cat watching birds in window, tail twitching

Ankle Surfers

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Horbie, tiger angora alley brat 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...
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 ?
Da Foose, a silly Himalayan
My man Friday, ca. 5 months old Friday

10-4-02 - It was raining housepets
out there... I opened my front door
to admire the predawn deluge,
and someone said
"Myeaow? Mweoww?"
Ever have one of those Awful Feelings?
Well, there he was.
Love is like that.

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

Horbie occupying my computer chair
Whose computer did you think this was, anyhow?
kitten chasing ball We use absolutely NO PURINA PRODUCTS. Their junkfood almost killed Horbie.

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.

Horbie, wearing chef's cap, carrying bowl of brown stuff with a spoon in it. She says BRAN RULES
Horbie AND Foose occupying my computer chair
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