Category: Catblogging
Ripley R.I.P.
Ripley We adopted Ripley about 14 years ago from the Orphans of the Storm animal shelter about 10 miles north of Chicago. We had been thinking of getting a kitten, but we decided to get an adult cat, in part because most people pass them over in favor of kittens, but mostly because when you… Read more
Poking Holes In the Cat
So, lately my wife and I have been poking holes in one of our cats. Our brown tabby, Ripley, is getting on in years, and we’ve noticed he’s been resting more, eating less, and generally just slowing down. We figured it was just old age, but in January he suddenly got much worse, so we… Read more
More Pictures of Hotch
[Update: We renamed this cat “Beezle” (includes video of him playing).] I was going to blog about the President’s speech, but look! Kitty pictures. Hotch Taking all these pictures of Hotch is proving to be more difficult than I expected. For one thing, the color balance is all over the place. The room is actually… Read more
Meet the New Cuteness
About 10 years ago, my wife had just adopted Ripley, and we were thinking of getting a kitten next, and we thought it might be fun to get a purebread kitten. We weren’t sure what breed we wanted, so we did some research on the web and at cat shows. Eventually we settled on the… Read more
Dozer R.I.P.
Dozer My big fluffy Ragdoll cat Dozer passed away this morning. We got him from an amimal shelter in 2002 when he was about seven years old. We discovered him in a cage outside the adult cat room. He hadn’t been brushed regularly, so he was the fluffiest cat I had ever seen. I remember… Read more