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Burble-urp
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Age: |
Eight years old
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| Gender: |
Female
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Tortoiseshell
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| Home: |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Meet
"THE BEST ONE" - our "Burble-urp!" She is truly "the best one" -
she purrs like a house afire and she licks your hand or your nose, and
she loves to fetch spongy balls. She is the most beautiful cat who was
ever born in the world, and such a great mother!
We named her "Burble-urp" because that's the sound she made when she was
pregnant and anyone came into her birthing room - "burble-urp!" She
was a homeless girl who claimed us just after we moved into our new
neighborhood, over ten years ago. We loved her from the moment she ran
up to welcome us... 'free WITH a good home!' It was love at first
snuggle!
A few days later, she gave birth to four gorgeous kittens! They were
born in a Tupperware tub in our living room. What a great mother she
was! As the kittens became more independent, we set up a shallow
children's swimming pool enclosure that included a small litter box,
kitten-food, water dishes and toys for the kittens.
They were the most beautiful kittens who were ever born in the world!
(Please see the picture below.) We found homes for three of the four
kittens, but no one seemed to want the runt of the litter, so now she's
our darling "baby" - although she's seven years old now! We just had to
keep that fourth little squeaker at the back, whose name is Burford. She
was named Burford after the "Stacey" character played by Jerry Van Dyke
in the 1960s Dick Van Dyke TV show. Stacey was a discreet sleepwalker,
and you could only tell that he was sleepwalking when he called everyone
Burford. We were afraid to get too attached to the kittens, so we
called them all Burford - "the grey Burford," "the beige Burford,"
"the point Burford," (because she has a beige exclamation point on her
face) and "the other Burford."
We kept that squeaker in the background, "the point Burford" and now, 9
years later, she's our Burfie! She and her mother live with us and our
other three rescued cats - all saved from a nasty life on the street by
The Annex Cat Rescue,
the most loving and effective volunteer cat rescue group in Toronto,
Canada.
Every day, we tell our Burble-urp (a.k.a. Blurpee) that she is the "best
one!" We are so lucky to have our five wonderful kitties - they
brighten every day and we love them all so much!
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