Cats, cats, cats
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On a happy note..more Kitten Inn babies. Different litters. The little black one is just learning how to play. Love that his mom photobombed the photo. The one on the bottom has been named Angel. She has a permanent smile.
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There's a bit of a heat wave in Napier, about 1/2 way up the north island. And Dusty says, yeah, it's that hot. Dusty belongs to a former KI volunteer. Former because they moved to Napier a couple of weeks ago. Much warmer than Wellington! Dusty has, in my opinion, some of the most magnificent ear hair I've ever seen. His head has always been black; his body was gray when he was a kitten and is now turning more black.
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Kiwi, your plane ride sounds terrifying. Glad you made it safe. I love your pics from the Kitten Inn!
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Very impressive ear hair (and plane ride) hope that you will have a smooth and easy trip home.
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Glad to hear you made it safely. I was on one like that once. Once was plenty.
Really impressive ear hair. We had a young cat at the shelter that had normal ears and those kind of tufts on her head just back of her ears. No one had ever seen that before. Similar gray coloring with white tufts.
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Spookie that reference chart was very helpful and timely, I can imagine now what poor Kiwi had to endure...
Kiwi so glad you managed ok in that cat3 storm! Lovely little Angel kitten. But poor Dusty, he is definitely overdressed for the weather. Oh to be in a heat wave... we are just settling into fall with some cooler temperatures. Here is something we don't see too often at our place... our cats get along pretty well, but they don't usually cuddle with each other. It has been particularly windy, maybe a cat 1, and Prowler and Sweetpea are napping head-to-toe...
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Hi ruth
Love that toy do the cats like it
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Beautiful photo Donna-Dew.
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Hi blondie!
This was one Facebook, too cute.....
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Ruth you found a true micro-kitty!
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For some reason this really made me laugh this morning... thinking these quotes are from the Bionic Man theme song?
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Ernest Hemingway and cats...
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Had to share this little journal entry from Mr. H too... I can think of better cat names lol!!
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Beautiful little crazy cat lady in the making! And proud of it
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Great Halloween Costume!DH and I visited the Hemingway house in Key West in 2005. There are 6-toed cats there that are descendants of a cat that belonged to Hemingway which had a genetic aberration leading to an extra digit (which is called polydactylism). The cats, both 6-toed and normal variety, have a great life as they are totally looked after and have the run of the place (just as it should be).
In fact if you had to come back as a cat that would be a good place to do it.
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Love the pics and the Hemingway. Great Halloween costume! We did land safely; 150 km/hr winds and a flight attendant (and others) threw up). Lots of screaming. And applause at the end. Coming home wasn't as bad. It's always windy coming into Wellington, and bumpy, and miserable. But most of the flight home was good. Thanks for the kind thoughts! Have to go to a meeting, but will have lots of cute KI pics to put up later today!
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Max and Rudy
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Awww..Max and Rudy. How cute! There's a polydac cat at KI right now, and the demand is high for it!
And here's more cuteness. Woody is the one found on the log in the river and rescued by the teenagers. The orange momma's babies are 3 days old in this pic. The others are kittens in foster care at the moment.
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Kiwi, Are there a lot of long haired cats there? They are rarer here. Fascinating fact: cats in Boston resemble cats in Britain, while cats is New York resemble cats in Amsterdam. I liked the Hemingway photos. We had a cat at the shelter named Brett Ashley (female) and didn't figure it out until someone called her a Hemingway polydactal and we realized those are 2 Hemingway characters.
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FeelingFeline, think I will have to put Key West on my long travel-to-do list.
Kiwi! Oohhhh those kittens!!! And a wonderful mom. Just loving them.
Welcome Wabals! Lovely gingers, are Max and Rudy brothers?
Wren, Brett Ashley is a much nicer name than some of those cat names that Hemingway chose for his felines lol!!
There is a book on Amazon about Hemingway and his cats... one reviewer said... "When one thinks of Ernest Hemingway, one usually thinks of a macho adventurer, going on safari, running with the bulls or deep sea fishing, just like the heroes of his novels. One does not often picture him at home caring for stray cats and dogs - yet that's exactly the Hemingway we meet in "Hemingway's Cats." We also meet his four wives and his children, but the stars are the many cats and dogs Hemingway cared for over the course of his life. He often brought home strays, and they became part of his extended family." The hardcover came out in 2006... think I will ask Santa for this one, this is a side of Hemingway that I had never imagined!
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Henry enjoys the fall.
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Oreo does not help with yard work!
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I just gave Rusty his pain medication. Now he has the munchies. Wonder what it's made from.
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Henry and Oreo! So beautiful.
LOL@Rusty's meds.
Newest arrivals, just a few hours old.
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Kiwi - I'm almost totally blinded from so much Kitten Inn adorable-ness. Pass the shades
Ruthbru you take beautiful photos of your cats!
Welcome Wabals what beautiful boys just basking in the sunshine!
Rare photo of Arthur almost looking at the camera:
DS is trying to prevent him ascending the attic ladder - once he gets into the attic he has such fun he does not want to come down.
and here is Arthur impeding more work:
job well done Arthur
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What pretty kitties!
My cats 'help' like Arthur
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Squeakers decided to sleep with me last night - crosswise. We have 2 twin beds pushed together with king sheets & blankets. I spent the night in the crack between them. Tomorrow I'm going to move him to lengthwise and have more room. He wasn't sleeping with us until we got the foster cat, Rusty, who has to stay in a large cage. Now we think he's staking out his territory with an eye on defending it in the future.
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Kitten photos of The Brown Cat. He adopted me and my two kitties (Pistachio and Clarence) when I moved into my new apartment in Miami. He would greet me, loudly, when i came home and stand in front of my door and hop on the windowsill until I fed him. He was so big I thought he was full-grown until I took him to the vet for the first time. Because of a mixup, I had to take him to be fixed twice. Now he is a reasonably happy indoor cat, although he still has some outdoor cat ways, like drinking water from the toilet.
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they always look so sophisticated drinking out of the toilet lol.
My kitties hate us all right now. They are over being frightened from the move but they are mad at us now.
Kiwi, how is Cleo and her baby?
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CAMommy - stages of grief.
Sadness, anger, etc. I'm sure they'll get adjusted. Ours get annoyed with us too.Love the drinking out of the dunny. Too funny. What a lovely kitty.
Arthur is just wonderful. Love him!
Sadly, Cleo's baby passed away. Quite sad and unexpected. It seemed to be doing well, but passed away overnight a few days ago. Haven't had the heart to tell you yet. Cleo was really depressed, but is doing well now. She's been spayed and has a forever home to go to. She's been perkier since she's been spayed. They thought about putting one of the orphans with her, but she wasn't interested, so they went ahead with the spay. Poor kitty. She had so many litters so close together that her abdominal muscles were wrecked and she couldn't push the kittens out. Really sad.
On a happier note...
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