After being on 24-hour watch and intravenous fluids for several days at the emergency hospital, Freda’s attending veterinarians felt she was finally strong enough to be sent home to Tabby’s Place where she was eagerly welcomed by the staff, volunteers, and a very excited me. I couldn’t wait for everyone else to meet this sweet […]
If an adult wants to push metal objects through parts of their body (the woman on the left has 720 piercings), that’s fine with me. But, come on, leave the cats alone.
There are many great aspects to my job of running Tabby’s Place, but one of the best is having cats for officemates. I’m guessing that outside of home offices there are not many cats in offices. So I was planning on a blog post about my officemates, since not many people get to enjoy this […]
“The Gra-dy bunch, the Grady bunch…” So Jonathan came singing – gleefully - into the Community Room. Knowing that we’ve been waiting for results from Grady‘s weekend CT scan – and knowing that nothing makes Jonathan merrier than good news for a cat - I spun around immediately. “Is there news about Grady??” Dear friends, you bet […]
Yesterday I received email with the news that Smurf, a Tabby’s Place alumnus, “went to Heaven on Friday, March 6, 2009.” I was greatly saddened to hear this … my mind flashed back to the day Smurf came to Tabby’s Place.
Freda was rushed to the emergency hospital on Sunday shortly after her arrival at Tabby’s Place. Words can hardly describe the state of this poor girl. Clearly an older adult, she weighed in at just 3.5 pounds.
I don’t know about you, but I can’t resist an article that (i) has a photo of a cat playing a guitar, and (ii) starts with the phrase, “Originally known as the “Rat Lady of Chicago, …”” .
When I was a kid, the term “geek” was an insult, denoting someone with an unusual or odd personality, and usually the looks to match. (The term originally referred to a carnival perfformer who did disgusting acts, such as eating chicken heads). The internet boom changed all that: a hundred million dollars quickly made a geek into […]
Breaking news: Nuttin is devastatingly handsome. Or at least he no longer holds the title of “ugliest cat in the world.”