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February 28, 2009

Collared today: Zorro

NAME: Zorro

OWNERS: Pat and Gene Sweeney (Gene is a Baltimore Sun photographer.)

HOW THEY MET: Rescued from Pat's former workplace in Hunt Valley after Zorro got into a fight with another, unknown animal. The vet checked her out and then she came home with us.

AGE OF PET: 9 years old

HOME: Parkton

BREED: Tuxedo

NIGHTTIME RITUAL: "Purrs" us to sleep above our heads, of course on our pillows, each night.

FAVORITE FOOD: Anything her fellow house cat has left in her bowl. Plus a spoonful of milk after our breakfast.

THE TOOTHLESS WONDER: She has no teeth, (victim of her outdoor years), but that has never stopped her from eating anything put in her bowl, hard or soft.

IF ZORRO HAD A MOTTO FOR LIFE, IT WOULD BE: Purring will get you through anything!

Photo by Sun photographer Gene Sweeney Jr.

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Posted by Mary Corey at 6:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: Collared

Comments

Great name. Looks like he is ready for battle (the battle of course is to purr you to sleep!). I swear, the power of a cat's purring to fall asleep to is amazing, especially if they happen to be lying on you. Someone should market one of those sleep machines with the rainfall or thunderstorms to include purring!

Posted by: Trixie | February 28, 2009 3:55 PM

Trixie--great idea! Quick--apply for a patent!

I look forward to the day when our kittens calm down enough to sleep with us. Max has a fixation with my hair and he wants to knead it and purr very loudly at 4 a.m., so we have had to close the door in his furry face.

Posted by: Dahlink | February 28, 2009 5:22 PM

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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