with you!

All is well........... sorry I waiting so long to update. Didnt want to worry anyone.

Today is going to be a busy day. And the weather is odd. Snow is falling and the darn sun is shining........ Now how weird is that?

Sun & Snow?
Strange but beautiful.
Get some pictures if you can Jenn.

We had sun and snow today too, Jenn.
The other night it was snowing and thundering...very strange!

Snow is over........ We got fire instead. I decided to burn limbs that I was clearing and it got out of hand. Had to call 911. About 5 acres burned. Got 20 feet from our house and closer than that to a trailer down the road. Juan saved the trailer and it's occupants while I contained the fire by our house with water and beating it to death. He is in bed from smoke inhalation. He won't go to the doctore. EMS had to give him oxygen.......

No one was seriously hurt.. and no structure damage.

Trying to look on the light side of things...........some of the land does not need clearing now..... I got pics will upload later..... I got to lay down. Exhausted.....

Oh Jenn, that's awful and so scary.
Thank God the trailer and your house are okay.

Men are so stubborn, if Juan gets worse drag his butt to the ER...I know you will.
Go get some rest.

I'll keep you and Juan in my thoughts. to both of you.

Oh my gosh Jenn
I do hope that Juan is alright.
This could have become a tragedy.

Head bumps, purrs and cuddles for all.

Wow Jenn - what a story! I'm glad it has a happy ending - at least it seems so. I hope Juan is OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If he has trouble breathing still, MAKE him go!

(((((((((((hugs))))))))))))) to all!

Laurie

He woke up and we went to the store. We are alright........ but we stayed home from work tonight. I have rewalked and rewalked the edge of the fire and see no embers. So it is definately all out now.

Also..........something interesting. I was talking to two different neightbors down the way.. One lives 1/2 mile down the road and the other "around the way". Both have seen mountain lions. I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT.....

Sometimes, you see a print and everyone convinces you it's something else and then you start doubting yourself... ??? Know what I mean?

Well, the wife of one man told me her and her dog went out back one night because the dog kept barking and she hit the spotlight while she was walking. Out behind her house are rock walls, like behind ours....... Her light hit a hugh cat lounging on the rocks watching her..... The light did not scare it. She said she slowing backed up to her house keeping an eye on it. She said she could see it's tail twitching.... He husband got a bottle rocket and shot it toward the cat and scared it off. It probably lives in the 100's of free land behind our house.

The other neighbor was looking back toward our house one day and saw a deer laying in the yard. He walked outside and the "deer" jumped stright up in a tree and climbed it. It was NOT a bobcat.

He also said we have bear.

I mentioned to him the wild boar and the deer have disappeared. They told me they have also noticed that..... Something big has scared everything off.... I have been telling Juan but he did not believe me.

They said they never even mow the yard without a gun in their pockets because of mountain lions, snakes and bears... They told me not to venture too far behind my house without protection. I cringe when I think of me and Juan walking to the top of our property into the wilderness. It's a thousand wonders nothing happened to us.......

Makes one think......

I told them Missouri dept of conservation told me that we do not have mountain lions in Missouri. I reported my print to them. He said he called them too and they attempted to tell him the same thing.. Then he said they finally admitted it to him when he told them all the stories of his own sightings....... And so they finally admitted that there are ML's here. But we already knew that. Why the state does not want to admit it is beyond me..

He said the one they had in the back yard weighted approx 125-150 lbs.

On the lighter side of things.

We finally found someone who will pick our trash up so we won't have to burn it.......... It starts on the 7th. They will come twice a month..... Yea!!!!!

And here are some burn pics. You can see how close it got to our vehicles.











Scary poop......... No more burning for me unless I have the water hose handy. If I had had the water hose, this would not have happened. Thank god for firemen.

I'm so glad that you and Juan are both okay.
That's sure is some scary stuff.

Speaking of Mountain Lions, did you ever find out what was sleeping in your porch?