I'm named after a Greek Goddess!
Iris is the name for the Goddess of the Rainbow.

She was a messenger, who traveled so fast, all was seen was
 a trail of her multicoloured passage across the sky.

 The Iris flower was dedicated to the goddess
because it blooms in all the shades of the rainbow.

My full name is Iris Estarla Rose

I get called many variations of Iris.
Such as Ris, Rissa, Ris Ris, Rissy.

Since I'm more petite then Fern, and have a high meow,
   I got the "pet name", Pip Squeak
which has now lead to Pip, Pippy & the current fav. Pippers!

Life is great here, in Ontario, Canada.
I love my family. I'm treated extra special.

Hey when you're this cute,
you can get away with anything!

Just so there's no wondering, why this site is called "Fluffy Tails"? I think these photos explain!

I'm now 8 years old. I was born on May 12th, 2001. 

Mom and Dad were fostering a pregnant kitty from an animal aid organization. She had 5 kittens. Unfortunately they couldn't all live here forever like me! Something about vet bills and not enough laps?

  That's my sister Fern with me. We are just 3 weeks old here.

 Since we were born here, we get along great with Jazmyn,
 the doggie that already lived here. She is 14 now.

Here's all 3 of us, we are a couple months old in this photo,
we all look about the same size.

Fern is bigger then Jazmyn now :)

 I have fun in my orange tent, its great for playing, hiding or even snoozing.
I adore catnip, I'm rolling on my scratching pad after a little nip.

My favourite toys are small balls, especially fluffy ones, or crinkle ones.
 I'll get into some pretty strange places just to get my crinkle ball!

Here I am doing some swinging on my kitty condo thing.

I also love to roll all over this wicker basket.

These chairs were ugly but a lot of fun, but they got replaced with new ones, (not nearly as fun as these).

Early on I mastered drinking from the faucet. But since the tap isn't always running,  we got a great gift that is! The Drinkwell Fountain.  It's awesome, both Fern and I love it.  It's plugged in near our kitchen sink so its easy for Mom to empty to clean and refill. We've had it for 5 years now and we still love it!

Here I am with Mom and Jazmyn. I'm so tiny, only 8 weeks old.

Now I take up lots of space on Mom's lap.

I don't think she minds.  She lets me rest for a really long time every night.

Jaz likes to be real close too.
 Sometimes I leave room for Jaz on Mom's lap.

 Fern never joins in our sofa time, she just lays on the floor near us - silly Fern. Mom's lap is much better then the floor!

I'm strictly an indoor kitty. Unpleasant things can happen to kitty's outdoors. Cars, dogs, people, poisons, other cats and nasty critters could hurt me! So indoors is best for me. We do have kitty furriends who go outside and enjoy it. They just have to remember to be very careful and definitely come in at night!

With a fun house like ours, we've got plenty to keep us occupied!

What the heck, is this thing?!

We have lots of window ledges
 to lounge on, like the two above.

 Plus two bay windows.

 Here I am in one. There's 3 bird feeders to see out this window.
 We call it our kitty TV. As there is always something to watch.
Birds, squirrels, bunnies, ducks, even a few neighbourhood cats stroll thru our yard.

Hello, my name is Iris and I have a problem! I'm addicted to chewing plastic!

In the above photos I'm chewing the bags Dad keeps his fantasy/art magazines in. Yes I'm very resourceful for my habit. The other photo is an example of my chewing and EATING the shower curtain. Oh ya, I'm bad!

Mom & Dad have caught on and promptly put away all store bags etc. You can see what happens when they set bread on the counter for just a minute!

Thank you to the fellow plastic chewers who are providing support, with your emails. It is nice to know I'm not alone in my habit.

Lets see, have I covered everything?

Well I could go on and on,
but I think you get the idea,
I'm real keeper!
 

There's more of me on ...
Cat Grass
Plus more links down below.

Goodness, this was a lot of work, I'm very sleepy now.

Hope you enjoyed my webpage. Just click here to email me.

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 With all the spam that goes around it might get mistakenly deleted otherwise. Thank-mew.

Purrs & Fluffy Tail waves!

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