Emily's Escapades » Boots http://blog.emilyminor.com Life in Shanghai, China Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:39:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Boots playing http://blog.emilyminor.com/2010/01/25/boots-playing/ http://blog.emilyminor.com/2010/01/25/boots-playing/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:47 +0000 emily http://blog.emilyminor.com/?p=2156 I bought a new toy for Boots in the US.  It’s just a ball that can be filled with food.  As she plays with it, the kibble falls out one piece at a time.

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Boots is a really good shopper, but I had to wrap them for her.  You know… the whole “I don’t have opposable thumbs” deal.

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Jon snapped this photo as Boots was lying in her box on the balcony. We can’t believe how far her jaws are open in this yawn!
]]> http://blog.emilyminor.com/2009/06/01/jaws/feed/ 0 Devil kitty… http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/08/31/devil-kitty/ http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/08/31/devil-kitty/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:37:00 +0000 emily http://blog.emilyminor.com/?p=635 Her eyes are like lasers in this photo!

Here is Boots’ new kitty tower. It’s pretty cool. She loves it so much that I even threw away her box. She sleeps on the second tower, and lays under it too. She won’t get in the hammock though.

I think it is exactly like the one fellow blogger WoAi got for his cat Tommy, who actually looks a bit like Boot’s sibling. Boots’ still has a couple mice hanging from the top levels, which she loves to bat at. ]]> http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/08/31/devil-kitty/feed/ 2 Boots http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/08/25/boots-5/ http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/08/25/boots-5/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 emily http://blog.emilyminor.com/?p=631 Boots got a new toy – a kitty tree house with 4 different levels. She likes to sit on it and look out over the city.

I have to admit, her new favorite thing is due to the fact I saw it on WoAi’s blog! His kitty Tommy has one. Wendy ordered it from China’s version of eBay for us (everything was in Chinese.) The best part is that it was about 1/3 of what it would cost in the USA.

Oh, and she likes it so much that she hasn’t sat in her box AT ALL since we got it.

Occasionally I like to use my 50mm 1.8f lens. It makes it super easy to get photos with just one area in focus.

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I took her to PAWS which may be one of the only foreign-run vets in Shanghai. The first thing he said was, “I’m going to have to shave her to get a better look.” So, she has a funky haircut now. Luckily, it is NOT fleas!! The doctor thinks that it is a fungal infection. We just have to put ointment on twice a day.



I also asked if she was too fat. The answer: yes. He said to be fair, she is a “large lady” – she has a big head and is long (sorry Boots, you are just big-boned.) She weighs 5.85 kilos right now and he wants her to get to 5 kilos in 6 months. He talked a lot about how cats typically eat 10 to 20 small meals a day, like mice or other small things, so we feed them all wrong by doing it twice a day. For other cat owners, here is a link to a site that he recommended to me.

You can all help in the fight against obesity by sending her toys! She needs more stimulation. One thing we are supposed to do is feed her 11 tiny meals throughout the day and night, and put them all over the house. Then she has to move to get them (kinda like getting prey).

]]> http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/07/31/poor-boots/feed/ 2 Time lapse of Boots in her box http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/07/23/time-lapse-of-boots-in-her-box/ http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/07/23/time-lapse-of-boots-in-her-box/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:36:00 +0000 emily http://blog.emilyminor.com/?p=612 I took a photo of Boots sitting in her box every 10 seconds for about an hour. It’s pretty funny to watch her head bob around. She is content to just sit there for hours. My last post about her in the box got 5 comments… which is way more than I usually get.

]]> http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/07/23/time-lapse-of-boots-in-her-box/feed/ 3 Boots in a Box http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/07/02/boots-in-a-box/ http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/07/02/boots-in-a-box/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:14:00 +0000 emily http://blog.emilyminor.com/?p=599 Yesterday, Kelly (sales coordinator from the Beijing office) came to the apartment so she and Jon could put the official company chop on hundreds of bid documents. She brought all of the documents in a box, which Boots loved.

She’s always had a box addiction. This lid is her favorite type of box. The sides aren’t too high, and it’s small enough that she needs to curl up to fit in it.

I think she’s spent about 80% of her time in the box since Kelly gave it to her. At this very moment, she is sleeping in it with her head curled down and tail sticking out. Today I told Xiao Huang not to throw it away since Boots likes it so much. Thanks Kelly! ]]> http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/07/02/boots-in-a-box/feed/ 5 Finally updated!!! http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/04/20/finally-updated/ http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/04/20/finally-updated/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:48:00 +0000 emily http://blog.emilyminor.com/?p=567 Well, I haven’t posted anything for about a month. Sorry to all of my loyal readers who check everyday for an update. :-) I probably lost all of you by now!

I’ve posted a bunch of stuff, so continue to scroll down and read until things begin to look familiar.

Boots is enjoying the nice weather! We’ve been opening the patio doors and letting the fresh air in. (Can it be considered fresh when China’s air pollution is the worst in the world? I’m glad I don’t live in Beijing.) ]]> http://blog.emilyminor.com/2008/04/20/finally-updated/feed/ 0 Wo de mao mao jiao Boots! http://blog.emilyminor.com/2007/11/22/wo-de-mao-mao-jiao-boots/ http://blog.emilyminor.com/2007/11/22/wo-de-mao-mao-jiao-boots/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:43:00 +0000 emily http://blog.emilyminor.com/?p=498 What a tubby kitty. She doesn’t have to run up and down three flights of days daily, as she did in our house in South Dakota. Now, she lies in the window sill all day. She has a pretty good life.

We really do play with her to give her some exercise! See how ferocious she is? She’s stalking some string.

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