My dear, precious, Scratchy cat turned 13 yesterday.

Pictures of him are here.

And, his home page, (albeit not updated for a while) is also available.

Yesterday morning I removed most of his food. He still had enough to live on, but my little Scratch really likes having a food bowl that is at least half full. If it falls to the point where he can see the bottom (at all!) he gets really paranoid and starts thinking he’s going to fall over dead right there.

So, in anticipation of last night’s events, I removed most of his food yesterday morning. You see, Scratchy’s yearly treat is a can of tuna. He gets it on his birthday each year, and he really, really enjoys it.

Last night, after an appropriate amount of waiting, Scratch finally got his food. Wasn’t tuna, though. I had a can of fancy feast that I had gotten somewhere, and thought that I’d give him that instead. So, he had a can of Chicken with Cheese fancy feast. (exact name will be put in once I go home and get it). He really liked it. He sat there and ate and ate and ate.

All things considered, a great birthday for the little guy.

Pictures that Mariya took of the food festivities are forthcoming.