2025 Pets of the Month

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)

August 2025 Pet of the Month

Name: Buttercup (aka, Pumpkin Kitty, Peanut, Sweet Pea, Honey Bun)

Breed: Orange tabby

Likes: Chin scratches, relaxing on the heating pad, eating Greenie’s tuna treats, making biscuits, sunbathing on the window ledge, chirping at birds, sharing her opinions with humans

YEEHAW!!!!

Dislikes: The doorbell, manicures and pedicures, lawn mowers, trips to the vet, suitcases, being picked up

About Buttercup: Buttercup was adopted from the Fairfax County Animal […]

July 2025 Pet of the Month

Name: Miss Penelope, but sometimes called Queen Penelope

Breed: Devon Rex

Likes: Sunbathing, Playing Fetch, Turkey and Treats, Sitting on Owner’s Lap, Sleeping on Freshly Warm Laundry, Sometimes Cuddling with Dr.Bartok (the “Other” Kitty)

Give me sunshine, rubs and love on me! Pets please!

Dislikes: Human Food, Cold Temperatures, Bathtime, Nail Trimming, Getting Ears Cleaned, Competing for Pets with Dr.Bartok

About Penelope: When we first got Miss […]

June 2025 Pet of the Month

Name: Alice Roosevelt, AKA Allie

Breed: Domestic shorthair, tuxedo

Likes: Sleeping and eating, and being held. She loves her sitter, Arlene.

I simply don’t understand why you can’t read my mind.

Dislikes: Other cats

About Allie: Allie is 18 years, 3 months old, just two months younger than Larry, the cat. Larry is the chief mouser at #10 Downing Street. Allie, like Larry, does not suffer […]

May 2025 Pet of the Month

Name: Lemur

Breed: Orange Tabby

Likes: Food, chasing the laser, rolling in catnip, my sitter Sugar, snuggling on the couch, being brushed, watching the birds through the window, and napping

Feed me! Pet me!

Dislikes: Being picked up, having my tummy rubbed, strangers, sudden movements, the vacuum cleaner, going to the vet

About Lemur: Lemur was adopted four years ago from 4 Paws. Little is known about […]

April 2025 Pet of the Month

Name: Kali

Breed: American shorthair

Likes: Eating cobwebs; sniffing the outside air that comes through by the door hinges when a door is open; riding on her human’s shoulders; getting attention while pacing up and down the stairs; kneading on her human’s stomach; watching the automatic blinds go down

“Where’s my treat?” (right after receiving one)

Dislikes: Folds in blankets on the bed; if her sleeping […]

March 2025 Pet of the Month

Name: Molly Pitcher Agen

Breed: Dilute Tortishell

Likes: Temptations, Churu, the idea of going outside, birdwatching, flowers, laundry, flushing the toilet (which has led to some uncomfortable conversations/explanations when I’ve been on teams calls upstairs and then Molly just randomly flushes the toilet)

I want to play! No, not with that toy, the other one. Ok, I’m done. Got any treats??

Dislikes: The doorbell, actually going […]

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