The Destructo Duo went in for their yearly check up two weeks ago. It was a month early as I needed to get Rita in for a weight check so she was a tag along. She was in for her annual checkup last month and had lost weight (at 7.6 lbs) so we wanted to monitor it - all is good, she gained 1/2 pound and is back to 8.1 pounds. I figured out the youngsters were cleaning out her food as she is a grazer, so made sure that there was a surplus of kibble to be had.
Back to the youngsters. At about 14 months old, they both got their 3 year rabies booster along with FLVEPHCTDS (or whatever those letter are 
). Spot is 7.5 pounds and healthy. Rainey, formerly Runt (because she was the runt of the litter), is now my biggest cat at a whopping 8.6 pounds 
. Yes, she is the one that will clean out Rita's canned food, and eat her kibble regardless of how much is in the "kittens" bowls. Although not lithe, she is by no means a fatty. She is visibly taller, and a bit wider than Spot. I didn't realize she is at least as tall as Rita and probably as long. Like they say, dark clothes make you look smaller - which must translate to fur color too.
Anyway, everyone is healthy and happy, and that is all I want.
Last weekend was very hot (for around here - mid 90's), so two things happened ahead of time:
- I pulled out the portable A/C that I had bought off CL last year (when I got the kittens since they were to be caged upstairs so they couldn't get to the cool basement), and got that set up in the living room. That is a 10k BTU A/C and will keep the LR, kitchen and office "cool" (aka, 80*) as long as the bedrooms and bathroom are closed off.
- I bought a 6k window A/C for the office - that happily also blows into the bathroom. Yes, it is red-necky in that I used rigid foam insulation left overs to cover the window to keep sunlight from streaming in.
If I leave the bedrooms open, both A/C's can keep everythig about 78-80. If I close them off, the temps can stay at 76 or lower. I only use the A/C's in the afternoon when the sun gets really southwest (oh how I miss that willow that shaded that side of the house)
The cats all have their preferred place of resting when I am cooling off the house. Rainey likes the bedroom which is a midrange temp.
Spot lays in the bathroom garden window - which is hot since it is in direct sun and I have a heavy towel blocking off the heat generated during the summer.
And Rita is laying right in front of the stream of air from the office A/C (the airflow stream is at an angle from the window to the doorway).
And then the other day, on a non-A/C day, I caught the three of them on the (messy) bed. Unusual for the three of them to be so close. You can tell by the looks on their faces that they were a little disgruntled at having their naps interrupted.
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