I want the author to the book titles below and if you have a website you can nominate it, or you can nominate a favourite site. A modest prize will be given for the first respondent so hurry up and don’t miss out! Remember that there may be more than one book with the same title so scroll down a little, perhaps.

      1.                    Cat Behaviour

2.                   Feng Shui for You and Your Cat

3.                   Know Your Cat

Send your answers to p.dewberry@ntlworld.com

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This is a great video of talking cats sent by Stacy Mantle – turn up your speakers!

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AMAZING CATS

In the first of this new series of cats who have alerted their humans to danger of some kind, we meet Penny who has been in correspondence with Timmy for some time. This is her story as told to Timmy by email. If you have a cat that has warned you about some impending danger, please let me know and we’ll feature the story in a future update.

Here is the link to Penny’s story:

http://www.thedailymews.com/catchat/pennyandtheflood.htm

A’MEWS’MENT ARCADE

Jena in Texas sent me the very humorous ‘Guide to Human Beings’ written for cats. Click on the link below to read what they’re teaching felines these days!

http://www.thedailymews.com/amewsments/guidetohumanbeings.htm

I love anything to do with words, word games, word derivations etc and I was delighted when Mike in Canada sent me this wonderful play on words with ‘cat’ in them.

http://www.thedailymews.com/amewsments/cat-tionary.htm

CAT CHAT:

Life as a feral isn’t an easy one. But sometimes a feral cat is given a new chance and life is never the same again. Read Whatsit’s (Sue’s lovely longhaired feral), story and how life has new meaning for her now.

http://www.thedailymews.com/catchat/whatsit.htm

CUDELL STREET CATS

After losing two cats within a short space of time, Laura Dumm, our resident illustrator took a break to refresh herself. She’s back this month with a sparkling new cartoon strip starring Bogart, the little ginger kitten born to Elsie – the feral. You’ll fall in love with him immediately!  

http://www.thedailymews.com/Cudellstreetcats/bogartthebeginning.htm

ED KOSTRO

Ed never ceases to amaze me at his capacity to reach out to the lost and lonely, left behind animals that are still roaming the streets of New Orleans. Many people think that these animals must have all been rescued by now and rehomed, but sadly this is not the case. There are still many more animals needing homes and if you can find a small space for one (or more) then please click on the big link on the Home Page. Many dogs are running in packs. They are starving and desperate and will rip apart any weakened animal they come across. This poem is a true story about a dog that would not leave a blind cat to fend for herself – he was her Knight in New Orleans. 

http://www.thedailymews.com/poems/knightinneworleans.htm

MEWSERS’ MEWSINGS

Ollie has been up to his tricks again recently and you can read about his latest Greatest Adventure here:

http://www.thedailymews.com/mewsersmewsings/Olliesgreatestadventure.htm

Timber from Maryland, USA, has been in correspondence with Ollie by email and is in total agreement with Ollie’s rantings on food combinations.  Timber, who was 4 at the end of January, lives with his ‘Mommy’, Bridget, who celebrated her 10th birthday the day after Timber. I think we’re going to hear a lot more from Timber in future months as he seems to have a lot to say for himself! To read about Timber’s disgust at cat food combinations, please click here:

 http://www.thedailymews.com/mewsersmewsings/timberscatfooddisgusts.htm

Like I said, Timber has an opinion on a lot of issues, and another one he has aired is on the small humans that share his living space. You can read his views here: 

http://www.thedailymews.com/mewsersmewsings/littlepeople.htm

While I was languishing on the sofa these past few weeks, Sam, Ricky, Billy and Ollie were on ‘looking after Mum while she’s sick’ duty. They had obviously drawn up a rota so that there was always some one with me, which freed the others up to carry out their own personal pursuits until it was time for their shift.

Duties included loudly sniffing my face, particularly my closed eyes, and meowing to see if I was ok, following by a lot of turning round in circles trying to make a nest either on my lap or next to me.  Deep sighing followed if I got up from the sofa for any reason and fresh nest making was invoked when I returned. There were occasional tussles for the cover I had over me, as it was unthinkable, that I – the sick person – should have more cover than the duty feline. What was I thinking! Occasionally there were two duty felines watching me so I had purring in stereo – which is a lovely accompaniment to sleep and probably one of the reasons why I don’t mind these enforced bed rests from time to time! 

Timmy, as always, is with Garfield looking after him but he would stop by each day to check that I had everything I needed and to get a full report from the cat on duty. As Garfield is no longer able to do ‘care’ duties, Timmy would then report back to Garfield giving him an update. Timmy has written an account of his life as Garfield’s carer and you can read it here: 

http://www.thedailymews.com/mewsersmewsings/timmycarer.htm

Included in Timmy’s article is the photo showing Timmy welcoming Garfield home from the vets by kissing him.  He had really missed his friend that day.

In case you missed Ollie’s original article on food combinations (and to see what Timber is referring to) you may want to catch up by reading it here:

http://www.thedailymews.com/articles/prawnsandwhat.htm

NAPPING ON A SUNBEAM

It’s never easy dealing with the loss of a pet, particularly one that you’ve had for many years. Even if a pet has only been in your family for a short while, it has already taken a place in your heart so when that pet moves on to Rainbow Bridge, it’s a hard wrench to let them go.

Ed Kostro wrote to tell me that Tuffy, the little feral cat he found under the crawl space, passed away recently. You can read about her (and all the other animals he shares his life with) in his wonderful book ‘Curious Creatures, Wondrous Waifs’ which is available from Amazon.co.uk/.com and Barnes and Noble.com.  To read about little Tuffy, please click on the link:

http://www.thedailymews.com/NAPPINGONASUNBEAM/tuffy.htm

Ed’s book will be featured very soon in a new section on book and product reviews that I’m adding to the website. It would have been there this month if I hadn’t been so sick – so sorry about that Ed, and all the other lovely folk who’ve sent me books and items to review! Coming soon – I promise!

PURRFECT POETRY

We have some more cat haiku this month written by Diana, inspired by her wonderful ginger cat Jack. (Is it just a coincidence that a good number of the contributors and subscribers have ginger cats!!!! – perhaps I should do a poll of coat colourings!) You can read Diana’s haiku here:

http://www.thedailymews.com/poems/haiku4.htm

The next thrilling and nail-biting instalment of Orlando’s Adventures by Jackie Brooks is also now on site (with a great illustration by Laura Dumm – as always!) – and you can read about him here:

http://www.thedailymews.com/poems/orlandoescape.htm

My cat website recommendation this month is www.thecompletecat.com which is a great site. If you subscribe you’ll receive an e-book in pdf format absolutely free called ‘Pamper Your Pet’. You’ll receive weekly updates from the web host, Glen, who says this: The Complete Cat features The Complete Book of Cats Online. Everything about Cats. Cat Stuff, Cat Articles, Cat Posters, Cat Health, Cat Training, Cat Care, Cat Calendars and more – so be sure to check it out!

For those of you who live in the UK, do you know of anyone who would like to give a good and loving home to a 9 year old ginger and white cat called Tigger? At the moment he has been residing in a cattery since November when his owner was hospitalised. She is now out of hospital but unable to care for him. Five months in a cattery is not good for Tigger and he is becoming depressed so if you think you can give him a home, please contact me. This is in the Kent area but please don’t let distance stop you from giving him a good home. He is a very affectionate and loving cat and I’m sure he’ll settle down very quickly. I would take him in myself, but Garfield needs 24/7 care and I feel that 6 cats in a two-bed roomed house is Purrfect! Thank you.

And finally, a wry observation sent in by Hart Dowd in Canada. He said: ‘I’ve never understood why women love cats. Cats are independent, they don’t listen, they don’t come in when you call, they like to stay out all night, and when they’re home, they like to be left alone and sleep. In other words, every quality that women hate in a man, they love in a cat. ‘

Enough said!!!

Well, I think that about wraps it up for this month. Thank you to all those who contact me on a regular basis asking for Garfield updates, and to pray for both my health and his – it is very much appreciated. And thank you to all those who also send me lots of good links – I can’t always add them because I forget! But one I have added this month is www.catdrinkingsongs.com, which has been sent to me by about 6 different people – check it out – it’s great!

Until next time – take care and have a Purrfect month