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I assume that Sid's uses the same petfinder listing site, and the cats with
the special needs green heart are the ones at Sid's and the ones without are at
Crash's, right?
The thing I noticed right off is that there are SO SO SO many declawed cats
at your rescue! Your area must have a very knife happy vet to have the majority
of rescue cats in that area all come in declawed! Is there a good
explanation as to why you get so many digitally mutilated guys? Just seems kinda
bizarre...
I think out of all the special needs guys, I think Toby is the most
handsome, he's got that classic fluffy orange kitty look to him that I just fall
for. Reminds me a bit of Moogie, in a way, though he's definitely a big muscular
guy, and not the tiny pee-wee she was. I have a stray that visits my yard
occasionally for a free meal and some love that looks similar too (I call him
Beautiful), but Mythic HATES him, and so I don't think he comes around very
often because Mythic is a scary cat when he's aiming to fight for his territory.
Maybe Mythic's just jealous cause I don't call him beautiful, but hey I call
Mythic a sexy hunk of black kitty, so you'd think he could forgive me calling
other cats beautiful, LOL!
All my happy cats have silly names:
Doobie is my "Doobie-buddy-doober-man! Buddy-doo-buddy-doo-buddy-do!
Doobie-doobie-doo!"
Tigger is "TiggA-wallpapA-shred-Ar!" (yes, you should see the wallpaper
here, it's quite beyond repair, looks like something wild got loose in the place
and was trying to claw it's way out through all the walls)
Bones is "Evil-little-dev-O!" (behind those sweet crossed little eyes and
cute little ears is a lurking beast seeking it's next victim)
Miranda and Pinky are still too shy to enjoy all the fuss, so I don't make
a big deal of them, just talk quietly when they decide it's safe enough to come
out and see me. Pinky worries me, when I pick him up, or get him excited, he
begins to cough kinda like a hairball cough/hack/wheeze, but he only does it
when excited. I think he has either Asthma, or congestive heart failure, or
possibly heartworms, if cats get the same cough as dogs, cause it sounds like
late stage heartworm coughing in dogs. He's got to go see a vet soon, I think...
if I pet him gently, and reassure him, OR if I pat (beat, really, but not enough
to hurt, just enough to be too hard to be called patting) him rather hard on the
sides and middle back below the lungs (think of the way parents of
kids with Cystic Fibrosis have to beat their kid's chest to break up the
secretions) while he is having one of his "fits" he seems to get over it sooner.
Not sure why the patting helps, other than maybe it's just so darned distracting
that he forgets he's freaking out over something and his heart/respiration rate
reduces. I think it warrants a heartworm test, a good stethoscope exam, and
possibly a heart ultrasound. I can't pick him up without throwing him into one
of these coughing/hacking/wheezing fits (he's not real fond of being held or
picked up, and freaks out a bit).
Phaewryn (was Jenn, changed name) http://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah (UCAT) Cat Rescue: http://ucat.us/adopt.html PLEASE DONATE TO THE TANGLE FUND: Tangle is a cat in Greece that was severely injured when someone wrapped wire around his neck to strangle him, Little Cheetah Cat Rescue is raising funds to bring Tangle to Vermont to find him a good home! http://ucat.us/tangle-fund.html DONATE: We could really use a power saw (for construction), a digital camera (for pictures), and more towels! |
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