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Donner on this, the first day of spring

March 20, 2010

Donner reminds me of a vampire. I’ll look up, and he’ll be sitting with this tail curled around his front paws just watching. I’ll blink, and he’s gone. Then I’ll think, “Did I just see him?” He also doesn’t seem to like the mornings – which I can relate to 100%. He’s much more active [...]

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A little Donner update

March 16, 2010

One day I will get a photo of Donner completely in focus. But this one is the best I could come up with. Last Saturday was Donner’s first week with us. He’s slowly (well, to me, anyway, but I’ve heard other people say that it’s taken months for their kitties to feel comfortable in their [...]

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We found the way to Donner’s heart.

March 9, 2010

The way to his heart? Bacon. I was cooking up some bacon for dinner tonight, and looked up, and there’s Donner at the doorway to the kitchen, sniffing the air. This is amazing because this morning we found him all tightly tucked into a little ball in between the couch and the wall. But we [...]

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Back to normal

January 5, 2010

Oscar’s become a very good pal. Over the last few months he seems more confident around people that visit and he’s much friendlier with us. He’s a bit more tolerant of being patted on the tummy now and it turns out he likes Frisky cat food over the fancy gourmet Turducken we bought him (at [...]

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Only 3 more sleeps

November 24, 2009

Oscar has been very patient with his Shakespeare collar on these last few days. However, this morning was the first time he pretty much refused to keep it on. He was up early this morning flicking it off with his paw. I’d put it back on and pop! Collar off again. Mike finally tightened it [...]

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