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Horbie Adorable The cat with cute that can't quit Chief ankle surfer Copilot of dreams She who must be obeyed She who... snores like a three hundred pound man... |
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Da Foose Mousewatcher General Pussquatch, the Big Squeeze Seems a trifle dain-bramaged some times, but he's really just a tad socially challenged What can you expect from a Fluffy mOOSE ? |
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Friday
10-4-02 - It was raining housepets
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Horbie was three months old when she found me. As I write this (6-11-01) her 13th birthday is less than two weeks away. She survived past her eighth year only because I wised up and began feeding her raw meat. At least five times a day she drags me into the kitchen to chop a fresh snack. And I'd just better NOT sprinkle too much of that vitamin-etc. powder on it! I think my next pet will be a hermit crab. She doesn't have to worry about Foose getting to her food dish first. He thinks he's a vegetarian. He thinks tuna is a vegetable. Da Foose was Horbie's Christmas present 10 years ago. She told me to take him back. She got over it. Up until then, I didn't know she knew those words. Foose's "real" name is Sinbad Angelfood Ambrosius Puddinhead-Jones. Much too long for him to remember. He comes when I call his (short) name, but he comes faster if I say "marijuana". He is a hopeless catnip-junky |
 Whose computer did you think this was, anyhow? |
We use absolutely NO PURINA PRODUCTS. Their junkfood almost killed Horbie. |
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LITTERBLOG Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002 - We get the bad news, Field Fresh litter is no longer to be had from Pet Warehouse. And the good news. Well, any money not spent counts as good news. But what are we going to poop on? Mommy surfs the pet side of the web for a while, and sees that all the alternatives are even more expensive, mainly due to shipping costs from more distant places. Mommy also sees that among the many substances used in the manufacture of doo-doo-stuff, wheat bran turns up pretty often. DING! Thursday, Feb. 7 - The Expedition is underway at last. Judy-who-talks-too-much takes Mommy to the co-op. 50 pounds of bran, at a whopping $8.17 with tax, joins us in the car. Then we do all the second-hand and antique shops in the neighborhood. Home again, with bran, doodads, a vintage quilt (hey, it was on sale!), and a nice chuck roast for Horbie... now we'll see. A couple of hearty scoops of bran mixed with the remnants of FF and the old bunnyfood pellets in the litterbox, and cross the fingers. A bowl of dough with lots of bran, oodles of raisins, and a touch of molasses and honey quietly rises in the background. Doing penance for the quilt, I walk back to the grocery store with my checkbook and get more meat for Horbie. |
Fri. Feb. 8 - Yeehaaah, it clumps. And the floor is no worse off than before. Sun. Feb. 10 - Some last words. The Great Bran Experiment is truly a success. Not only do the kittles have a very effective poop medium, but I will never be constipated again as long as they live with me. It doesn't track and scatter any more than other more expensive products. Might even help the furbs to pass their hairballs if they lick it off their paws. Can't ask for more. 
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^^Q ^^Q ^^Q I'll put some links here if and when I get around to it. MESSYBEAST CAT RESOURCE ARCHIVE Horbie's favorite Cat creation story  Rainbow Rescue of Wisconsin
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