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About a month ago my Winnie and Jessie were engaged in their usual horseplay, but something went awry -- Winnie was not himself -- no eat, no drink -- so, off to the Vet we went. It turned out he had a lump in his neck -- i could NOT believe it -- what in God's name happened? -- did he swallow something? -- it turns out Jessie probably bit him --… read more

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I really enjoy cats -- watching them -- they amuse me, unintentionally, of course. Not long ago, Apple and Hannah (son and mother) were sitting at the glass door looking into the back garden -- out of the blue, Hannah gives Apple a whack on his head with her quick paw -- for no apparent reason! -- Apple looks at her, then looks away continuing to … read more

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It's September and the weather has dramatically cooled -- during the hot and humid summer days the heat was visible by just observing my sweeties' fur. Now, all is back to normal -- their fur doesn't seem to stand on end. Mind you, their place was relatively cool. They love their cardboard boxes and I, from time to time, move them about and chan… read more

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It has been terribly humid lately -- my sweeties seem to manage -- they're terrified of thunder though, even remote and muted thunder -- they run for the hills and you couldn't find them, no matter how you tried. I want them to perform in a terrible way -- the vision is slowly forming in my mind's eye -- when i see other cats perform, it genuin… read more

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It's rather humid lately -- everyone is waiting for the rain -- decided not to do any outside work because of prediction of rain -- still, no rain. I did a thorough vacuuming of my sweeties' quarters -- on a daily basis, i usually just sweep, which of course is better than not cleaning up at all. But, vacuuming is the best for stray hairs and lit… read more