purrcast is happy to be expand to some companion ambient audio podcasts.
Whale Cast, whale songs direct to your mp3 player. Dogcast will bring the wonderful world of dogs barking. Trafficast, close your eyes and it is just like being there in traffic. HVACast weekly aural explorations of the sounds from heating and air conditioning ducts.
April 1, 2008
March 14, 2008
purrcast 009
piglet purring posted for your perusing
January 25, 2008
purrcast008
Still more purring. Plenty more where that came from.
January 18, 2008
purrcast 007
This week purrcast would like to thank Tree House Animal Shelter a no kill in Chicago who found our feline friend Dashigara and took care of him when he went missing a few weeks ago. They do good work so send them some love will yah?
January 11, 2008
purrcast 006
In which we bring you purring and 0dbi normalization to compete in the volume war
December 24, 2007
A very special holiday purrcast
Purrcast holiday special.
December 22, 2007
Holiday Show Notes
Until I can think of some more individual things to write about the shows, here is a small list of things the cats currently love and would recommend as gifts for any deserving feline.
Pig:
* Cosmic Cat Catnip. Check it out, a 5 lb. pail!
* Petroleum jelly. Forget those other brands of pricey flavored hairball goo. A marble sized gob of petroleum jelly is tasty and cheap and probably already in your bathroom. It may inhibit nutrient absorption, so don’t eat this right before or after a meal.
Fatty:
* VitaKitty chicken treats. When they take away the dry food you can console yourself with occasional handouts of VitaKitty treats.
* A cardboard box. Sleep in it, on top of it, flip it over, sit in it. The genius is in the simplicity.
Other:
* WorldWise Widebody Cat Scratcher at Trader Joe’s. Sprinkle it with some nip and you have a perfect place for a cat scratching party. Alternates as a napping spot!
* Crumpled ball of aluminum foil. Who needs expensive toys when you can grab this out of your kitchen? Remember, sometimes we love this toy so much we want to eat it, so don’t leave us alone with our foil ball.
From all of us:
* Petguard wet cat food (at Whole Foods and independant pet supply retailers). kazoogrrl moved the boys to a higher quality wet food diet this fall. Other than missing the endless supply of crunchies they think it’s great.
* Electric blanket: humans and cats can curl up in comfort when you have an electric blanket on the bed. Remember to read and obey all the safety rules!
* The original Cat Dancer. Cardboard on a piece of wire, and cats LOVE it. Worth every penny!
* Donations! We support City Kitties and you should too (and they have holiday cards right now)! Or support your local animal rescue with a donation of money or of your time and energy. Also, purrcast is always happy to accept donations towards the health and well being of the podcast and it’s (feline) performers; just click the donation button on the right side of the page.
December 20, 2007
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December 14, 2007
purrcast 004
purrcast! Apply directly to the forehead!purrcast! Apply directly to the forehead!purrcast! Apply directly to the forehead!
December 12, 2007
purrcast003: shownotes
Poor Other. Stuck with such a horrible name. Often people think we don’t love him very much because of that name, and because he lives in our basement.
Fatty and Other are brothers. ding0 and his ex ended up with an entire litter when they took in a cat mom-to-be. Unfortunately one of the kittens was born with one of the other kitten’s umbilical cord wrapped around his paw, and the day after they were born his foot started to swell up. So the entire clan was bundled off to the vet’s office, who asked two questions: “Sex of the kittens? Names?”. Well the first thing is really hard to figure out in day old kittens. As for the other question, they had to think fast. The kitten with the bad foot was Gimpy. Fatty was . . . the fat one. Mailman didn’t look like any of the other kittens. And Other was the “other kitten”.
Now that they are all grown up Fatty and Other do not get along at all. Fatty is not the smartest cat, and is a bit of a bully. A lifetime of being beaten down by his brother has made Other nervous around other cats, except Pig. Pig really wants to be Other’s friend, but Other gets overwhelmed and is sometimes mean to Pig. Sometimes Other manages to get the upper hand and he is the top cat for a week or two, but then Fatty will smack Other around and the status quo is resumed.
Other has decided that the basement is his area of the house. Half of it is carpeted, all the better for rolling around and shedding. Half of it is concrete, all the better for litter box placement. He hangs out in the laundry room, sleeping in baskets of clean clothes we’ve forgotten to take upstairs. He has a padded shelf that is right under a window so he can watch the action outside. Inside one of the built in cupboards he has a safe bed where he can go to escape his brother.
Happily Other loves people. LOVES! Loveslovesloveslovesloves. OK, once he knows you he loves you. He tends to get overwhelmed with people too, and will hit you when he freaks out (we’ve learned to warning signs, but when you do get hit it hurts and happens faster than you can really see). But when he is calm Other is a total lap cat. He’ll put his paws up to climb into your lap, tucks his head up under your chin or into your armpit, curls up on your lap or runs his super fluffy tail the length of your nose. Unlike Fatty, who has about a three word vocabulary, Other is talkative and expressive, with a full range of meows, chirps, squeaks and a deep trilling purr. He is also a mighty hunter of the aluminum foil ball and the laser pointer, makes liberal use of this cardboard scratching board, and it a total catnip addict.
So those are our three boys: Pig is the cute one, Fatty is the handsome one, and Other (with his impressive ruff and fluffy fur) is the beautiful one.
