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Cross-posted from the ASPCA Newsletter
Swine Flu Infects Housecat—Are Your Pets Safe?
Ever since the news broke earlier this month that an American cat caught the swine flu, rumors about how pets can catch this disease have been spreading—but we're here to set the...
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....and just in time for your Holiday Gift Giving.
Have a hard to please pet lover on your shopping list? Worry no more! The Cat People Cook Book is the perfect gift for any cat lover. You can purchase the book for only $10.00 at our store "Pawsitively Cats"...
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Little Stash is doing so well now, and is growing to be a beautiful little boy! His tail has healed completely and is indeed part of his adorable personality. He is like the class clown in our house. When the other cats are trying to act regal, Stash is the one who does something wild to wake...
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October 16th is National Feral Cat Day! Please show your support by adopting a cat or kitten from the Cat People. We are at Petco every Saturday with cats and kittens ready for their forever home. Celebrate National Feral Cat Day with us on Saturday Oct 17th by giving a...
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A week ago today, an injured kitten, about six months old, came to the back of our office with the ferals, looking for food. He was very friendly, and seemed to be looking for affection as well. Since he had not been there the day before, I assumed he had been dumped in the lot next to our...
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Baby Sasha is a Catgirl rescue. Catgirl found her beside a dumpster, huddled next to a brown cardboard box. She was barely visible and barely alive. She was severely dehydrated and near starvation. It was 6AM, Catgirl made a mad run to the store for Pedialite and white Karo Syrup, added a...
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Just had to share this one. I am sure we can all relate!
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And that means PETCO adoption day. Please, come and see our beautiful cats and kittens looking for forever homes this Saturday at Petco on Rosedale. Our dedicated volunteers will be transporting the them and hopefully keep them from melting in this heat heat. We will be there from...
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Hannah wants to thank everyone for the nice comments, she loves praise! She is also getting to be a very pretty girl. She is gaining weight, her beautiful blue eyes sparkle and she had a bath, which she handled remarkably well. She is being brushed...
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Catgirl wants to thank all her friends that came to the "Sizzling Summer Sidewalk Sale", even though we opted out on Saturday and had the sale inside..... there is only so much sizzle one can take, LOL! It was not the roaring success we had hoped, but we had a lot of fun never the less...
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Catgirl is Climbing the walls, she is so excited about the Sizzling Summer Sidewalk Sale at Pawsitively Cat tomorrow and Saturday from 10AM to 3PM at 602 -18th Street in Bakersfield.
Don't miss it!
The Cat People will be serving light refreshments too!!!
Catgirl never misses...
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Check out the Petco Adoption Sequence in Snaps to see what the kittens go through besides the vet checks and spay and neuter. It's not easy growing up "Kitty" with the Cat People. Gotta go through weird baths and everything!
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How cool is that, Catgirl made some new friends. I wonder if they will surprise her and come to the Cat People's Sizzling Summer Sidewalk Sale this weekend? It's Friday and Saturday from 10AM to 3PM. There will be wonderful one-of-a-kind great gift items for all the discerning catlovers on your...
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I am starting a blog that will be about pets, dogs, cats, and the people who love them. I am just getting used to the tech aspects of blogging, so this post will be brief.
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Well, Snoopy's kittens will be six weeks old this coming Sunday. They have grown into beautiful kittens, and because they receive lots of attention and affection, they are very social little babies. There are two black boys, a black girl, a tiger striped girl and a fluffy gray and white girl....
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Snoopy's kittens are now ten days old, and they are beginning to open their eyes. They are also showing signs of distinct personalities. They also have names. The two larger black boys are nearly identical, and are named Linus and Woodstock. Linus is the strongest and most vocal of the babies,...
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Several weeks ago, just before we moved into our new house, a friend of mine asked for a favor. She had been feeding a young cat who was the sole survivor of a litter that some heartless cretin had thrown into the creek behind her house. She noticed that this kitty, smaller than the other ferals...
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Everyone knows Hart Park is famous for peacocks, stray cats, Californian photographers and loud mariachi music bumping from car speakers on the weekends.
But it's not often a model attempts to mimic the park's famous feathered residents.
You never know what will show up on flickr nowadays!...
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Not even a piece of rebar through a worker's head could halt the progress of downtown's Mill Creek project.
The canal-creek will be the centerpiece of Bakersfield's downtown revitalization project, stretching from Golden State Avenue through Central Park, but with progress comes a price, as...
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Isn't there enough death at senior living facilities without a dead cat having to rot for six days outside of one?
Oh man, if I see this cat on my morning walk again today I'm going to hurl chunks.
But whose responsibility is it to clean up this roadkill?
Read the full story and post a...
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i just put my pictures of mr.attitude,zebra {tiger} and whiner on photo snap. i am so excited! i love one of the images and that is zebra's eyes. he is so cute! he has 7 toes on each of his paws. so a friend of urs calls him 7 toes. zeeb is a new daddy he had a black and white kitten...
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Do you like cats? Do you know any engineers? Here is one of my favorites videos on Yahoo. It is just over 7 minutes long but it is really funny.
Engineer's Guide To Cats http://video.yahoo.com/watc...
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It was the perfect formula: A worthy project for Bakersfield's givers to demonstrate their generosity while showing off the family pet in the pages of the newspaper. Tails of Bakersfield, The Californian's effort to save the lives of unwanted pets, has exceeded its goal of $10,000 for local...
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My little rescued kitten, Calypso, is now a happy, healthy eleven-week-old bundle of love and fun. She is just beautiful! Her big jade-green eyes are so unusual, and she has the softest fur. She runs to me every night when I get home, rubbing her little nose into my neck, purring loudly. I have...
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As of today, our Tails of Bakersfield project has raised $8,915 for local animal shelters and rescue groups. We are aiming for $10,000 and we know we'll get there!
Here's a break down:
The Cat People $1,358.75
Kern County Animal Control $1,048.75
ALPHA Canine $3,363.75 (received a single...
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This week's Pets of the Week are sooooo hard for me to pass up! But I already have a dog and a cat. So I'm making endorsements on the potentials of the following animals:
Sibling kittens — This is the BEST way to adopt a new cat. I once found a brother-sister set of kittens on my driveway...
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The Cat People, a rescue and adoption agency in Bakersfield, is the latest such group to join The Bakersfield Californian's "Pets of the Week" feature. Poster markthecat has been submitting several oh-so-cute photos and personality write-ups about such kitties as Delilah, a 4-year-old,...
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I had a request for photos of my little baby kitty, and remembered that I was at work when I posted my last blog, and did not have pics available. So here are a few, and I will post more as she gets bigger, which she seems to do every day.
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When I was in my early teens, my mother and I began raising and showing Persian cats. It was something my mom had always wanted to do, and for the most part, that time is one of my most cherished memories. Having been a "cat person" since before my first recollection, I truly...
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New Pets of the Week have been posted at Bakersfield.com/yourwords. There is Star the chihuahua mix, Sasha the black and white kitten, Lily the tabby cat, and so many more.
And during summer, the Bakersfield SPCA is offering half-off all cats and kittens on Thursdays! What a deal!
View the link...
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One way to help reduce the stray animal population in Kern County is to adopt a shelter pet rather than buy a purebreed. Local shelters and rescue groups allow you to visit the pet and also give you personality traits to help you decide if you and the pet are a good match.
Every Monday in The...
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What are some of your favorite names for pets? They don't necessarily have to be the names of pets you've had in the past (although that's cool as well), just names you've run across and thought were interesting or funny.
Some of my favorites:
Mordecai (for Mordecai Siegal) --- I'm waiting for...
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I had planned on this being a happy blog, and in some ways, it is. However, the inherent callousness of some people has once again reared its ugly mug, and I must change the tone of my writing to match the angry grinding of my teeth.
On Monday, I became a mother again. I adopted a three-day-old...
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Into cats? Really into cats? This site might be for you. Plus there's a Kern County newcomer looking to cat, er we mean chat.
A visitor from Thailand is coming to Bakersfield for the NSRA western nats and wants advice on things to do/see when he gets here.
And finally, Just Another...
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Kern County Animal Control Commission (KCACC) is Wrong
Kern County has been a bastion of common sense and old-fashioned citizen rights in a state that is increasingly controlled by counties who are anti-citizen rights and anti-dog. We are a community of staunch Western American values. Kern...
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Get your Pets pictures taken for Christmas $ 5.00 per photo with proceeds going to the
Junior Handlers of Kern...
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If interested contact my wife, Kendra, at (661) 428-5648.
Here are some pictures and a video.
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Many people ask what plants are NOT good for pets. Here is a short list of a few common plants that you may have at home.
Notice the Oleander (specially in the Oleander area), very common here in Bakersfield. It is very toxic to pets if they chew on them.
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)...
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The weekend’s just around the corner, and with it comes the Bakersfield SPCA cat neuter clinic, taking place on Sunday, July 29.
Now, if your little buddy doesn’t already have an appointment then he’s most likely out of luck for this round, because those spots are gone...
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As you may have guessed (or not), my grandmother passed away. We brought her home and before she had been there a full day, she passed in her sleep (early Saturday morning). I still won't be posting for a while, I'm staying at her house and taking care of her cats, and the...
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Ginger the wonder dog has spoken. She speaks to me because I am a dog whisperer. I know what she's saying when she woofs. She told me an earthquake would happen tonite by barking eleven times and then taking three steps backwards, which means we will have...
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My parents have a Maltese that I swear they bought to replace my brothers and me when we left the house. They paid $600 for him when he was six weeks old. They were recently informed that their "baby" needs major surgery on both rear legs. The "specialist" vet quoted them a...
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Ok, here we are with some fun stuff. I am guilty of trying to dress my dogs in sweaters and even put an pumpkin costume on my dog, Peanut, last year for Halloween. I wanted him to wear it so bad but he was so mad at me and refused to move even hiding his face. Show us your pet in their costume...
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The age old debate on which animal makes a better pet - dogs or cats - has been argued for centuries. Here's a different way of looking this debate that may put things into a clearer light:Dogs
make loyal pets
will come to you when you call them
can learn new tricks (except...
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