We are waiting for kittens.....

Ulla has withdrawn herself to her pink royal chambers. I think contractions have started and she purrs like a little engine.

She is happy when I am close to her, so she can hide her head in my palm and make biscuits.

Due to the circumstances, we will not have a vet on the delivery as planned. I am greatly disappointed by this, and some people should know better then to ignore the phone calls in the time of need.

I hope all goes well.

I have the book ready, tea is made...and now we start waiting :)

Will keep you posted:)

Food preparation

Once in 10 days I remind myself just how much I love my cats.

I am staying in bed with flu, but yesterday a quick glance at the freezer reminded me our food supplies are almost over.
It was pure willpower that made me go out in that freezing weather and hit the meat market. I bough chickens and today it was grinding time.

I am a vegetarian myself and food preparation is the ultimate test of my love and devotion to the little gremlins.


daily portions, all packed up and ready to be frozen

The only thing that keeps me going is the huge change I have seen in them. It really makes them good.
Their mouth are cleaner than ever, and it is not only their pooh that has lost the smell, but their mouth too. Their coats are shiny, bodies muscular, they have more energy (ok, not sure this is really needed in ocicat household :D) and they have never been healthier.

Ulla was never a kibble type and she was raised up on raw food.
It was interesting seeing her among other ocicats on the Ocicat Parade this year. She was bigger, more muscular, her body as hard as a tennis ball. That probably explains also why she jumps so high :D

Now when I have reminded myself of all the positive sides of raw feeding, it will be easier to go and clean up the kitchen :)

But what kind of entry would it be without sharing a fresh photo of Ulla and kittens?



As you can see, kittens are still in her belly:)

Sweet memories

I was putting up today our website in my mother tongue, which made me run through the old photos.

I have found this one, it is on of my all time favorites. I have been trying to locate it for quite some time.
It was taken on the show in Trieste, on the day Ulla got Junior Winner title. She just could not care less...:D
She was sleeping in her basket on the top of the show cage.



Should I even say it...no kittens yet?
But I managed to weight her, she has 4,870 grams! Which means that I finally got us a scale, and now we are fully ready.

At least I am, Ulla just does not feel like it yet. Who can blame her, if babies inherit a bit of her temper, she will have all of her 4 paws and her tail busy in the next months.

It was a productive day today, another shelf is on the wall, and boys like it! I have 3 more to put, but I am not yet sure how far away can I put them to make them still accessible.
I have been to the meat market today, freezer is empty, Ulla eats like a termite with worms...so tomorrow is meat grinding day.

Did I mention that recession hit the meat market?
It seems that I am breeding on the wrong side of the food chain :D

Harski ocicat- od sada i na hrvatskom :)

Već skoro godinu dana razmišljam i planiram postaviti hrvatsku verziju weba, ali nikako da uhvatim vremena. Danas je napokon složen:)

Što u biti znači da sam opet bolesna i da izbjegavam ozbiljnije stvari, jer na kraju krajeva, još su ferije, a i u posebnom smo raspoloženju zbog beba...koje nikako da dođu.

Verzija je radna, još ima posla, ali ovo je kraj početka :)

Zaviriti možete... ovdje http://sites.google.com/site/harski/ :)

We are expecting...still....

There are just couple of more days left to the expected day of birth, but I must say it seems like time is crawling.
I am so anxious to meet our new little family members. Ulla is really big now, I know I am saying this every day, but it seems that I get surprised every day how much she can grow. It looks like some magic trick, where someone in front of your eyes keeps pouring 5 liters of water in 1 liter glass, and nothing gets over.

But what surprises me even more than her size is that she is just the same active little monkey she used to be. Ok, she does rest more, and during that time she gracefully enjoys the facial and grooming service provided by boys, as you can see on the photo


but I was left with my mouth opened when she chased Harski all the way to the top of the cat tree today, while her belly was swinging like some cute over sized pendulum.
Should I say what caused such burst of affection towards Harski? He dared not only to touch the squeaky mouse, but he made it squeak, he licked it and he brought it to me to have it tossed.

I think she could handle the touching part, but all the rest was purely and purposely breaking the house rules at the time she was resting, and such a behavior could not go unpunished.

And she was always a bit jealous of her toys, ever since she was a little kitten she would bring them out of her basket, played and then gathered them all, one by one back in her basket. You cannot fight a Virgo.....


Ok, I know the photo does not do her justice as light was not right and she did not have time to put her make up on, but just for illustration :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

Let the year that has started be filled with joy and moments of silent happiness, let it bring plenty of time to spent with the ones close to your hearts and above all I wish you to admire everything around you with eyes of a child.

Happy New year!

The New year's Eve

I spend the New Year's Eve at a friend, while cats stayed at home and had a private party.
My mum was watching over Ulla, in case she went into delivery, she would call me and I would return home. They had the most adventurous night, with Ulla sleeping under her blanket and escaping every time my mum would fall asleep, then she would wake up and chase the little gremlin to bring her under the bed cover again...we try to have her close during the nights so we can feel if contractions start.

When I returned home, 3 worried and a bit hurt faces greeted me on the entrance doors. Harski came to sniff me, just to check I am ok, and then he announced he is ignoring me for abandoning him. Meke was jolly happy I came, he went to use the toilet and then eat ( yes, he must picture me as some kind of enzyme he cannot process food without ), and Ulla was asleep.

I felt a bit guilty a bit for leaving them, so I took out a new wonder from the basket of gifts we were sent for Christmas from Marjo and Eija..I took out the squeaky mouse that I was trying to find for them for some time. Harski loved them while growing up, when we bought him the first one he would not leave it alone until it squeaked out, so to say.

I must have been tired, under impression of the New Year's arrival or just blond... as I have no other explanation where on Earth my mind was when I pulled out that little tag from the mouse.
Sure Ulla loved it, she played with it for hours...while I just pulled the blanket over my head and dreamed of Tom and Jerry.

I am not sure how long did it take before she felt asleep to, but the first sound I heard in the morning was squeak-squeak....

Ulla is even bigger than yesterday, I honestly hope the kittens will come out soon...or she will just explode.

Wishing you a lovely day...and remember...do not let the cats have the squeaky mice after you return from a party, no matter what they tell you.