Pet of the Month Archive

June 2026 Pet of the Month

Name: Duchess, aka “The Grey Ghost”, aka “Stink”, aka “Baby Doll”, aka “Duchy Duch and the Funky Bunch”

Breed: North American domestic short hair

Likes: Supervising; showing butt in video conference calls; darting into spaces as doors are closing; sitting on laps; ninja training; sitting in Amazon boxes; chomping on clear packaging tape on Amazon boxes.

I meant to do that.

Dislikes: Closed doors; phone calls […]

May 2026 Pet of the Month

Name: Percy

Breed: Russian Blue

Likes: Food, especially freeze-dried salmon and “Churu” treats; snuggling with family; napping; warm laundry; stalking wildlife from the porch; watching “Cat TV” on YouTube.

Please feed me!

Dislikes: Being hungry, being cold, dogs, vaccinations, air travel, loud noises, hairballs.

About Percy: Friendly and loyal, Percy loves spending time with his human family and Sit-A-Pet pet sitters. Don’t let his sparkling personality and […]

April 2026 Pet of the Month

Name: Dash and Skooter

Breed: Birman

Likes: Skooter greets every visitor at the door at full speed, completely unbothered by who they might be. Petting and chin scratches are simply non-negotiable priorities. He is equally passionate about his morning treats (which are, in his professional opinion, Delicious) and his naps, which are sacred and not subject to negotiation. Skooter may be brave, but Dash is wise. […]

March 2026 Pet of the Month

Name: Ziggy

Breed: Domestic short hair

Likes: Food (highly motivated), toys, bird watching on “cat tv” in the backyard, all the sunny warm places, playing with her awesome cat sitter Chris!

Leave the back door open so I can go in and out to check on the birds!!

Dislikes: The vacuum, the cleaning lady

About Ziggy: Ziggy is the youngest, and quirkiest, of my three cats. I […]

February 2026 Pet of the Month

Name: Effie, Miss Effie

Breed: DSH Tuxedo

Likes: To sit on my lap and motor purr. To swat her new brother Mica’s butt to instigate zoomie chases.

I love you Mom and I miss you, but I am happy and loving my new home.

Dislikes: When Mica doesn’t want to play, and he tackles her.

About Effie: What is unique about Effie is her mom was my […]

January 2026 Pet of the Month

Name: Schmoo (Schmooey, Schmooington, Schmoobalooby, etc)

Breed: Domestic Shorthair (Orange tabby)

Likes: WET FOOD, belly rubs, heating sources (including laps), bed time, and “new smells”, also loves the sound of my manager’s voice, changing apartments, back scratches, inanimate objects, burying under the sheets

Why are you not feeding me the good stuff?

Dislikes: The litter box, tepid water, stairs (at first), when Nate and I kiss, […]

December 2025 Pet of the Month

Name: Ember & Mazzy

Breed: Domestic Shorthairs

Likes: Anything string/rope-like, chilling in the hammocks in our catio, chattering at the birds & squirrels, treats!, our human’s lap, chasing my sibling, jumping from the floor into my human’s arms to be carried around like a baby on her hip (Ember), climbing into the walls to hide and scare my human (Mazzy), greeting our human at the door […]

November 2025 Pet of the Month

Name: Cookie

Breed: Phelsuma madagascariensis Kochi or Koch’s giant day gecko

Likes: Loves basking under her heat lamp, crazy about crickets, adores attention, keeps her cool meditating on the Buddha, has a secret crush on the Geico gecko (love that accent!)

FEED ME! NOW!

Dislikes: THE CAT!!, hates being called cold blooded (she has a warm heart), THE CAT!!, tank cleaning time, THE CAT!!, if her […]

October 2025 Pet of the Month

Name: Stuart (the “Hoover”) Ingold

Breed: American short hair gray

Likes: His wet food treat; being combed and brushed; belly kisses and rubs (when he is in the mood!)

Just a reminder, it’s meal time. (And the time of day does not matter!)

Dislikes: Having to wait for his meals; being gently restrained so that his sister can finish her food before he swoops in to […]

September 2025 Pet of the Month

Name: Mabell, aka Queen Mabes

Breed: Domestic Shorthair Brown Tabby (generic cat, I guess!)

Likes: Churu treats, meowing with great intensity, scritches on the head, belly rubs from her chosen human, sleeping underneath the bed or on her heating pad by the window, dragging her feather wand into the bedroom at 3 am and loudly announcing that she’s the best hunter, and not paying rent (LOL)

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