PETS

Jim adopted Darwin from the Ipswich Animal Shelter on 11/19/2010.  He’s our big alpha boy with double paws [7 toes on each foot] and fangs that don’t fit into his mouth. He always greets everyone at the door like a dog, and has been SO kind and gentle with our new girl Birdie. He LOVES to sit outside the front stoop with Mommy, on his leash:

We adopted Princess Phoebe from the Ipswich Animal Shelter on 1/14/2025. She was 10 months old when we adopted her. She’s our first kitten! Usually we adopt older cats in need, but the shelter suggested her to us because she’d be returned twice due to issues with PICA (eating things that aren’t food, with Phoebe it was chewing wires and eating fabric off speakers). We have only noticed a tiny bit of PICA here and there, nothing to worry about and nothing that has (thus far) impacted us – mostly she likes to chew on fat wires and lick the bed sheets. She’s SO FULL OF ENERGY OMG:

Jim and I adopted General Bonkers from the Ipswich Humane Group 7/10/2012:

Bonkers passed on 12/1/2017.  He was such a fun loving, sweet, gentle cat.  Darwin always tried to play with him, but poor Bonkers would end up being tackled and scared.  We still miss our Bonky boy!

Jim and I adopted Birdie from the Ipswich Animal Shelter on 8/11/2014. She was found on a golf course, which is why they named her Birdie. We were going to change it, but it suited her, since she was petite and aloof.  She didn’t like interacting with the other cats, or us that much, although she LOVED to be brushed and have her neck and chin scratched:

We have no rats at the moment, but plan to get more in the future.