Showing posts with label furbaby friday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label furbaby friday. Show all posts

Thursday, December 16, 2010




IT’S FURBABY FRIDAY!

Today we meet a very happy kitty family that belongs to Etsy shop owner, Jennifer, from

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Jennifer will receice 50 FREE TWEETS for being a part of Furbaby Friday!


I have had cats in my house since I moved to CT from PA. It started with finding a pair of black kittens in a junk yard that were only 4 weeks old. Merlin lived to be 20 years old (he went to cancer) and Corner lived to be 22 years old (it was her time).



Bagherra is a 12 year old black and white tuxedo kitty. We found him at a local lumber yard in a bird cage on the counter when he was about 7 weeks old. The guys that worked there found him on the steps that morning. My husband took him out of the cage, and he climbed up his arm, curled around his neck, purred, and would not let go. So he came home with us. He is the shy kitty but loves to wrestle with Buster.




Buster P. is the 18 lb tiger with HUGE paws. He is 8 years old. We found him under a dumpster at my old job. He was curled up on some trash where he somehow avoided being hurt when the dumpster was picked up. He was only 6 weeks old. I took him to my vet who said he was fine. Buster loves to clean our noses when we hold him in our arms.




He also loves to curl up with Lilu.


Lilu, Pooka, and Morgana, the three sisters, found us at the CT Human Society. They are 3 years old.


Lilu is a tiny tiger that weights about 8 lbs. She looks like a 6 month old cat. She likes to follow us from room to room. When she is happy she moves her tail ALOT!! She will climb anything!




Pooka is a tiger that weighs about 8 lbs also. She is small like her sister. She should have been a soccer star. She can get anything with her paws. She, too, will climb anything.




Morgana is a tiger with orange areas under the tiger stripes and weighs 10 lbs. She is a big mush kitty. She loves to roll on her back and play with a string….and is another climber.



Morgana and Lilu


The three girls will race through the house while the two boys just watch them. They all are great joys to have around. Cats are like potato chips. You can't have just one!

Jennifer makes the cutest stuffed kitties in her shop!

Visit, and you’ll probably end up longing, as I do, for your own!

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FURBABY FRIDAY is dedicated to our much loved furry (or not so furry!) animal friends that enrich our lives and world and make us better people!

If you are an owner of an Etsy, Artfire, or other online shop with a pet and would like to be featured here, please follow me and leave a comment with a link to where I might contact you. Those chosen will receive 50 free Tweets of advertising the following week.

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Thursday, November 11, 2010





IT'S FURBABY FRIDAY!!

Naomi, from HyperspaceHippo.etsy.com, and her two kitties, Gromek and Peanut, have wonderful 'happy ever after' stories to tell us today!

She will receive 50 FREE TWEETS next week for being my guest today!




GROMEK
Ahhhh.....right there...yeah...now a little to the left....ooooo purrfect!

My sister is a veterinarian. One of the veterinary technicians working at an overnight emergency clinic had gone out to buy food for the staff. When he was walking back to the clinic, a cat followed him. He left the cat outside and went in. Over the course of the night passers-by rang the doorbell to the clinic several times thinking a cat had escaped! Eventually they figured out that this kitty was not planning to leave and they brought him in and neutered him, intending (on the boss’s orders) to release him the next day. Luckily for Gromek they kept him, and once I met him I knew I had to take him home! He was such a sweet, laid-back kitty that I knew he’d be able to handle driving two hours back and forth with me to visit home on weekends. He was about a year old. The first day I brought him home he actually climbed into my lap, and I knew I’d picked the right little guy!



PEANUT
....just showing you my fine looking tummy!

Five years later, my sister emailed me a picture of a tiny little cat that had been brought in to the clinic where she works. He looked about 6 weeks old and had only one good eye. My boyfriend and I weren’t sure we wanted another cat, and we definitely thought Gromek would not be pleased. We were sure such a young kitten would be easily adopted, so we said no. Almost 8 months later, the poor little guy was still stuck at the clinic! They had heard a heart murmur and knew he would need an echocardiogram and preferably a visit to a cardiologist to be sure of his prognosis. A few people had considered adopting him, one of whom could not afford the specialist visit, and another of who said they would euthanize him if he had a heart problem. Needless to say, I ended up going to meet him, and we took him home. We got him his (expensive!) cardiologist visit! Peanut is now a year old, and will need another echocardiogram in a few months, but so far, if his heart problems don’t get worse, his prognosis looks good.


I LOVE to cuddle! Sometimes I squeeze between my mom and dad on the couch. And burying myself under the bed covers is always fun!



This is my cousin. When I first moved in, I used to attack him when he came over. But now we are good buddies...in fact, we are cuddle buddies!



I am VERY smart! My mom taught me to sit for my treats. Chicken and tuna are my faves...YUMMMMM!




You can't see me! This is one of my special hiding places.



Another fun hiding place. I bet Mom won't have a clue I was here!!



It's true I only have one good eye, but I have gotten pretty good at jumping in the house. See that sofa Gromek is on?
I'm a bit of a klutz, but I am famous in our house for leaping up to the back of the sofa . . . and disappearing over the other side! But I do it again and again....and sometimes make it on!




At first Gromek and Peanut did not get along and we kept them separated only allowing for short interactions. We kept at it, rewarding them with games, pets, and treats whenever they were near each other, and separating them whenever things got too stressful. Now they get along . . . at least as well as any pair of human siblings. Gromek still thinks Peanut is pretty annoying. Peanut likes to bat and chomp on Gromek’s ears and tail. But Gromek lets him get away with it now, and might move away if things get too annoying. They play-fight now instead of real fighting, and will bounce and jump over each other and chase each other through the house until someone gets tired of the game. After a long time of being unwilling to be in the same room, they can now even share some of Gromek’s favorite windows, and I recently even caught Gromek grooming Peanut!


Along with her beautiful cats, Naomi also has beautiful jewelry! You can find her work at her Etsy shop

and see more photos of her work on her own website:

Follow her on twitter and at her blog as well!

Please click these lovely photos to visit her shop!








FURBABY FRIDAY is dedicated to our much loved furry (or not so furry!) animal friends that enrich our lives and world and make us better people!

If you are an owner of an Etsy, Artfire, or other online shop with a pet and would like to be featured here, please follow me and leave a comment with a link to where I might contact you. Those chosen will receive 50 free Tweets of advertising the following week.



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