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Hi Furriends, Meowmy here!
The nice folks from SunnySeat contacted us to review their product, and of course we accepted!
The SunnySeat is a window sill/Perch that attaches directly to the windows or glass doors with big suction cups, requiring no tools, thus avoiding any damage to the window framing and painting.
It comes in a thin and long box, which the kitties came to inspect immediately!

Inside of the box, the product comes already half assembled, making the remaining assembly quite intuitive. The bed already comes mounted, the wires attached and hooked to the respective cups. The only thing you need to do is remove the cardboard and attach the bottom cups.

The instructions are one page - here is where IMHO the product lacks. It is more warnings than instructions, per se. And while the product comes pretty much assembled, there are some key points to make this item safe and effective that I would like to see it in the instructions. I will get to that later. As far as directions, the only thing you will find here, is to clean the windows and cups well, to hook the bottom cups first, and washing instructions. The rest is pretty much warnings.

So, here is step 1: Attach the bottom cup to the window first.

A detailed view of the suction cups - On their website/Infomercial, they say these are "Industrial Size Suction Cups" I can't testify for that, as I never seen and Industrial Suction Cup size before, but these are pretty big. Once you put it on plce they stay on well, and are easy to come off if you pull from the sides.

Onto Step 2: Attaching the top Suction Cups: Here is something that in my opinion it is important and is missing in the instructions: You need to make sure that the wires are completely straight. If you look from the front, you should see a perfect 90 degree angle. Remember, to detach a suction cup, you pull it from the sides, and if the wires are not perfectly straight, you are essentially doing that, constantly pulling them sideways until they detach it. They will fall. It can take a little while to get them straight, but it can be done. 

Now the kitty test! Lucky spent a few hours on it and loved it! I like that the cover is removable and unlike a perch, it doesn't get as hot so she was pretty comfortable in it. Almost like a hammock, good for warmer days.

After three or so hours, I checked the cups and there was no air in it whatsoever. I am sure it could gone much longer. I do think one would have to push the cups in a couple of times a day just for good measure, or at least check.
Something else I would like to see in the instructions, is how to properly attach the suction cups to make it stick longer - here are a few tricks I know:
1- Clean the window and the cups with alcohol and a paper towel (or newspaper) - not with a cloth, as it leaves fibers behind, removing some of the suction.
2- Moisten the center of the cup a bit - just the center before you apply suction - this will give you a better seal. You can put anything in there, just make sure it doesn't get it to the edges.
3- Of course, when you apply the cup, make sure there is no air left in, at all.
Lucky is 12.5 lbs or so, and the infomercial says it holds up to 40lbs.
I am not keeping it as I live on the first floor and for me it would mean having to leave the windows wide open all the time to use it - but it is a great concept for someone who is not on the same situation as I am.
I am donating this piece for an upcoming auction on the Blogosphere - it is in the package, and was used for the review only! I am sure a kitty will enjoy very much!
Below is the infomercial for it- of course it makes it look much easier than it is to place on the window... If you do it like that, I am sure it will be on the floor in not time LOL.
Thanks for visiting furriends, watch for this item to be showing up at a CB Auction Soon!

The SunnySeat Retails for:
2 for 1 Offer $19.99, + $15.98 S+H ($19.99 each, $7.99 each S+H)

*Disclaimer - SunnySeat gave me a free SunnySeat for reviewing purposes.

Hello Furriends, Lucky Here!
I have good Noos! I am eating again! Meowmy fed me twice with that syringe contraption, then she decided to see if I would eat some different Hairball foods on my own. She went to the Pet-mall and bought a whole bunch of different flavors, and guess what???? I liked them all! So, meowmy said she will mix them up and feed them to me in the morning and at night - during the day I will have to snack on Bugsy's and Hope's food, since they have IBS and Allergies and can't eat my food. Meowmy is happy and so am I, as we both don't need to go through force feeding anymore! Yey!
I am still very constipated, meowmy says she still doesn't like what she sees in the box at all - she said she almost needed a nut cracker to crack my poop open if she needed to. Uuuuhhhhgggg! Why would meowmy want to crack my poop open anyways? Hoomans are just so weird!
I told her to wait until tomorrow and see... I will probably have some major diarrhea with all this new food - try to crack that open meowmy!
On another, more hygienic note..... 

Me, meowmy, my sisfurs and brother Bugsy would like to thank effurybody at the Cat Blogosphere for this amazing gesture, for all the members who donated such incredible items, for those who worked so hard to make this happen... Thank you so much, from the bottom of our hooman and feline hearts!
Furriends, you really need to check out this auction, there are great items for effuryone! Really! To go there, click on the sidebar, on the picture above, or on any link on this post! Thank you, and happy bidding!

Hello Furriends, Hope here!
Happy Valentines Day Furriends! We are so excited, our Fun-Raising Valentines Day Photo Contest has Started! Woohoo!! If we were going to submit a picture, it would be this one, what do you think? Yes, aside from Meowmy, the one I love the most in the WHOLE World is Lucky!! She is just my buddy, all the way! What about you? What picture are you entering the contest with?

Contest Rules:
Love is in the air... Send us a photo of what you love the most: It can be of your favorite hooman, your favorite fur-sibling, an activity you love, your favorite thing to eat, your favorite place to sleep, your favorite toy, etc.

• For a donation of $5.00 per photo your name will be put into a drawing. The winner will receive a personalized gift $20.00 for your pet!! (Prize donated by Gracie and paw picked out by KC)
• Make donation through the pay pal button. Put the name of your pet and your blog link.
• Send photo, no smaller than 1000 pixels in jpg to carolina (@) happycatfamily . net
• It would be great if you could tell us what you love when you send us the picture, so we can use it as a caption! Oh, and don't forget to send us a link for your Bloggie with it as well!
  
• You can enter as many times as you want but each photo must have a $5.00 donation.
• Contest Begins at February 13th 11:59pm, and ends February 20th at midnight.
  
• Winner will be announced on February 23th
• Good Luck!!
  

Hello furriends, Meowmy here!
Friday I took Gracie back to the vet as she was still not eating well and it was concerning me there could be something wrong besides the medication (she had been over-medicated for thyroid)... Gracie would be an impossible cat to force-feed, so I wanted to get an appetite stimulant if all else was ok. By Friday she hadn't eaten well since the Saturday before :(
The vet ran a CBC and the results came back stellar - everything was perfect, not one number off range; GREAT for a 12-13 yr old little lady!
Her vet examined her mouth, which is good, told me to continue to give her temptations hairball treats as a laxative since she was constipated for the last few days, and put her on an appetite stimulant. I also grabbed some cans of Hills A/D.
As soon as we got home she gobbled down some A/D - that food is really great for kitties who are off food... I don't know exactly why, but it beats Fancy Feast by much!! I gave her appetite stimulant for a couple of days just to be on the safe side, but then she became TAZ-Gracie
I had to take her off of it.
For now I am feeding her A/D and Kibbles, and she is eating well. I am also continuing the Temptations Hairball treats.
Not this Wednesday, but the following she will have another T-4 test to check her levels and see if we need to lower her medication even more, or if this is ok for now.
Nothing really new going on with Bugsy... He is still having diarrhea, and yesterday marked 110 days. He was weaned off of Sulfasalazine and did not take any medication Sunday; today, Monday, he starts a new steroid called Budesonide. We are all praying this will be the one that makes a difference! He is doing great aside from the diarrhea though, and for that we are thankful! He is eating well, playing, running around, and not acting sick at all... That is what keeps me going... That is what helps me keep the faith!
I am sorry furriends if all we do is post health updates, but these two kids, especially Bugsy, are going through a long journey towards health; Gracie due to a long time of neglect, and just now having proper care... Bugsy due to a bad digestive tract that was thrown off with Clavamox and for some odd reason he just can't seem to get back on tract.
We will get there for both of them though, I have faith we will!
Thanks for all the purrs, prayers, and good wishes furriends, have a wonderful, Healthy Monday!

Hi Furriends, Bugsy Here!
Now it is for Real! The gate is finally down, Gracie is in the house!
Today marks the 4th day of Gracie coming down to explore the house and meowmy finally feels secure enough to let her out for good...
Days one and two she came out for only about 10 minutes each time, and the reaction was pretty much what you saw on the video.
Day three, yesterday, the gate was down for about 3-4 hours. She came out a couple of times, explored the house, hissed a few times and went back to the bathroom on her own.
Today the gate was down the whole day. She came out a few times, but this time she hung out in the living room for a while. She did hiss a few times, but also laid down in there with all of us for about 30 minutes just relaxing "watching TV"... She did this twice! All of us kitties were in the room, everybody relaxed, just laying in there... We were not playing or running around, but didn't flee the room either. She did hiss at us a few times whenever one of us approached her, but there were no threats, no claws showing, no movement towards us, no back arching, nothing that would indicate a fight...
After a while she just got up, stretched and went back to her bed in the bathroom, where she is now.
On the health front, she is doing wonderful!
She is gaining weight, meowmy says she can feel much less of her spine bones now! She seems much much happier now and soooo much sweeter! Sometimes meowmy goes in there to give her love and she just meows meows and melts in her hands. It is sad to realize that she might never had this kind of love and care before :(
Even though she came infested, covered with fleas, there are no fleas to be found on her now - she must be feeling much much better without those pesters on her too!
Anyway, just wanted to update you all! It seems we are on track here... Wish us good luck!

Hello Furriends, Bugsy here!
This was a scary weekend furriends! We had lots of thunders, rain, and to make matters worst, the lady with the vacuum monster came over again!  Definitely the best place to nom nom on some tasty stinky goodness this weekend was under mewomy's bed! Gotta say, meowmy did a pretty god job catering to us during this frightening times... I wonder if we should make that a habit!
By the way, I am doing really well! I am starting to love my stinky goodness with that cranberry thing meowmy is mixing in it and happy to say this Saturday marked two weeks since my UTI scare - I am peeing like a champ! Meowmy is watching me really close and even though I miss some dry food, if that's what it takes to make me be healthy, I will keep on eating food from the can... It is not too bad after all... I am still pooping kind of weird, but meowmy is not too worried about it, since I am eating well, drinking, playing, and very very happy - she doesn't want to give me any more meds, thank goodness! She thinks it is from the antibiotics I took for the UTI and the C/D food I tried, combined with my IBD - bad combo! Slowly but surely I am getting all better!
As humans like to say, one day at a time...
Happy Monday furriends!