Missy Earns a New Name

Missy is our first queen, which means she was the first cat in our breeding program to have a litter.

Since then, all of our other breeder cats have had one litter (in fact, all at the same time!). Missy has done nothing. She should have one litter per year, or even every eight months, but she just hasn't been interested. She went into heat once, but Xerxes was still a little bit young and couldn't handle her (she's a big girl).

Corinne and I started calling her "muffy" a few days ago. That's a reference to a joke that queens that stop having babies are destined for the earmuff factory.

Think she'll take the hint? It's been 18 months since her last litter was born... she'd better figure it out soon (although her fur is incredibly silky-soft, so I wouldn't mind a new pair of earmuffs this Winter).

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