Fern the Cat

Welcome to my webpage!

Pretty kitten Fern I'm Fern. No I'm not named after a fern plant. I'm named after the little girl in Charlotte's Web. The children's book by E.B. White. Its Mom's favourite childhood book. Fern is a sweet girl who loves all animals, she spends hours out at the barn with her pals Wilbur the pig, Charlotte the spider, Templeton the rat, plus geese and sheep.

My full name is Fern Esther Sophia

I also get called Ferners, Ferny the Bear, Fernie.

There's always "pet names" too.
Currently I'm Ferny the Bear Butt.

Mom and Dad were fostering a pregnant kitty from an animal organization. She had 5 kittens, my new parents even saw me being born. Here I am with my little sis, Iris. We are 3 weeks old in this photo, hanging on bro Furley's back. I was chosen to stay here forever, and it sure is a wonderful home!

I was born the day before Mother's Day, May 12th, 2001. So I'm currently 9 years old. We are Mom's best present ever.

I live in Ontario, Canada. Our particular area is mostly flat farm land. We get a few feet of snow in the winter. Our summers are very nice.

Mom and Dad don't have any of those 2 legged kids.
So Iris and I, along with Jazmyn, are their kids.

My favourite toys are small crinkle balls, sponge balls, feather toys, peanuts in the shell, corks from wine bottles, straws, Q-tips, plastic thing from concentrated juice cans and anything with catnip.

I also love trying to get this ball in this round thing. Its a golf ball so its heavy enough it goes fast and doesn't flip out easily.

I can play fetch! Yes its true. Mom will throw my favourite
little fluffy crinkle balls. I will run to it, pounce on it,
and carry it in my mouth right back to mom!
Look here's a photo!

It really impress's her. My record retrieval rate is 7! But
usually after about 4 times I run back to mom without it.
Hey I can't do it everytime! That's too predictable.

I'm strictly an indoor kitty! Since I've never been outside,
I certainly don't miss it. There's lots for me to do inside anyway.

Here I am in the dining room bay, chattering to the birds above on the power line outside.

There are three bird feeders right outside this window and
the birdies hang out here all the time.

We can almost touch them, plus squirrels and bunnies. It is a PURRFECT lounging area!

When I want to play, I give out lots of "mer, mer" sounds.
I can even do it with a ball in my mouth!

I also make sounds when I want to be petted. I'm an expert at demanding to be loved!

We've had some fun times with these kitty condo things. Mom got them both at a yard sale for $5!
They get moved around the house so we stay interested in them.
I'm getting Iris inside the square one. Gotcha Ris!

My doggie sis Jazmyn, is 14 years old and sure is a funny little girl.

She really likes playing with me.

She looks so silly with her butt up in the air!

I'll only lay on my Dad's lap. (Mom is not impressed I don't lay on her!) Every
night I'm all over Dad. He's a good scratcher
and hanging with him is a lot of fun.

Dad claims he gets no work accomplished
with us girls around.
I say, loving us is the most important job
he'll ever have!

I do enjoy drooling on this cat scratching pad,
especially when it has fresh catnip on it!

Iris is always using scratching posts around the house.
I however prefer to use the furniture to sharpen my nails.

We do get our nails cut the beginning of every month.
You'd think I'd be used to it by now,
but I always howl and put up a fuss!

I've always enjoyed drinking from a glass. So we got this purrfect drinking fountain just for us. See how it is just like a running faucet! We think this Drinkwell is the best design. Others have the water flowing down a slide - well I couldn't get my tongue around the water then!? So THIS is our #1 choice! Check your local pet store (or get retailer info. from the link).

We've received emails suggesting Iris and I look like certain cat breeds. Such as the Maine Coon, Norwegian Forest Cat or the Turkish Angora.
We have no special breeding lineage, that I'm aware of.
I'm just a natural beauty!
My kitty mom did not have a fluffy tail like Iris and I.
One of our 3 brothers has a fluffy tail like ours.
We've never seen our Dad, so we aren't sure about him.

I'm picky about canned cat food. After going thru about every brand and flavour we can buy, my fav. is Merrick's Ocean Breeze flavour. Remember to mix up your flavours, chicken and beefy flavours are a good option too, as seafood flavours, especially large amounts of salmon have higher levels of magnesium which can cause urinary problems. I'm not saying no seafood though!

Boomer, the kitty who lived here before me had FLUTD - Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (or FUS). He had to spend 3 days in the hospital. Kitties can even die from these problems, as they can get blocked with crystals and are not be able to pee! It is very serious!

Learn more about it from Boomers page.

Be sure to visit your local Humane Society / shelter
for a great kitty. There are so many waiting for you!

Interested in fostering a pregnant kitty,
like what happened to my kitty mom.

Just spread out your paws like this, and type me a note here!
Please put something relevant in the subject line like my name - Fern.
With all the spam that goes around it might get mistakenly deleted otherwise.
Thank-mew!

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