Name: Duchess
Breed: American Shorthair
Likes: Chasing shadows (in lieu of birds); tummy rubs and ear scratches; cuddling on the bed at night with me and her sibling.
Dislikes: Having her nails cut!
About Duchess: Duchess and her twin brother George are exceptional because they are PURE white; no markings anywhere. The only difference between […]
Name: Tulip
Breed: Bengal
Likes: Belly rubs, being brushed on her cheeks, her cat brother
Dislikes: Being picked up, having her nails cut, loud noises
About Tulip: Tulip is a four-year-old Bengal cat, born in New Hampshire. She has very soft fur with a marble pattern that glows silver at the tips. Like most cats, Tulip […]
Name: Woody Hammelman
Breed: Barn Cat/American Shorthair/Tuxedo
Likes: Brushing; napping with Mom; chasing my brother all around the house; sitting on the very top of the kitchen cabinets and looking down on the world. Oh, yea, and biting Mom’s toes (hard!) if she wiggles them under the blanket.
Dislikes: Hate it […]
Name: Arlo
Breed: Domestic long-hair
Likes: Playing with plastic straps that my mom gets when she orders 5 reams of paper at once. Sitting on special paper my grandma gives me from packages she gets. Sitting in my special box that I have in every room. Playing monkey-in-the-middle with a ball that my mom and dad roll or throw in the living room.
Dislikes: The […]
Name: Rosie
Breed: Domestic short hair (?)
Likes: Sitting and lying in and on everything including the arm of the couch (my family call me a “hood ornament”); boxes, sinks, baskets, under the Christmas tree, beds and of course laps. I love to lay curled up in front of the fire when it’s cold out and stretched out […]
Name: Miss Kitty
Breed: Domestic Shorthair
Likes: Playing with stretchy hair bands — paws down The. Best. Toy. Ever. Being outside (when my people are home). It used to be fun to climb the willow tree but now I like to hang out under the […]
Name: Comma
Breed: Domestic medium-hair tabby? Unsure
Likes: Sprinting around outside. Using tree trunks as scratching posts. Sleeping for hours in piles of leaves
Dislikes: His food bowl getting low on cat chow, being left alone too long, having his ears cleaned
About Comma: His family adopted him five years ago from the Baltimore SPCA. They chose him because […]
Name: Satchmo, AKA Satch, Sassmo, and “The.Best.One”
Breed: Debonair Jaguar. Or Polydactyl Tuxedo Cat. Depends on who you ask–Satchmo or his humans.
Likes: Drinking from a dripping bathtub faucet is a big favorite. He likes being around his people–he’s like a dog, the way he hangs out with us. He likes to have an audience when he […]
Name: Chester
Breed: Cheetah (aka grey mackerel tabby)
Likes: Bonito flakes!! “Dry brush” after breakfast; treats anytime; paw massages; my moms; tabby tussling with my sister Armstrong; exploring the hallway of my building.
Dislikes: The cat carrier (which normally means the Vet!); the Dyson vacuum (very scary); being disrupted when I’m lounging or resting; when my mom goes out of town (but I […]
Name: Mabel
Breed: Domestic Long Hair Fuzzball
Likes: Spooning with mom; lap naps; grooming myself likes it’s my job; wrestling loudly with Oskar (kitty roommate) to get mom’s attention so she’ll FEED US
Dislikes: Oskar (he’s a stinky, clumsy boy!); human paws where I’ve just groomed (ahem); being moved out of mom’s bed
About Mabel: Mom had just lost her dear old tomcat Handsome and […]
