HouseOfPurrfection

With only the front bedroom as their world, Desert and Pattern become a little agitated and antsy from time to time, and the windows quickly loose their excitement as the afternoon wanes. Today, Desert sat at the door of the bedroom and mewed and mewed. Then, she came over to me and mewed and mewed [...]

Most of the time, Avita is a well-behaved dog. In the few years that we’ve owned her, she’s earned very few harsh words. Recently, however, she was a naughty dog. Some dogs are forever on the search for food. Well, at least our Avita is always looking for her next meal. We’ve had only a [...]

This past weekend we reached triple digits. And when that happens, we get a house full of melted cats. Therefore, as the cats lie around the house, too hot to move, the HOP becomes very quiet. Well, until the evening when the AC finally goes on. Then, they feel great and dart around the house [...]

Slowly but surely, Desert and Pattern, my brother’s cats, are accepting Muli’s stays in the front bedroom. While the odd hisses and growls still fill the air when Muli gets too close to them, they sleep on the bed with him. Thankfully, Muli doesn’t prefer looking out the window like the girls do, so the [...]

Usually a play on the cat’s proper name, we begin calling them cuter versions of their name. For instance, a friend of mine calls her cat the nicknames, Bear Cub, Honey Bear, Pooh Bear, or Berry. His name is Bear. We can’t help it but talk baby talk to our cats. Since cats respond to [...]

Last week I decided to buy Feliway from our vet to help relieve the stress the cats are feeling since our guests have arrived. Even though our cats aren’t interacting with my brother’s cats, except for Smudge, they can see them through the front bedroom door. That’s been enough to set off growling, hissing, and [...]

A few days ago my brother had to give his cat, Pattern, a fluid treatment for the first time in several months. She used to receive the treatments several times a week just like our Ariel did last year before we had to have her put to sleep. He had hoped that she wouldn’t need [...]

Today’s Pictures of Cats is a real mix. There are a few close ups and several informal photos that I snapped quickly. Cats aren’t the easiest subject to photograph, especially when they’re awake. I can image what it’s like on Safari, lying in wait for several hours or days, and waiting for the opportunity for [...]

Just under one year ago, I began fostering three kittens that, to no one’s surprise, I kept. And, what a wonderful, non-surprise year it’s been. I’ve greatly cherished this past year, raising these delightful kittens since this will be last time I foster or adopt cats for quite some time. And, I can’t think of [...]

When I found one very lucky kitten under an old chest of drawers in our garden shed many years ago, I had no inkling that this discovery would be the first of many in the years to come. At approximately 5 days old, Juga was the only kitten to survive a deadly attack by a [...]