The Winglets' 13th Birthday!

Published: Wed, 06/15/16

Pet Tips 'n' Tales
Of our three Persians, Myster E. is the most comical, intelligent and curious of the kitties. He always has us laughing, like the time we looked all over the house for him and we kept missing him as he perched, like a bird, up on the top of the open bedroom door closet.  He was looking down on our frantic searching obviously laughing at us silly humans!
Whyspurr is a little Princess.  She is a quiet demure cat.  She lets the other cats have all the attention.  This beauty's favorite thing is to sit on the cat post watching the birds at their feeder and jumping on us in the middle of the night - just for the fun of it!

Nymbus's claim to fame is flying to New York and swimming for Anderson Cooper!
Miss Wings was the only living kitten of seven litters. Her survival was a miracle.  A newsletter reader, Vivian, picked Miss Wings up in Boston and flew her to Eugene, Oregon on her day off.  Miss Wings was the size of my heart when Vivian handed her to me.  I will never forget Vivian's kindness.
Happy Birthday to The Wingletts
On Easter Sunday, July 15, 2003 Miss Wings gave birth to four kittens. 

The first little Winglet was still born. The next three were thankfully alive; Nymbus and Myster E where followed by their little sister, Whyspurr.

Today, I give thanks to Miss Wings for raising three beautiful fur children that have enriched our lives and hearts.

Nymbus, the most famous of the four swimming kitties died last year.  His remaining siblings and mother continue giving us joy.
TIPS
Being the parents of Persians means alot of creative cleaning and grooming so everyone is happy.

We replaced our cloth chairs with leather ones so the cat fur would slide off. 

All our clothes are light colors because dark ones turn into long white hair magnets.

We clean the coach and bedspread with a yellow rubber kitchen glove to gather all the fur. 

The kitties love being groomed with a man's short black comb and a furmanator.

We use rubber brooms because their static electricity easily gathers the pet hair off the floor.

We place towels out where the cats love to sleep and wash the towels weekly.

We steam clean the cats' beds. 

The cats still love to chase balls, chew catnip toys, and their Da-bird toy remains their all time favorite toy.

The kitties purr-fur sleeping in boxes, so we replace the boxes once a month to keep fleas at bay.

The cats like to go outside in their cat castle, so we changed all their wood bridges to wider boards and put in ramps to adjust to their elderly status.

Because our cats are seniors, time with them is purr-ecious. They have a few health issues and we are treating them with diet, natural foods and homeopathic remedies.  Miss Wings can tell when her acupuncturist's car is at the end of our block. She benefits from her appointments, but she still runs and hides when she hears his vehicle.

Miss Wings is the alpha kitty and continues to keep us all on our toes!

My husband and I hope you have enjoyed our cats over the years.  I tell them their job is to make others smile. They have done their job well.
 John Smith






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Famous Felines
Mary Ellen's Silver Persians swam their way into readers and viewer's hearts! They have appeared in International magazines and newspapers around the world. (France, England, Canada, China, Germany, USA, etc.)

Also, several National and International TV shows featured the swimming felines teaching pet-water-safety. And their furry faces appeared on a line of shirts.

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