The intro seems to be going well. As usual, Princess is the bold one. She came over and inspected the cage, then decided the cardboard carry box was more interesting, and went and sat in the box for a while. Sammy spent quite a while watching for suspicious movement - or she may have just been...

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27774565 How cute is this pendant! I will get this one, or ask the artist to make me one of a tuxie clutching a piece of ham. Blessed be, Baha

Here's an academic time-waster, reported by the Associated Press: 'A cat's purr normally says, "I'm happy." But a new study suggests some purrs send cat owners a different message: "Feed me!" Researchers found that purrs of hungry cats included a higher-pitched sound, somewhat like a cry or meow....

Harri has a new way of catching my attention (as if she needed another). She will walk up in front of me and sit facing me. She then starts to tilt her head to one side. The head a little further, then a little further, then the whole is leaning to the side, then PLOP! She falls over on her...

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An old injury in my pelvis has for no discernable reason suddenly flared up again after more than 7 years. Any and all motion aside from breathing is excruciating. There is too much pain to sleep, even with lots of pain medication. This situation has been going on for the last couple of weeks....

You've heard about Mooch, our resident stray kitty who for over four years has lived mostly on our veranda, gets many meals a day from us and sleeps a padded veranda chair bed that's heated in the winter. Now you can follow Mooch's day-to-day activities because he keeps a blog on Twitter, updating...

When I bring out the vacuum monster (around here it is known as the Vroom Vroom Monster) I make a lot of noise, loudly announce its presence, and thump it a bit on the floor before I turn on the monster. The owners are ok with that. I give them plenty of time to vacate the area to be...

I don't know what's come over her. I woke up this morning after she attacked my hands. For no reason, she just suddenly thought it would be a good idea to grab at my fingers and chew on them through the sheet. Persia! Cut that out! She's also started lunging under the folded bedspread,...

It's official. Our pets are important and this company caters to us. http://petairways.com/ -- Cheryl

The local newspaper has an article profiling the downtown shopcats -- complete with pictures (click on the kitty on the left to see all the pics). http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jul/13/window-shoppers-meet-some-downtown-lawrences-most-/ A couple of d*gs made it into the article. I'm sure...

My friend who lives in Selby, Yorkshire is emigrating to Australia in September and is trying to find a good home for her cat Willow. If anyone lives nearby and may be able to offer a home please let me know and I will put you in touch with her. I'm not sure at this stage how old Willow is etc...

I'm alway sad when some dies but I'm not worried about this one. He wanted to be white, Why?

Well, right after my post saying the rat was having babies I talked with the girl at work to see if she had any experience with wee rat babies. She had no experience or suggestions to offer, having only had males, but did have a friend who she could call who has quite a rat menagerie. She called up...

It's all Jo's fault. As soon as she posted that she hoped the rat was male and that there wouldn't be rat bitties, the rat started delivering babies. I just came inside from visiting with a neighbor, and there are two wee little ones, though one was stillborn. I suppose it's better for her and her...

This morning DH fixed himself a corned beef sand. he had it on the dining room table while he was getting ready to go out. He was sorting through some stuff and got up to get his glasses... when he came back Tiger was helping himself to the sand... The bread port... not that he won't eat...

Note: There is not a web link to get to chat at this time. Update your IRC client to use the following server: xeon.edigic.com Jill

Chloe vanished for several weeks again. Late last week she showed up calmly walking up the driveway ... then she say one of the big red tabbies and took off at a right angle for the west fence. She came in today - very nervous at first, but she has calmed down. I have her distracted right now...

We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was wondering....how old are these kitties now? I've also realized my cats are double-digit age now, except Boz & Biskit. Biskit is at least 6 or 7, and Bosley, the "baby" is 6 now. Sherry

The man who was maintaining our chat server no longer has time to deal with it. He's trying to make arrangements for sites to be hosted on a different server. I'll post new info as it becomes available. Jill