Archive for September, 2009

Seems the AARP may want to spin off a sister organization, the AARP-II. According to an article in today’s MSNBC, dogs’ and cats’ lifespans are keeping pace with their human caretakers’. In short, genetics and nutrition are the main factors behind the increased lifespan of our pets. I would argue that the growing prevalance of keeping cats indoors also has added years to kitties’ lives. I’ve had two cats to reach 19 and several others live for 15, 16, and 17 years.

Guess it’s time to open an IRA for Spot and Fluffy.

Read the whole article to learn more.

…it’s falling apart, but they love it. It’s the feline equivalent of Martin Crane’s favorite armchair (for you Frazier fans), and it makes me think of an old car up on blocks in a redneck’s driveway.

But “this old scratching house” was given to me by a dear friend when her last cat died. It’s been enjoyed and scratched to pieces by kitties who were young when I first brought it home and who grew old and have passed on. And now yet another generation of cats are scratching it, hiding in it, and climbing on it.

I’m guessing it will be a fixture in my office room until the last fiber of carpet is clawed off.

We’re under construction.

When Catpuke returns, we’ll be a blog. You can look forward to wild and woolly tales of the dark and humorous side of living with cats. And there will be plenty!