welcome everyone to vlogmas in july presented by nomad internet as a christmas fanatic this is a
great way for me to be cheerful and thankful all month long opie you better be a good boy this july
santa paws is watching tara no more sneaking into catnip sack santa paws will bring you
coal thanks for joining me this month guys and have a jolly old month of july
yeah good morning everyone as we near the end of vlogmas in july a video every single day
hope you guys doing well starting back out here at right lake but
we got to go on a little mission today the kitties need to go get checked in
if i were gonna go play in that water down there today would be the day the warmest day
since i've been out here 78 degrees at rife lake in july it is pretty windy and the wind
is blowing this way as i look at my flag so you know you can kind of paddle out there in the tube
but want to see what happens when i get back first we got to load the kitties up and get to olympia
all right well this is the system for today i've got the big carrier that opens up on the side and
i'm just gonna leave this open in case tara might want to go in here but i'm not gonna lock the
kitties in here for the commute uh just in case i brought some water and i got a little portable
litter box here for the trip you know because tara usually hides in the rv underneath my seat
i imagine she will try to do that but what's opie going to do i don't know yet but i want to let
them have free range for the trip and then uh when we get there i'll put them in the carrier and go
inside i personally have a feeling that that uh opie weighs a little more than tara but that's
because i handle both my kitties regularly i think you can kind of tell but opie is a long-haired
cat and so you know it's deceptive but i still think that opie probably has i'm going to say
two pounds on tara i think you have two pounds on tara i think so yeah we're gonna we're gonna
go find out right now opie i brought that for emergencies only please you don't need to use it
terry you believe this guy all right you guys ready we're gonna go i'm gonna go all right
good kitties well tara picked her riding position it's gonna be the passenger seat right next to me
she's such a good girl opie picked his spot he's already in the carrier he's in the carrier and i
thought that maybe tara would use that back there i didn't think that opie would be the
one who would climb in there for comfort all right cool all right this is where we're heading kitties
i've been coming here for uh many years when i lived in olympia they've changed their name
two years ago this was low-cost spade and neuter now it's called north olympia animal hospital here
in olympia washington and i will just point out um you know if you guys have been following me you
know my struggles of finding vets on the road can be really really tricky but i called them and they
were only a week out i'm like yes would love to do that then they called me an hour later yesterday
and said oh actually we have an opening tomorrow you want to come in tomorrow instead of course
sure here we are let's go get checked in all right guys i expanded out the carrier we're
going to get him checked in see tara's butt over here we see your fuzzy butt how you doing guys
it's going to be okay it's a cool little carrier though so they are really understaffed here
they actually had three people call in sick that work for the bed but they're still gonna get the
kitties in but they're gonna go take them back there and do the thing give them all the shots
give them their rabies that's gonna be good for two years and take care of them
the kitties are in good hand usually i would like to be there with the kitties but they're
really backlogged they had three emergencies too so i'm gonna let them take care of the kitties i
won't be there with them i'll let you know when we get them back see that wasn't so bad opie
tara i heard you were a good girl in there but you had some ear mites took care of them all right i'm
gonna get checked out here we can get back on the road all right i'm gonna leave one of these open
for you but for this trip back just i'm gonna keep you guys in here okay because i know you might be
a little lethargic and tara is probably not going to eat tonight like last year
but i want to keep a close eye on you of course i wish i could have been in there with the kitties
uh jax always needed me in there with him in order to even get through that process
but uh apparently the kitties did really well in there and it's just her running all the shots and
everything and the front desk and then one doctor so both kitties are healthy except for tara had
ear mites in her left ear and they think that that was caused by opie licking the ear
so they treated that and then we got all of the vaccination stuff for rabies feline leukemia and
the fbr cp for one year so both kitties are oh the rabies shots were good for three years
so they're due back uh next july of next year for leukemia and their normal shots but other
than that they're all healthy did we get weight i don't see the weight written down i may call
later or i could just get a scale and do it myself later but all right kitties you did good
you guys want to go to i just want to go to petsmart and look
yeah there's a bet smart here you kiddies want to go play in the kitty aisle oprah you won't go
do that tara barbara do you want to go pick out a fun toy because you're a good girl all right
let's go let's do it here we go the the banfield hospital has a scale so we can we can weigh the
kitties right here we're going to see which one of you is the bigger fuzzy butt all right opie
stay still eleven six say say so tara hang on tara is 9.6 i was just checking out this backpack
system i mean tara probably wouldn't go for it but opie you know it's got a little bed in here
and then this could attach to his collar so that he can look out but he can't jump out you know
i don't know i think it's worth it for 40 bucks to try this out
i'm gonna try that out you have no choice opie we're gonna do it we're gonna do it oh they got
puppy camping supplies it could be kitty stuff a little doggy tent there uh-huh also opie uh
grew out of his uh his hazelfit terrace sotera has two harnesses now but i was looking at these guys
here it's a freaking picture of opie right on it it's like a comfy vest with the velcro and straps
opie do you think you need to wear this inst it's got a picture of you
did you see it on the yeah you need that don't you okay okay yeah oh we found the cat toys
hmm which one do you like opie you can pick one out like those little mousies there like the tails
like the feathers no you're not sure tara do i need to pick one out for you or do you want to
pick one out oh that's a good one right there that is a good one but that guy right there
this one want them all you want them all actually as much as i love that one we don't do the
chirping ones in the rv because as you're driving nonstop all the bumps just set this off and drive
us so we can't do chirping stuff in an rv but oh look at these guys here though they're fuzzy
and they have a tail yeah well those ones work opie this one right here will that work
okay i'll get it for later okay cool all right i think we got enough stuff oh one other thing
the vet was asking me about was was flemits now it's tough for me because neither of the cats have
ever had any fleas a single flea ever however we are in washington state there are a lot of
fleas here this summer for the rest of july and august and they do have some some non-toxic stuff
the same stuff not the stuff they sell in these stores but the non-toxic organic stuff that is
not a poison and so i'm gonna do a little bit of research and i may end up getting some flea meds
from that pet hospital later but i want to go online and do a little bit of research
and find out they have a three-month thing you just apply once and it's good for three months
it's preventative make sure they don't get fleas let's look into that right now time
to head back to camp all right well we've been gone four hours exactly just like yesterday and
let's go see how much camp has changed this time see if money blocked me in camping on top of me
get a shot across right now oh we're okay everything's okay truck camper guy is packing
up he's putting the bike on the front all right gosh that water looks inviting though
uh just one car right here but we're gonna be okay all right so glad it's so nice when
you come back to camp in your own camp area isn't just you know taking over it's great there we go
maybe i should start feeding you guys separately is ob stealing your food is that why he's two
pounds more than you i noticed on the way back opie was in the passenger seat with me but he just
seemed really lethargic i mean i know kitties can have strange reactions once a year to the
vaccine rabies and the leukemia and stuff like that but um you know they obviously still have
their appetite they're gonna be okay but i'm gonna might be really easy on the kitties
today i'm not gonna take opie for a trip in the backpack today but maybe we'll do it tomorrow
still wanna i mean it's been a long day lots going on so oh you guys need water too
yeah it's a clearing out uh once again here uh temperatures are really really mild and one of the
so i'm not running my air conditioner my my roof air conditioner or portable air conditioning or
anything for that matter so uh maintaining 100 as long as there's some sunshine in this state
uh is is a very practical thing all summer long uh and then if we go back over to the ocean side
here's the temperatures for ocean shores right now for the next few days leading into august
so uh it doesn't even hit 70 degrees um it maybe did one or two times this this whole summer but uh
that was probably it that was the heat stroke over on the ocean side
as we venture a little bit farther towards the middle of the state though temperatures
are a little warmer and i'm excited about some more adventures to come as as i
possibly go well not possibly uh the end of the summer we're going to be in oregon
i've already i've already made those plans guys oh yeah the water looks inviting
there's some tent campers down there uh i'm just gonna i'm gonna pass on dipping in the water uh
for today i wanna wanna stay with the kitties inside so so yeah guys vlogmas in july will
continue tomorrow i will see you guys tomorrow morning i hope you have a good one from rife
lake in beautiful sunny not raining washington state opie and tara and i will see you tomorrow
you