SWEET GUM MINIS & MANCHAS
Nigerian Dwarf, Lamancha & Mini-Mancha Dairy Goats



Our Pets

Last Updated: 11-27-09

Meet the pets at Sweet Gum Minis.
 


Kitty Cats
We do not breed cats. There are far too many homeless kitties in shelters for us to partake in breeding and raising cats. We do however have a very soft spot for cats and therefore wind up with quite a few.  Some have found us, others given to us because we're "softies" and also from us volunteering and fostering cats for the Kitten Action Team. We did that until I wound up keeping too many. Now we just occasionally have a new cat show up at our doorstep.
Wendy
DOB: Estimated 3/2000
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~ This is Wendy. Wendy was a stray kitten who was walking along the menu sign at Wendy's restaurant in the drive-thru one night. She was approximately 5-6 weeks old. I convinced my (now hubby) to go back and catch her. Little did we know it was just the beginning to our kitty adventures.
~ Wendy is very affectionate to us but shy towards strangers. She's a lap kitty loving to cuddle. She's really claimed my hubby as her person.      
Chloe
DOB: Estimated 1997
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~ This is Chloe. Chloe found us. We were renting an apartment in a large house at the time. We were feeding a stray tom who hung around a lot and one day I heard a cat fight outside. I was so use to running out to chase the big toms off Max that I was surprised to find he was the one doing the fighting. This terribly skinny white cat trotted up to me and looked down in the empty food bowl. I knew she was in need of food desperately so I opened the door to go in and get more food and she darted past me into the house. So I opened our apartment door and in she trotted and never went back out. She's been a permanent resident with us ever since.
Felix
DOB: 3-28-03
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~ This is Felix. I was fostering cats and kittens for the Kitten Action Team and he was a kitten in my first litter to raise. We'd actually decided to keep a kitten and chose him because he is completely black. Black cats are very hard to home for some reason. I loved his 3 siblings dearly and wanted to keep them all. He's my way of remembering them.
~ Felix is my baby. He has been spoiled by me since he was 2 weeks old so he's not shy at all. He's a huge cat too, being part main coon. He's pure fluff and not aware of his size. He did have to battle with an upper respiratory infection as a kitten so he has permanent respiratory issues but we love him no less!
Itty Bit
DOB: Estimated 6/14/04
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~ This is Itty Bit. This itty bitty kitty decided to "call" us. LOL We were leaving and at the car we heard faint meows down the road. Well of course I had to check it out. We walked down the road less than 30 feet and I saw this terrified little kitten sitting maybe 5 feet from the road (dangerous road too) and hunkered down. I mewed to her but she didn't budge and had a fearful look in her eyes so I said, "come mere little kitty" and she immediately ran to me. I scooped her up and toted her to the house. She was called Itty Bit from the start so it stuck. She has turned out to be quite the sweet little kitty.

Photo coming soon! Lil' Kitty 'Kit'
DOB: Estimated 5/?/09
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~ This little kitty is solid gray and is short haired. We came home one day to find her on the front porch with our relatively new outdoor cat Phil. She was puny and friendly so of course she came in the house. As soon as I brought her in I noticed a putrid odor so I figured she'd been in the trash or something and gave her a bath. The smell didn't go away so I looked her over a lot more closely and then found the source of the smell. She had a small hole on her neck which was full of puss and infected. We doctored her up and cleaned it out and squirted some penicillin in the wound. She healed up super fast. The next morning it was dramatically better. She claimed us and has become our newest indoor kitty. Pictures soon!
Photo coming soon! Philly Boy 'Phil'
DOB: Estimated ?
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~ Philly Boy, named by our 7 year old daughter Hannah, is a stray tom cat who showed up one day. He is a big ol' boy and extremely affectionate so of course I loved him immediately. He isn't overly thrilled with being in the house so since he's happy outside we've let him stay out. Besides, he's still intact (for now) so we don't want spraying in the house anyway. Phil is a gray tabby and has been great at keeping the mice and rats in check around our little mini farm. He gets along great with our dog and the goats. Pictures soon!

Lily ~ RIP
DOB: 4/2003 - 6/2009
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~ This is Lily, she's Tiger's sister. Lily was a feral kitten hanging out with her mother and 2 siblings behind Burger King at the dumpster. I was fostering for the Kitten Action Team so I purchased a humane cat-trap and set it to catch these cats. Lily was the first one of the 3 kittens to take it. She was completely terrified of humans in the beginning and was scared to death of what we'd do to her. We placed her in a cat-cage at our house to tame her. The next morning we caught her brother Tiger. Tiger was even more scared of us. Over the course of several weeks we got them to come around. A foster mom cat named Katrina that we had helped to bring them out of their shells. She would meow to them in her mamma cat voice and they'd run to her. When they saw that we weren't hurting her they let us pet them. Lily came around first and has become the best cat! She is the biggest lap cat I've ever seen even though she's the smallest of our adult cats.
~ Lily lost the control of her rear legs today. We took her to the vet and it was determined that she had a blood clot lodged in her spine causing cold feet and no feeling. She was humanely euthanized. We are very upset and will miss our sweet little Lily. Rest in peace sweetie.
Tiger ~ RIP
4/2003 - 11/2006
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~ This is Tiger, he's Lily's brother. We trapped him the day after catching Lily and kept the two of them together for comfort while we got to know them. It took several weeks to get them to trust us enough to touch them but with the help of one of my foster mom cats, Katrina, they came around. Tiger took a lot longer than his sister to trust us. She seemed to know that she was in a great home but Tiger needed a little extra reassuring. After being with us for over a year he finally sees what he's been missing out on. He is a pure and total lap cat now.
~ Tiger died in November of 2006 from a urinary blockage. It was sudden and completely heart breaking. We miss this sweet boy terribly. Rest in peace Tiger.


Puppy Dogs
We do not breed dogs either, there are way too many dogs needing homes out there so we have chosen not to participate in adding more to the problem. We use to volunteer with Greyhounds & Love in Anderson, SC doing meet and greets as well as fostering. Ace was our 5th foster dog and we "chipped" and adopted him. The group has since closed down but there are other retired racing greyhound rescue groups locally where you can still adopt. Check out Greyhound Crossroads or For The Hounds.

"Ace" Yer My Pick
DOB: 9/11/00
Retired racing Greyhound

~ This is Ace! His racing name is Yer My Pick but we call him Ace. We were fostering retired racers for Greyhounds & Love here in SC and Ace was our 5th foster dog. We got very attached to Ace after he had a run in with an aquarium here and cut his leg. He just couldn't leave. We picked him up to foster in November 2004 just before Thanksgiving and officially adopted him in January 2005.   
"Bear" Budda Bear ~ RIP
6/19/1996 - 8/06
Retired racing Greyhound

~ We adopted Bear in January 2004. He was our first retired racing greyhound. He was 8 years old when he joined us and died in August 2006 at just over 10 years old. He was a super sweet boy and we miss him.

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