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Hi Y'all, It's been quite awhile since I've popped on here, but you guys are the ones I think of first when something goes wrong.  I guess I'm that friend who only calls when they want to cry about something, and I'm sorry for that.  I should have just titled this post "My Worst Nightmare Has...

So the slight tensions of integrating two new guys into the existing three-cat household have escalated into a big mess.  :(  TCS, I hate that I only seem to pop around when I need you, but... well, I need you!!! My initial post for advice when I adopted Remy and Finn is here.  Despite all my...

So, a few weeks ago (August 30), I adopted two new guys to round out the kitty crew here at the house. I've done the intros fairly "by-the-book" (scent exchange, meeting through a screen door, Feliway) and we're up to the short interaction periods now. Essentially, things are going fairly...

Hey y'all So much happening, new job (since May - such a relief to be back to work!)... and now new fur-family members. I've been lurking around for the past few days going through threads for info, and thought I'd introduce my new dynamic duo, since I also have a question about coloring...

Wanted to take a second to drop by and say hello...hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season! This was Jack and Kiri's first Christmas with my crazy family, so of course my mother had to subject them to "Playing Santa Claws"... Sophie-Ann was having NONE of that dress-up nonsense. She...

Here is pretty Kiri (story here)... And a few newer Sophie/Jack pics for good measure! Jack's extremely odd sleeping position: Sophie-Ann, just sayin' hello: Interrupted in mid-cuddle:

I've been taking a break from the computer for awhile, and I've been meaning to drop by TCS for the past few days...well, now I have some news that I had to share with my fellow cat lovers, so I couldn't delay any longer. Sophie and Jack have a new sister. I've been wanting one more cat...

One year ago today, when I got out of bed, I thought I was a dog person. I didn't know the first thing about cats, nor did I have any plans to get one anytime soon. Then I heard a tiny cry for help, and stumbled upon a terrified, dirty little ball of fluff that changed all that. This was...

I've been mostly lurking for the past week or two...very busy, very crazy. My mother has shingles (it broke out on her face, of all things - very painful), and both of the dogs have been *extremely* ill with some mystery stomach bug (or possibly something they ate)...bloody vomit and diarrhea...

Today (Tuesday 6/13, for clarity's sake, since we're scattered across multiple time zones!) is the day I selected to celebrate the birthday of my handsome boy Jack. Buddy Boy, you had me at first glance. I walked towards a huge wall of cages, and you caught my gaze immediately with those...

Could use some opinions from those more experienced than I...I do a lot of research about all aspects of taking care of these two troublemakers, and nutrition is the one thing that I'm really just not confident about. I've been solid on wet food for a long time now. I selected Wellness for...

"Whaddaya want now, woman? I'm tryin' ta nap here. Nag, nag, nag!" Sophie-Ann! Mama bought you a new kitty tunnel! Err...Sophie-Ann, dearest? That isn't actually the tunn...oh, nevermind. (For the record, she does actually love the kitty tunnel, which is covered in a fleecy...

There have been few photo-ops lately (mainly because Sophie and Jack are too energetic to sit still for pictures!), but I have a few items to share. Sophie's TCS picture (note the computer screen in the background!). Believe it or not, this was not planned - if it had been, I would've...

We always bought our dogs Frosty Paws frozen treats as a birthday treat. I keep my kitties on a pretty strict diet, but my sister's two male cats are having their first birthday today (they are littermates), and she's talking about buying them the feline version, which are called Cool Claws...

I never seem to have the camera handy to take video when he does this, but my mother managed to catch it on her camera phone sometime yesterday. He does this several times a day, sometimes for 10-15 mins at a time. http://s873.photobucket.com/albums/a...0607001539.flv The video sums Jack up...

Although I'm less than a year into cat ownership, I've had pets my entire life. To this day, it never ceases to amaze me how they enrich our lives, how intuitive and supportive and loving they can be. Last Wednesday, I had to put my 13+ year old yellow Lab, Cassidy, to sleep, after she had a...

Today, I had to say that final goodbye to my sweet Miss Cassidy, my 13.5 year old yellow Labrador. Cass was a 16th birthday present from my parents and grandmother, after I begged them endlessly for a puppy of my own for nearly a year. I still remember my first glimpse of that pink-nosed...

I've been busy lately, but I always find time for pictures! First, we have Sophie bird-watching with her "other" best buddy...Nika the malamute/collie. They moved before I could get a side shot showing their faces well - but the size difference (I think Soph is maybe the size of ONE of...

Was inspired to share this by the Can't Black Cats Meow Normally thread in the "What's New, Pussycat?" section. I adore Sophie's tiny little "girly" meow! http://s882.photobucket.com/albums/a...gry20kitty.flv Anyone else have video/sound of their kitties talking? I love their little voices.

So, I woke up this AM to a crash...Sophie somehow worked her kitty bed all the way to the edge of the chest of drawers and both bed and cat went tumbling. Gave me an awful scare! They usually land on their feet when they fall, but if she's IN her bed, and tangled up in it, I have nightmare...