Born - February 10th, 1999 Adopted - April 22nd, 1999 Nicknames - Kippy, Kippy Doodles, Kippy Doods, Kippunz, Doods, Dooooooods, Doodles, Fat Boy, Fattie, Baby, Big Boy, Chunky, Chunky Monkey, Sexy Doods, Jingle Doods Vocabulary words - His name & nicknames, treat, no, come here, I'm sorry, poor baby, poor boy, poor man, poor little man, baby boy, handsome baby, gorgeous baby, cute baby, sweet baby, good baby, little baby man, cute boy, cute man, cute little man, handsome boy, handsome man, handsome little man, gorgeous boy, gorgeous man, gorgeous little man, sweet boy, sweet man, sweet little man, good boy, good man, good little man, I know, I love you, it's okay, leave your sister alone, that's your sissy, kisses, kiss kiss, cuddles/cubbles/cubbies Breed - Domestic shorthair Eyes - Green Sex - Male Likes - Catnip & catnip toys, climbing, jumping, chasing da bird & other wand toys, playing with & eating his beagle brother's dog food, running onto the front porch, sitting under the computer monitor, wrestling with & chasing his siblings, shoveling his kitty litter onto the floor, following his mommy around the house, meowing & complaining, whacking his big brother's tail & biting his rear end, running inside any open closet or cabinet, chin & cheek rubs, eating celery, eating jello, eating yogurt, finishing off his mommy's ice cream, wet food snacktime, freeze-dried treats, napping, sitting on the screened-in porch, sitting in the windowsills, basking in the sunlight, getting kisses on the forehead & giving head butts, bringing blue fuzzy plush balls to his mommy, coming to his mommy & daddy when they called for his siblings, glaring at his brother Sam, being sung to, looking at his mommy with loving eyes, making buzzsawing sounds while eating his kitty food, sneaking down the stairs, showing off his belly, and sharing cereal milk with his beagle brother Story surrounding adoption - We saw an ad for him in a local newspaper and brought him home in a Pampers box. He spent the first few weeks under the living room chair (Spenser chased him there) and then grew into the most confident, affectionate, and sweetest cat out there! Story surrounding death - Kippy was diagnosed with colon cancer in May of 2012 after having surgery to remove a mass in his colon. Mommy & Daddy spared no cost in trying to treat the disease. Kippy underwent chemotherapy & tried an experimental drug, but unfortunately none of the treatments could prevent the cancer from returning. After a courageous three month fight, his little body was too weak to continue, so we put him to sleep on August 16th of 2012. It was one of the hardest decisions we (as his parents) ever had to make. We loved him very much and will miss him each & every day. Have a good rest, Kippy. Get strong and chase birdies and enjoy stashes of catnip up there in furbaby heaven! Died - Journeyed to furbaby heaven on August 16th, 2012