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Parents:
Unknown x Unknown
From:
HSCA
Status: Deceased--February
10th, 2005 at 10:28 pm--companion only
Health: Aura
has been in fairly good health since coming to PAR.
She is chronically sneezy, but otherwise shows not illness.
She had lice in August 2003 when she was adopted, and grew her teeth
back in September 2003. She developed a tumor in the summer of
2004. It was removed October 6th. In december Aura began
to show signs of her age. She developed a bladder infection,
at which time a radiograph was taken and I learned of a congenital
spinal deformity. She recovered and lived a fairly healthy
life until she passed away.
Temperament:
Aura is very shy; she trusts very few people. She is
terrified of being picked up and held away from people (most likely
from her traumatic upbringing). She loves to investigate her
surroundings during free range time, and always puts herself away
when she gets tired.
After a year of love she is coming around and doesn't freeze up as
often as she used to. She loves to find warm, enclosed places
to sleep. She is also a girl who knows what she wants.
She learned that if she chewed on the bars of her cage she would be
allowed to play. Aura almost always did it at 10 pm, her
playtime.
Her Story:
Aura was brought to the Humane Society for Companion Animals as a
stray that someone found in a pile of wood. She had four young
babies with her. I took care of her while she nursed her
babies and soon I found out that she was missing her top
teeth. She had lost a lot of weight and hair from the whole
ordeal. I started to bring canned cat food to her, along with
canned baby food. I begged the manager to let me take her home
because I knew they would euthanize her because she didn't look
healthy enough.
My manager allowed me to
take her home when she was done nursing. On August 15th I got
the okay and adopted her. I knew she had lice when I brought
her home, so they were treated with ivermectin injections by my vet.
When I went to college
with Mara and Kirika in early September Aura had to remain at home
with her "grandma" while she finished being treated for
lice. She came to stay with me and the girls at college in
late September. She was accepted by Mara and Kirika almost
immediately and they all became fast friends. Aura enjoyed
sleeping with Mara and Ki in the hammock.
Aura slowly has come out
of her shell and become a healthy, adventurous girl. She has
learned that people aren't as bad as she first thought, and so she
no longer freezes up as soon as someone pets her.
While her health was hit
and miss at the end of her life, Aura was always an adventurous girl
with a huge appetite. She scared me several times with breathing
fits, but would recover and act as if nothing was wrong. Several
months after the first one she finally decided it was time to go and
laid in my arms until her body couldn't handle her strong
spirit. I miss her very much and I will never forget the
personality my little Aura-bean had.
The Many Faces
of Aura
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