Dave’s wife drives the family Opel 60 km daily to get to work, through tons of traffic. It’s averages about a 2-hour trip there and back at rush hour. One evening after arriving home, she tells Dave there’s a funny noise coming from her car engine.

Dave takes a look and finds a teeny tiny black and white kitten yowling his heart out. It was shaking from fright,” said Dave. “My wife had driven 60km on the country’s busiest and deadliest highways and roads with this kitten in the engine! But that’s not all – so I’m holding the trembling kitten and I count four feet, two ears and ONE eye – the poor thing!”

They rush the kitten to the vet, and discover that although he has only one eye, he didn’t suffer any major injuries from his wild ride. The vet estimated that he was about eight weeks old.

Dave and his family adopt the kitten, whom they call Sneax (because his bright white paws look like sneakers and he ‘sneaked’ into the car).

Fast forward two months. Sneax has happily taken over the household and is an integral part of the family. When he’s not napping, he enthusiastically chases the mouse pointer on Dave’s computer screen, attacks errant shoelaces, and knocks evil fridge magnets onto the floor. Dave claims that Sneax wants to be Spiderman when he grows up.

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Here’s why even the most stalwart shopper should be lured away from coupon-clipping this November 26th. For anybody who has ever looked longingly at the adoptable cats on the Best Friends website, but couldn’t figure out how to bring them home, your chance has come at last.

Pet Airways is going to make a special stop in Kanab to pick up all the animals chosen for adoption, and then will drop them off across the country — free of charge — to their new homes! This all happens during two days: Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday. Doesn’t that beat waiting in line at 3:00 a.m. for crappy made-in-China stocking stuffers that will end up in landfill?

Here’s the goal: Best Friends hopes to have “26 home by the 26th,” or rather, at least 26 cats home by November 26th — Thanksgiving weekend. The drop-off points for the trip are as follows: On Thanksgiving Day, Pet Airways will be stopping at Denver, Colorado; Omaha, Nebraska; and Chicago, Illinois. At that point, they’ll stay the night in Chicago. On Friday, they will stop in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area and finally, in New York City (Long Island).

Click here for details.

Here are just a few of the adoptables looking for furever homes:

Raed

Scarlett

George

Little Sheba

Kendra

Click here for details.

]]> http://blogs.catster.com/the-cats-meow-a-cat-and-kitten-blog/your-friday-cheezburger-39/2009/11/20/feed/ 0 http://blogs.catster.com/the-cats-meow-a-cat-and-kitten-blog/why-is-this-cat-smiling/2009/11/19/ http://blogs.catster.com/the-cats-meow-a-cat-and-kitten-blog/why-is-this-cat-smiling/2009/11/19/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:04:27 +0000 Karen Nichols http://blogs.catster.com/the-cats-meow-a-cat-and-kitten-blog/?p=10028 Why is Snowflake smiling like a Cheshire Cat?

Purrhaps it’s because he’s a finalist in Catster’s World’s Coolest Cat Show!

The votes are in, and the top five vote-getters in each category have made it to the finals.

A team of celebrity judges will decide the category winners, but Catsters (and Dogsters) get to select the Best in Show. So check out all the finalists, and cast your vote for the Coolest Cat in the Feline Universe.

Concatulations to everycat who made the cut!

Click here to enter .

[PHOTO: Tabby Girl]

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Back in September, moderncat told you about the KatKabin, a protective outdoor cat house that provides warmth and security. Well here’s your chance to win your very own KatKabin in a brand new color — HOT PINK! Just in time for the cold winter weather!

One winner will be chosen in a random drawing on November 25.

Drop by moderncat.net and leave a comment to enter.

The Limited is sponsoring a contest in which they’re looking for the best pet name story. After all, every pet has a name. Some are common like “Bob” or “Maggie” and some are more unusual like “Jeter Harris” or “Princess Ziporah.” Common or uncommon, there’s usually an interesting story behind a pet’s name and The Limited wants to hear yours!

Submit a photo of your pet, and tell them how you came up with your pet’s name! One lucky winner will win an on-location professional photo shoot with their pet, a 16GB Apple® iPod Nano with video and a $500 Gift Card to The Limited! And, just because The Limited loves animals, they’ll be making a special donation of $5,000 to our friends at the ASPCA! It’s a win-win.

DEADLINE: 28 DEC 2009

Go to the contest site.

I LOVE this little kitteh!!!!!

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