Monday, February 8, 2010

Welcome to Colorado Catnip Toys

I hope you will enjoy reading the antics of my six cats. Believe me, there is never a dull moment in this house. I usually have a couple strays that come in and clean up the cat food my kids leave. Nothing goes to waste in this house.

You will read about Mr. Tigger, a 11 year old tiger stripe; Yakkie and Pokey 10 year old full sisters; Scooter who is 5 and Zippy who is 2 and the baby of the group Miss Indy. They were all orphans. Each one has a very different purr-sonality.

When Yak and Poke were babies, since they are both pure black, I snipped the very end of Pokey's tail so I could tell them apart. I couldn't tell who was in trouble, so I had to scold both of them. Now they can't stand each other. "Hiss hiss, Mom, she looked at me". Scooter is a happy go lucky gray with a white chest and four white paws. Zippy is a long haired calico. She has yet to meow. She will make a growling sound at time, but no meows! Miss Indy is the newest addition to the orphanage. She just appeared at my back door this summer. Miss Indy has extra toes on her front feet. She is a tiger stripe with a touch of peach on her toes.

All of my cats help me with the catnip shop. I usually have no less than 3 cats laying either on the sewing table or on the ironing board. They get to test all my products and when I make a "boo boo" toy, they get to play with it. Life is good making catnip toys! Check out my shop on Etsy at http://www.coloradocatniptoys.etsy.com/.