Desert Tortoise Hibernation Season
November 19, 2009
Michelle T. -- PetSmart Charities The weather in Phoenix has finally stopped hitting the 90s, and should be dipping into the 40s this week (at night). This is the time of year that my low-maintenance desert tortoise becomes even more low maintenance, but requires some very specific care. As soon as the weather reaches the 30s at night, I need to …Read more »
Helping the Helpless
November 12, 2009
When I was a kid, we acquired all of our cats as strays. Many were just tossed out at our house, where they inevitably became members of our family. It was always too hard to resist the new kitten who was hanging around the garage or yard. Eventually, and sometimes without our parents’ permission, my sister and I would leave …Read more »
A Solution to No Lap Cats: Cold Weather
November 5, 2009
I always wanted a lap cat. Kate is a wonderful cat, and she cuddles and she purrs and she will even groom my face if I rest near her, but she is not a lap cat. She is a next-to cat. Before Duncan, she would sit on the back of the couch while I watched TV, or possibly curl up …Read more »
Kitty Cat Kate
October 29, 2009
Michelle T. – PetSmart Charities, Inc. My cat, Kate, is spoiled, but for good reason. I got Kate on my 19th birthday, during the summer after my freshman year of college. She was born in May under a shed, where two mother cats had litters about a week apart. Kate was part of a litter of four, and there were three …Read more »
Alice in the Family
October 22, 2009
Michelle T. - PetSmart Charities, Inc. Alice is the most recent addition to my household. She’s a white-faced robo dwarf hamster, and she’s about the length of my thumb. She has big shoes to fill.
And Kitten Makes Three
October 19, 2009
Michelle T. -PetSmart Charities, Inc. I’ve had cats all my life. Growing up, we always had at least three cats, and sometimes more. When I left home for college and lived in the dorm for a year, I felt that dorm room was extremely lacking without a feline companion. Even before I secured my own place for the second year of …Read more »
