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Our little tiger

Wednesday, January 9

When we were at the Tiger Temple recently, we couldn’t help but miss our fat orange cat (whom we had checked in to the Pet Hotel). Looking at these photos, you can see why we were reminded so much of him.

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Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or [...]

Worried sick

Monday, February 5

Gizmo had to have his bad eye removed last Friday.
Two weeks ago, we noticed that he had an abnormal amount of discharge from his left eye, in which he is totally blind. So after work, I rushed him to the vet and was told that Giz had developed a cataract and there was some inflammation. [...]

Goodbye, old cat

Wednesday, October 11

We got back from Australia last night and I received some distressing news – Bujaz was in hospital, and had been since Friday. Apparently, his kidneys and liver were failing. Mum didn’t want to tell me while we were away.
I just got the call. He’s gone.
I remember how he used to wait at the [...]

Proud parents!

Saturday, August 12

We’ve adopted.
He’s 3 months old, and we’ve named him Gizmo. We had been contemplating getting a cat for a while now. This afternoon, we trotted over to the SPCA to see if the stork had a little bundle for us.
We were initially looking at a little white and ginger fella, but were told he wouldn’t [...]

My boys

Monday, May 1

One of my favourite boys turned 17 today. That’s 84 cat years. Thought he might like some gourmet rodent as a special treat but the possum and venison stuff that I got for the fusspot didn’t quite cut it. Comet, my other favourite boy, happily wolfed down the strange stew. Comet will be 10 this [...]