A cat with an uncanny ability to detect when nursing home patients are about to die has proven itself in around 50 cases by curling up with them in their final hours, according to a new book. Story from the Telegraph.
Lilith
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It’s cold again, which means many cats decide that the bed with the warm, goosedown duvet is the place to be overnight. Of course, it’s the place *we* want to be too, so there is an element of shoving, and territorial squabbling, between cats and blobs.
Lilith has decided that where she [...]
quite possibly the last photo my D70 will take
Originally uploaded by ramtops
Henry is prone to paddling in his water bowl (no, I don’t know why). He also likes to do an Arthur on his food, spearing bits on an elegant claw and eating them from there.
This morning, I put a load of dried kidney [...]
Pete and I went out last night, and when we got home, circa 10 p.m., Iggy was sitting on the back of the armchair, watching out of the window. I tapped on the glass, and over 15 seconds or so, Henry, Ron and Lilith all turned up – they swarmed over the chair and the [...]
Don’t try this at home.
The weather is cold, cold, and the cats are In. Iggy, in particular, hates the cold weather, and won’t go out unless we put him on the other side of the front door, where he rowls mournfully for several minutes before travelling round to the back door, (hopefully) doing his business en route. Unfortunately, we [...]
Apologies for the lack of cameras for a few weeks – we needed to wait till the Tribe had found their favourite places before we installed the photographic equipment.
Two catcams are now online, and the other two will follow real soon.
Iggy in the study
Originally uploaded by ramtops
He seems to be settling in reasonably well now :)
On 21st November, we moved house from North Somerset to Kingston-upon-Hull, in East Yorkshire. This involved someone – me, in fact – drawing the short straw and driving the five cats 230 miles.
We put the older two in a cattery – I felt that if they were around while the removal was going on, [...]
