Pets Anyone? - Page 4

Patti · #46 08-10-2004, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Sugar

We have 4 cats and two free-roaming house rabbits!

CATS:
Emmitt is mostly black, but if you pet back his fur he's all white underneath--very strange. He's the most skittish, he was born feral and my husband brought him in when he was about 7 months.

Sara is completly silky black and Emmitt's mom. She came in the same time Emmitt did, except she is TOTAL housecat now! MAYBE she will sit on the front step, but that's it. It's like, "I had enough of outside, THANK YOU!" She's also the most friendly--she will come up to total strangers to be pet.

Charlotte is a very fat calico and not terribly bright. She has been referred to as "pillow-esque." Also a rescue from outside, but when she was a kitten.

Emily is Charlotte's sister (another calico) and while not quite as fat, she is the loudest. When she wants kitty treats she lets out this insistent RRAAIIWW. My husband calls her "Emily Air-Raid" (as in Air-Raid Siren).

RABBITS:

Zoe came from a shelter and is agouti colored (which means he's that speckly brown cottontails are). I chose him because his tag said, "Likes to play with cats," and I thought that was cool since we had cats. However, their definition of "play" must have been "likes to growl at and chase cats out of his territory," because that's what he does! Everyone always askes me if I'm worried about what the cats will do to the rabbits, and I have to explain that it's the other way around.

Funny story: Emmitt was on the chest of drawers in Zoe's bedroom once, and he couldn't jump onto the floor because Zoe was directly beneath him on the floor giving him the death stare. There was no way for Emmitt to get to the bedroom door by jumping on furniture, so after about 5 minutes he finally leaps over Zoe to the floor. But Zoe was right on his heels 'till he was out of the room! Zoe grunts too. Grouchy little bunny!

Josephine is the love of Zoe's life, though she is about 10 lbs. to his 6lbs. She is a cinnamon, which means her body is brown while her ears, feet, belly and nose are black. Very pretty. She also came from a shelter. Josie is very bold and likes her treats too, which are apple chips. She will come up and nudge my ankle if she wants some. She also has the cutest, hugest ears! She used to hop up on the bed but she hasn't in a while.

Don't let anyone tell you rabbits are timid! Just ask my cats!

I love all your descriptions! Those rabbits sound cute as hell--no way could I have them, my dogs like to chase rabbits.

Patti · #47 08-10-2004, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

we lost the beloved & infamous cat "Percy" 3 years ago due to feline luekemia, He was a "one-in-a-million" type of cat.

Brian, my cat has feline leukemia, also. She was born with it, as were all her littermates. She is 3 now and is one of those "one-in-a-million" types you are talking about it. How old was Percy when he died? I truly believe those FeLV+ kitties have a very special quality about them.

DeeGeMe · #48 08-10-2004, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by dissention

That's what I have, only she's a mini.

I'm sorry you lost him, I know how attached people get to their pets!!

Nicky was a mini too (black and tan). My first dachshund (Dutch) was a standard (also black and tan). Great minds think alike Diss--both in politics and pets!

Sugar · #49 08-10-2004, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Patti

I love all your descriptions! Those rabbits sound cute as hell--no way could I have them, my dogs like to chase rabbits.

Absolutely! We're thinking about getting a dog (my daughter wants one), but that's rule number one: we have to wait until the rabbits die...

ryan8472 · #50 08-10-2004, 12:05 PM

I have one female dog named Summer.

Vianna · #51 08-10-2004, 12:23 PM

I love them to pieces and I have a house full, mainly rescues. Dylan, named for Bob, of course, is 18, and the youngest, Polly, is almost a year. I have one Siamese, named Siam, and he is a character. No one should leave life without knowing and being owned by a Siamese cat-my humble opinion.

I had a cat named Stud -he died last summer at 17 years old-who actually said NO. I know it's hard to believe..

Some have Fleetwood Mac names! Gypsy does, Woody does, and Lindsey does. Lindsey is a gorgeous Maine Coon wannabe, Gypsy is a Persian wannabe, and Woody is a gray and white shorthair. I had a Christine but it turned out Christine was a he so the name got changed to Christopher

dissention · #52 08-10-2004, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DeeGeMe

Nicky was a mini too (black and tan). My first dachshund (Dutch) was a standard (also black and tan). Great minds think alike Diss--both in politics and pets!

You got that right!

Mine is a red mini. She's so funny, too. She likes to stand in front of the window and bark at traffic and other dogs.

Violet · #53 08-10-2004, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Patti

Carol, I love white cats! What color are Violet's eyes? Beavis sounds like a special boy to his mama.

Violet's eyes are light green. Beavis has cool eyes. They match the tan in his fur. And they shine or glare in pictures. He is a mama's boy. He is declawed, but it was a bad declaw job, and he has bone fragments or nail fragments or something in his toes on one paw, and it hurts sometimes. So he doesn't run around a lot, and he's real slow going up and down stairs and doesn't jump on high places. Jumping off the bed he'll slide his front paws down the side of the bed as far as he can before he'll actually jump. I give him half a baby aspirin for it every now and then, but that usually makes him throw up. He is my baby. Such a good cat. Violet does have more personality, though. Every time my husband does work around the house, she's gotta be in on it. It's hysterical.

Carol

sodascouts · #54 08-10-2004, 01:14 PM

Oreo is doing fine right now - thank you to everyone who expressed concern. I took this photo of him in my bedroom just the other day.

Looking good!

Violet · #55 08-10-2004, 01:28 PM

...of Violet, I hope. I've never posted a picture. Hope it works...

Carol

Violet · #56 08-10-2004, 01:30 PM

How do you get the picture to show up in the body of the post?

Carol

Patti · #57 08-10-2004, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Violet

...of Violet, I hope. I've never posted a picture. Hope it works...

Carol

Carol, she is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!! I feel for your poor boy with the paw problems. The latest research has shown that declawing is really a pretty horrendous procedure for cats and can cause serious arthritis problems as the cats age. I trim Gypsy's nails about once every two weeks and it really keeps her destructive tendencies at bay. Don't get me wrong, she still likes to claw stuff, but the nails are too short to do any damage!

Patti · #58 08-10-2004, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

You got that right!

Mine is a red mini. She's so funny, too. She likes to stand in front of the window and bark at traffic and other dogs.

She thinks she is a great dane in a mini dach body, huh?

estranged4life · #59 08-10-2004, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Patti

Brian, my cat has feline leukemia, also. She was born with it, as were all her littermates. She is 3 now and is one of those "one-in-a-million" types you are talking about it. How old was Percy when he died? I truly believe those FeLV+ kitties have a very special quality about them.

was 7 years old when he started to suffer, So we had to make a rough decision to have him suffer no more...Neither Deb nor myself could go into the room with the vet when he passed on, Couldnt quit crying

But, really strange was stoping at Pets Mart & feeling totally bummed out because of our family's loss...We decided to look at the cats that were up for adoption by "Pets And People" (An adoption organization that NEVER puts their unwanted pets to sleep...They're up for a $10,000 award through Friskies if they get enough votes online) and that's when a big hairy, big footed, sabre-toothed tom cat named "Ace" decided to adopt US. He was reaching through the cage like he knew we were the right family for him, Which the workers of "P&P" thought was odd...He wouldnt take NO for an answer because he saw a YUPPIE Mother/Son who were also interested in him ("Ace" doesnt seem to like upper class people...Just us Blue Collar/Middle Class types), But as they say, "Ya snooze...Ya lose" and we ended up adopting "Ace" (Or shall we say he adopted us).

He rode home in the pet taxi while our beloved "Percy" was in a container beside the taxi so we could give him a proper burial...Weird thing is that "Ace" adopted some of the same mannerisms that "Percy" had leading us to believe that maybe some of "Percy's" spirit is inside good ol "Capt.Canuck"...Lord knows he is as DESTRUCTIVE as "Percy" was

For a soon-to-be 5 yr. old "Ace" is the biggest baby I have ever seen of an adult cat

Patti · #60 08-10-2004, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Vianna

I love them to pieces and I have a house full, mainly rescues. Dylan, named for Bob, of course, is 18, and the youngest, Polly, is almost a year. I have one Siamese, named Siam, and he is a character. No one should leave life without knowing and being owned by a Siamese cat-my humble opinion.

I had a cat named Stud -he died last summer at 17 years old-who actually said NO. I know it's hard to believe..

Some have Fleetwood Mac names! Gypsy does, Woody does, and Lindsey does. Lindsey is a gorgeous Maine Coon wannabe, Gypsy is a Persian wannabe, and Woody is a gray and white shorthair. I had a Christine but it turned out Christine was a he so the name got changed to Christopher

My Gypsy is part Siamese, her mama was a gorgeous Siamese mix. When I had the whole litter as kittens, they were NOISY!!!! But I loved it. I laughed about your gender confusion too. When I was trying to name my kittens, I named one of them Tusk (thinking he was a boy). Then I thought he was a girl, and I was in a quandary as to what to do about his name. Turns out he really WAS a boy, so that problem was solved!