Showing posts with label pets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pets. Show all posts

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Meet Diego

If you've been following my blog, you probably already know that I'm addicted to sweets and Bath and Body Works, I love being artsy and creative, and I'm a girly sports fan.  

I would like to add "Cat Lover" to the list of things you must know about me.
I have a 4 year old yellow & white tom housecat named Diego:

(Left - Diego & I, summer '06; Right, Diego & I, summer '10)

He was given to me as a wedding gift from my lovely girlfriends.  They adopted him for me on the night of my bachelorette "festivities".

He has been a part of my little Snyder family ever since June 2006, and his needs, wants, and demands have always come first in our little family of three!

He is HUGE.  He weighs around 30 pounds and is nearly 4.5 feet in length when stretched out.  His head is big, his paws are big, his tail is long, and his gut is super chunky.  There's a whole lotta CAT to love!


He prefers Yeeowww! Catnip and Meow Mix Party Mix treats.  His favorite hobbies include: playing rat receiver, napping, trash-talking, bird watching, and nibbling on human toes. He isn't much of a cuddler, but he likes to be in the same room with his humans, shuffling around, furring up the furniture and voicing his opinions in little "mews" and "meeps".  


My fuzzy feline is my world! He feels like a best friend - I've humanized him way more than anyone should ever humanize a pet - but to me, he's a person, too! He can sense excitement, sadness, trying times and good times - he's always there, invested in everything going on.   Like most cats, he has his finicky moments, and sometimes prefers to be left alone.  Regardless of his kitty mood, his face is always sweet and heart-melting.


I've always been a cat lover, but having my very own pet in my own home for the past few years has intensified my love for animals in the strongest way! 



I felt the need to introduce Diego to my blog family - he is just as much a part of my life as my husband, my mom, and my chocolate addiction...


Seriously... how could anyone resist his little cat face?  

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Saturday, May 8, 2010

"Look what the cat dragged in" (#1)

My cat, Diego, weighs just over 30 pounds, but he's still pretty active - in very very very short spurts. He LOVES his toys and takes them very seriously - he doesn't like anything that he can't "catch" with his paws (he likes to play "wide receiver"... his vertical is right up there with Randy Moss!)
Diego also prefers a certain kind of catnip - the day that I brought home the "Yeowww! Catnip Purrmuda Triangle", his life changed forever. He's never been quite the same about his catnip toys since. Todd and I were at the airport in Cincinnati when i stumbled on Yeowww! Catnip in a random gift shop. I'd never heard of it, and it was nearly $4, but I missed Diego - so I purchased the little surprise for him and gave it to him as soon as we got home a couple of days later. WHOA... he grabbed the triangle with his front paws, collapsed on his side in the floor, hugged and mauled it for at least 20 minutes. When he finally had his fill, the triangle was a slimy, chewed up mess! I could actually smell the 'nip - and then he just went crazy. He was an extremely high kitty... I knew right then that I had to find out where to buy more Yeowww! Catnip toys!

In the last three years, Diego has mangled a Yeowww! Rainbow, banana, cigar, polluck fish, and many sardines in addition to the purrmuda triangle. He has also consumed an entire
bag of loose Yeowww! Catnip. There have been several occasions when we've left for the weekend, and returned on Sunday to find toys all over the place and catnip all over the floor - clear signs of some hard cat partying.

Currently, Diego's drug of choice is the Stinkies Sardine - he can completely eat a whole one in 2-3 months. My cat is a Yeowww! catnip addict - he won't even lookat any other kind of catnip toy. Does anyone know where I can find a Catnip Anonymous group for him to attend???

Yeowww! Catnip is also 100% Organic - only the best for my fat kitty!

I purchase Yeowww! Catnip at the local PetLand, and also at Moochie & Co in Columbus. It can also be purchased at the following websites:

So spoil your kitty & buy some Yeowww!

Yeowww! Brand Catnip is *Diego Approved