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Inky Announces His Retirement
Greetings Humans, I have been thinking of this for a while now, wondering how to tell you. I need a holiday, a long holiday; one from which I may not return. You may have noticed that I was spending a lot of time on my own in the privacy areas of the café even before...
Inky in Lockdown Mode
Greetings Humans, I want to congratulate you on becoming more like cats. Of course, I’m talking about how you are staying inside and when you do go out, staying in your territory. You are also washing your paws more often and only touching those who are in what you...
Happy Year of the Rat!
Greetings Humans! Happy New Year! I have heard it is the year of the rat in some places of the world. I wonder if that means that there will be more rats this year? If so, I am sure we could catch any that come into Neko Ngeru! The only rats I have ever seen, however,...
Inky’s Christmas Wishes
Greetings Humans, Sorry I didn’t write last month. Richelle was too busy to transcribe for me. She was letting everyone know about the new age limit and the reason I feel it is safe to come out into the café playroom more often: now only children seven and...
Pet Insurance Information from Consumers Advocate
Is Pet Insurance right for you? What type should you get? What's the difference. Recently, Consumers Advocate sent us the results of their study. It was tailored to the US market, so we requested a version suited to NZ. They sent us the following: Cat-Lovers of New...
Inky Catches Up
Greetings Humans! Even though I have been back in the café for a while, I haven’t taken the time to write to you yet. I apologise. At first, it was being in quarantine for ringworm (thank goodness that’s over!). But, really, I have no excuse, so please forgive...
Don’t Forget Your Cats
We often think about what we would do with all our cats in a disaster. Recently, we saw an article from 2017 in Pet LIfe New Zealand with information from the SPCA Canterbury addressing this issue. Also the Animal Evac NZ Foundation is hosting a foundation course in...
A Letter from Po to Inky
Dear professor, I heard that you are back from the sanitorium, and I didn't get the chance to say goodbye before I moved away. So I thought I would write you a little letter to tell you what "being adopted" is like. First, I now live with no other cats!...
A Pet Safety Guide
We are happy to share this Pet Safety Guide from House Method. It is oriented towards Americans but still has some useful information for us here. https://housemethod.com/home-safety/pet-safety-guide/
Inky in Isolation (with a few friends and enemies)
Greetings Humans, I am not writing to you from my usual comfortable position in the café but rather from the cramped quarantine quarters which I share with my fellow sufferers: Tiger Lily, Conner and that annoying fellow Domino (he's the one in the feature...