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I've had both sexes over my lifetime and they seem to have an equal chance of being affectionate, but the females seem to be feistier. Kitchy, the cat I grew up with, would drive other animals out of the yard. She and Mici, the cat I had in single adulthood, were terrors if you tried to groom...

This is delightful! You are blessed with these critters! :D

He was indeed beautiful. You were lucky to have him for so long. But I know how it feels; over 2 years ago we had to have our sweet Oreo (also 16 and 3 months) put down because of severe kidney issues. He had stones too, from age 4, and we had to give him prescription food, though in his case it...

Oreo had his moments when he was young too. One of our friends has an herb & spice business, and she gets organic catnip, of which we bought some. We gave it to Oreo in one of those little straight-sided round plastic cups that the frosting for commercial cinnamon buns comes in. Oreo loved it so...

I know this is old, but I too don't like licorice (or anything anise-y). But even though anise is the most common flavor for pizzelles, there are others too: vanilla, lemon, etc. Try looking online for variant flavors. The other Italian cookie that's often anise is biscotti, but there are other...

So many stories... Mackie, our current boy, several years ago scared the bejeebers out of himself one afternoon. I had been to the local secondhand shop and brought home a couple of Victorian-style angels, the kind with hard plastic or resin heads and lush fabric clothing. I was tired so I...

Two years ago we had the same situation with my Oreo. He was 16, true, but he too had kidney failure. He lost way too much weight and had blood in his urine, and it really was the kindest thing we could do for him, but that doesn't mean it was easy. It's awful to see them go, but it's miserable...

You had to remind me of "Jurassic Bark"... :bawling: Yeah, the beginning of UP is surefire. But the one that has the tears running down my neck every time I see it is the Zeffirelli Romeo and Juliet.

Dingtoes was a factory kitten my father brought home from work one day; she became my mother's shadow. People were rather lax about spaying back in those days (and nobody heard of neutering, you'd think), and she had a litter; Kitchy was the one daughter out of 4, and she survived all of them by...

I grew up in a small town in CT, in the days when just about all cats were indoor-outdoor. We had one cat disappear, two killed on the street right in front of our house, one who insisted on returning to the old house after we moved, and one who survived a brush with traffic and lived to be 15...

Mackie keeps trying to get into our closets and I'm constantly looking for him to make sure he hasn't gotten in one before I close it; often he jumps into one while I'm there looking for something and I grab him and toss him out. I'm particularly cautious because back in my single days my old...

I talked plenty about Oreo even as things were happening; I just didn't say it here, because after not being on this site for several months I almost forgot about it. Folks on two other sites (not cat sites) heard the whole thing, as well as all our personal friends and my coworkers. And I do...

I'm so glad you found a new furbaby. Sooty will live on in memory, and as you heal you'll find yourself telling Sooty stories with a smile. And your new little love will be there for you, in her own way. Sooty lived a good long life and was well loved; rejoice in her memory. Meanwhile, that...

Thank you so much for your lovely words. After 2 years it is a lot easier; at first I could swear that sometimes I saw something moving out of the corner of my eye, where I knew darn well our Mackie wasn't; sometimes I still wonder. But Oreo is now at peace, true. I still am amazed at hubby's...

It's been over 2 years since I last posted on this site (yeah, life...) and I realize I never told of the end of my beautiful boy. It was only half a year since I'd last posted. In March of 2016 my husband and I returned from a weekend away, to find Oreo in hubby's recliner, where he rarely...