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[Possegal]

What a gorgeous kitty. She had a lovely life with you. I'm so sorry.

[Possegal]

I thought I had adopted two little kitties, but apparently one is actually a squirrel monkey in a kitty suit. This was in the middle of the night, while I was trying to fall asleep, and yes, it is a four poster/canopy bed. He's name is Finbar, but should be "Get down from there" or "this house is not your jungle gym". He is definitely entertaining, but it's been a while since I've had a kitten in this house. I'd forgotten how crazy it can be!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Possegal, those are great pix!
I remember when Pearl was about 6 months old, and I'd come home to find her up on top of my cuckoo clock, next to the ceiling. No way to get up there except to fly. We called her our flying squirrel, because she was silvery grey. And you've apparently got a squirrel monkey.

[Catrin]

Posse - great pictures, thanks for sharing them I am imagining what it must be like to try and get some sleep with your feline acrobat

[nancielle]

Lisa,

So sorry to learn of your loss of Pearl. You did so much for her to keep her as healthy as possible. I'm sure she's scampering happily across Rainbow Bridge to play with Herald and Patches.

These posts are always so sad. I feel for all who've lost a furry member of their family.

Possegal,

Love the pics of Finbar (and his alternate names!)

[marni]

we used to have a devon rex (huge ears, whippy long rat like tail) who used to climb up on our canopy holder after we were asleep. When he got tired of not being noticed, he would give one warning chirp squeak and then launch himself onto the middle of the bed usually managing to hit one or both of us. When we got rid of the bed, he took to launching himself from the top of a wardrobe about 6 feet away.

[PinkBike]

christmas cats--they look so innocent, but . . . I really didnt know what to do about their first christmas tree, so i wrapped chicken wire around the tree--they climbed the chicken wire to get INTO the tree. love 'em

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Lisa,
So sorry to learn of your loss of Pearl. You did so much for her to keep her as healthy as possible. I'm sure she's scampering happily across Rainbow Bridge to play with Herald and Patches.
These posts are always so sad. I feel for all who've lost a furry member of their family.

Thank you. It seems like quite a few of us have lost beloved fur family members recently.

After this weekend and all the holiday hubbub is over, I'm going to make a visit to our two local shelters to see if there is a particular special kitty that seems meant for us. We don't want Suki to be an 'only child kitty' for too long. And I know Pearl would want us to, it just seems like a positive thing to do any way you look at it. We like having two kitties in the house.

I always feel so guilty though, going to the shelters... all the little pairs of hopeful eyes looking at me- it's so heartwrenching and so hard to walk away from so many of them, knowing you are only going to choose one. i try to erase my guilt by 'sponsoring' a couple of other kitties to help them get adopted too, but I always still remember the little hopeful eyes... Wish there were loving homes for all of them.

[bmccasland]

I always feel so guilty though, going to the shelters... all the little pairs of hopeful eyes looking at me- it's so heartwrenching and so hard to walk away from so many of them, knowing you are only going to choose one. i try to erase my guilt by 'sponsoring' a couple of other kitties to help them get adopted too, but I always still remember the little hopeful eyes... Wish there were loving homes for all of them.

I know the feeling - I went to a shelter twice a week for 3 months looking for my lost kitty. And since I was looking for a lost cat, I had access to ALL the kitties, not just the ones that were cleared for adoption. I finally had to stop going, was so sad.

Good luck finding new fur friends!

[nancielle]

I always feel so guilty though, going to the shelters... all the little pairs of hopeful eyes looking at me- it's so heartwrenching and so hard to walk away from so many of them, knowing you are only going to choose one. i try to erase my guilt by 'sponsoring' a couple of other kitties to help them get adopted too, but I always still remember the little hopeful eyes... Wish there were loving homes for all of them.

I know the feeling as well. Even seeing the commercials on television for the Humane Society of the US & the ASPCA with those pleading eyes get to me. My landlord has been more than generous in allowing me to first adopt Chloe then to take in the two abandoned cats. I know I'm at my limit for pet ownership but when I see those eyes I can't help but think "I'll bring you home." I, too, wish there were homes for all of them.