Wordless Wednesday
Boxes
A SPARK OF PERSEVERANCE & PATIENCE
Sparks: #14
I cannot tell you which of the boys had the patience and perseverance to get this box for himself. What I can tell you is that each gave as good as he got. This tussle occurred prior to Cooper Murphy’s illness. He hasn’t been up to any wrestling matches.
Cooper Murphy asked me to let you know that he was a bit better yesterday. With Dad Tom back home, we were able to double-team him and get him to take his meds and have eye ointment applied. He did not get any sub-Q fluids. We will assess him daiily to see if he needs them.
He’d like to thank everyone for the purrs, prayers and POTP and would appreciate it very much if you can keep them coming for a few more days.
Sparks is a weekly blog hop established and hosted by Annie at McGuffy’s Reader. In establishing the hop, she wrote this, “I believe we are meant to be lights in this world. If we allow our light to shine, we can see where we are going. It is then that we can begin to truly see each other clearly. Together, we can light up the entire world!”
If you’d like to join the hop, click on the Sparks badge.
PETSAFE® SIX MEAL FEEDER REVIEW
Fill-Ins Postponed
For those of you stopping by for the weekly Friendly Fill-Ins, we will be posting ours tomorrow with our Caturday Art, which will include our 2017 Christmas cards.
PetSafe® Six Meal Feeder
Today we are reviewing the PetSafe® Six Meal Feeder. When I agreed to try out this product, I thought it worked in a different manner and that I could program it for six different cats. That, however, is not the case.
The feeder can be programed to dispense up to six meals per day but not meals for individual pets. When Dad Tom and I discovered how it worked, we decided to use it for Sawyer’s kitten food. It hasn’t kept the other cats from eating his food, but it does allow him to get first crack at it. When he hears the food drop into the bowl from the holding chamber, he comes running. We have it scheduled to release food every four hours.
The feeder just dropped food into the bowl seconds ago, and Sawyer ran to it immediately.
Each chamber is large enough for one cup of dry or semi-moist food. Unless you are feeding multiple pets, we can’t imagine you would need to load in that much food. But, it is nice to have the option.
The feeder is easy to fill after removing the clear, locking lid, which allows you to see if you need to refill the chambers. This design also ensures that the food remains fresh and pilfering paws cannot remove food from full chambers.
I think the best use of the feeder will be for those who are trying to keep their pet from over-eating. Once Sawyer is off kitten food, we will be using it for the regular kibble that the others eat. As we have a few pudgies in our house, I will be happy to have a way to limit their intake. And if needed, I can immediately dispense the next meal by the push of a button.
The feeder has an LCD display and built in clock. It is easy to set-up and easily programmable. Setting the actual clock to the current and correct time, however, was not easy, as it can be advanced only one minute at a time.
Additional Facts About the PetSafe® Six Meal Feeder
- A removable, one-cup, dishwasher-safe bowl is included;
- Four D-cell alkaline batteries are required but not included;
- Feeder has a one-year warranty;
- Feeder is for indoor use only;
- Materials are food grade and free of BPA;
- Assembled feeder is 9.6 inches wide by 15.7 inches long X 6.4 inches high;
- Your cat will prefer the box, as evidenced below.
Sawyer played in the box the entire time I was writing this review, and then fell fast asleep in it.
In conclusion, I would recommend this product for anyone who wants to control their cat’s food consumption or is away from home all day or overnight.
Disclaimer: Kitties Blue received one PetSafe® Six Meal Feeder free-of-charge in exchange for our fair and honest review.
Astrid waits to see if she can score some kitten chow when Sawyer finishes.
If you are looking for the perfect gift for the pet guardian or pet in your life, PetSafe® Six Meal Feeder is available on the PetSafe® web-site for $89.99 with free shipping and Amazon for $83.51 with free-shipping if you have Amazon Prime.
CHRISTMAS SECRET PAWS
Secret Paws 2017
As we have since we began blogging, we are participating in the Secret Paws gift exchange. This is coordinated by Truffle and Brulee’s mom, Paula, from Sweet Purrfections. We are most appreciative for her hard work in gathering all the information and assigning the Secret Paws.
Since it is a secret, we cannot tell you where or to whom we sent our gifts. And we have no idea what Mom sent, as we were not allowed to help with the wrapping for obvious reasons: 1) ripping the paper; 2) getting tape stuck in our furs; 3) chewing on ribbons; 4) trying to steal the gifts for ourselves and 5) spilling our guts and letting everyone know what we sent.
So here are some rather boring (and bad) photos of our wrapped gifts.
We have no idea who our Secret Paws is, as we have not received our gift yet. But Christmas is still six days away, and Mom won’t let us open our gifts until Christmas Day, so we aren’t worried about it. We’ll let you know all about our gift after Christmas as well as where we sent our package.
We told Mom that the Hello Kitty wrapping paper wasn’t a good enough cat representation for this post. So, here is our gratuitous kitten-in-a-box photo.
Last night was the first night Sawyer was not confined to the living room. When we went to sleep, he was sleeping on a pile of pillows atop the antique trunk at the end of Mom and Dad’s bed. You’ll have to wait until Thursday to find out how that experiment worked out, as tomorrow we’ll be wordless.
Purrs and paw-pats, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer
NEW BOX FOR KITTIES BLUE
International Box Day 2017
What do cats and kids love more than toys? What is a cat’s favorite day of the year? Boxes and International Box Day, of course. To celebrate, Mom opened a big box that came for us a few days ago. Sometimes, she really comes through for us! Here’s a few photos from the box opening.
As you can see, it isn’t even necessary to get inside the box to enjoy its presence. The only one of us who didn’t show up for the opening ceremony was Lisbeth.
We wish all of our anipal friends a fun-filled International Box Day!
Now that we have shared our box, we bet you are wondering what came in that box. Well…you’ll just need to visit us again tomorrow for our review of a F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S new toy from jackson Galaxy. You can see a bit of it in the foreground of two of today’s photos.
Until then…
Purrs and paw-pats, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo and Cooper Murphy
