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Top 10 Pet Shops in Chennai Best Dealz For You

1- Tamed Pets – Velachery | Pet Store

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Pet store

Address: 9B LIC colany 1st cross street, Taramani Link Rd, Velachery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600042

Areas served: Delhi and nearby areas

Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 11 am

Phone: 09092772233

Tamed Pets – Velachery | Pet Store – We are the only EXOTIC PET SHOP and the best PET SHOW ROOM in Chennai and is also one of its best kind in INDIA and other countries. We provide exotic pets for sale in Chennai and delivery across INDIA. Pets Include, Budgerigars, African Love Birds, Quaker Parakeet, Cockatiels, Lories, Sun, yellow, blue, Janday Conure, Eclectus, African Grey Parrot, Bluegold Macaw, Greenwing, JardineParrot, Meyers, Senegal, RedLored Amazon, Orange Wing Amazon, Pionus, Moluccan Cockatoo, Lesser Sulfur Crested,Reptiles like Turtle, Tortoise, Iguana, Beard Dragons, Frilled Dragons.Syrian Long hair Hamsters, Russian Dwarf Hamster, Common Gerbil, Angora Rabbit, Guinea pigs, Hedgehog.Cats like Persian, Mainee coon, Siamese. Quality Dogs of all kinds

https://www.tamedpets.com/

2- GV PET SHOP

4.4 (198)

Pet store in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Address: No.90 Kasi estate Shop No 2 ground floor, West Jafferkhanpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600083

Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 9:30 am

Phone: 09940366336

GV PET SHOP – Beautiful,Puppies🐕,Kittens🐱, Birds cages, Hamster, Guineapig,🐰Rabbit, 🐦Birds, 🐦 Pets food and Accessories all available good price. 💐 Pls visit our shop😍😍

3- Lovely Pet shop

4.5 (607)

Pet store in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Address: SH49, 1/27, East Coast Rd, Kottivakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600041

Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 9 am

Phone: 09941434285

Lovely Pet shop – Shop with varieties of foods for all pets and even vet medicines. Quality of food is good compared to other shops and prices are reasonable but not cheapest.

4- New Tom & Jerry Pet Shop

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Pet store in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Address: No.15/37, Sayee, Krishna Nagar Annex Rd, Chinmaya Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600092

Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 10 am

Phone: 08144912340

New Tom & Jerry Pet Shop – Welcome animal lovers to Tom and Jerry, Our aim to provide wholehearted care and service to pet and animal lovers. We are having all the range of pets in our shop. We always ensure the quality of the breeds. Our services were done by experienced staff

5- Oliver pet shop

4.8 (46)

Pet store in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Address: 27F5+W67, 3rd Cross St, Ramakrishna Nagar, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600028

Hours: Opens soon ⋅ 9 am

Phone: +912224923125

Oliver pet shop – We fix pets- dogs, cats, goats and bunnies! Our products cover and help a wide range of domestic animals. India’s animals have access to professionally crafted products. Which means the wheelchairs, knee braces, elbow supports, harnesses and splints are all approved by veterinarians. All ready to use medical aids. Always consult with your veterinarian to know what is the best device for your cat or dog. Because pets are like people, each one has a different need and ailment.

6- OMR classic PET shop

4.1 (202)

Pet store in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Address: 15, 12, 1st Main Rd, Ramappa Nagar, Vijayendra Nagar, Perungudi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600096

Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 10 am

Phone: 09087879252

OMR classic PET shop – Welcome to India’s favorite pet supplies service. What we bring at your doorstep is only the very best in Pet’s Daily Nutrition and Care, plus everything else that concerns your beloved furry pals. Simply, choose your pet’s favorite brands, place an order and we will make them appear at your doorstep in no time; Almost Like Magic. We stop at nothing, in offering a quality selection of your pet’s everyday needs.

7- Lovely Pet Shop

4.5 (66)

Pet store in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Address: No57, Grand Southern Trunk Rd, Sunnambu Colony, Pallavaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600043

Hours: Opens soon ⋅ 9 am

Phone: 08122995354

Lovely Pet Shop – I would like to give 5 stars. One star is reduced for the place is too conjested. Otherwise the shop has all the branded foods for cats and dogs. Accessories for our pets are also available. Eg : Collar, Nail trimmer and cutter. Medicines are also available. They accept Vet doctor’s prescriptions. Shop is air conditioned. I used to buy whiskas for my kitten here regularly.

8- Best For Pets – Velappanchavadi, Chennai

4.1 (53)

Pet store in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Address: 135,buvana complex, Velappanchavadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600135

Areas served: Ayanambakkam and nearby areas

Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 10 am

Phone: 08939747767

Best For Pets – Hi.. We ” Best for pets” chain of pet stores created and run by a family of pet parent’s .Our co founder has spend about 20 years in this Industry handled every single products and services of pets. Which made us special and unique in this industry . Every service and products offered from us is designed with care , love ,health of your pets and more importantly need based . We value your love and money as like you so that every baby steps we try to create values to your pets and pet parent’s wellness. This is driving us in the journey of going beyond boundaries and creating the health and happiness to your pet’s and pet parent’s. Pet Shop Near Me | Near Pet Shop to Me | Pet Shop Nearest to Me | Pet Shop Nearest | Nearby Pet Shop

9- NEW LOVELY PET SHOP

4.5 (298)

Pet store in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Address: No.56, Bazaar Main Rd, Meenatchi Sundareswarar Koil, Sadasiva Nagar, Madipakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600091

Hours: Opens soon ⋅ 9 am

Phone: 09962176486

NEW LOVELY PET SHOP – In the world where sellers try to upsell their products, the owner of this shop sells us only what’s necessary and appropriate for our beloved pet. He even denied me to give some products because they aren’t age appropriate for my puppy. 😄 He is also very helpful and gives wonderful suggestions for pet care. Some of his tips are so helpful for me and my puppy. The shop has all varieties of pet foods and pet care products. The price is discounted too. They don’t sell pet foods in MRP rate. I prefer to buy for in this shop rather online

10- Mufasa Pets-Exclusive birds pet shop in chennai

4.5 (813)

Pet store in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Address: 98, Periyar Pathai, Andavar Nagar, Choolaimedu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600026

Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 10 am

Phone: 08056971701

MUFASA PETS – is an one of a kind pet shop in Chennai that deals exclusively with exotic birds of all kinds. We explicitly arrange only captive bred exotic bird species, that have been individually imprinted upon and hand raised by us personally. We have grown to become one of the best pet shops in Chennai. We firstly provide consultation, to help in finding the exact unique pet you have always wanted! We are also the first to successfully practice pet therapy in India, and have been bringing smiles across countless satisfied customers. One can always get in touch with us, regarding any confusion or queries, at any convenient hour. Simply know that MUFASA will be there with you every step of the way

https://www.mufasapets.com/

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the-adventures-of-dave · 3 years ago

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My mom was convinced my cat is a Maine coon so she got him a cat dna test and it came back with the highest individual percentage being 10% maine coon. Is it wrong to say that hes a def a little bit maine coon?

Unfortunately yes, it would be incorrect to call him part maine coon. Breed-determining DNA tests for cats are practically scams, as it's impossible to test for a cat's breed due to how new they are. Almost all cat breeds have been created within the last century or so. (Before anyone mentions it, yes that includes "landrace" breeds like the egyptian mau and siberian).

If you used something like Basepaws, which is the most popular test out there, it only tests for breeds that are similar to your cat. If your cat is longhaired, then "similar" longhaired breeds might show up, but that doesn't mean your cat is actually that breed.

Not many people would buy a cat DNA test if the test just came up as "we can't accurately test for cat breeds yet" or "your cat is a domestic longhair/shorthair just like 98% of cats on the planet" so it's purposefully misleading in order to draw more sales. They're fun to do, but a complete waste of money if you're looking for anything truthful.

This is actually written on the Basepaws DNA testing site, confirming that they do not test for a cat's breed:

tldr: no, your cat isn't a maine coon and breed DNA tests are a scam.

#cat genetics #catblr #thanks for the ask!#anon

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sitdow · 6 years ago

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zimbites · 6 years ago

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It was seven in the morning and Kent’s entire life had changed in the matter of a week. His bank account was in the thousands, and the only clean shirt he had left was the one the Ace’s GM had tugged over his head during the draft. The rest where in his new apartment’s even newer washer that apparently had an app he could download to tell him when it was done. Which lead to the question why was he not in said thousand-dollars-by-the-month apartment, and instead sitting on a dusty curb staring at the small pet shop willing it to open an hour early?

Well.

The first time he saw her he questioned how one cat could be so cute. She was sunning in the window with her paws outstretched probably dreaming of something adorable. Sometimes, she would roll on her back and hike her paws up by her chin and really the only thing that stopped Kent from buying her was he was already two hours late to meet the Ace’s captain to be not so subtly grilled to make sure he won’t die the moment they let him out of their sight.

And then Kent suddenly needed somewhere to live other than his captain’s spare room, had to come to terms with the fact he was now an official member of a major league hockey team, and that Jack Zimmermann had blocked his number by, at the latest, 9:48 PM on Wednesday the 25th of June. Not that Kent minds or anything.

So now it was mid-July in the brutal Nevada heat and the shop was supposed to open 15 minutes ago, and Kent was only 75% sure his shoes were still made of solid material.

“Excuse me--” Someone shouted and Kent turned back to see a balding man spinning a set of keys on his finger. “You lost? Need me to call your mother or--”

“Do you still have that cat for sale?” The shopkeeper stops and Kent gets up. Hands shoved in his pockets and posture slumped the way he knows his mother hates. Like she still hates. “White, fluffy as hell, huge, sleeps on her back all cuddled up and stuff.”

The shopkeeper hums and moves past Kent to open the door. There’s no aha moment when he gets a closer look at him so he’s definitely in the majority of Las Vegas residents who have no fucking clue who Kent is. “A maine coon mix?”

“Sure?”

“Well, we had a girl named Pepper who was recently adopted by this cute little family last week. She absolutely fell in love with their little girl, and perched on her shoulder during the entire check out process. Really, it’s the cat who decide the owner.”

The man is babbling now leading Kent through his tiny shop that smells like sawdust and dog food with a twang of Febreze trying to cover up the smell of everything else. He opens a door that has a tiny sign designating it as the Cat Room with an even tinier doodle of a kitten licking it’s paw. It is painfully cute.

Immediately, a few kittens swarm his legs meowing and trying to climb his pants probably looking for food and pets. The older ones stay in their well earned spots on the cat trees near the windows enjoying the morning sun. “She did come in with a brother who the family couldn’t take in. I’m actually hoping to get him adopted soon since he’s been in a mood since his sister left. Would you wanna take a look?”

“Sure.” Kent says even though he’s already making the adjustments in his head. Changing the appointment with the vet to neuter if that wasn’t done already. Changing the name on the back of the tiny Aces jersey he had specially made. Accepting that the collar would have to stay. The guys on the team were going to chirp Kent for it anyway, and the store had been strict on a no return policy once Kent had upped the order to 50 hand placed Swarovski crystals.

The cat was more of a kitten curled up in a cage lined with soft looking blankets. His face tucked behind his paws against the lights of the room, and he honest to god snored in his sleep. Kent was already gone. He put a hand out and gently stroked his side feeling the start of his ribs. “What’s his name?”

“Salts but he’s young enough you can probably replace it.” Salts and Pepper. Who the hell was naming the cats in this place? “C’mon Salts, meet your new owner.”

Salts opened his eyes and stared at Kent with a look that could be described as pure contempt. It was love at first sight.

Kent knew the shopkeeper gouged him on everything from the adoption fee to the six bags of cat toys he bought but he doesn’t care. Not even when Purrs pisses on the seat of his brand new Ferrari, and then screams at him the whole way home like it was his fault.

When they do get home, Purrs manages to break two irreplaceable trophies before hiding under Kent’s bed. That’s where he stays, ignoring all of Kent’s attempts to get him out with chunks of Salmon.

Kent absolutely loves him.

And it’s worth it when two days later Kent wakes up to Purrs on his chest living up to his name. He doesn’t even mind when Purrs claws holes in his nightshirt when the camera on Kent’s phone startles him.

#Clarke.Txt #Text #Kent Parson #OMGCP #this is thrown together but i wanna write about cats

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amicamainecoon · 2 years ago

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sphynxtee · 4 years ago

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fringe-element · 8 years ago

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Woot!

In the past 24 hours, I’ve got 5 pre-orders of the Full of Briars (GBS version) 11x17 poster print! THIS IS ALL VERY EXCITING! Thank you SO MUCH Michael, Natalia, Eva, and Ilta! YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.

Remember, all of the profits* of the posters will go to Seanan McGuire, to help cover the emergency vet bills of her beloved Maine Coon cat, Thomas! THOMAS IS A MAGNIFICENT FLOOF, and Seanan is very good people! Also, hey, who doesn’t love Canadian daoine sidhe who are fans of Great Big Sea (yes, that Great Big Sea) and have ridiculously fluffy hair?

The size of the print run will be entirely based on pre-orders between now and February 15th, 2016, and the prints will begin shipping in March, 2017. As soon as the frame I ordered arrives, I’ll post IRL pics (as we insane high-end fashion doll collectors say) so you can see what the print looks like hanging on my wall! I promise to include a me, for scale.

For those of you wondering “Who is this Fringe Element person, and why would we want to hang her art on our wall?” allow me to introduce myself!

Hi! I’m Tara O’Shea, and amongst other things, I design book covers and promotional materials for authors, agents, and publishers! And I’ve designed all of Seanan’s short story promotional covers for her October Daye series and Incryptid series, published by DAW.

(I’ve designed other stuff too, which you can check out at fringe-element.net.)

* Once the initial printing costs & cost of the mailers** are covered, every $ you spend will be sent to Seanan. For those of you who are really into maths, if there is a print run of 100 poster prints, that’s $17.15 out of the $20 price that goes straight to Seanan. Doesn’t sound impressive? If all 100 posters sell out, that’s $1,700 for the fund! For a print run of 200, that would be $3,500!

Long story short: the more posters people pre-order, the less expensive it will be to print them, and the more $$$ from each sale goes in the Thomas Fund!

** I’m also still sourcing cardboard mailers, backing boards, and poly bags for 11x17 prints. If I can find them at lower prices (with free shipping) than my current pricing, I’ll let you guys know! I have a spreadsheet! With three different pricing models, with formulas and everything!

#seanan mcguire #full of briars #quentin sollys #october daye

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theamazingstories · 5 years ago

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Bo assisting with a yard sale. You can tell just by looking at his eyes how engaged and aware he is.

Let me tell you about this non-human member of my family.

He mostly took after his father – slight, aggressive, very intelligent and duck toed – even though he was supposed to be momma’s boy.

Karen and I were both cat people; I’d lived with cats since the age of ten and Karen, well Karen apparently kidnapped kitties when she was a young girl, so desperate was she to have one of her own. When we put our families together, I’d recently lost two (Hamlet and Vicky) and she brought Stimpy, a Maine Coon born to a feral mom, with her.

She also brought a bit of a fear of dogs with her, so I was a bit surprised when one day she told me that she was hankering after yorkies – Yorkshire Terriers.

At the time I was more enamored of larger dogs “ones you can wrestle with” as I put it, but I had no general objection to any kind of dog, other than preferring to adopt one rather than purchase one from a breeder. (All of my previous non-human companions had been adoptees.)

So I responded that it was ok with me if we got one, so long as it didn’t cost too much.

Karen went on a hunt. Offerings were plentiful, all starting at around a thousand bucks and going astronomical from there.

We queried shelters and rescue organizations and not a one we could accomodate could be found.

Then, one day, Karen found an offering from a breeder across the state from us: a male Yorkie for only $400.00. We called and arranged for a visit.

It was nearly a four hour car ride and the entire time I kept on telling Karen not to fall in love with the first puppy she saw; there might be good reason why this dog was going so cheap, we very well might be disappointed, yada yada yada. All to no avail of course. How can anyone not fall in love with the first puppy they see?

Bo – or Burt as he was known then – was penned with a “snaggly-toothed, snuffly Shitzu” (Karen. “Ugh. I can’t stand them!”) when we arrived. The Shitzu backed off, Burt came bouncing up, practically shouting “I knew they’d come!” and of course it was love at first sight. While Karen cooed, I spoke with the breeder.

I got a somewhat confused story but the gist of it is this: first, she claimed that she bred show dogs and ‘Burt’ was a non-showable male, owing to his being duck toed and with dew claws way higher on his forepaws than was acceptable.

He also had a lip deformity, but these were all superficial. Otherwise he was a perfectly healthy, happy little ‘yorkie’.

Later during our visit we were informed that Bo had originally been gifted to the breeder’s son, but then had chewed through an extension cord and the son had returned him. He was the last of the litter to go.

Even later, and after discovering that Bo’s papers identified him as a Silky Terrier, not a yorkie (some breeder, huh?) we put things together more logically; ‘Burt’, not being breeder or show quality, had been gifted to the son. The son was not a great dog person and “some things” happened we don’t know the details of, but they induced a dreaded fear of bare feet in Bo and an electrically burned lip (which healed completely over time btw); Bo’s show training had also started very, very early, such that we had to teach him that he could eat or drink whenever he wanted to, even if people weren’t around (and he knew how to heel without our having trained that).

We brought him home. So much for not falling in love with the first puppy you see.

No, he did not get along with Stimpy (though they did sometimes play “lets see who can bite whom first”) and so we had to divide the household up into two living areas, with Stimpy’s privileges including the master bedroom. (To this day I still get a twinge of guilt when I think of Bo’s first night, going to bed alone.)

Despite best intentions, Bo became ‘my’ buddy. (Mostly because I did most of the feeding and walking.)

We named him Bo (“Burt. Yuck. What an ugly name! How can anyone name a dog ‘Burt’?), though we’d been leaning a bit towards ‘Bondie’. (Bondie, the Bondage Dog. We’d put girl clothes on him and when people remarked, we’d explain “no, he’s a guy, he’s just crossdressing today” or some such. Always fun to shock the neighbors.) We did (yes) get a stroller for him and (yes) were once asked if someone could “see the baby”, which we happily complied with, never mentioning his non-human nature.

As mentioned, I was a cat person, not a dog person, and I despaired somewhat over my lack of knowledge of dog language (after decades of living with cats, if you pay attention, you learn that they are communicating all the time, just not with words). No need to worry, Bo picked up the slack. He was truly amazing in his desire to learn.

My philosophy with “animals” is that they are capable of understanding a lot more than we give them credit for (research is proving this again and again on a nearly daily basis) and so, with my cats, it was always a first goal to help them understand that communication was sought after, encouraged and would be rewarded. I applied the same concept to working with Bo. One of the first things he learned was “show me”.

Bo used his body. He developed specific stances and specific locations, along with a variety of sounds. One such was to come running up to you, circle once, face you straight on and chuff. We quickly learned that this meant “I’m trying to tell you something and you are too stupid to figure it out.” So we’d guess, and here’s the cool thing: we’d know if the guess was right or wrong by what Bo did. We’d offer (something like “do you need to go out”?) and if we were wrong, he’d look at whatever it was, but not move, then look back at us. “Nope, that’s not it.”

Finally, if we were unable to come up with an answer, we’d say “show me”, and off Bo would go. He’d walk right to the immediate vicinity of whatever it was (oh, I left food in the microwave – Bo standing, facing the microwave on the counter, or oh, your toy is way under the jelly cabinet – Bo standing facing the cabinet, then looking up at us, then back down at the floor).

Once he learned that attempts at communicating would be rewarded, he never stopped.

We didn’t want him to be afraid of thunder (living in Florida at the time, that would have been miserable for him and for us) so, as a puppy, whenever a storm rolled in, we’d gather with toys in our living room. Whenever a a flash of lightning lit things up, we’d clap our hands and say “Yay, thunder is coming! woo hoo! THUNDARRRRRR! Yay!” and we’d offer toys to Bo to play with. Thunder never bothered him, and the same was extended to fireworks. On his first fourth of July a boom went off. He startled, and then looked at me and I said “It’s THUNDARRRRR! yay!” and he said “Oh. ok.” and ignored it entirely.

We also taught him “no bark”. He was never a “yippy” guy, but he did have a piercing bark (which he modified, all on his own, to indicate certain thing, everything from “squirrel” to “Hey! there’s no one around and I need some help!”). Instead of just not barking when told “no bark”, he’d stifle; he had to bark but couldn’t, so he’d make these odd, strangled sounds deep in his throat.

One of the funniest things he used to do would be to sit between Karen and I while we were having a conversation, which he seemed to follow. I’d say something with him watching me and, often before the end of my sentence, he’d turn to look to Karen to see what her response was, then back to me. Visitors would often remark “It’s like he understands what we’re saying” and we’d nod and agree because we KNEW he understood what we were saying.

We attributed his high order of intelligence to that electrical shock he got as a puppy. We figure it boosted his synaptic connections or some such (that’s only half a joke). He could do things that other dogs have been known to do, but things that were not that common. One such was being able to put a sentence together. His vocabularly of human words numbered in the hundreds. You could say something like “Bo, go in the bedroom and get your ferret”, and he would.

He also knew left and right and straight (mostly for walks) and could follow multiple steps of instruction: we’d go walking in the woods and sometimes, owing to his size, the path I was taking would have obstacles for him. He’d stop and I would point out an alternate route for him: “Go here, then here, then go here. OK” and off he’d go, following the route I’d pointed out.

He loved to “river walk”; his second nature was mountain goat, so sure-footed on the wet rocks it astonished me.

One of the funnest things was watching him come to some new understanding of something: like learning that banging his food bowl on the floor would get him “second dinner”, or that the fan he liked to sit in front of needed to have a switch button pushed in order to turn on. (I’ll never forget the look on his face when he put two and two together. “OH! You have to push one of those things first!”)

He liked to watch TV – and he hated Klingons. Whenever he’d hear a Klingon speaking Klingon, he’d run to the screen and start barking at it. I think he’d have been as effective a Klingon detector as a tribble. Oddly, he liked watching baseball more than football or hockey.

Bo was also up for just about anything. He assisted Karen and I at paintball tradeshows (he had his own cammo vest and his own Tip jar, which sometimes earned more than we did) and assisted with Amazing Stories, appearing on the front cover of the Concord Monitor’s Sunday section (you can see him cosplaying as Robot from Fireball XL5 in my staff page image).

One of his most endearing (and frustrating) traits was: he knew how things were supposed to go and protested when they weren’t done “right”. I had occasion to have my neighbor take care of him for a few days (they watched Red Sox games together in my living room) and I left a couple of pages of instructions, particularly about food prep. So much food, chopped up like so, then microwaved for 15 seconds.

The neighbor did not believe all of the instructions were necessary. Food in bowl, chop chop, bowl on floor. The neighbor told me that Bo looked at the bowl, turned his head aside and then walked to the counter, facing the microwave, looking from him, to the bowl, then back to the microwave.

Bo was a great guy. A “good egg” as I often told him. He helped me through Karen’s death, supervised my working on the website and was always a joy to come home to whenever I had been away. He was exceptional and he will be exceptionally missed.

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I still have some on-going expenses for Bo’s treatment and have a GoFundMe campaign to help defray them. You can find it here.

Below, a video of Bo playing with a Tribble and a few additional pictures.

Bo Davidson 2004 – 2019 Let me tell you about this non-human member of my family. He mostly took after his father - slight, aggressive, very intelligent and duck toed - even though he was supposed to be momma's boy.

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By Jason Stewart

At this point in time you are on this article because you are actively looking for a new pet, or perhaps even a replacement one to keep you company. Your tastes are more towards the feline variety and you are about to react to that Siberian kittens for sale Virginia sign you came across earlier. Before you do call them up and make a purchase, do read on in this article first before you make a commitment. Prior to anything else, do take stock of your true intentions and also of your capabilities in taking care of a pet. It takes a lot of responsibility to take care of a living thing and it is not just a fad that you can forget overnight. The Siberian is considered to be the ancestor of all modern long haired cats and can sometimes be mistaken for them. Some unscrupulous dealers may sometimes try to pass off a Maine Coon or a Norwegian Forest cat as true Siberians. A real deal Siberian however will set you back around USD 1300 to USD 1800 if you plan on getting one. This breed has a temperament of adventurousness and friendliness. It will get along with other people and strangers, with other cats, and will even be chummy with dogs if they are around. Known for their athletic prowess and also active natures, these cats can also make for excellent lap cats if the need calls for it. Many people will take a chance in giving a cat a bath, but it will not be successful with this cat, as it does not like water just as with any domestic feline. It also has a fur coat that is water resistant due to the natural oils found in it. This oil on the other hand will keep the fur in order and neat looking. Despite this, the Siberian will still need at least an hour of being brushed and groomed to get rid of the small tangles and debris it may have picked up. The lifespan range of this breed is anywhere from ten to eighteen years, and this all depends on how well it is taken cared of. Health wise this is a very hardy breed but it will usually develop heart related complications as it does get older. Upon maturity males can reach up to twenty pounds in weight and females around fifteen pounds. Much debate still surrounds the hypoallergenic properties of the fur for this breed. Many say it has no hypoallergenic qualities while others will say it has. In general however there is a scientific agreement as regards the amount of allergens the fir does have, being among one of the least of the cat breeds out there. This article has thus given some basic ideas and facts to mull over before taking on the Siberian as a pet. To be a responsible cat owner, leave no stone unturned in your quest for more information. In addition, you may also want to do additional research as regards upkeep and diet of the breed so as to be truly prepared.

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Before You Respond To That Siberian Kittens For Sale Virginia Sign

By Jason Stewart

Right now you are probably reading this article because you are in the market for a new pet, or even a replacement one. You have settled your preferences on a cat instead of a dog, and you are about to respond to a Siberian kittens for sale Virginia sign that you saw earlier. Before you do make a decision and a commitment, do read on further into this article before you take on this breed. Before you make any moves to acquire a Siberian, it is needed that you take stock of your willingness, intentions and capabilities as a pet owner. Remember that owning a pet is not a fad or a passing fancy that you can just forget. This is because you are taking care of a living and breathing thing that requires a lot of commitment, responsibility and time. The Siberian is considered to be the ancestor of all modern long haired cats and can sometimes be mistaken for them. Some unscrupulous dealers may sometimes try to pass off a Maine Coon or a Norwegian Forest cat as true Siberians. A real deal Siberian however will set you back around USD 1300 to USD 1800 if you plan on getting one. This breed has a temperament of adventurousness and friendliness. It will get along with other people and strangers, with other cats, and will even be chummy with dogs if they are around. Known for their athletic prowess and also active natures, these cats can also make for excellent lap cats if the need calls for it. Many people will take a chance in giving a cat a bath, but it will not be successful with this cat, as it does not like water just as with any domestic feline. It also has a fur coat that is water resistant due to the natural oils found in it. This oil on the other hand will keep the fur in order and neat looking. Despite this, the Siberian will still need at least an hour of being brushed and groomed to get rid of the small tangles and debris it may have picked up. The lifespan range of this breed is anywhere from ten to eighteen years, and this all depends on how well it is taken cared of. Health wise this is a very hardy breed but it will usually develop heart related complications as it does get older. Upon maturity males can reach up to twenty pounds in weight and females around fifteen pounds. The jury is still out on whether the fur of the Siberian is truly hypoallergenic or not. Many say it is, while some will say it is not. However, there seems to be a general scientific consensus that the fur has one of the least amounts of allergens for cats out there. The article above has given you some facts and ideas to think about before you make a final commitment. It is always a good idea to gather as much information as you can on any potential pet, such as what has been covered above and maybe also information on upkeep and diet among others. In this way of having more information you can make a better educated choice and decision on what to do.

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Before Buying Siberian Kittens For Sale Virginia

By Jason Stewart

At this very moment, you have landed on this article since you are very active in searching for a pet to be your companion, and to keep you company in your days. Earlier you had seen a sign indicating Siberian kittens for Sale Virginia and this seems to be a very good idea and proposition for a possible pet. However, before you dip into your pockets and make a commitment do read on in this article first for more information about this breed. Before anything else you should take a personal inventory of your true intention and capabilities in terms of taking on a new pet. Remember that getting a pet is not a sort of fad that you do for a short amount of time, but something that you commit to for the long term. Remember also that it takes a lot of responsibility to take care of living thing and if you are not up to it, do not enter into it. This breed is believed to be the source of all modern long haired felines to date, such as the Norwegian Forest Cat and the Maine Coon. Some crooks will actually try to pass off either of these cats as the real deal. However, if you are to get a real Siberian, be prepared to spend around USD 1300 to USD 1800 for one. Temperament wise these cats are adventurous and friendly. They are so friendly in fact that they can get along with other cats, people and even dogs as well. Although in general they are very active and athletic by nature, these cats can also make good lap cats as well. Anyone planning to give this breed a bath may not be so successful. For as with any other cat, it will not like water very much. Its coat also has a naturally occurring oil that will repel water so it is kind of difficult to really get them wet and soaked. This oil also keeps the fur neat looking and in order, and the Siberian will rarely look untidy on its own. However, it is suggested you brush its fur at least an hour a week to get rid of debris and small tangles. Ten to fifteen years is the lifespan range of this cat. Length of lifespans are usually directly attributed to the amount of care and love that it gets. As it does get older, the Siberian will develop complications related to its heart. When it reaches adulthood, it will weigh on average twenty pounds for males and fifteen pounds for females. Much debate still surrounds the hypoallergenic properties of the fur for this breed. Many say it has no hypoallergenic qualities while others will say it has. In general however there is a scientific agreement as regards the amount of allergens the fir does have, being among one of the least of the cat breeds out there. In sum this article has shown some basic considerations as regards this breed before you take it under your wing. It might also be a good idea to do further research on diet and upkeep so you can be a more responsible cat owner. Remember to always keep all bases covered as regards information for a potential pet so that you can make a more informed and educated choice.

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Decorating the Tree With Mommy

Cast of Characters:

Sammy – 7-month-old female kitten

Mommy – MUCH older female human

After much contemplation and mental anguish, Mommy decides that she will not let Sammy's, er, boisterousness prevent her from the joy she gets in putting up a Christmas tree.

At 2:00PM in the afternoon of November 24 th, Mommy locks Sammy in the bedroom so she can open the garage doors to bring in the tree she and Daddy just purchased. Sammy wails loudly the whole time as she suffers the indignity of being confined to only one, albeit large, room. Mommy and Daddy wrestle the (formerly) live pine tree into Mommy's sitting room and set it up in the stand. Daddy, hearing Sammy howling, starts to say, "For gawd's sake...", but then gets a glimpse of the look Mommy gives him and quickly stops speaking. Daddy decides to go upstairs to pop the popcorn for stringing.

Mommy lets Sammy out of the bedroom. Sammy starts to pounce on Mommy's ankle for a quick bite when the scent of pine suddenly distracts her from her prey. Sammy runs over to the tree and springs up onto the lowest branch to investigate this new toy Mommy has brought home for Sammy. However, unbeknownst to Sammy, Mommy has added a new weapon to her arsenal in her continuing war with Sammy's bad behavior - a squirt bottle!!

Mommy snatches up the squirt bottle and sprays a stream of water at Sammy. Sammy, who has a very thick coat of Maine Coon hair does not even feel the water as it beads up and slides off her back. Mommy changes her aim and squirts water on Sammy's cheek, and this *does* get Sammy's attention. Sammy turns around and starts licking and batting at the stream of water coming her way and heads higher up the tree in order to get a better perspective on this fun new game Mommy has invented. Mommy tries one more time to squirt Sammy out of the tree, but it is soon clear that Sammy loves playing with the water and is not at all perturbed by being squirted. Mommy sighs and puts down the squirt bottle.

Mommy goes over to the tree to try to disentangle Sammy from its branches. Pine needles are very pointy! Between the pine needles and Sammy's claws, Mommy's hands are quickly becoming bloody and Mommy starts saying bad words. Daddy, on his way downstairs with a large bowl of popcorn, hears Mommy saying bad words, quickly sizes up the situation, and decides that caution is the better part of valor. Daddy heads back upstairs to pop more popcorn.

Mommy finally manages to get Sammy out of the tree and sits down to try and figure out a strategy for *keeping* Sammy out of the tree. Mommy sees movement out of the corner of her eye and starts laughing. Daddy has tied a string to the can of "Keep Away" and has lowered it down to the first floor from upstairs (where he is safely out of the action). "Keep Away" is the spray that people put on furniture to keep cats from scratching it. Although all Mommy and Daddy's owners use their scratching posts and not the furniture, Mommy has used this in the past to spray on electric cords to keep Sammy from chewing them and it has seemed to work (since Sammy is still alive and the cords are still intact).

Mommy takes a last big whiff of the delicious, heady scent of pine in the house then starts to douse the tree with "Keep Away". Mommy sighs when the smell of pine is finally overpowered by the smell of "Keep Away".

Mommy goes into her office to open the closet where she stores the Christmas decorations. Mommy picks Sammy up off of the boxes and sets her gently down on the office floor. Mommy starts to pick up the first box then sets it back down again so she can pick Sammy off of the box and set her gently down on the office floor. Mommy quickly snatches up the box before Sammy can spring atop it again, but as she is lifting it, it suddenly becomes twelve pounds heavier and Mommy drops the box to the floor where Sammy sits on top of the box and grins up at Mommy wanting Mommy to "do it again!" Mommy cringes as she hears the sound of breaking glass ornaments - ornaments that have been in the family for generations. Mommy sighs. Oh well, it isn't a good idea to use glass ornaments on a tree with a kitten in the house anyway.

Mommy finishes putting the boxes of ornaments on the sitting room floor and goes upstairs to get the popcorn for stringing. Mommy tries to enlist Daddy's help decorating the tree, but Daddy has wisely made himself scarce. Mommy picks up the bowl of popcorn, gets her sewing kit out of the drawer, and heads back downstairs to start making popcorn garlands.

Sammy, having smelled the popcorn, hops up on the sofa next to Mommy so she can help herself to some. Mommy says, "No, Sammy, this is for the tree!" and gently places Sammy on the sitting room floor. Sammy gives the tree a dirty look for being greedy about the popcorn and hops back up on the sofa to try to sneak a pawful from the bowl when Mommy isn't looking. Mommy again reprimands Sammy and gently places Sammy on the sitting room floor.

Mommy sits, happily stringing popcorn for 20 minutes without being bothered by Sammy, before she becomes suspicious of this quietude. Mommy decides to check on Sammy's whereabouts, but first lifts the string of popcorn, which has been trailing down to the sitting room floor, up into her lap to check her progress. Mommy is quite dismayed to see that the string of popcorn is very, very short - not nearly as long as it should be for the amount of time she has spent stringing kernels!

Mommy places the string of popcorn on the sofa with the end trailing down to the sitting room floor and starts to rise from the sofa. Before Mommy can finish rising, she sees a suspiciously large kitten paw emerge from beneath the sofa, hook the string of popcorn, and draw the end of the string underneath the sofa. When the string of popcorn emerges, it is minus one kernel of popcorn. Aha, the sneak thief has been caught red-han, er, red-pawed!

Mommy squats down to peer under the sofa and spies Sammy sitting amongst dozens of half-eaten kernels of popcorn. Sammy protests that she is innocent as she licks bits of popcorn from her whiskers. Mommy doesn't believe her!

Mommy sighs and sits back down to resume stringing popcorn - this time keeping the end of the string on the sofa where she can keep an eye on it. Sammy, replete with popcorn, takes a short nap underneath the sofa.

After all the popcorn has been strung into garlands, Mommy gets up from the sofa, stretches, and begins to unpack the boxes of ornaments. Sammy, awaking from her nap, comes over to help Mommy unpack. Sammy jumps into the first opened box and starts investigating its contents. Mommy, fearing cut paws from broken ornaments, quickly grabs Sammy up and gently places her on the sitting room floor.

Sammy, miffed about being rebuffed, runs over to grab one end of a popcorn garland in her mouth then dashes out of the sitting room dragging the string of popcorn behind her. Mommy, fearing that her hours of work will be destroyed, takes off running after Sammy. Too late! The end of the popcorn garland gets snagged on the doorway as Sammy streaks by, the string breaks and kernels of popcorn are strewn across the bedroom floor. Mommy says very bad words and detours to the hall closet to get the sucky monster. The sucky monster eats all of Sammy's hard-won spoils and tries to chase Sammy under the bed. However, Sammy is not at all afraid of the sucky monster (or anything else, thanks to being spoiled rotten her whole life), and defiantly hisses at the monster until it subsides and goes back into the hall closet.

Mommy goes back into the sitting room and places the remaining three strings of popcorn garland on top of the mantle where Sammy can not get to them (talk about closing the barn door after the horses have departed!). Mommy goes back to unpacking the boxes of ornaments.

When Mommy has finished unpacking the ornaments she stops and looks around at the tree decorations that are covering every surface in the sitting room (Mommy is a bit daft when it comes to ornaments - never able to pass up a sale on them).

Now, Mommy is a bit (OK, more than a bit) obsessive-compulsive. Every ornament is packed in its original box, every light on each string of lights has been placed in its slot on its original cardboard holder, so there should be no hassle with untangling lights or ornaments. HAH! Mommy has not included the Sammy factor in her calculations of her decorating plan.

Mommy takes the lights out of their cardboard holders, plugs them in (the only way to see the total effect of the lights as they are being draped), and starts to put them onto the tree. Mommy catches movement out of the corner of her eye and turns in time to see Sammy chewing on a brightly flashing light. Mommy, horrified at the prospect of Sammy electrocuting herself, quickly unplugs the string of lights and rushes over to remove Sammy's mouth from the glass bulb.

Mommy bellows at Daddy to get his arse downstairs so he can hold Sammy while Mommy puts the lights on the trees. Mommy does not hear an answer from Daddy and goes upstairs only to find that Daddy has fled from the house (cowardly leaving a note on the kitchen table saying that he will be at the store shopping for Mommy's Christmas present - yeah right - and he conveniently forgot his cell phone at home!).

Mommy goes back downstairs and starts putting the strings of lights on the tree without plugging them in first and just hoping that she gets them fairly evenly distributed. Sammy continues to grab at the lights and Mommy strings them faster and faster so that Sammy does not have the chance to bite through the wire.

Mommy finishes stringing the lights on the tree and begins to put the store-bought garland on. Of course Sammy is right there "helping" by grabbing the end of the string of garland and running in circles around the bottom of the tree. Mommy feels resistance in the string of garland, doesn't realize that it is wrapped around the bottom of the tree, and gives a good tug to try to free it up. The tree starts to tilt, the screws in the tree stand dig holes into the soft tree trunk, and the tree, denied its support from the stand, topples over onto the sitting room floor.

Sammy, delighted with this new game, jumps into the middle of the tree as it lays on the floor and immediately becomes entangled in the strands of lights.

Mommy comes very close to crying as she disentangles Sammy from the tree, not-so-gently places Sammy on the sitting room floor, and tries to stand the tree back up in its tree stand. Mommy realizes that the trunk of the tree is too gouged up by the screws in the tree stand to ever stay upright as it is, so Mommy lays the tree back down on the floor and tries to untangle the garland and the strings of lights from the fallen tree. She quickly realizes that this is impossible with the tree laying on its side. Mommy assesses the situation and concludes that the tree will need shims placed around the trunk in order to stay upright, so she heads to the garage and begins sawing pieces of wood for that purpose.

After Mommy installs the shims at the base of the tree and manages to get it to stand upright, she cleans up the spilled water from the tree stand, refills the tree stand, and begins the frustrating job of untangling the strings of lights and garland to get them off of the tree so she can start from the beginning and get this darn tree decorated. It is now 7:00PM, Mommy has been working at this task for 5 hours, and she is getting tired, hungry, and cranky.

Mommy finally gets the lights back on the tree (again doing this while they are unplugged so that Sammy does not electrocute herself by biting into the flashing lights), and gets the store-bought garland strung on the tree. Now it is time to drape the popcorn garland onto the tree, so Mommy fetches it off of the mantle. Mommy is very hungry and contemplates munching a few kernels of popcorn off the garland, but restrains herself for the sake of the beloved Christmas tree. Sammy, however, is *NEVER* restrained and manages to grab one end of the string to start chewing on a kernel of popcorn.

Mommy grabs Sammy up, gets the garland out of Sammy's mouth, and rather roughly places Sammy on the sitting room floor. Sammy, seriously miffed about being denied her snack, jumps up onto the desk next to the tree, and gives it a dirty look because she knows that somehow this nasty tree is to blame for all her rebuffs by the, usually, compliantly solicitous Mommy. Sammy is planning her revenge!

Mommy, blissful in her ignorance, begins to hang the ornaments lovingly on the tree, pausing to smile at the "special" ones that bring back memories of Christmases past. This one was first placed on the tree 31 years ago for her daughter's first Christmas, that one 30 years ago for her son's, others when each of the grandchildren gazed at the tree in wonder for the very first time.

It is now 8:30PM, not even half of the ornaments have been hung, Daddy is still not home from his "shopping", and Sammy has finally decided on the form her revenge will take. Mommy has her back turned to the tree when she suddenly gets that prickly sensation on the back of her neck that tells her that Sammy is up to no good. Mommy turns around in time to see Sammy jump from the desk top and fly through the air to land at the very top of the tree.

Twelve pounds of flying kitten is just too much for the poor tree to "stand" - pun intended (Mommy has to get *some* humor from the situation or she'll go mad - OK madder). Mommy stands there, horrified, as the tree slowly topples over to land on its side on the sitting room floor and she winces as she hears the crunch of breaking ornaments. Mommy slowly sinks down until she is sitting on the floor, puts her head in her hands, and starts to quietly weep. Sammy walks over to Mommy, puts her paws on Mommy's knee, and reaches up to lick a tear from Mommy's face. Mommy's heart melts and Sammy is instantly forgiven.

Mommy sighs, wipes her eyes, takes a deep breath, then rises to pick up the tree and remove all the decorations she had so carefully placed on it. Strings of lights and garland are hopelessly tangled in the broken branches, pieces of popcorn and ornaments are all over the sitting room floor, and the water from the tree stand is soaking the carpet.

It is now 11:00PM, the tree is finally righted, and Mommy is getting weak from hunger when Daddy arrives - purportedly home from his shopping expedition. Daddy looks at the bare tree and says, "I thought you were going to decorate the tree - what have you been doing all this time?" Mommy contemplates the best way to commit murder, knife or gun, but then decides that this would not be a good idea in a capital punishment state (although she thinks a jury may understand the motivation in this case). Daddy sees the look on Mommy's face, mumbles something about urgently needing to take care of something upstairs, and quickly retreats to safety.

Mommy is in the middle of draping the remaining pieces of popcorn garland on the tree when Daddy comes back downstairs with a plate of sandwiches and some potato salad and Daddy is instantly forgiven. Sammy, smelling food, runs toward the plate of sandwiches but stops short in amazement when she hears a growl coming from Mommy's mouth.

After she is finished eating, Mommy resumes the decorating of the &%#&^!% tree. The popcorn garland is missing more than a few kernels, the lights are all bunched up in clumps, the ornaments are haphazardly hung, but it is now 1:00AM and Mommy doesn't really give a flying fig how the tree looks.

Daddy has lit a fire in the fireplace and brought some eggnog for Mommy in an attempt to atone for his foul desertion (he dared come home without a shopping bag and smelling suspiciously of a local bar). Finally, at 3:00AM, the tree is decorated and Mommy awaits her reward for all her hard work as she stands back and instructs Daddy to plug in the lights so that Mommy may view the Christmas tree in all its glowing glory. The lights do not turn on. Daddy nervously unplugs them and plugs them back in several times in succession. Mommy is aghast. Mommy not-so-quietly goes into total meltdown. Daddy retreats upstairs. Even the unshakable Sammy leaves the room. Mommy walks over and begins to throttle the tree. As she shakes the offender vigorously back and forth, the tree lights suddenly spring to life (in self defense) and Mommy stops trying to kill the tree.

Mommy backs off slowly with trepidation of jostling the lights back off again, but the lights remain shining brightly. Mommy sighs, puts her favorite Christmas album into the CD player, throws another log onto the fire, and pours herself a large glass of eggnog. Daddy, hearing the strains of Christmas carols, cautiously reenters the sitting room and then smiles at the decorated tree. "This is the best one yet!" he exclaims, as he does every year, "You've outdone yourself!!" Mommy, looking at the tree with its Sammy-inflicted injuries, knows that he is lying, but at this point she'll take what she can get. Sammy, having forgotten about Mommy's wrath, runs back into the sitting room ready to play some more. Daddy promptly picks up Sammy and takes her upstairs with him so that Mommy can sit on her sofa and admire her Christmas tree. He knows she needs at least a few minutes of joy before Sammy starts her own redecorating of the tree.

Happy Holidays you guys - you've been a great set of listeners (better than a psychiatrist's couch!) and have helped Mommy get through her first seven months with Sammy!

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