This is Casper. He is a green-eyed, black and white floof pudding, and one of the stray cats that visits my balcony for food. Multiple times a day. Sometimes in the same hour. He’s also a new star of a hot new video game.
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Slowly, I reached out with my hand and tickled her gently around the ears. Cassie lifted her head so I could scratch under her chin.
That was new. And sudden.
I looked back at Norah, who was head-butting my other hand. And then back at Cassie. I lifted an eyebrow and eyed the two cats. “You’re both jealous.”
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One sunny day at the end of February, I spotted a young female cat in heat.
How did I know she was in heat?
Because there was a queue of male cats that had been summoned by her siren’s pheromonal song waiting to jump her. I grabbed my trap and joined the line, with a similar objective but quite a different end game in mind.
Read MoreThe starfish cats
Admittedly, saving every single stray cat in the world would be a slightly tough challenge. But this is one of those situations where you can make a surprisingly big difference with a very simple act: you can TNR the neighbourhood stray cats.
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How to tame your murder floof
After ten years in the Japan Cat Network shelter, Cassie was perfectly house trained. She used a litter box, grazed without over indulging on dry cat biscuits, and dug her claws into scratching posts and never the furniture. There was just had one rule:
Don’t touch the cat
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Cassie Cat
One month after I lost my cat, Tallis, I realised I was feeling two separate emotions. The first was grief for Tallis herself, for which there was no quick fix. But the second emotion was one of loneliness. The rooms of my apartment seemed to yawn their emptiness, and my crockery did not ever once look pleased to see me. As I made a cup of tea in one such ungrateful mug, I wondered why I had bothered coming home.
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The very best of memories
In November last year, I said goodbye to my beautiful mog, Tallis. She was the very best of furry friends, and I am quite determined to prove that to you all right now.
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Sleeper train and bunk compartment
Bunks on a train
What would you say if your friend asked for your help to move to Kobe with her toddler daughter and two cats?
You'd say no.
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My cat pees blood
I realised this particular Saturday afternoon was not going to go as planned when my cat leaped on my bed and peed blood all over the duvet.
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