A friend sent me this link to a Yahoo/Reuters story about a four-eared kitten turned in to a German shelter. There are several pictures - follow the link on the thumbnail in the main page, then the link to the two-pictuer slide show. The second of those is a side view that really shows the...

I unplugged the diffuser on Monday because the windows are all open with fans going so I figured it was being mostly wasted anyway. So far all the behavioral changes I noted previously are holding true. There've been a few very minor squabbles but nothing to get in a twist over. If the...

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Fizz was sitting up in his little bed today, looking particularly portly. I commented to that effect, and DH looked up and said "Oh, he's just resting his top half on his bottom four-fifths". It suited Fizz to a tee at that moment. :) -Caroline S.

Hi all, Just had to share this tidbit. While I was printing a document just now, Cesca came over to watch. The expression on her face as she saw the sheets feed out of the printer was priceless--she was mesmerized! If she could have talked, I'm sure she'd have said "Wow! will you look at THAT?...

Was yesterday, and I forgot to mention it! Anyhow, three years ago yesterday, a lovely six month old brown tabby lady came home to live with Pan and me. She was so generous, she even had a surprise inside! I remember Pan was bewildered and intrigued to have a new cat's smell wafting from the...

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Everyday with Francis is special since that fule young vet tried to convince me to euthanise Francis... ohhh... back in 04... insisting Francis's kidneys were shot and Francis had to be euthanised immediately... Alas, said vet was not Australia's finest export :-( Francis is currently "Daddy's...

Well, it's been about a year since that stupid TED said Francis needed to be euthanised due to acute kidney failure. Good job Vernon, Nathan & I stood our ground and it's a good job Francis has ignored TED's pronouncements on not living more than a few days. Francis has his beta-blocker pill once...

Was out in the garden this morning. As I wandered out there, he came to me, live mouse firmly clamped in his jaws. Francis was head and tail held high, full of himself with the result of his successful hunt. I do love it when my sweet boy cat continues to defy the diagnosis of a particularly...

Has discovered that the roof of the new hen house run is a rather good place to sunbathe upon. Trouble is, as soon as I appear with camera, Francis disappears off the roof.

Ready for his close up... Taken in the garden a few minutes ago, at about 15.10hrs http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e236/wafflycat/Francisincloseup230508.jpg

Tomorrow I'm taking him to the vet for a monthly check-up following the kidney fialure diagnosis. Francis will be sporting a fine new collar symbolising his (and my own) notice that he has no intention of leaving this earth yet, especially as he's been rolling in 'nip this morning, purring and...

Francis, my lovely, lovely boy is no longer with me. He died in my arms yesterday, out in the garden, on a sunny day, beneath the branches of his favourite willow tree. He was able to feel the sun on his face and the wind in his whiskers one last time. He was 16 and until very recently, lively,...

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