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Jetson (RB) by
Lesley Madigan
Flippy's Jetson has gone to the Bridge
Lesley
Slave of the Fabulous Furballs
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I Took Her Toy Away by
jmcquown[_2_]
Buffy has lots of toys. Glitter balls, mylar balls, golf balls, mousies
that rattle, soft toys filled with catnip. You get the picture.
Today she was playing with something I didn't recognize... turned out to
be a dead, dessicated Anole lizard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_anole
At...
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Felix gets promoted by
Jack Campin
This story has been in the UK media this week:
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/felix-huddersfield-station-cat-gets-10822899
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/felix-huddersfield-station-cat-goes-10845372
(Felix is on Facebook, I'm...
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Buffy & Birds - "Cat TV" by
jmcquown[_2_]
Purrs for everyone caught in a snowstorm.
It's not nearly as cold as in some parts of the Eastern US (no snow
here) but it's decidedly Winter temps in southern SC. I've been
scattering wild bird seed on the patio the last few days.
Buffy simply doesn't seem to care about birds. Persia was...
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Duffy has hyperthyroidism by
MaryL[_2_]
I have been concerned about Duffy for some time. He has lost weight
(but not as much as most cats his age, according to TED) and he walks
around howling a very loud, complaining sound--not like the cute
"trilling" sound that previously was normal with him. I suspected
hyperthyroidism and took...
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ancient Chinese domestic cats by
Jack Campin
Cats domesticated humans in China 5000 years ago:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160125100118.htm
but they were a different species from the modern domestic cat
(as found everywhere, including China).
Look them up: Prionailurus bengalensis. Pretty little...
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Something lovely by
Joy[_3_]
Enjoy!
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/vnVuqfXohxc?rel=0&%3bshowinfo=0
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US blizzard by
Jack Campin
This looks like being a bad one. Good luck, everybody and everyfurry
affected.
(A friend of mine in eastern Pennsylvania ended up acquiring a
litter of kittens after a somewhat smaller storm a few years ago -
they appeared from nowhere sheltering under her...
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Harri Roadcat update by
Mishi[_2_]
On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 6:22:48 PM UTC-5, Dan Mahoney wrote:
Kitties, I am sad to announce that the sweetest little kitty I have ever
known, Harri Roadcat, passed away this afternoon. She had been battling
kidney failure for a couple of months, and today she finally reached the
point that...
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Me too by
Bastette
Christina Websell wrote:
"Joy" wrote in message
...
Happy New Year! I hope this year is better than last year for everybody.
Me three! 2015 was not too bad for me. I didn't have to have an operation
;-)
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Mouse Mining by
Jack Campin
We just had a few inches of snow. Ollie doesn't often get to
see it and he's decided he likes it. Leaping from one spot in
the garden to another and digging deep into it each time as if
there *has* to be something edible underneath - no luck yet.
However, he's also decided that each shift in the...
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Clipping Claws by
jmcquown[_2_]
Oh, Buffy made it seem so easy! When I first adopted her she'd just sit
in my lap and let me clip, clip, clip. Front and back. It was okay the
second time around, too. Next attempt, uh uh, no way, reorrrw!!
Buffy has never really learned to retract those needle-sharp
instruments. A couple...
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A Cat up for Adoption by
jmcquown[_2_]
Got this message on the Dataw Net yesterday.
There's a woman who moved to Dataw from Massachusetts with a Norwegian
Forest Cat named Victor. Then she left Dataw and moved with Victor to
Beaufort. (That's the "big town" near here. Heh.) Now suddenly she's
announced she's moving "out west" next...
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News from "Science daily" by
Sjouke Burry[_2_]
Found this on Science daily rss feed:
January 6, 2016
Source:
American Chemical Society
Summary:
Over the past three decades, the number of cats diagnosed with
hyperthyroidism has increased. According to research reports, many
factors such as exposure to flame retardants could be...
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I hope this works by
jmcquown[_2_]
If it does, it looks like NIN won't be getting my business next year.
They basically blew my request for help off which is too bad because
they had been so good for so many years.
Hug a kitty! I'll try to catch up if I find out
news.eternal-september.org works (and it looks as if it...
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Buffy is Weird by
jmcquown[_2_]
Okay, all cats are weird. ;) Buffy absolutely *hates* it if I watch
videos on the computer. She'll snap right out of a sound sleep and come
running. She starts trying to climb up the back of my chair to get my
attention.
Oddly, she does not even notice if I turn on the television. I don't...
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A New Buffy Picture by
jmcquown[_2_]
She hopped up on the vary narrow window sill. I wouldn't actually call
it a sill, it's more like decorative trim. But whatever.
http://i65.tinypic.com/wrgrdg.jpg
I snapped a picture. I had no idea why she got up there until I looked
at the picture. Notice the squirrel off in the background?...
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Nice Christmas day by
Christina Websell
Spent a lovely day at my brother's house. Much better now the children are
15, 13 and 11.:-)
It's always my job to carve the turkey.
Dinner was great (always a bit cold, too much to serve at once)
I didn't leave Boyfie for long. I went at 12.30 and came back to feed him at
4 and stayed with him...
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Happy Holidays, Everyone! by
Jill McQuown
I hope everyone is enjoying whatever holiday they celebrate this season. :)
I'm posting via Google Groups because Thunderbird started giving me problems when trying to hit the NIN server for newsgroups. I've been fussing with T-Bird issues for a week. Email didn't work for a while, either. ...
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She sounds like Katharine Hepburn! by
jmcquown[_2_]
Buffy does this funny thing from time to time, usually when we're
playing. She'll start to meow just as she begins to run toward me. She
sounds for all the world like Katharine Hepburn when her voice was
quavering.
Not to disparage that grand dame of acting but if you ever saw the film
'The...
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