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Dear Pammy, My kitten won’t stop.

I often get post ideas by looking at what people are googling for. A recent one made me smile: my kitten wants to wrestle the other cats all day Dear Readers, Yes. Of course they do. see more Lolcats and … Continue reading

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Keeping our cat in “kitten mode”

How do we keep “the kitten” in our cat? Neoteny is the part of domestication where we choose animals for, and encourage them to retain, their juvenile qualities. In many important ways, we don’t want these animals to grow up. … Continue reading

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Tristan becomes a small deer

As seen here, playing with Reverend Jim, Tristan has reached the “Thompson’s Gazelle” stage of his development. Those little legs, (kinda vestigial when we first got him at the age of three weeks,) have suddenly lengthened and given him much … Continue reading

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