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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!...
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...
Cait Sith’s “Tail” of Woe
Greetings Humans, Since I have been occupied with kitten training, I usually let young Inky give you the news of the café. But this concerns me personally so I felt I must tell you myself. Recently, I broke my tail. I won’t tell you how it happened except to say that...
Inky Gives the Latest Gossip
Greetings Humans. It seems like I was just writing to you, but it has been more than a month! So much has happened. All the guest cats have been adopted and we have 11 new kittens. With 16 cats in the café, most of them kittens, I find myself feeling old and...
Inky Tells You the Latest News
Greetings Humans, We had a nice and busy time around the school holiday and warm weather. We appreciate all the people who come to the café, but we especially love those who come back. Now that the season is turning, we will need the support of our regular friends to...