Happy 35th Heavenly Birthday to My Rags!
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If you have been on this site for awhile, you know who Rags is. For those who do not know him, he was my childhood Ragdoll cat. Today is his birthday, but he is now long passed.
Rags was born on 8/8/89. I will always honor his birthday on the site because he is the reason this site exists. 8 is my favorite number. It is also the reason I do a lot with 8s on the site. For example, every blog post is published at 8:08 am Kansas City time every day. Rags was born in California, so perhaps I should have it published on Pacific Time – but I don’t because his life was spent in Kansas City.
Rags’ face is the one you might from our profile image on YouTube. He was one of the greatest loves of my life – and I am so thankful he was in it for the 19.5 years that he was – as my love for him helped to create this website, which has become my livelihood and one of my great joys.
Rags (c) 2008 Elaina G Photography
Thank you all for being here to help celebrate my joy – my Rags – and all beautiful kitties!
I am very excited to announce that Duckyworld Products, Inc. who makes the Yeowww! Catnip Banana has chosen to sponsor a bonus giveaway on Rags’ Birthday – and in keeping with the “8s” tradition, they have agreed on 8 lucky winners.
The Yeowww! Catnip Banana is a durable cat toy in the shape of a banana. It is filled with 100% catnip (so you don’t have to worry about your kitty swallowing fiber fill), and the outside of it is a canvas-y yellow material that kitties like to bite and gnaw on. It lasts for months and months in our house.
Rags never really liked any cat toys other than a piece of string. When he was 15 years old, Santa Claus left a Yeowww! Catnip Banana in his stocking. He not only went NUTS for it but continued to play with it for years afterward (check out the videos at the bottom of this post of Rags rubbing on a Yeowww! Catnip Banana at the age of 18).
Before I started this website, I wrote Duckyworld, thanking them for the Yeowww! Catnip Banana because never ever had he liked a toy like he liked his “nanner”. It remains my ALL TIME FAVORITE cat toy because of his love for it (and because all of our cats since have loved it).
So, now eight lucky winners will each win one Yeowww! Catnip Banana for their kitty! YAY! THANK YOU DUCKYWORLD!
Giveaway Details:
# of winners: 8
Prize Details: 1 Yeowww! Catnip Banana
Open to Addresses in: Continental USA only
This giveaway ends on August 31, 2024 at 11:59 CT. A random winner* will be chosen in a drawing on September 1, 2024. If you’d like to enter for a chance to win 1 Yeowww! Catnip Banana, please enter the giveaway via the ViralSweep widget below or click here.
Buy a Yeowww! Catnip Banana:
Videos of Rags at the 18-Years Old Playing with His Nanner:
Please join Yeowww! Catnip on Facebook and Twitter as a thank you for sponsoring this giveaway!
*No purchase is necessary to enter. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Winners will be alerted via e-mail. The winner(s) of the giveaway are required to give Floppycats a physical address (to which the prize will be mailed) within 72 hours. If a reply email containing the physical address where the prize should be mailed is not received, alternate winner(s) will be chosen again by random. Winners may or may not be announced in a separate post following the drawing.
Hi, I’m Jenny Dean, creator of Floppycats! Ever since my Aunt got the first Ragdoll cat in our family, I have loved the breed. Inspired by my childhood Ragdoll cat, Rags, I created Floppycats to connect, share and inspire other Ragdoll cat lovers around the world,
