MEWSLETTER 10: May 23, 2003

by Pauline Dewberry

Hi Everyone and a very warm welcome to all my new subscribers. I've had several new peeps this past week so I feel very much like a Mother Hen gathering her chicks under her wings for protection!

May has been a very wet month so far. A friend recently came back from a holiday in Spain and hasn't had a single dry warm day since then. In fact it was hotter here in the latter part of March and throughout April than it sometimes is in our 'real' summer months.

None of the MEWSERS like the rain very much and will only go out if they are desperate. If we have torrential rain lasting for a day or more, I usually bring out the litter tray so that they can do their 'thing' in privacy under the dining room table. I mainly do it for Garfield so that his arthritic bones don't have to creak too far in the wet but he is the most independent of all the cats, preferring to go outside. I give him a good rub down afterwards with a towel especially for his use, which he enjoys, and then he'll spend ages having a leisurely wash to restore himself.

The trouble with having a litter tray under the dining room table is that you can bet your bottom dollar that you'll just be sitting down to a long awaited meal, or even a cosy intimate supper for two, and one of the cats decides that NOW is the very moment to do a stonking poo! You can read about Timmy doing this very thing here:
http://www.thedailymews.com/articles/throughthecatflap.htm

Ollie has written another instalment of his diaries. You can read it here: http://www.thedailymews.com/articles/kittendiaries4.htm

Such is the popularity of the diaries that fame has gone to his head and he is now recognised out in the street! I discovered that he goes out the front now – the thought of which terrifies me as I have already lost 3 beloved cats to the traffic outside my house. Ollie's benefactor, PetShopMan, advised getting ID disks so he and Sam are now sporting their medallions with pride. The others will also be getting theirs very soon.

If you are thinking of getting ID disks for your pets, it is not a good idea to have their name put on as someone could call your cat, take it in, take off the collar with disk, call it something else and within a short space of time your cat will have forgotten his previous name. So just put your door number and postcode (zip code) on one side, and your telephone number on the other side.

Other news on the site, there is a poem on the PURRFECT POETRY page written by a friend of mine. To read it click here:
http://www.thedailymews.com/poems/kittenfun.htm

There is a CAT STUFF section which is new where you can click on to advertisers to purchase their products. And there is a new Amazon.co.uk link for general purchases on the home page that you can click on.

Something to make you think twice if you're one of those people who think female cats should have at least one litter before being spayed: http://www.thedailymews.com/catneutered.htm and http://www.thedailymews.com/didyouknow.htm

Coming soon! Advance notice of a new section called CAT CHAT where you can post your articles and anecdotes about your own cats to share with others. Some of you I know have dogs and cats that co-exist together. Have you any stories that you can share about how they get
on together? Anecdotes/articles up to 1,000 words will be accepted, so please submit them before June 17th.

Well that's it for now. I hope wherever you are the sun shines. There is nothing nicer than watching a sleeping cat stretched out in the sun, enjoying the warmth on its body. Get writing for next time!

Take care, and until next time, have a PURRFECT week!

Pauline, your feline friend
And the Mews Team

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