Cats: April 15yrs | Tuli 7yrs | Doni 4yrs | Dawson 18yrs| Marian 4yrs
Hedgehogs: Shamrock Sean | Fancy Mice: Meeka, Nya and Spaz
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At the moment I have 5 wonderful cats and 1 amazing Hedgehogs, 3 Fancy mice, plus fosters.
BORN March 9th 1986, came to live with us at 8 weeks oldI got her in 1986 on Easter day! She was my very first pet (other then the fish that belonged to the family), and holds a special place in my heart. She as been by my side threw the most of my life. She belonged to a friend of my sisiters who had her mother and April's siblings. I had already met and choise April out of the litter of kittens but was going to Disney Land and had to wait a while (I add been waiting 4 years alreay to get a kitten). We [my mother and I] came home a day earlier then exspected because my mother said there was something special waiting for me that couldn't wait, little did I know my father was getting April to suprize me. I came home and my Dad told me to go look at my Easter present which was on the bed. I went up and saw a beautiful little kitten sleeping on my bed.
(there is more the the story then this, but I though it too long to write, April wasn't in the best condition when we got her.. she was a barn kitten and her health was lacking..)
About April
She is one of the most loveing cats I ever met when she is in a good mood! unfortunatly she is normaly grumpy, she doesn't like to be picked up at all. April loves to sit on my lap when I read or watch TV and of course also on John's lap [my fiancee]. She is the queen of the household, she loves to play even though Apy is a little athretic at this point. April has always had skin problems (she has many allergies) and we recental found out she cannot eat anything with soy, so now we have to be careful what brand of cat food we get for her. April shows she deep affection and love by purring, licking
and rudding/snuggling with us.
She is a wonderful kitty and I wouldn't trade her for a million bucks!!
Special Needs
April has allergies to soy, corn, dust, fleas (thankfuly she had none of those for YEARS) seems to have problems digesting beef amoung other things. She has problems with very dry itchy skin (due to allergies). As a young cat she had many medical problems but now is much better. She is on a special resticted diet and medication for athritus.
More about April and various images of her.
April tells her story in her own words ;)
BORN ~April 1994, came to live with us July 1994 as foster kitten, adopted official at 10 weeks old
BORN ~??? 1997, came to live with us at 3-4weeks old officialy adopted at 10 weeks
NAME:Ragu aka Rags (Mothers Cat)Ragu is now almost a year old, He adores kitten and has been helping my mother with all her foster babies. He's a big ball of fun and loves to snuggle up with Seppy Who doen't mind too much! Ragu loves to play with balls, and his favorite pal is Donavin who he comes and visits when my parents are away on trips. He's a very wonderful guy!! Ragu doen't go outside even on a leash since this unsets him greatly [outdoors] mostly due to is rough start in life as a starving alley kitten. He is very happy to stay inside and sit on laps, play with the zillions of toys and generaly be a cuddly fellow!
Ragu is a former foster kitten of my mothers, he was adopted into the family!! He's about 7-8 months old black and white long haired guy who is very friendly, loves to "talk" and other cats! He has special dietary needs and has a heart murmur, but is otherwise a very healthy kitty!
We have a new member of the family a sweet little Kitten named Ragga-Muffin (RAGU). He is a long haired black and white sweetheart and loves to "talk" she runs around "murping" and "mewing" quitely to everyone in the house. He LOVES to play with Donavin and has gotten over being a shy cat. He's going to be one beautiful cat. Ragu likes to play with all sorts of toys, he can not eat "nine lives" cat/kitten food as it makes him sick, other then that is is the best wittle fuzz ball! He loves older cats and gets along with them great. He's very affectionet and gives lost of TLC! Ragu needs special care as he can not eat many kinds of food, he also has a heart murmur but is other wise healthy!! Ragu now lives with my mother and her 16 year old cat Seppy!!
NAME:Cupcake aka Cuppy-puppy (don't ask that what my mother calls her)Cupcake is my mothers new little kitten, she is a main coon mix of about 7 months old. She was brought in with a litter of other kittens about 7-8 weeks old by the owner who didn't want them. All her siblings got adopted the day they went up for adoption! They where all cute but Cupcake was the only orange tabby. Since Seppy's passing my mother had been looking for just this type of kitten, so Cupcake became a member of the family. She lives with my mother and her other cat Ragu, and looks after foster kittens as she loves to play with them and clean them. Cupcake has just been spay not too long ago, and is recovering well.
BORN ~??? 1983, came to live with us winter of 2001Dawson is a special cat, you see he's a stray cat who had no hope of finding a home and no hope of being reclaimed by whoever used to own him. Why? Dawson is at least 18 years old, he might even be older then this. He has bad teeth, used to have a poor coat, is totaly blind in one eye, and looks like he was living outside for s few months. His fur was matted badly and he wasn't the most attractive fellow out there. He was wearing an old purple collar with no ID tags, and was found on a busy street downtown. No one came to claim Dawson and because he was not adoptble the shelter would have had no option but to put the old cat down. Fortunitaly for Dawson, he's a real lover and caught my eye so when his stray time was up he came home with us to spend the rest of his life.
ABOUT DAWSON He took some time to intergrate into the family but is now very happy. He and Doni don't like eachother but it's not anything serious as they avoid eachother. Dawson had a bad cough and has been to the vet already, where he had bloodwork. We discovered some amazing things, he has NO problems, kidenys, liver, heart, lungs, and bloodwork where all exceptional.
The cough may be a viral infection so he is on medication, if not next step is x-rays to rule out cancer but so far our new boy is 100% healthy, eating tons of dry food which helps with the teeth and loving life. He drools when happy and thinks life is great. We know not many people would adopt a cat of his age, but we have to say these old cats are such characters! They bring lots of joy into our lives and we know they will (when the time comes) have a nice plesent end to live, well loved and not lost alone or "discarded" (by former owners). We will never know how Dawson got out on that busy street or what his other 18 years where like, but I think he was at some time someones beloved pet and I hope that they would be happy to know he is safe.
SPECIAL NEEDSDawson's special needs are based on age, he is on low protien diet (to maintian his good kidney functions) is totaly blind in one eye. Otherwise he's 100% healthy for an old guy.
Marian came to us in April __ 2001 as a ill foster cat, she was suffering from a case of bad URI and an eye infection. She was hinding at the bad of the cage, not wanting to eat and not grooming herself. Of course once she came home she shruged of this "I am so SICK" act and ate the moment I let her out of the carrier.. we knew from day one she was special.
More images of Dawson
Dawson tells his story in his own words ;)
Maid Marian (aka Meowian)
BORN ~July 1996, came to live with us April 2001
NAME:Mairian aka Meowian
CURRENT AGE:about 5 years
GENDER:Female/Spay
TYPE/BREED:BURMESE / Domestic Shorthair
COLOR:Grey with some small white paches on her belly aka Blue
ORIGINS
Once she recovered from this it was discovered her teeth where in bad shape and she had to have dentistry to remove two teeth. By this time Marian had made it very clear she wished to stay with us.
ABOUT MARIAN
DEC.30.01 After going to the vet when Marian was sick, she told us that she believes Marian is mixed with Burmese, based on a number of factors
Marian is about 4.6years old and although she is besicaly a DSH she has some almost russian blue like traits. She LOVES to talk and is always meowing, murping or making some type of sound.. she talks a great deal for a cat really, eevn more the Donavin with his siamese background. I looked up some infomation on the Russian Blue and found out several years ago they outcrossed to the siamese/oriential in order to bring back the breed.. so Marian could have some russin in her even though she is vocal! She has a narrow head like a russian.
Marian enjoys drinking from the tap, tummy rubs, any attention she can get, being brushed and catnip!! She can be both playful and laid back. We think she is a perfect angle. Her and Doni get along well although the "bad boy" sometimes chases her when she isn't in the mood to play. Marian is respectful of the older cats too, although doesn't spend much time with them
SPECIAL NEEDS
While Marian is a healthy cat now, she sufferes from a nerolocical problem (obeseseive complusive licking), which we first discovered after her dentisry.. they shaved a spot on her front leg and her tummy (to see if she was already spay). Marian licked at her blad spot till it was red and infected, after medication and some time that has cleared up but may happen again in the future.
Marian tells her story in her own words ;)
See our current foster cats/kittens
We don't plan on getting any new friends for some time but in the future would like to get a pair of Zebra Finches, one or two Newts [red-spotted, fire bellied, broken striped]. We might get some fish goldfish, catfish, red tailed Shark and possibly one or two others.
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