Tag: Rescue cats
Posted on December 20, 2016
by Susanne Swanson
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This is Benji and Sue asked me to tell you about my good fortune. When my mama delivered me and my brothers and sisters it was into a home where forty other cats already lived with human Cat Mama. From the start I knew… Continue Reading “Daily Prompt: Fortune”
Posted on December 11, 2016
by Susanne Swanson
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“Hey Benji,” I said. “I’d like to take some pictures of you to submit to American Rescue Cat magazine. They’re looking for their next Cover Cat. You’d be perfect. Just pretend I don’t have a camera.” “Sure! Love to!” he replied. “How’s this?” “Hmmmm,” I said. “Very… Continue Reading “The many faces of Benji”
Posted on September 6, 2016
by Susanne Swanson
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Glimpses through windows and sniffs under doors. The suspense builds as the promised meeting of the two kitties remains on hold. Our new Benji is living in quarantine while recovering from an upper respiratory infection. The highly contagious virus (to cats not humans) was… Continue Reading “A Tale of Two Kitties ~ the waiting continues”
Posted on September 2, 2016
by Susanne Swanson
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Sue here. Time for the Tiger and Benji update and it’s all slow. That’s okay. We’re in it for the duration. Our new Benji has been on the premises for a week now and he’s the sweetest, softest, tiniest kitty boy imaginable. But the… Continue Reading “Tiger and Benji ~ the unexpected and the waiting”
Posted on August 29, 2016
by Susanne Swanson
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Allow me to introduce myself to you. This is little Ben and I am new around here. What a long week I have had in my short life! Where shall I begin? First of all I got captured. Captured! (“Rescued,” if you prefer.) I… Continue Reading “From the desks of little Ben and the Tiger”
Posted on August 26, 2016
by Susanne Swanson
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Day 1 – Sue here. As I sit in my office on the third floor of our home, Tiger is relaxing nearby. After a final deep cleaning behind the ears (who can sleep with dirty ears?) he’s ready to call it a day and… Continue Reading “Introducing little Ben – the Tiger Cub”
Posted on May 6, 2016
by Susanne Swanson
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After we first arrived at our new home to begin the third of our nine lives, Bob & Sue put us in our own little room where we had everything we would need. They brought in Shadow’s piece of carpet and rolled it up… Continue Reading “Tiger ~ musings on the early days”
Posted on April 30, 2016
by Susanne Swanson
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This happened some years ago after we’d first arrived at our new home. I was relaxing on Sue’s desk and had just finished cleaning my toes under the fading light of winter sun…. when I felt a strange tingling in my neck and had… Continue Reading “From the Tiger’s Mouth – Outside at last…”
Posted on April 27, 2016
by Susanne Swanson
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Our sweet Joey had died unexpectedly at the age of four. (Who knew cats died of heart failure?) I was still hurting when I learned about two cats who needed a home. They were ordinary cats their former mistress had told me, but sweet. … Continue Reading “Brothers – Tiger and Shadow”