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Once upon a time, I lived in another habitat with my older sister Hazel and my mom and dad. Hazel tolerated me being around, even though I don’t think she was ever that fond of me before the break-in. I sure liked her being around because she wasn’t afraid of anything, not a bug or a ~shiver~ spider not even the occasional bat that came to visit.  My dad wasn’t too fond of the bats but that is another story. Hazel was a great protector of the habitat.

One day while Hazel and I were chomping chow after a rough day of napping, chasing and hissing the most unusual thing occurred.  Right above my feeding station, there was a cracking sound in the ceiling and the next thing I knew…

This is what came falling out of the ceiling!

Hazel screamed Raccoon! And this really scared me because Hazel never screamed and I didn’t even know what raccoon meant!  I was frozen in fear.  Then Hazel said, “Gracey follow me!” and we ran super fast into the living room squeezing

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The Tiniest Tiger and the Smart Cat Box

Hi Friends!  It has been 16 weeks now that I have been using the Smart Cat Box. Now I typically don’t like to discuss my litter pan issues but  I think this is important information to share with you.

You might remember that we had a discussion about To Clump or Not to Clump? In this discussion we talked about the issues with clay litter.  My parents were purchasing  a popular brand of natural clumping litter for me to use.  It was not a clay litter but made from natural biodegradable corn fibers.

Some of you might already know that I suffered from pancreatitis and transient diabetes. During this time, it was necessary to test my glucose levels on a regular basis.  Unfortunately, this meant getting an ear or paw stick with a super sharp pointy needle.  My parents said it hurt them more than me, but I don’t know about that.  I never got to sneak up on them and poke them in the ear with a needle  to see if it hurt me more than them.  Sorry for the digression.

One happy day in May, our friend Jone told me about the Smart Cat Box.  I got in contact with Sara Maguire, the creator of the  Smart Cat Box.  Sara was so concerned about my sticky situation that she offered to send me a Smart Cat Box to try. Sara, is a genius because she designed the Smart Cat Box with a urine collection system (your pee goes into a container).  Now my parents can use a  Keto Diastix

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Congratulations to Haley and Jan! You are The Tiniest Tiger’s Whoops! Wednesday Winners! Everyone that posted a comment was entered. The winners were chosen by a random number generator! My mom and I are both left pawed so I bet we will have another Whoops! Wednesday in the future. You know the ink sort of smears…things like that. Thank you everyone for all of your Whoops! stories.

Happy Wednesday Friends! I am calling today Whoops! Wednesday. My mom and I were cleaning the office and we found some copies of The Tiniest Tiger and when we looked inside the front cover, we said “Whoops!”

I will show you why.

Inside this copy the writing is very nice.  You can read the writing and it is flowing the way it is supposed to flow.  My paw-tograph is nice and solid too.

Now here is an example that made us say Whoops!

Even though my paw-tograph is nice and solid.  My mom meant to write the name Avery but for some reason her left paw wrote Abery. Whoops!

Here is another example.

Here my paw slipped while trying to paw-tograph this copy.  I tried to make it better with a second paw-tograph but it just made the messy one look even messier!

Whoops!

So we have decided to have The Tiniest Tiger’s  Whoops! Wednesday

Today we will be giving away 2 copies of The Tiniest Tiger that are Whoops! copies.

There is nothing wrong with the books other than  a little messy hand writing and/or maybe a slipped paw-tograph.

If you would like to win a Whoops! Wednesday copy of The Tiniest Tiger

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Welcome Friends to The Tiniest Tiger Tuesday Tiger Imitation!

I thought about giving you a little time off after you were trying so hard to figure out Whoops! Wednesday.  There were some pretty good guesses, but sadly, none of them were even close.  Don’t worry though, you will see tomorrow when Whoops! Wednesday arrives.

In the mean time, try to  concentrate and decide which is me, Gracey, The Tiniest Tiger and which is our big cat cousin living at Big Cat Rescue.  Am I on the left?  Or am I on the right?  We both have a few stripes running down between our ears so that makes this imitation even more difficult.   Take your time.  I will be here napping…I meant thinking and working all day. Good Luck.  Meow for Now.

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Friends, I am so relieved when I survey my habitat surroundings and things are a little messy! When the yard, trees and shrubs are too tidy, I can’t help but worry.

I worry because there are many creatures that live in the shrubs, grass and trees and when things are manicured and groomed too much, our small Friends lose their habitats!

And it is not just the mowing and the trimming that I am talking about.  I am worried about the use of pesticides to keep lawns greener than green! Is it really so bad for the grass to be dotted with dandelions and other interesting plants?

Honeybees are responsible for every third bite on your dinner plate!

Did you know that more than fifty billion honeybees have died within the last year in the United States due to Colony Collapse Disorder?

Bees are social creatures but they are also very smart. When they become sick, they do not return to their colony so as not to infect the other bees. But when all the bees are sick and do not return the queen bee is left alone in the hive. She is then helpless and she too perishes.

But what is making our honeybees sick?  I found the answers from our Friends at The Honeybee Conservancy.

A scientific study in 2005 showed that three-quarters of the 66 different pesticides found in one hive were toxic to bees.  But even worse, the combination of the toxins increased the poison as much as by 1000 times. This same study found 121 different pesticides in 887 samples of bees, wax, pollen and hives.  Scientists believe that pesticides are the reason for Colony Collapse Disorder.

The Honeybee Conservancy told me that our bees are harvesting pollen laced with lethal poison and feeding it to their young. Many of these systemic pesticides are from a family of highly toxic chemicals called neonicotinoids. Bees exposed to these chemicals exhibit symptoms similar to humans afflicted with Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s.

Spraying Pesticides- Mosquito Fogging

Friends!  I want to ask you to ROAR!  Toot your own horn! Or as our Friend Josie says, (and I am not sure why!), Fluff your own goat!!  In other words, tell me how you

Speak Out For Animals!!

We are celebrating everything that you do to care for all of Earth’s Creatures both big and small!

I want to hear from everyone, no matter what you do, whether you feed a feral colony or you take your Cat to the ~shiver~ Vet for a check up!

Every Friend that leaves a comment telling us how you support animals, here on our The Tiniest Tiger’s Conservation Cub Club will be entered to win:

Outspoken by Fergie Gift Set

Outspoken by Fergie  4 Piece Gift Set

Fergie’s New Fragrance is bold and daring.

Inspiring you to express the real you and the world will listen!

Be Outspoken! Say it like you mean it!

Every Friend that leaves a comment here on our The Tiniest Tiger’s Conservation Cub Club and places an order at my Gracey’s Avon for Animals E-Pawty will

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Friends, this is me, Gracey, The Tiniest Tiger with a full Code Red situation!  As hard as this is to believe, my dad has let my chow bowl go empty.  I don’t even have the energy to get my mom from the office.  I am trying to reach Janell by telepathy.  She is an EMT and this is definitely and

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Friends, Lazy Leopard and I were checking up on our big cat cousins at Big Cat Rescue this morning.   We got super excited when we saw that Big Cat Rescue posted a photo of their very own Lazy Leopard!  Now  let’s see if you can tell the difference between my Lazy Leopard

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Happy Friday Friends! Well, I am trying my best to accept my favorite chair as a substitute for my lovely fig tree but it is not working so great.  My mom moved my chair over to where the fig tree used to live.  I know that some of you, I won’t mention any names Corlyn, think that I had something to do with the fig tree not feeling well, but that is not true.

I have sent out a message to Joe at FigTrees.net.

I hope Joe can help us get our fig tree back inside for me, but if not,  I think Joe will help me decide on which fig tree to bring to our habitat to help me and the fig tree feel better.

In the meantime, Lazy Leopard and I have called in a nature expert for their opinion.  Here is a photo during the examination of my fig tree this morning.

I hope we hear back soon!

Are you waiting to hear about something important to you?

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Friends, my day started off a little rough. Sometime in the middle of the night, my primary water source became tainted.  And no, not with fig tree dirt from my paws either.  This was serious!!

On my usual habitat surveillance around about 3:03  am, I was stunned and seriously frightened by what I discovered in my fountain.  After I jumped back in terror, I bolted to my secondary water supply located beside my chow bowl.

My secondary water source level was satisfactory. But I started to think about what would happen if I needed to drink all of my water from the secondary source before my parents could remedy my primary water source’s problem?

My chow bowl was at the Code Blue Level and that was reassuring, until I thought about what would happen if I got super hungry and chomped all of my chow and got crazy

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