Visit #6

We arrived today at 12:00 for our final visit. I opened the door expecting my Zeus greeting but he wasn't there.. hmm.. Dante soon joined us for some attention and I figured Zeus would show up sooner or later. I cleaned the litter boxes and topped off the food and water. Dante got a ton of affection and was soaking it up. :)

We headed out to check on the chickens and this is what we saw coming towards us:
ZEUS!! The crazy cat must have convinced the housekeeper to let him out. We tried to coax him back into the house with no luck. He was on the prowl for little critters I'm sure.
The chickens were great.. they managed to bump their water dish again and it was sitting cockeyed and empty. Filled it up (and the faucet worked fine) and filled their empty food container as well. Man those chickens go through a lot of food!! Gathered up the eggs and there were thirteen today. We will sure miss those eggs!! Mmmm..
We were getting ready to leave and I was explaining this was our last visit. Alissa was a little sad to say goodbye to her new friends. She ran to the door to say goodbye to Dante.

All in all we had a great time caring for Zeus, Dante, and all seven chickens. Everyone is happy and healthy and eager for their family to return. Thank you for the opportunity to pet sit for you.. hope you had an awesome trip!! :)

Aloha.

Visit #5

Arrived today at 12:00 and forgot my camera!! :( Probably a good thing in the end because it was pouring rain and all the slip and sliding I did in the chicken coop I may have dropped it. Anyhow, we had a great visit!! The cats are happy and healthy.. again they decided they mostly wanted to use the upstairs litter box for some reason. I cleaned both boxes and topped off food and water. Played for a bit and then headed out in the rain to see how the chickens were doing. This picture is from the last visit:

She was giving me the evil eye wanting me to let her out! :) Chickens were doing great, filled the water up. While filling the water the outside faucet lost pressure a couple times and water just came out in a trickle, not sure if this is something that normally happens with well water or not but it took a little longer to fill the container because of this. Got it and their food filled up and sloshed my way out of there! It was really wet and really muddy. Good thing I wore my old shoes! :) Went to collect eggs and found eleven. Not too shabby at all!! My whole family has been enjoying these eggs.. going to miss those chickens!! Hehe..

We will return on Sunday to make sure everything is in order for our last visit.

Visit #4

We arrived today at 11:05. Zeus would be an excellent Wal-Mart greeter! :) I cleaned up both litter boxes and added some fresh litter to the upstairs one because it was getting low. Topped off the cat's food and water and spent some time giving them some attention.

This is Zeus saying, "Where's my attention??" :)

And Dante keeping an eye on things:


We locked up the house and headed down to the chickens. Found their water half full so topped it off and filled their food container. Notice her head is buried in there? Crazy chicken. :)

Egg gathering time!! Someone was sitting on a few eggs and was not too pleased with me grabbing them away, I of course apologized profusely. ;) Today I found thirteen eggs... yumm.

Visit #3

Arrived today at 11:00 to our normal Zeus greeting. Cleaned litter boxes and topped off food and water. Then we spent a little time petting and loving on the cats.. even Zeus wanted a little affection today!

And yes there was a little bit of hovering around the door. They could see the sunshine and wanted to go out and play. I told them to hang tight for a little longer. :)
After some play time I watered the plants as instructed. The seedlings were out of water completely and there was a tiny bit left in the big plant box.
We locked up the house and headed out to see how the chickens were doing.
Everyone was accounted for and doing great!! The water dish was just about empty and there were some very thirsty chickens!! Filled it up for them and topped off the food container.

They were busy chickens again!! Seventeen eggs today.. two of which were laid on the ground of their pen. We collected them all and headed home at about 11:45.

Visit #2

We arrived today at 9:30 and again Zeus greeted us at the door. I cleaned both litter boxes first thing. The upstairs litter box was very full, the one downstairs was nearly empty. With both boxes cleaned we spent some time petting and hanging out with both cats.

They tried very hard to get me to let them out. Sorry guys, have to wait until your parents get home!

Dante has a new friend.
There they are hanging out at the door again.. they were very persistent.

I checked the cat food and water dish and found them both half empty so topped them off. After getting the cats squared away we headed outside to check on the chickens.

I did a quick count -- seven chickens! All present and accounted for :) Filled up their water and feed and again managed to keep everyone inside.

On to the eggs! I came prepared this time with an empty egg carton and gathered up 8 eggs!! What generous chickens. :)
We double checked that the house was locked up and headed home at about 10:30. We will return again Monday!

Visit #1

Today we arrived at about 11:15 and entered through the garage. We were greeted by a very happy and vocal Zeus. Then out came Dante to say hello!! Zeus stayed a safe distance but Dante wanted lots of love and attention!!
I think he was in kitty heaven. :) First thing I did was take care of both litter boxes. Got them all spic and span and moved on to food and water. The auto-feeder was about half full so I topped it off with cat food. The water dish was completely empty and when I went to check on it Zeus was standing there waiting.. am I mistaken or is he glaring at me?! :)
Filled up the water dish and both cats plunged right it!
No more glares.. I think this is a thank you?? Maybe.
Zeus finished with his drink and decided to strike a pose for me. Such a handsome boy. The only bit of trouble we had was on our way out the door to the garage Zeus zipped right by us and ran under the truck. Uh-Oh!! Luckily I had a four year old with me who was more then happy to run over and persuade him back into the house with promises of hugs and kisses..hehe..
On to the chickens!! They were very happy to see us. They were out of feed so first thing was to fill this for them. It was a little tricky keeping them in the pen but I managed ok. The water was almost full so left that alone.
Now for the big surprise.. I was expecting 3 or 4 eggs.. umm.. how about 25?!?! Holy cow they were some busy chickens!! I did not come prepared for that many eggs, but luckily I had a towel and an extra box in the van so we improvised.
I locked up the house and we left at 12:00 with a couple of very happy (and very muddy) kids and 25 eggs. Ahh thoughts of breakfast burritos and deviled eggs keep swirling through my head. :) All the animals are happy and healthy!! We will visit them again on Friday. Aloha.