lucy!

our beloved store cat Lucy gave us a bit of a scare earlier today. when we had not seen her for a couple of hours we started worrying that she may have wandered off or, worse, been cat-napped. posters were made, calls went out and just when we started to lose our cool we found her. it turned out that lucy had made her way to a neighbor business' loading dock and had gotten herself stuck behind some crates. ah, of course! curious cats are always getting themselves into sticky situations - it's part of what makes them so goofy and lovable.

we are now happy and relieved to have our girl back in the store, lounging the day away on a cat tree right where she belongs. oh, lucy.

here are some tips on what to do if your cat ever goes missing. our best advice? stay calm, check all cabinets, closets and other spaces where an animal could get trapped, and, most importantly, get your cat microchipped! the dane county humane society will do it for just 15 bucks and it could end up being the difference between life and death for your lost cat.

happy hump day!

sable, a gorgeous muted tortie, is over at the west-side store waiting for you to come get her. "i can haz fourevah hom now?"

the people responsible for the menu foods recall two years ago are have plead guilty and will soon be sentenced. we think they should have to eat a few "well-balanced" meals of melamine-tainted wheat gluten along with paying a few fines.

the suspected florida cat killer has been released while awaiting the results of a psychological exam.

we would much rather find this adorable dottie look-a-like in a mail box than one of these!

warning! you have a little over 24 hours to complete your ballot for madison's favorites. make it so!

lucy and the frame store

another favorite thing about cats is their desire to make daily visits to a particular place, like this cute kitty in kent, who spends his free-time at the local library before returning home for his evening meal.

dottie has the outdoor seating area of the coffee shop next door, gabby has the "urban jungle" of the willy st. park, and lucy has the frame shop. it makes sense that dot chooses to sit with people dropping crumbs of muffin and donuts, and for gabby to play fearsome-hunter in the roughage of the park, but why would lucy pick a frame shop? on any nice day when we are likely to have the doors open and miss lucy has gone missing your almost always guaranteed to find her down at the frame shop - just hanging out and relaxing. maybe it's a natural instinct with cats, to seek out resources in an area away from home? or maybe they just want to get the heck out of dodge every now and then. either way, if it makes them happy it makes us happy.

in other news.....scientists are doing something crazy involving theoretical cat whiskers, shrodinger's cat, quantum sensors and a lot of other things that don't make sense. check this out:

"To create our ‘quantum cat’ we took a star-shaped molecule with one central atom and nine atoms surrounding and applied radio frequency pulses to put it into an entangled state where all ten spins are spinning one way (‘alive’) and the other way (‘dead’) at the same time."

awww, ok.

morty versus mouse

this video is proof that morty doesn't just lounge around all day. he's a fearsome hunter and purple mice are his prey.

miss moose adopted!

we are happy to announce that miss moose has found her forever home. she will be living in quiet home where her "special needs" will be met. she will be adopted today! we wish her all the best of luck in her new home!

if you think you would make a good forever home for one of our happy cats, visit their cool site.

meet miss moose!

moose is a lovely adult female currently awaiting her forever home over at the west side store. she was surrendered to DCHS because her owners no longer had time for her and had developed allergies. she does have one special need and that is low stress due to her benign heart murmur and elongated mitro valve. moose is a very healthy and happy girl and needs someone to give her the love and attention she deserves.

to meet moose just stop by our mineral point store. for addoption info contact our friends at happy cat club.

ollie is going home!

good news! ollie the cat, who was surrendered for being "too affectionate," has found a new family will be going to his new home today! the gabby look-alike is a loving, playful boy who just needed someone to appreciate him for all the love he has to give. good luck, ollie! we'll miss you.

another happy ending for a happy cat...

lucy in the sky with catnip bananas

looks like everyone wants to be as cool our west side matriarch. "lucy" has been found to be the most popular cat name of 2008.

you can't blame them, though. a lot of super neat ladies have shared that awesome moniker over the years.....and even millenium!