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Meet My Cats
Meet the cats behind the blog—quirks, diagnoses, victories and all. These are the heartbeats of The Comforting Paw.


Zigrit the Tiny Tyrant: Judgy Eyes & Zoomies
Zigrit is roughly the size of a baked potato. A very judgmental baked potato. Don’t let the fluff fool you, this cat has opinions. And she is not afraid to express them across the room with a silent glare that says, “Oh…that’s what you’re wearing today?”...
Sep 222 min read


Darling Daphne: My First (and Forever) Cat
There’s something unforgettable about the first pet you adopt as an adult. Not the family pet you grew up with or the one you "kind of" shared with your siblings, but the first one that’s yours. That was Daphne for me...
Aug 264 min read


Butabi, the Big Teddy Bear with IBD
Let me introduce you to Butabi, our 13-year-old big cuddly teddy bear. And when I say big, I mean big. He weighs in at a whopping 14.5 pounds! Even though that might sound like a lot, the vet always...
Aug 193 min read


Ziggy and the Mystery Cyst
When we first saw Ziggy, we weren’t even looking for a third cat. We already had Daphne and Butabi and we were just walking into PetSmart to pick up some supplies...
Aug 113 min read


Zigrit: The Tiny Tiger Princess with the Fancy Calcium
Let’s talk about Zigrit. Queen Zigrit. Princess Zigrit. She answers to all of the above, preferably while reclining in sunbeams or perched like royalty on her favorite soft pink blanket. Zigrit is one of our littermates we adopted together from the shelter with her brother Lars, the world’s most sensitive cuddlebug. When they were kittens, they curled up together constantly. It was so adorable, like they knew they were...
Aug 73 min read


Meet Lars and His Resorptive Lesions
Let me introduce Lars, the household athlete and professional snuggler. He is sleek, a little muscular tank in a velvet jumpsuit and he melts into cuddles like warm butter. He also happens to...
Aug 64 min read
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