Now that I have my own book out (Bruce Finds A Home), mum and dad have been going around schools and libraries to read it to children. But they never take me with them! Now they have two cute replicas to take along - one of me as a kitten and one of me as a grown-up. They were made by this clever lady. Aren't they cute?

You guys voted on your favourite photos on Facebook, and now here they are!

Lots of people have asked me how I changed colour from grey to black. This video reveals all!

I had a pawsome Auckland book launch at The Dorothy Butler Book Shop last Sunday! I'm looking forward to the Dunedin launch at The University Book Shop this Saturday 17 February at 10.30am (all welcome). But where can you get my book if you don't live in Auckland or Dunedin? Well, you can get it at all good New Zealand bookshops ... and you can also buy it online! Too easy! Here are the stockists I'm currently aware of:

• Dorothy Butler Book Shop
• University Book Shop
• Time Out Bookstore
• Fishpond

And of course you can buy it on this website (just click 'shop' on the top right). 

These are some of my favourite photos from 2017. I hope you like them!

This video shares some of my cutest moments from 2017.

Blog post by Shamintha Kumar, ‘Bruce Finds A Home’ Digital Content Coordinator
 
Bruce the Cat followers are fascinated by the kitten which changed colour from grey to black within a few months.
 
Fever Coat is a condition that occurs when a pregnant cat falls sick due to an infection, or if the cat is stressed during pregnancy. It can also occur when cats are put on medication by their owners without knowing that their pets are pregnant.
 
Fever Coat appears in kittens because the pigments have not been properly deposited in the fur.  This causes parts of the fur to appear silver-grey, cream or reddish as a result. 
 
Fever coat remains present for up to 6-8months in newborn kittens but eventually fades away. (Bruce’s coat was completely black by the time he was about four months old.)

You can see Bruce's transformation in the video below. 

Want to see other kittens with fever coat?
​Black Persian kitten with fever coat
Litter of kittens with fever coat
Ghost stripes on kitten

How Odarid saved my mum and dad's sanity!

You wouldn't guess it looking at me now, but when I was little I had some CATastrophic little accidents inside.

One day I got a bit confused and peed on the floor instead of in my litter box. Unfortunately my accident happened in the spare room - on the carpet! So it was impossible to mop it up, and boy did it smell!

Mum and dad checked the internet and followed all the instructions they found there. They started out trying to remove the smell using natural products like baking soda. That didn't work, so they went to the supermarket and bought a product there. THAT didn't work either, so they went to a pet store and bought a product there. But THAT didn't work either!

By now mum was at her wits end. If there's one thing she doesn't like, it's a gross smell in the house! And as for me, I felt terrible that my little accident was causing so much trouble. 

So dad turned to the internet one more time, and found out about a product called Odarid. He ordered it online, it arrived the next day... and it WORKED!

When mum and dad sprayed it on the spot where I'd had my accident it foamed up so they could see it working. And when it dried... the smell was gone! We were all so much happier after that.

I wrote to the people at Odarid to tell them how much I liked their product, and they said they'd send me another bottle if I wrote this review. So now we have another bottle sitting on the shelf... just in case I have any more CATastrophic accidents in the future.

​Thanks Odarid!

You can find out more about Odarid here.

The team at Odarid are looking for international distributors (aside from in Australia and South Africa, where they already have distributors). So if you're one of my international fans and you're looking for a new business opportunity, why not get in touch?