Sad news - Percy has passed away.

Hi everyone,

The mum here. I know I haven't posted at all in the last few years, but I've spent the last few days looking back at all the entries I made with Percy over his first years with me. I'm sad to tell you that Percy passed away yesterday at age 19. He had been poorly with kidney disease for a while, slowly declining, but from August of last year, he'd been losing weight despite everything we tried. He had an ultrasound too, and we weren't sure if it was cancer, but it might have been.

He was the best of cats, and myself and my spouse will miss him very much indeed.

December 21, 2004 - February 1, 2024

If you want to check out some of my more recent posts, with lots of photos of Percy in the last few years, I am on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alyslinn/

Thank you to Ann @ Zoolatry for the beautiful image of Percy:

Sad news. Again.

Mom really needs to update this place more often. But we have sad news. My sister Zowie got very sick with kidney disease and she has now joined her sister Pandora. :( She was two weeks away from her 19th birthday, and we miss her very much.

Sad news.

I am sad to have to tell you this news. My sister Pandora went to the Rainbow Bridge on January 8th, at just over 18 years old. She had a quickly developing kidney disease and our mum had to make the hard decision.

We miss her a lot, but Zowie misses her especially, since they were sisters and never apart. And mum is very sad.

Happy 16th Birthday, Pandora & Zowie!

My sisters Pandora are Zowie are SIXTEEN today!

Making friends with Bismarck

Sort of.

I will admit to hissing at her a bit. But she hisses at me too. We are, however, better friends than she is with my sisters, who tend to hiss *and* growl at her. But we are all getting better at getting used to each other. Mum has taken a few new photos to show how we're getting along.

Bismarck relaxing on Mum's bed.

Bismarck using my scratcher.

She really likes my scratcher. I told Mum we need a second one.

Bismarck and I sharing time playing with the feather toy.

I will admit to also sampling some of Bismarck's food, but that's because Mum doesn't feed us crunchies. Bismarck gets some because that's what she was getting at her previous home and Mum doesn't want to change that too quickly.

We know it's been a really long time!

Mum says she's meant to help us post more often, but she's been super busy with work, and her writing (she has a new book coming out in February!) But I urged her to help us post today, because we have Big News.

Do you remember our cousin, Bismarck? Mum posted pics of her and her sister Freddie back in 2009. Back then, she looked like this:

As a kitten (Feb. 2009)

1 year old

So, Bismarck has come to live with us!
That's right, we have a new sister and we are her new furever home.

Bismarck's parents weren't able to keep her (don't worry, her sister has a home), so Mum volunteered for her to come live with us.

We'll be honest, it hasn't been super easy, because we are not used to having a new cat around, but we are trying our best. It's been less than two weeks, and already Bismarck is out and wandering around with us, and sometimes we even play together. We do get hissy a lot though, if we get too close.

Here's Bismarck today. Mum says she's very gorgeous, especially her eyes.

Happy Birthday Percy!

Mum is a little late posting today for me, but as she gave me extra scritches and cuddles for my birthday, I think I can forgive her.

Thank you to everyone who posted on the previous post with birthday wishes! We hope you are having a lovely holiday season!

Happy Birthday Pandora & Zowie!

Pandora and Zowie are FIFTEEN today! Mum says she can't believe how fast the time has gone. She also says that we're going to get extra stinky goodness to celebrate, and treats too. Perfect!

And we're sorry for not posting. We are doing just fine, but mum has been very busy and hasn't had time to help us blog. She is writing a lot these days, and has had several books and stories published in the last year. (You can check her out on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Alyssa-Linn-Palmer/e/B006X85EFO/ and she is also on BN.com, Smashwords.com and lots of other booksellers.)

Happy Birthday Mum!

It's mum's birthday today! She has to go to work, but we are going to make sure she gets plenty of snuggles when she gets home.

Busy like bees.

Mum has been very busy. She's been writing A LOT.

And now she has a book. Yup, another one. It's the start of a new series. Go here to see it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Game-Rouge-Series-Volume/dp/1484834828/

(it is also in ebook on Amazon, and on Smashwords, and will be on B&N and stuff soon.)

In the meantime, we will try to have more posts up now and then. We are still reading everyone's blogs, but mum hasn't been able to help us comment lately.