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Long-distance driving with cats

2015-07-19T18:04:00.000-07:00

Moving with CATS - Huntington Beach to Seattle

After a 19 hour drive, the move across several states is complete. Wasn't sure how to carry Zuma and Max in the car but previous experiences in earlier parts of their life suggested that a cat carrier is not that comfortable for them and they would meow nonstop.

Inside the car

Created some space around boxes and let the cats move around however they wanted - worked out perfectly. They meowed for the 1st hour and tried to crawl around everywhere, but then slept almost the entire rest of the way. Max crawled to the back in/under boxes for an hour but later I noticed he started panting- it was hot in that section and A/C didn't reach that far back. I re-packed some boxes to make sure they are only in clear space, and with no chance of boxes sliding/falling.

With 5-6 short stops along the way, they never went to the bathroom, never drank water, and never ate. We had a hotel stop half way on the trip and that was the only time they did their normal routine.

Sneezing (upper respiratory infection?)

Zuma was sneezing the entire moving week, probably got some dust in her nose, but was fine as soon as we were in our new location. Also gave them 1mL each of childrens benadryl general store brand, since I read that could help kitties go to sleep, their mouth foamed up just a bit at first. Maybe it helped but I forgot to give it to them after the hotel and they were still fine driving without the drowsiness.

Not sure if it's legal to have a cats without a carrier in a moving vehicle but I'm happy I did that. Hopefully no long-distance moving any time soon!

Cat hug and handshake

2015-01-26T19:30:00.009-08:00

Cat hug and handshake

Crystal Vortex CAT Eyes Activated

2015-01-19T14:35:00.000-08:00

Eyes of a ‪Supercat‬
#catsofinstagram #funcats #Kitties #cats

Look at Meeeeeeeow

2015-01-15T21:04:00.007-08:00

Look at Meeeeeeeow

I am here in front of you (Remix version) LoLKatz

2015-01-15T21:04:00.005-08:00

I am here in front of you (Remix version) LoLKatz

A+ for effort, F for job done

2015-01-15T21:04:00.001-08:00

A+ for effort, F for job done

Max face-rubbing his favorite wall corner

2015-01-08T17:32:00.000-08:00

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Pets rubbing face on walls

Cat allorubbing and scent leaving behaviors are common. The best way to explain it is that kitties like to use almost all of their face/body parts to rub against almost everything else. Well, maybe a better explanation is that certain cat areas have glands, being strong secretors of hormones. The residue is obvious, likely with some mixed-in cat food and dust adsorbed to the chemical structures. Many pet owners are grossed out by the leftover marks, but we’ve always been reluctant to clean the hard-earned, face-scratching efforts on the wall.

The function is to let others know who the territory belongs to. The cats also wants to leave a trace for others to know that ‘Hi, I was here a bit earlier’. For our kitties, they may be doing it as a sign of attention and affection. Maybe they are hungry, asking for pet food. They are constantly in the same area (the vicinity of the house) and walking by the same walls, corners, and furniture, so the function is likely not the traditional one to get other cats aware, since it’s just Max and Zuma here.

We’ve noticed they do the rubbing and head bunting around the time when they look back-and-forth directly into our eyes. They want some social and playing time...

Here's a bit more cat behavior info: http://www.petplace.com/cats/why-do-cats-rub-up-against-things/page1.aspx

Kitty cat: Here, waiting home for you

2015-01-04T21:18:00.002-08:00

Dedicated to all of the cats out there that are at home, waiting for their human pals to arrive.

Please give some attention to your cat. After all, their day continues as soon as you're back home.
#friendlycats #catawareness #cats

Cute Cat fail HIDE-n-SEEK

2015-01-02T12:35:00.005-08:00

Cute Cat fail HIDE-n-SEEK

LoLKatz Lana Intro Cat Channel Outtakes

2014-12-28T11:43:00.001-08:00

LoLKatz Lana Intro Cat Channel Outtakes Lana with the introduction, attempt #1+. Channel launching Jan. 2015, Please Support, Thanks!

Kitties Pillows

2014-12-25T22:25:00.001-08:00

Cat nap time

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This type of cute pillow scene occurs quite often, highlighting the friendship between these companions. Max and Zuma have their moments of battling but then any kitty fight is quickly forgotten with this symbiosis. Similar with cat food, sometimes they wait and share but sometimes push each other away.

Taking care and being there for each other - healthy relationship. Makes you wonder what the kitties are thinking when they are preparing for a team nap. Sometimes they wake up and hiss/snarl, so there's probably no one right answer what is happening. Either way, nice to see them being so gentle.

Happy holiday night!

Do you have time for your cat? Your cat has time for you

2014-12-25T10:57:00.000-08:00

Kitty wants attention

Some cat owners know that their attention is valued quite highly by our tiny meowing household members. The cats may like to stand in front of you when you are at your computer table. Occasionally, standing is the minimum that they do in an effort to have you look at them, play with them, give them some sort of feedback. Cat food is not always their priority.

I’m busy

It’s understandable that the owner likely shoo’s them away. We are probably busy or working on something important that requires our undivided concentration in the computer/internet realm. Well, are we so busy? Ten minutes before is probably when you already shoo’d your cat away. All the kitties want is for you to be aware of them, acknowledge them, show appreciation for their mere presence.

The cat re-connection

As soon as the cat dancing maneuvers are successful to grab your attention, or maybe you just had a consciousness-shifting moment, finally you let go of the feeling of time and world demands as you see your cat’s eyes. Staring back at you is a wave of unconditional love. You hear the purring, the cat humming, and occasionally the simultaneous yawn interrupted by a meow squeak.

Ahhhh, that deep-breath moment for both the cat and for you where everything is perfect. You are looking at each other. At some point, everyone has to come back to their clock-full, normal day. Please remember you can visit this bubble of time-lessness with your cat anytime you wish, they are ready for it. Health side-effects may include a brief stint of stress reduction.

Funky staring cats

2014-12-23T00:56:00.003-08:00

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Comfy cat pals

2014-12-20T23:15:00.001-08:00

Click to enlarge cat cover picture

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Making a cat blog. I can see you but you can't see me yet.

2014-12-18T21:55:00.003-08:00

I think that's my cat

The first several days of cat blog-making has felt administrative as we’ve been settling in the roots for all of the basics.

Account and social media basics

- Creating accounts for popular social media and content sharing sites (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Blogger). Some of these integrate well with each other.

Create accounts for other necessities

o Email to use for all other accounts and for communication (Gmail)

o Website domain (godaddy)

Soon after it was clear what other areas needed account creation to synchronize much of the online media content. This linking would save a lot of time by having certain posts in one area (such as on the blog) re-post automatically in another area (like Facebook). Some of the social media sites already allow for accounts to be connected. These methods add convenience but really need to figure out certain issues such as redundant cross-posting and whether all aspects of a blog post can be re-posted or not (in other words, posting to YouTube which will automatically re-post to the Blog, but then will the video show up in an automatic Twitter re-post). There are many widgets and HTML modifiers out there that help with this. Fortunately minimal programming experience will work for the simple solutions (but still trying to figure some of them out).

- - IFTTT.com for automatic reposting

- - Feedburner

Next, we needed content-specific and viral-potential accounts to help distribute our message further. Cat related websites are good for this, such as Cheezburger. Other sites like BuzzFeed to try to catch extra viewers and sharing.

Editing content

We have lots of videos and pictures, plus planning to obtain much more. Thus, we need to process and edit all of this to make it into a presentable format for a general audience. With almost no graphic design and other design experience, some of the basic and free software should work for us.

We started with VSDC and Windows Movie Maker for video editing. A combination of PhotoScape and FastStone Image Viewer for picture editing, as well as www.befunky.com for really cool image modification. The PhotoScape program is better than all of the previously mentioned movie and picture editors specifically to add Text to overlay on the files (with the most options of types of fonts and ways of editing various aspects of the letters/outline,etc.)

That’s where we are right now, with plenty of room to go forward...

Cat sees human companion far away. Or she doesn't see me?

2014-12-18T12:30:00.000-08:00

Cats In Nature

Cats look out into the distance and observe an object moving. Future prey? Another predator? Something is in motion. The feline instinct is ready to kick-in for some running action.

Cats With Humans

This morning I glanced back at my apartment as I was going to work. I spotted Zuma on the balcony. I couldn’t tell if she was looking at me, but she must have seen the large object crawling away (my car driving further).

Can our pets recognize us when we are out in the distance? Cats know the can-opening and dry food shaking sounds well. The smell and sight that they have of us when playing, petting, and just being in the same room is strong. This interesting idea will be pursued for a future experiment (blog/video) to understand their connection and reaction to us when physical proximity increases...

The calico in center of image

Cat badge updated

2014-12-17T17:05:00.000-08:00

Katz sharing sleeping space

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Online social community cat projects/contests

2014-12-17T16:00:00.000-08:00

Contests

Please email LOLKATZWOW@gmail.com for more info. Rewards for winner and runner-up!

Current contest (Dec 26, 2014 update) [check http://www.lolkatz.com/p/content.html for new activities]:

- Email us final file (include video, audio, and overlay text) of any length.

- Tell a story about a cat that becomes friends with a fish.

- Any style accepted (cartoon, narrative, hip-hop background, video game genre, etc.)

Projects

Page objective

- Create and share online media content utilizing ideas and resources from the community members, subscribers, fans, and followers themselves.

- Reward winnings include marketing and/or money prizes for top projects.

Page guidelines

1) You post idea/content.

2) LoLKatz or anyone else uses the info to produce a media file.

3) For approved projects - LoLKatz will place the final product/file on all of our social websites, everyone involved is acknowledged, mentioned, or in some way benefits from the collaboration.

Please include your contact info in Projects/Contests page or email LOLKATZWOW@gmail.com to be connected with others that reply to the same comment for a particular project.

Get ready to play with a new cat blog

2014-12-16T11:00:00.000-08:00

1st post of the LoLKatz blog.

Enjoy cat pictures, videos, & more creative content!

This stuff is clingy, still figuring out cat-blogging

While our blog posts and social media sites are being set up, here is the ABOUT US:

We, the bloggers, are Yev and Lana. Our career work is somewhere in the fields of environmental science and finances. After living in the oven of Arizona for the recent 10+ years, we are now in California near the beach. We enjoy funny movies, sport activities, and practicing mindfulness in every aspect of our lives.

Meet our kitties Max and Zuma. We adopted Max (aka Maxik) when he was 2 months old in the summer of 2008 from a friend with a full litter of kitties. It didn't take us long to come up with name for Max. To us he looked like Max and that was the end of that discussion. He was on his own for about a year and then looked like he was getting bored being by himself too much. Especially since we were busy in the middle of a Ph.D. degree and full-time working/schooling. We did what we could, took care of him, fed him high quality cat food. Ultimately, we decided to get him a sibling.

We rescued Zuma the following year (in 2009) from a petstore adoption. When we arrived at the store, there were only few kitties we could pick from. We spotted a Russian Blue type of kitten, naturally attracted to it, since it was similar to other cats earlier in our lives. That kitten looked very cute and elegant. We played around with it until Yev saw another kitten that caught his attention. The other one looked like it just took a bath in the dirt (this is Zuma). She was clean but visually had a mix of black, brown and dark orange colors. She had some black spots all over the little body. Her coloring design was not 'presentable' to take home as a 1st choice, considering it was all over her face, making it look like she got into a mess. But her playfulness and attraction to us was unforgettable as we just had to pick this little kitty. This is Zuma (or Zumka). It wasn’t instant but after all we succumbed to and fell in love with her appearance and beautiful face.

After growing up together for 5+ years, now Zumka and Maxik are ready to share and continue their adventures in the spotlight. Thank you for being in the journey with us.

Pictures of us and kittens in About Us page.