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	<description>About my litter of Maine Coon kittens, being a novice cat breeder and all things mostly related to cats</description>
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		<title>FIP clinical research fund in UK &#8211; Langford Trust</title>
		<link>http://thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/fip-clinical-research-fund-in-uk-langford-trust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you would like to donate funds for clinical research into Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), please send your donations to the Langford Trust of Bristol Unviersity.
The Trust was founded in 1990, following recognition of the need to improve facilities at the Bristol University’s Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, and is currently conducting research into FIP.
There [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com&blog=329795&post=843&subd=thecatswhiskers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kitten bedding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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There was a cat breeder who walked into Boots and bought up their entire stock of bedding for baby cots.  When asked by the till assistant if it was for a baby, he replied, twinkling, “yes, all eight of them” or words to that effect!
I myself prefer to use ordinary towels.   
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		<title>How to feed seven kittens</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Here is a photo of the kittens, just over a day old.  They are in a grouping called a “huddle” which helps them to conserve heat.
This is the second litter of seven kittens that Ananda has had.  The first time she had seven kittens, I had to top up one of the kittens with special [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com&blog=329795&post=830&subd=thecatswhiskers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kittens Day 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Seven Catswhiskers Maine Coon kittens, born on Friday 25 July.
Their mother:  Mullycoonz Eowyn (black smoke tortie) (“Ananda”)
Their father:  Ch. Noracoon Vespasian (red silver and white – owned by Fiona Nicholls of Koonikki Maine Coons).  Vespa was also the stud for the 2008 litter.
Colours to be confirmed, but they look like 3 mackrel tabbies, 1 tortie [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com&blog=329795&post=819&subd=thecatswhiskers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Kittens have arrived!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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The kittens have arrived!  All seven of them!
To say that I’m relieved is an understatement.  In my post on Wednesday it looked as though Ananda was going to kitten on Thursday.  That would have been 65 days after mating, and her usual gestation period.  So even though she was displaying all the signs of impending [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com&blog=329795&post=814&subd=thecatswhiskers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting for the Stork &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/waiting-for-the-stork/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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 Here is Ananda, my Maine Coon queen, waiting for the arrival of the stork sometime later tonight or tomorrow.  Knowing what cats are like, the kittens will most likely arrive sometime in the wee hours of the morning.

Here is a close-up of Ananda’s belly, to show how, 24 hours before delivery,  a queen’s nipples get swollen [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com&blog=329795&post=792&subd=thecatswhiskers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Crunch Catnip 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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This is round about Day 30.&#160; 
As you can see the catnip seeds I planted in the Jiffy Pot have grown and I have placed them in a larger pot.&#160; I&#8217;m not sure why the seedlings have gone floppy.&#160; Maybe because they&#8217;re grown indoors?&#160; Here they are soaking up some outdoor sunshine.
Maya the Bengal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com&blog=329795&post=791&subd=thecatswhiskers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Crunch Catnip 1</title>
		<link>http://thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/credit-crunch-catnip-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Here&#8217;s my practical nod to the credit crunch:&#160; grow-your-own catnip.
I spend a fortune every year on searching out the finest and most potent catnip in the market.&#160; So I decided to see if growing catnip would save a few pennies.
This kit comes from Canada, and can be bought from purrsinourheart, a pet charity.&#160; It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com&blog=329795&post=781&subd=thecatswhiskers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My visit to the Natural &amp; Organic Products Show 2009 (3)</title>
		<link>http://thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/my-visit-to-the-natural-organic-products-show-2009-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing the series on my visit to the Natural and Organic Products Show on 6 April 2009.
FOOD PRODUCTS
1.  Maharishi Honey.  It&#8217;s bizarre, but following last year&#8217;s show I wrote about this brand of honey and somehow I found myself at this stand again this year, after the exhibition had closed. 
Maharishi honey is organic and produced according [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com&blog=329795&post=765&subd=thecatswhiskers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My visit to the Natural &amp; Organic Products Show 2009 (2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing the series on my visit to the Natural &#38; Organic Products Show 2009.
PET-RELATED PRODUCTS &#8211; FLOWER ESSENCES
(As you may be aware, flower essences are remedies which act on the emotional state of a person or animal.  They are made by infusing the flower in water in the presence of sunlight to capture the vibrational [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecatswhiskers.wordpress.com&blog=329795&post=758&subd=thecatswhiskers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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