Today Eli was laying next to me on the floor when Lily started looking in the cat flap (to make sure Eli not around) so she could come in and have a bite to eat. Eli *always* attacks her. So I hid Eli from her long enough to get them both inside at once, so I could have a talk with them about...

Most delicious thing I've come across in a long time: Slice haloumi cheese approx 5 mm thick (half a pencil width thick... I don't have my metric to imperial convertor)), and pan fry in a light oil. Once its golden brown on both sides, remove from pan and sprinkle with lime (or lemon) juice,...

Yesterday my old cat Patches http://www.mary.cc/patches/ was sitting next to my feet in my home office. I decided to let my midget skunk in the house to run around. I'm training him to be an educational animal for my wildlife rescue group. Here's a pic of him and Patches. He's grown a little since...

We have one of those Rubbermaid mailboxes (I tried to find an example of one on the web, and I couldn't), and even though our across-the-street neighbor's has fallen off the post (that's the currently-empty rental I've posted about before), someone, last night, decided to rip ours &...

Never though it could happen, but yep, now I'm a certified cat slave, have been for a while, but it just sunk in. The following main sign? I permit Tiny Shorty to suckle on my earlobe. First I would like to point out that he was an orphan, While I was fostering him, I got another litter to...

For the upteempth time I muttered to myself "God, I hate Christmas". I smiled through clenched teeth and sayed a perfunctory "thanks anyway" after the person behind the post office counter - that I had queued up at for a good 20 minutes - informed me matter of factly that they were out of Christmas...

Okay, so this is a cat that I noticed on my property 10 years ago. I thought she belonged to a neighbour, but I became aware that they moved away without her, so I fed her, and when all my d*gs had gone to RB, she announced she would live in the house. I agreed. But she is so, well, *fierce* I...

Someone from another ng. has told me I have a broken signature i.e. :- "BTW, please put a space after the two dashes in your signature line - it's "broken"." I know there are a lot of clued up people in our group so thought I would ask exactly what is the correct procedure for posting...

&)*()(*)#$%@#$*$ homeowners association!!!! We received a registered letter today from a lawyer informing us that we are in violation of deed restrictions by having a (beautiful) 8 foot high wooden fence (that we've had for over a year and have heard not one peep from the HOA about before the...

My sister's cat Tiger had a heart attack last night and had to be put to sleep. She was an older cat, in her teens. Several years ago a lady in her Sweet Adelines choir had to move and she took in the ladies cat Tiger. I think tiger was around 8 then. She's had her at least 5 years. Last night...

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I found a little clip of an Abyssinian momma cat and her two babies. Very cute! If you want to watch go to http://www.miu-nefer.nl/english/home.html click on Photos then click on the one that says "movie". It's 5.12MB and runs for two minutes. The momma cat looks a lot like Abelard!

For the last two days it's been 112 or higher - that's 44 C. Inside the house it's 91. At least it does stay a little cooler indoors. Most of the cats are flat. I repeat the song I composed a few years back about the tomcats: We're the Flat Boys We forgot all about our toys

A hawk discovered a squirrel nest in one of our trees today. The squirrel mom started moving her young to another location, but one of the babies fell from the nest and onto my car. I found it on the windwhield. He's tiny, no fur at all and the eyes are still closed. We put it in a towel on the...

Hello everyone; my name is Mike. Flippy found me hanging out in another cat group and invited me to stop in here, so; here I am. I live in Kentucky, in the USA, and although I hold the mortgage and am the bringer of feasts, there is a cadre of cats that live here that won't let me forget who's...

As some of you may know after almost 2 years of trying I finally got a permanent job! Doing the paperwork there's some sort of insurance policy so if I die in service there will be money to be paid out and I get to nominate who gets what share So a third each to both my brothers so they can...

Hello friends near and far and a special hello to my adopted Mama, Nikki, in Findland. Forgive me for not sending in a story by the September 1st deadline but, you see, something horrible has happened. My home has been infested with red dot greeblings. Some of you may know these elusive,...

I'm not sure if this is the right place to do this, I'm heart-broken right now, and need to tell someone about the loss of a friend. Gibby, a short haired tabby, was my wife and my good friend for the past 14 years. We met her at the local shelter on Prince Edward Island, she was already an adult...

I have a cousin who is a nurse and she sent me 30 ways to know you are a nurse. Some funny ones but didn't figure most would want mt to post it here.

We will be travelling for about two weeks in December and our three cats will have to go to a boarding kennel. It almost brings me to tears thinking about this because I know they will be so unhappy, but it's the only option. They are inside/outside cats and love to go out at night to hunt in...