R.I.P. Tigger

R.I.P. Tigger

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It was a sad day today. Tigger was taken to the vets and put down. He'd been having thyroid problems for a while and he lost loads of weight. It was for the best really, save him from suffering any longer. In honour of Tigger and his legacy, I'm going to repost an old article from a couple of years…

Smudge was acting strangely

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When we woke up yesterday morning, we were greeted by a cat curled up at the bottom of the bed. Usually when one of us goes to step over Smudge, she bolts, but this time she didn't. Jane got down and had a closer look, Smudge was clearly out of sorts. At first she was holding her leg funny, not…
All about Tigger

All about Tigger

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Also known as:Tig Tig-tig Tiggy Tiggidy-tig-tig Fatty Toothless Toothless wonder Fang Oi Shh Shut up Tiggerus Plonkerus MaximusBless. Most of those names were given to him by Jane's family, before I knew him, so don't blame me for their apparent cruelty. Tigger then. He's about twice as old as our two, but instead of calling him old, I like to…
All about Gizmo

All about Gizmo

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Also known as:Giz Giz-giz Gizzy Gizbo Gizzy-bo Gibby Gibbles Gibito Gib-gib Jib-jib Boy-boy Orange L'orange Skinny Runt Skinny runt Boney Wuss Ginger bitsHe has a lot more nicknames than the other two! So, what can I tell you about our orange boy? He's quite a large cat, not fat, just kind of stocky, long limbed and athletic looking. He has…
All about Smudge

All about Smudge

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Also known as:Smudgey Smudgit Smudgkins Smudgey-moo Fluff Fluffy Fluffit Fluff-bag Fluff-bum Madam Moo-moo Moo-moo-kins Princess Princess Moo-mooI don't have a favourite when it comes to our cats, but if I did, it would be my Moo-moo. It was love at first sight, I think, mutually. When we went to collect Gizmo we knew we were only getting one of them,…

Moving worries

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I'm worried as to how the cats will take to a new environment, especially one with another cat, a baby and a small, excitable child in it. They are quite nervous at the best of times, but hopefully the lure of a nice big garden to play in will balance things out.