"According to The International Cat Association (TICA), the first effort to breed a wild cat with a domestic feline was in 1963 when Jean S. Mill "invented" the Bengal by crossing a house cat with the Asian leopard cat to create an animal with, "the loving nature of a favored fireside tabby and the striking look associated with leopards, ocelots and jaguars.""
- Shevonne
from Bookmarklet
Oh my gosh, Noah has been an absolute terror this evening! I think I used half a spray bottle of water trying to keep him off the counter tops & bird cage over the last 5 hours :o/ Do you think adding some citronella to the water would help?
In short: he was a stray in a bad way, they think he got caught in the fan belt of an engine. They kept him comfy for a couple of days whilst trying to locate his owners, but nobody came forward. He ended up having to have two legs and most of his tail amputated. He has recovered amazingly and is getting around well on his remaining two legs. The cost of his surgery has been completely covered by public donations, and there is a loooooooooong list of people hoping to adopt him once he's completely recovered!
- Headless Gnad Kicker
I got to meet him last week when I was at the surgery, and as well as being absolutely gorgeous, he is such a sweet, smoochy boy who didn't seem phased at all by his lack of limbs. He just wanted the scritches and cuddles to keep coming. <3
- Headless Gnad Kicker
PS. Noah makes an appearance on the page also at Kitten Kinder last week ;o)
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Oh my sweet baby kitten. Rachel, you capture the essence of all your fosters with your photography skills. I would love for you to make a foster calendar because 2014 needs one and so do I!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
LOL Janet. I will think about it. Most of these are just iPhone photos, I don't know if they get big enough for printing. I need to get good photos for these guys. I've been working so hard keeping this little guy healthy, the extra photography hasn't been a top priority. This photo is so Slater though.
- Rachel Lea Fox
That reminds me that I need to order a new glow ball for Plum and Sophie's track set. Not that they don't play with it anyway, but it was cool.
- Katy S
"Tuesday marks the close of National Poetry Month, a 30-day celebration of all things versified and all people versifying. And in tangentially related news, for more than eight months, a book of cat-themed poetry — I Could Pee On This — has perched on the NPR best-seller lists. There it sits, insouciantly swishing its tail amid self-help books and memoirs, the poetry world's sole representative on the list. Gazing at this collection of "poems by cats" week after week, I wondered: What is it about cats and poetry? Poets gaze out rain-streaked windows, write with fountain pens, drink tea, : So goes the stereotype."
- Fish Are LIES
from Bookmarklet
While reading something on Facebook, I followed a link to a Discovery program with a cat therapist. The situation was two cats that used to get a long great but one day it all changed and the one started going after the other. He was saying that it was a sort of displacement of a threat the cat couldn't go after...it would "blame" the cat it was with at the time it felt threatened even...
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- Spidra Webster
Plum normally starts growling after she sniffs Sophie. I suspect that the eardrops the vet gave Sophie are the culprit, and it isn't as bad as it was, but I can't really clean out the insides of her ears. I've washed the fur all around her ears and the rest of her, but that isn't enough, apparently.
- Katy S
I just watched the beginning of the video. It really isn't close to that bad. Plum actually goes over to her and keeps sniffing her, but then something smells bad to her and she growls and goes away. She hisses if Sophie comes closer to her, but she hasn't attacked yet.
- Katy S
I'm glad it's not that bad. I just mentioned it because you said that reaction had never lasted this long before.
- Spidra Webster
It's never happened at all before this. Normally when they return from the vet the find a quiet place and curl up together. The only thing Sophie had different was the eardrops, so I assume that's the problem.
- Katy S
Poor Sophie. :-( I'm sure she will trust you again after time.
- Fish Are LIES
Oh, Sophie came over a bit ago and sat on my lap. Plum was already there. She started growling and left.
- Katy S
"Cats doing aerobics? DDB Chicago's amusing new video for Temptations cat treats is likely to blow up the Internet. No wonder Temptations-eating felines have the leg muscles to be able to cling so ardently to their owners. Check out the Work It Kitty website, where you can download the song ("I Don't Wanna Dance," recorded by Alex Gaudino, featuring Taboo) and learn more about the cats in the video. Ask your veterinarian if you're healthy enough for the Work It Kitty workout. Not recommended if you're on drugs, like those fools in JWT's Litter Genie spots. Credits below."
- Jessie
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