Category Archives: pets

the latest from the kitten front

Posted on Saturday, 2005 August 27 by Anton

Pillow, the kitten, has evidently decided that being picked up and carried by the Big Animals ain’t so bad; he even makes a game of it: runs away and then lies down, sometimes repeatedly. I hope you’re not too dismayed … Continue reading →

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the kitten report

Posted on Monday, 2005 August 22 by Anton

Pillow is adding to his repertoire: after a month largely spent crawling under things, in the past day or two I’ve seen him for the first time climbing onto things: a stool, a chair, a coffee-table, my bed. He seems … Continue reading →

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one small step forward, one big step back

Posted on Saturday, 2005 August 06 by Anton

Fluffie, the senior cat, went missing last night. It appears that she got off the roof, sought admittance at the front door (after the humans had gone to bed), and was attacked there presumably by another cat. We try not … Continue reading →

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expansion

Posted on Wednesday, 2005 July 20 by Anton

Last night someone appealed on Freecycle to have a stray kitten taken off his hands. Our perennial talk of adding a kitten to our roster had recently become more serious; so, in short, we are the new guardians of a … Continue reading →

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if you keep a cat, or keep two or three

Posted on Thursday, 2005 February 17 by Anton

Do yourself a favor: never buy Swheat Scoop cat litter. Some litters absorb pee and make a non-smelly solid lump. Swheat Scoop makes a smelly sticky lump whose consistency resembles that of my oat-cookie dough. It’s a bitch to clean … Continue reading →

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sleeping arrangements

Posted on Thursday, 2003 December 04 by Anton

I’m quite pleased with my new Coleman air-mattress. It replaces one from Greatland [Target’s house brand] which was rather less like a bed than like a quicksand pit. Later: The air-mattress apparently succumbed to Fluffie’s claws as she scrambled up … Continue reading →

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escalier à chat

Posted on Sunday, 2003 September 28 by Anton

At ten years, Fluffie considers herself too mature for the four-foot jump to a favorite perch; so I improvised a stairway from a couple of crates, and am gratified to see her merrily hopping up and down it.

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