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| Frodo passed away on May 2nd 2000 |
| Pippin passed away on July 9 2008 |
| Sammy was befriended and sent for adoption on September 29 2008 |
| Merry passed away on January 25 2019 |
| February 2-16, 2009 | Disaster strikes!
Merry becomes very sick, and the diagnosis from the Morden
Veterinary Clinic is that he has caught a serious
virus: Feline
calicivirus (FCV). On February 13th, he is
doing so poorly that I prepared to take him for his 'final
journey', but my vet suggests patience -- which is
rewarded that same day by a noticable improvement.
Ultimately, Merry recovers. Moral of the story:
introducing a new cat into a family containing an
un-vacinated older cat is asking for a mess of trouble! |
| January 24, 2009 | It was time to add another
cat back into the family, and after a visit to the
friendly Pembina
Valley Humane Society, Theo was brought home. |
| September 29, 2008 | The poor stray cat had re-appeared, having survived the winter of 2007/2008. I named him 'Sammy', and created a short web page for him on Sammy's Page. |
| July 9, 2008 | Much to my saddness, Pippin has passed away! For a memorial page, please see Pippin's Page. I am grateful that he was able to spend at least some time in his new home in Morden. |
| May 27, 2008 | A major event in the lives of Pippin and Merry -- moving from their Winnipeg city home to the town of Morden (120 km) |
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Cats packed in cages, ready to leave for Morden -- and already crying to get out! Notice that the cats have grown large enough over the past 8 years that they now require two cages, instead of the one that brought them here. |
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Cats in 1985 Honda Civic CRX, newly arrived in Morden -- petrified and wanting to get out of those cages! The human driver is frazzled from listening to cat howls for over an hour. |
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Cats and myself in destination Morden driveway -- a stressful trip for both man and cats, but finally over! |
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First "calm" cat meal in Morden. |
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Cats checking out one of the sunny window sills in their new Morden home. Pippin is the bold explorer, while Merry is the ever-cautious observer. |
| OK, I admit it -- I make up
silly poems and sing them to my cats. They get a
kick out of it, and I get the mental exercise of making up
rhymes :) To start off, here is one that I made up
lately (September 2003): |
| The Two Cats that Lived by the Sea There once were two cats that lived by the sea Their names were Pippin and Merry They lived with a man whose name was Dare He gave them the most wonderful care The cats would eat and sleep and play It didn't really matter if it was night or day Sometimes the man would pat their fur And then those cats would meow and purr They lived many years very happily That man and the cats who lived by the sea |
| A Cat Pat Song Pippin and Merry They are my cats Pippin and Merry They like their pats Pippin and Merry How do you do Pippin and Merry Go smell my shoe |
| I Wish I wish I wish I wish I wish I was... I wish I was a cat! Then I would lay All the long day And I would have No bills to pay! I wish I wish I wish I wish I was... I wish I was a cat! Merry and Pippin, How are you? I've gotta go now I have work to do! I wish I wish I wish I wish I was... I wish I was a cat! |
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| Sept 22, 2000 | Cats adopted from the Winnipeg Pet Rescue Shelter. Here are a few pics! |
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Here they are in their Pet Rescue Shelter cages (bottom cage)... |
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Here they are with their first looks inside their new home... |
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Here they are resting in their new favorite chair (I will have to find another place to sit)... |
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Here they are as good wrestling buddies... |
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Here they are as good grooming buddies... |
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Here they are as good hugging buddies... |
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| The internet contains multiple
'charts' to help one calculate the age of a cat in
human years, and they are not all the same. The
java applet above (arbitrarily) uses the first one
that I came across. |
![JPG pic of Pippin & Merry in Rescue
Shelter (bottom cage) [CLICK FOR LARGER]](http://darethehair.net/catsshelterb.jpg)
![JPG pic of Pippin & Merry in new Home
[CLICK FOR LARGER]](http://darethehair.net/catshomeb.jpg)
![JPG pic of Jack & Ernie together [CLICK
FOR LARGER]](http://darethehair.net/merry_pippinb.jpg)
![JPG pic of Pippin & Merry wrestling
[CLICK FOR LARGER]](http://darethehair.net/buddiesb.jpg)
![JPG pic of Pippin & Merry wrestling
[CLICK FOR LARGER]](http://darethehair.net/buddies3b.jpg)
![JPG pic of Pippin & Merry sleeping
together [CLICK FOR LARGER]](http://members.shaw.ca/dmenns/palsb.jpg)