Topic: Cats, cats, cats

Aug 25, 2020 05:11AM Spookiesmom wrote:

He gifted DD a dead shoelace😂❤️

Aug 25, 2020 07:28AM edj3 wrote:

Talk some sense into me.

We have two 13 y/o male cats, litter mates although they no longer care all that much for each other. I lost my 20 y/o cat last year, the day after my last radiation treatment.

There's a bonded pair of cats at our local rescue, they're male/female litter mates about 2 1/2 years old.

Bad idea, right?

I keep going back to their pics, knowing they're both older and have to go as a pair and thinking we could give them a good home.

Aug 25, 2020 09:43AM Spookiesmom wrote:

I say go for it. Some may only want to adopt a single and if you have the space and patience for 2 more, go get them. Shelters are traumatic for any animal. Go get ‘em.

😂😂sorry, not sorry I didn’t talk you out of them.

Aug 25, 2020 11:09AM CeliaC wrote:

edj3 - my enabling answer echoes that of the other enablers.

Aug 25, 2020 01:57PM Spookiesmom wrote:

way to go!!!!!!yay you!!!!

Aug 26, 2020 05:58AM petite1 wrote:

Edj3, I saw a sign once, "Cats are like potato chips, you can't have just one."

Aug 26, 2020 10:57AM edj3 wrote:

You guys are rotten and I love you all.

I would dearly love to have a Bengal but I'm 95% sure a cat with that much energy would not be welcome by my two older boys. But that bonded pair are 2 years old and have each other so that if Wally & Eddie are little shits it should be OK.

More to come . . .

Aug 26, 2020 02:24PM Betrayal wrote:

We had just adopted a kitten and then a stray cat showed up in the neighborhood. She loved to play with my children when they were outside. My DH was adamant about only having one cat but this new kitten became seriously ill right after we adopted it. I reminded him the children had already lost a dog and a cat in a relatively short period of time and now this one seemed to be leaving us as well. So he finally said that if the cat was still around (meaning the next day), I could bring it in. Now mind you this was at 11 PM, so flashlight in hand I roamed the neighborhood calling for her until she came. She mothered the dying kitten until he died and then grieved for him every night for weeks (until we got her another cat). She permitted my DD to dress her up in doll clothes, to be pushed in a doll stroller and lived to be the ripe old age of 19. So who says you can have too many cats?

Why wait to see if they are still there? There is a reason why you singled them out.

Aug 27, 2020 02:24AM Rah2464 wrote:

FF that is classic and oh so true.

Betrayal what a wonderful story about you grabbing that flashlight and bringing that special kitty into your home.

Edj3 hoping that things work out and there is peace in the animal kingdom

Aug 27, 2020 01:57PM petite1 wrote:

Betrayal, Thank you for sharing that warm heart felt story.

FF, that's what I am talking about. LOL

Aug 28, 2020 06:52AM edj3 wrote:

I emailed the shelter hoping to get more of the back story on why those two kitties were up for adoption. They don't know, the kitties were transferred from another shelter. The girl kitty (Hailey) has had all her teeth removed as she's got stomatitis, which is an auto immune disorder aggravated by the tartar on the teeth. They said she's doing really well now. I checked with a vet friend who said if her teeth are gone, the stomatitis should be a non-issue.

So I'll talk w/ my husband and see if he's willing to meet them. I'm still a little up in the air, mostly because Wally (one of my two boy kitties) is pretty high strung, and his litter mate Eddie can be a cowardly bully. I don't want to screw up the existing cats for sure.

Aug 28, 2020 07:50AM Spookiesmom wrote:

My poodle has had about 18 teeth removed, probably because of poor diet in his previous life. He’s a rescue. I get a small kibble for both, he doesn’t have any problems eating it.

At DDs house, the girl is shy, really has no clue how to cat. The boy picks on her constantly. He spends time in kitty jail when he’s really bad. Behind a closed door. He hates that.

Aug 28, 2020 06:11PM Wren44 wrote:

We had a toothless foster cat. She insisted on eating dry food along with our cat. She ate canned also, of course. She could clamp her jaws hard enough to make her hard to pill.

Aug 29, 2020 05:14AM DebAL wrote:

awe betrayal, such a sweet story. Edj, good luck and keep us posted. Lily needs a couple teeth pulled. She's a bit overweight so trying to get her to drop a little weight before anesthesia. She prefers sunbathing to exercise

Aug 29, 2020 05:35AM feelingfeline wrote: