Archive for 'August, 2009'

Chippy Jack Russell

Chippy the Jack Russell is treated as an honorary cat after spending his entire life around cats; but now the Cats Protection League in Stroud, Gloucestershire in the UK is seeking a home for him.

Chippy was taken into the charity at the same time as several cats were brought in from the same household.

Liz Dart, who is fostering Chippy, said: “At first we were told he was 19, blind and deaf but that wasn’t the case. We couldn’t leave Chippy behind because he had lived with cats all his life. I suppose, having always lived among them he just doesn’t know any different. He never learned how to be a dog

“He goes to bed with Annie, one of the other cats, as they are very close and ideally we would home them together. She’s very protective of him. He didn’t really bark and still uses a litter tray now. He has chewed up a toy mouse – whether he was responding to cat nip on it, I don’t know. He eats dog food now – goodness knows what he ate before.”

It is now thought that Chippy is around 14 years old. Although he doesn’t mind children Miss Dart thinks a quieter home would be better suited for this old, gentle dog.

If you’re in the Gloucestershire area and you want a dog that gets on with cats, Chippy could be the dog for you. And if you could make room for his best friend Annie you could make an old dog very happy.

Boris Badenov

Go and meet the many fabulous kittens available for adoption at this event. These kittens have been in foster care, waiting for their furever homes. Click on Petfinder to find the cute kitties like Boris Badenov who are looking for homes in Seattle.

 This event takes place on:
Sunday, August 30, 2009, 10am – 12pm

Where
Seattle Animal Shelter
2061 15th Ave W
Seattle, WA 98119-2727

CLICK HERE for Seattle Animal Shelter website

Full details at http://www.seattle.gov/animalshelter/calendar.htm

Search on Petfinder

Cats come in an amazing range of colours, even kittens from the same litter could be quite a mixture; a cloned cat might not look the same as the original.

Tabbies, pointed and solid-coloured and mixtures of all of these. Tuxedo cats, cats with socks, tortoishell and calicos, but which do you have?

Purrfect Playhouse

The Purrfect Playhouse is just what every cat needs. A cat gym to suit cats of all ages.

JUMP! CLIMB! SCRATCH! PLAY!

That’s what your kitties will do when they see their new Purrrfect Playhouse Kitty Gym!

6 levels to play or lounge on, three 18″ seats measured diagonally, and a cozy enclosed condo for napping or hiding!

This cat furniture FEATURES

• 72″ Corner Cat Condo
• Solid wood Construction
• 6 Levels of play
• Enclosed condo with 8″x10″ door opening
• Feature a lower step for declawed or disabled cat to enjoy their new cat tree
• Hand-made in the USA

It is available for quick shipment within the USA.

Tortoiseshell Kitten

Four tortoiseshell kittens were taken by a local charity to Karen Home, a veterinary surgeon in Harpenden in the UK for vaccination. As she was examining the kittens Karen found, to her amazement, that one of the four was a male.

Karen said “As a vet I can tell you that it is genetically impossible to get a male cat that is tortoiseshell coloured.

”My colleagues and I have 30 years of experience between us and we have never seen anything like this.”

Mrs Home has since adopted the kitten and called him Eddie after Eddie Izzard the cross-dressing comedian.

She said: ”I feel like the luckiest vet ever just to see a tortie tom cat, and even luckier to have him live with me.

Of eight million pet cats in Britain only two a year are born male tortoiseshells. Male cats, like human beings, have only one X chromosome in their DNA meaning that they should be unable to inherit different colours.