Recent Content by kathleenf

Moggie... that's a new one for me. If British Shorthairs have round faces and chunky bodies, that's definitely not the The Farm Cat. His face is so pointed that we called him "funnel face" until a stray comment from the previous owner inspired his now name. He's a very large cat (underweight at...

Hmm, I had no idea these were a pedigree. All of ours are foundlings. They all found me :) -hence the title of the thread.

They are lovely cats. The black and white one is best known as a "British short hair".  They are reputed to be the most even tempered of cats. My Mommy Cat and Farm Cat are both british short hairs. Why would anyone abandon a Siamese? More likely he got lost or found his environment...

Oh blush. Maybe I'll share it privately, it's technical writing for the most part. Sometimes rank but always opinionated, I manage to annoy my corner of the blogosphere. I halfheartedly fantasize about retiring after writing a wildly successful series of ebooks (fiction) but for lack of an idea...

We had to put him down August 30th. Cause of illness remains undetermined. We buried him under a sapling in a pretty spot in the yard. The challenge now... my son is nursing the tree. I have to keep him from watering it so much that the roots rot. He was such a sweet cat. Rotten luck tho.

Updating again in the event this helps someone else down the road. Right has taken another turn for the worse. Lethargic, not eating, blood work is very bad. Vet describes his condition as "guarded" (still trying to figure out what that means). His globulin is literally off the charts (high...

Updating on Right's condition with the idea this may be helpful to someone later on. He was diagnosed with Lupus several months ago. When steroids didn't clear it up, it seemed nasal cancer was left. We declined a CAT scan ($2,000) since it presumes one would do chemo and surgery which we...

I'm flattered by your concern, it shows welcoming better than any other example. Thank you. At to your point; it's tragic that some suffer from that most paralyzing of disabilities having been born without a sense of humor so all one can do is ponder,  pity or perhaps even envy, someone whose...

Hi. I have six cats. I would be a crazy cat lady but I'm married. DH is an engineer; I'm a successful self employed technical writer (18 years). We live in the Southwest on a couple of acres on the fringes of a largish city. All the kitties we have are foundlings; acquired as kittens except the...