I was supposed to announce the winner of our Sleepypod giveaway today, but you will have to forgive me, as I just can’t find the mental capability at the moment to deal with the everyday moments of life. Like the rest of the world, I find myself in profound pain as I struggle with the incomprehensible events of the Newtown Massacre. Read more

We introduced Zee & Zoey’s Calendar for a Cause Contest on Thanksgiving and we are so thrilled with the overwhelming response we got from all of you to nominate your favorite shelter for a chance to win $250.00 courtesy of the wonderful team over at PetCareRx – online leaders of pet medications and pet supplies. We are so thankful to them for giving us the opportunity to help shelter animals have a better life and I give them a huge and heartfelt round of applause.

There is no doubt that this world is filled with many generous, devoted, caring, and incredible people who volunteer endless hours and money to help animals in need. While there are many gratifying moments for them, it is also a very hard, sad, and often overwhelming cross to bear. We wish for a day that no animal had to suffer and that all of them had wonderful and loving forever homes. Until then, all we can do is our best to try to help these amazing people who dedicate their lives tirelessly to making a difference. Read more

We have so much to be thankful for at Zee & Zoey’s that we cannot possibly put it all into words and so much of it is in part to having such great friends that we have made as result of this blog. We want to wish all of you a blessed Thanksgiving and hope that you will take the day to celebrate in the spirit it was intended.

To show our thanks, we have a really great contest and giveaway that we want to share to celebrate not only Thanksgiving, but the upcoming Holiday Season and the soon to be New Year! One of our favorite features here is our “Feline Quotable Photo Series” where we take a famous quote about cats and pair it up with a photo of one of our own beautiful kitties. Because Dan takes such stunning images of them, I have gotten several comments that you would like to see some of these photo quotes on calendars, cards, and thing of that nature…. So, we took the plunge and opened a small boutique on Zazzle and have a few items available!! Read more

My darling, sweet, precious little angel!!

As you know from my last post about Kizmet, I had carefully laid out plans about how I would slowly introduce him to the other cats in the house so that he would not be overwhelmed with the stress of seven large, adult cats who would in all probability chase him into a corner and bully him to defend their territory. To me, he is my sweet little baby – a helpless, tiny ball of fur that I rescued and I wanted to make sure he would feel safe and secure in his new forever home.

He had gone to the vet for his second checkup – his infection was cleared up and he was given the green light to safely meet everyone which was my main concern and I planned on slowly bringing him out of the office in the next day or two.  You know how I had wanted it to go – I would put the other cats in the bedroom so that he could explore the house on his own for a bit, then I would introduce him to one or two cats at a time so they could become familiar with one another, while being supervised by Dan and I. Not only did I want the process to run as smooth as possible for Kizmet, but I also wanted the other cats to ease into meeting him so that they were not overly upset either. Read more

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"The Cage"

“Eight is Enough” is the title of this post, but what I really wanted the title to be was “Damn-it, would someone please not allow me to go into Pet Supermarket any longer?” Here’s the thing, for most of us cat lovers, having to walk past “The Cage” – you know the one I’m talking about – the one that is in front of the store that is filled with cats/kittens that you have to unavoidably walk by to get to the cat food aisle is heart wrenching at the very least.

Normally I do my best to make a very polite visit to say hello, but I try to avoid any serious eye contact that would involve an overly dramatic emotional connection with the cat(s). It’s the only way I can get through it without turning into a pile of mush when I leave the store without all of them in my arms. Read more