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I had Tiny put to sleep Tuesday morning, March 10th, 2015, at about 9 AM. She was just over 16 years old, and I've had her since she was eight weeks old. She looked like a little Siamese kitten with faint stripes when I adopted her from the local shelter. By the time she was one year old, the...

I haven't posted any pictures of Zeus and Athena lately, so I thought I would post the latest. They're about 5 months old now. Today is a bittersweet day. We were able to adopt out Zeus, which is great, but we weren't able to place him and Athena together. The guy that took him seems great, and...

It's been a while, so I'm posting some new pictures of Zeus and Athena. It doesn't look like the people we had in mind for the adoption are going to come through, so we're going to have to work on a second plan. In the meantime, I don't mind enjoying the cuteness running around her apartment...

I've been out of town for the last week, so one of the first things I did when I got back was to go see Zeus and Athena and take some new pictures. They really grew in the week I was away and now they look like spindly-legged teenagers. That's so different from the little balls of fur with giant...

Today is the eight-week birthday for Zeus and Athena, the two foster(?) kittens my neighbor is taking care of. I haven't posted any pics for a while, so I thought I would update everyone. They're still running around and playing like little fiends. They both have had runny stools for a few days...

Zeus and Apollo hit 6 weeks yesterday and today the vet came over to give them their first check-up, deworming, and a distemper shot. In the course of the checking, she determined that Apollo is, in fact, an Athena. It's ironic since someone said early on that they thought Zeus may actually be a...

Here are the latest pictures of Zeus and Apollo. They're still changing so fast that it's amazing. They'll be 6 weeks old on Wednesday and they're up to 1.5 pounds now. That's 3X more than they weighed when we got them. It's hard to get good pictures of them anymore because they're always...

Thanks for the nice comments on the last thread. I've been busy this week, so I didn't get a chance to reply. Apollo and Zeus are growing like little weeds. I only see them for an hour or so every day or every other day, and I see big changes every time I visit. They're walking much steadier...

Here are Zeus and Apollo, our two foster kittens, at 3 weeks of age. They're doing very well. We gave hem a bath a couple of days ago and got rid of the worst of the fleas. The tetracycline cream has cleared up the conjunctivitis from their eyes. They're also reaching the point where they will...

My friend Susan is fostering a couple of kittens who are way too young to adopt. They were found abandoned in a field not too far from where we live. There was apparently a third kitten, but it was in bad shape and died shortly after it was found. The other two kittens seem to be doing well...

My Promise is getting more and more skittish and I'm wondering if anyone can offer suggestions. I got Promise as a kitten, and with the exception of maybe the first 6 months of her life, she has always been pretty skittish. My mother has never seen anything other than her (extremely large)...

We have one cat show a year here in Knoxville, so it's been on my calendar for quite some time. It was yesterday, and I really enjoyed checking out all of the beautiful cats and looking at the various vendor booths. The Siamese Rescue Center was selling their Millie beds and I decided to buy...

Monday, we had a big line of thunderstorms roll through that caused widespread flooding. My apartment had a little water run in and I had to tear out the carpet in my office. Instead of putting down more carpet, I asked our maintenance man to just paint the concrete floors so I wouldn't have...

It was early in 2003. I already had two cats and I didn't want another, but my friend was being deployed to Iraq and she didn't have anyone else who could take Tre. I grudgingly accepted and Tre came into my life. When my friend returned from Iraq, circumstances in her life prevented her from...

I was sitting in my friend's apartment and we were exchanging gifts when a furry visitor came up on the roof and raided the bird feeder. He had quite the Christmas feast! Her cats thought the squirrel's visit was a great Christmas present and they sat and stared at him through the window...

I got a flyer in the mail recently trying to sell me a collection of cat figurines. You can the web site for it here: http://www.willabeeandwardproducts.c....asp?code=2355 I think the figurines look really cute and it comes with a display case to match, but I'm a little dubious about it and I...

We don't have a lot of cat shows in my area, so when I heard we had one in Pigeon Forge, TN this weekend, I decided to go check it out. I was really surprised when my friend Darryl who doesn't even own a cat said that he wanted to go, too. There weren't many spectators there (Pigeon Forge...

I noticed a couple of odd scabs on Tiny's face a couple of days ago and I'm wondering if anyone here has seen something like it before. She has two little black spots on her face right between her nose and her mouth. They're very symmetric and if she weren't my cat, I would assume the spots...

I seem to get a lot of solicitations from various charities these days and I was checking out a couple online when I came across a site and thought it might be useful to some others here, especially with the holiday giving season coming up. With charitable donations down due to the recession...

My friend Susan has a great apartment for cats. As if the hardwood floors, clawfoot tub, and feline sized nooks weren't enough, the main attraction is a large window in the living room that opens onto the roof over the porch. Her 3 indoor cats love to spend the late afternoon lounging around...