A website that's both fun and informative http://mytypesofcats.com/can-cats-swim/ Dr. Auric D. Hellman

Babou's motto. Very much like wanting cuddles while I was carrying a tray to the kitchen or doing the dishes, Babou's wishes were better anticipated. She didn't like not being with me, not seeing me, the closer the better and up to a point you could say I was the same. And shower time was no...

And shared secrets. Unless there's a special telepathic bond for kitties who aren't all there. Rat suffered from epilepsy for most of the 15 years she gifted us with her presence. We took every measure possible to prevent her seizures, they could be extremely violent and at the very beginning so...

Smokey is the sole remaining kitty from our original clowder, but she is getting up in age. Between her arthritis, her laziness and her belly she finds it hard to wash some of her parts. Combined with her loose stools this has led to a sticky/stinky cat. But she still has all of her marbles and she...

But first, I have to take care of something for Kitten. He's short and fat, which means some areas are hard to reach to clean by himself, bless him. Kitten's bedtime preferences involves such closeness though, I insist on a dingleberry-free Kitten's bum. No, really, I do. No one wants to wake up...

Not literally. :) I had the audacity to go out and run errands today. I felt sure I'd given Buffy plenty of attention when I got home. We played for a while. Then I turned my attention to the computer, which I haven't done for a few days. She was sitting in my lap, getting scritches. I got...

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I haven't seen any posts here for a couple of days.

I have pet steps next to my bed. I bought them when Persia (RB) was having some trouble leaping up onto the bed. Buffy immediately realized these were steps for *her* to use. Of course! She inherited them. :) The problem is, when I get up in the morning she goes down the pet steps and then...

Hello all, Bridget Baker called Mark and talked to him a bit yesterday. Here is her post: Hey everyone, I had a very brief conversation with Mark Edwards last night. He is hanging in there. Right now he is isolated from the rest of the nursing home because there is evidently some kind of...

The relatives arrived today and brought a couple of their dawgs, because they had a sitter issue. Fortunately the large Bulldog stayed in the car (no it was not hot today), but the miniature BD came inside. It stayed in its crate for the most part, but Smokey stayed in bed, claiming not to know it...

Halloween is my favourite non-official holiday :) For years I've hung this cat flag out in the month of October: https://i.postimg.cc/nLsTSbBK/catflag.jpg It's just fun! Jill

I don't really understand. There are usually afternoon thunderstorms starting around May every year. It's typical for this part of South Carolina. Buffy has been through two hurricanes (Matthew and Irma) with me. Wind and rain never bothered her, nor did thunder or lightning. A thunderstorm...

https://www.wired.com/story/rats-vs-cats/ IN THE SUMMER of 2017, Michael Parsons found the urban rat haven of his dreams: A Waste Management transfer station—aka a literal trash heap, aka rat paradise—in Brooklyn, New York. For nearly two years, the behavioral ecologist and visiting scholar...

This happens every year. Buffy keeps trying to find the comfy snooze spot in the sun. She follows it around on the floor. Then up onto the sofa. Oh dear, it keeps on moving! Where are the sunny snooze spots? I've said before, I can't do a thing about the earth turning. Fall arrives (not...

Oh, what a feeling! https://slaymyboredom.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/missing-kitty.jpg

Anyone have these pests? I haven't seen them since I was a kid. The black/grey squirrels are relatively harmless, other than digging up the flower pots and bulbs. But these red squirrels are maniacs, they harass everything in sight and seem to enjoy chewing on the roof. We actually have one living...

For ages, I’ve had cats in my lap while I sat in my recliner and watched TV in the evening. About 90% of the time I’d have both, although occasionally it would be just Pickles, and once in a while just Koala. Usually Pickles would come up first. She wouldn’t come up if Koala was already...

Jill, stay safe, it seems to be heading your way. Lota of good wishes that it veers away from you

My cats Pickles and Koala free feed. I have two small bowls of kibble down at all times. Between those two bowls I have one of their water bowls. Every day when I change the water there is at least one piece of kibble floating in the water, and sometimes two or three. Since it is this...