Show us your pets!

[skhill]

Here's the birthday boy! This morning he shared a celebratory can of tuna with is feline housemates, and this evening they'll be having a catnip party.

Calling today his birthday is kinda arbitrary-- his mother was one of our many street cats. But just before Halloween 2001, something happened to his mother. So one day, this scrawny, starving kitten walked up to me and my dog in our yard, and said "help!" Moses came into the house, had a big meal and some water, got hissed at by my cat, sniffed by the dog, and never left. The vet said he was born at the end of August, and he might have died of starvation in a few days if I hadn't taken him in.

Now he's a very big guy, and he's going to make sure he never risks starvation again. For a fixed male, he has strong maternal instincts-- when Joe joined the household a few years ago, he still wanted to nurse. This little kitten would latch onto Moses' non-functional nipples and go to work, and Moses would just lie there with a blissed-out look in his eyes...

[indysteel]

Happy Birthday, Moses!

And, Beth, your cats are gorgeous. What a pair!

[RubyTuesday]

Awwww...... Happy Birthday sweet boy. What a sweet face!

[bmccasland]

So today I adopted a 14 week old kitten, who remarkably looks like Moses in the post above. I'll get a new photo tomorrow, maybe. She's currently in the guest bedroom, trying to get settled. Tomorrow I'll let Calypso and .... meet. Her name from the shelter is Yelena - which I think needs to change.

She and her litter mates were turned in to a no-kill shelter, then fostered for 4 weeks in the Pets for Prisons program. I have a log from her Foster Mom. She seems shy, is usually hiding when I've gone in to check on her, but I can coax her out after a couple of minutes for some petting and play.

Then when I get home the organizational part of my brain kicks in and I remember that I'm supposed to go on a business trip the week after Labor Day. oops. Have to make boarding arrangements for Calypso and Her - or may leave New Kitty at home and ask my neighbors to check on her and just board Calypso (we still have that pooping outside the litter box problem , so I don't want her to be left home when I'm gone). New Kitty is a proper lady, and uses the litter box.

[bmccasland]

Quick search, and it's a Russian name that means "sun ray" or "shining right" if one believes what one finds on Google.

Still not sure the name will be kept, but she does have a pretty face.

[Reesha]

Well, my rooster Terrence got picked off by an Owl on Thursday morning. I woke at 4:50 in the morning to horrible chicken distress noises and when I came out he was gone.

RIP Terrence! We shall miss you, your silence, and your emo 'comb' over.

[smilingcat]

That's horrible! Lot of people are losing their backyard chicken lately...