Moira and Will (and Beth)

Moira, a black cat, standing on her hind legs at the top of her cat tree and pawing at the window, where a cardinal is sitting in the bird feeder attached to the window outside. Poor cardinal probably just wants to eat some bird seed in peace...

biiiiiird

be my friiiiiiend

(or let me eat you or something)

A photo of Will, a brown tabby cat, sticking his tongue out after tasting the water his mama's soaking her sore feet in.

mama why are your feets in a bucket of hot water

it's not even tasty hot water

Will, a brown tabby cat sitting on a table, peeking out from behind Moira, a black cat, who's perched on top of a scratching post and looking upwards very cutely.

... so apparently I got distracted before I was able to finish this up last night, haha. I blame @moira-and-will.bsky.social.

6/6

Will, a brown tabby cat, is in the upper left corner of the picture, licking a yellow Yeeeooow catnip crayon because he's weird like that. Moira, a black cat, is in the bottom right of the picture with a Yeeeooow catnip banana, about two seconds before deciding to bunny-kick the heck out of it.

just hanging out with our yellow toys, nothing to see here

I had her on probiotics both times she was getting treated - and thankfully the second round of treatment finally kicked it!

Will, a brown tabby cat, sitting on the open flap of a board game bag. There are a couple of board games in the bag, including Roll Player, Call to Adventure, and Lanterns.

anyone wanna play some games with me?

Moira, a chubby black cat, grooming Will, a brown tabby cat, who's wearing a pillow-style cone to keep him from overgrooming the irritated spot by his left eye.

Wish me luck, y'all - gotta take Will to the vet here shortly to get some irritation by his eye checked out. He's been a blob of sadness ever since I put the cushy cone on him. Poor little guy.

follow these babies here: @moira-and-will.bsky.social

Got some fantastic news this morning: Moira is giardia free!! (finally!)

Now to put this little food-crazy girl on a little diet - I didn't think to check and make sure the automatic feeder dispenser measurements were accurate, turns out someone's been getting more food than she needs lately 😅

Moira the black cat, investigating the Chromebook I set up with a livestream video of birds, squirrels, and other wildlife. She's standing on the keyboard of the laptop, trying to get to the birds.

Moira the black cat and the Chromebook again, still streaming a wildlife video. This time, she's looking behind it to see if she can get to the birds she sees in the video.

Moira the black cat, curled up contently on her cardboard scratcher, watching wildlife videos on a Chromebook.

*sigh*

Someone still has giardia.

Really hoping the meds kick it this time.

In the meantime, at least she's enjoying Cat TV.

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Moira the black cat (foreground) and Will the brown tabby cat (background), lounging on the floor together, surrounded by cat toys.

After a day or so of scuffles, zoomies, and spirited dominance grooming after being reunited, these two have (thankfully!) calmed back down. (For the most part.)

I love these two so dang much. They're such good kitties.

Moira the black cat and Will the brown tabby cat, looking out the sliding glass door in the TV room at the backyard together after being separated for a week.

Moira's giardia symptoms are gone and she finished her meds on Tuesday, so last night she was liberated from the TV room and was reunited with her buddy Will. They were inseparable for most of yesterday evening. 😻 (I am so glad to be done with sanitizing the TV room nightly... 😅)

Green eyed Callie is an LC3 sweetheart who became Missy's sister.

If you'd like to honor Missy in a small way please donate to your favorite animal rescue. Missy's momma works with Loudoun Community Cat Coalition and 4 of her siblings came from them. I'm sure they'd be grateful for any donations. www.loudouncommunitycats.org/donate

Hoping everything works out for both babies!

Will the brown tabby cat, laying on the floor of my office, a few feet away from the door to the back patio, which is open.

Will's enjoying the outdoors from a safe distance, silly guy. (He loves to hang out in my office when the back door is open - and no worries about him escaping, there's a screen door and it's latched shut so he's not going anywhere!)

I swear, it's like the cat distribution system said "hey, you've had a couple of difficult kitties, let's give you an easy one". I was ready for squirming and thrashing (I have a scar from Hannah flailing around when trying to medicate her), but nope - Moira didn't even hide afterwards. ❤️

Moira the black cat, rolling around on her motorized teaser toy and making biscuits in the air.

Moira just had her first dose of meds for giardia - and she was SO GOOD about it! She tolerated being scruffed, took all her meds without fighting or biting me, and got both a Churu and Greenies because she was such a good girl.

(If only it were this easy to medicate Will! 😅)

Sass is always a good sign.❤️

Will the brown tabby cat, sitting in front of a closed door with a sign on it that normally says "please do not let the cats out", with pixel art of two cats that represent Moira and Will. The s in "cats" is crossed out, and between the artwork of the two cats, "Moira is in quarantine" is written in dry-erase marker. Will looks very sad and very much wants to be on the other side of that door with Moira.

*sighs*

Welp, Moira has giardia - and as a result, she and Will have to be separated so he doesn't catch it too. (Between this and Will's tapeworm from a few weeks ago, I've deep cleaned the litter boxes SO many times...)

Neither of them are fond of this development.

Moira the black cat, sitting in an orange and black cardboard house with Halloween themed decor printed on it. There's a ghost kitty, a spider web, and a bat visible on the front of the house, and a spider cat toy dangling from the top of the doorway.

Will the brown tabby cat, laying in an orange and black cardboard house with Halloween themed decor printed on it. There's a ghost kitty, a spider web, and a bat visible on the front of the house, and a spider cat toy dangling from the top of the doorway. The side of the house is more visible in this picture, and has another spider web and two tombstones.

cat dad bought us a halloween house.

does he not know it's still september?!

oh well. we'll hang out in it anyway.

Will and his human (me), laying on the floor. Will's laying with his butt towards the camera, while I'm flopped on my side with my back to Will.

srsly, mama. I got your back. literally.

(also pls ignore the pile of boxes, mama uses those to keep me from jumping on the stove that we don't use in the second kitchen)

A close up picture of Will, a brown tabby cat, laying on the floor. His eyes are closed, in the middle of a slow blink.

okay so maybe mama is still feeling burnt out. it's nothing a few slow blinks won't fix, right?

we think that's the goodest plan.

Moira the black cat and Will the brown tabby cat, lounging in a cat tree in front of a big window.

Will the brown tabby cat and Moira the black cat, looking out the window into the yard.

Will the brown tabby cat, sprawled out in bed and looking up at the camera.

Moira the black cat, laying in bed and looking upwards with a vaguely worried look on her face.

mama's been dealing with some burnout lately, so she hasn't been able to help us post many pictures - but she says she's doing better now, so yaaaaaaay

have some pictures of us awesome cats

I’ve said this before and I’ll probably say it again, but every hardcore IRL activist I know makes a very deliberate effort to interject joy into their lives and appreciate little things. I’ve only ever seen this dedication to misery in extremely online meme “activists”.

Moira the black cat, laying on the arm of the couch, staring intently at the TV while an episode of Daredevil: Born Again plays.

Moira: "okay this matt murdock guy is pretty cool too"

🐈‍⬛🤍

Moira the black cat, curled up on the couch with me, her human. She's leaning up against my stomach and thighs, curled up in what might be referred to as the "baby spoon" position.

Moira the black cat, curled up on my blanket-covered legs as I'm stretched out on the couch. She's very sleepy and has one eye partially open.

Moira's been getting more and more snuggly as time goes on. ❤️ I'm happy she feels so comfortable with me.

Moira the small black cat, lounging on her cat tree.

Well, it took her a few days, but Moira finally explored the cat tree! (It's a good spot for TV watching, clearly.)

A very silly close-up picture of Moira the black cat and Will the tabby cat. Moira is so close you can only see one of her eyes, part of her nose, and part of an ear. Will is behind her, but more of him is visible.

Moira and Will: "HI INTERNET FRIENDS"