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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. |
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Wendy DOB: Estimated 3/2000 Inside ~ 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.
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Chloe DOB: Estimated 1997 Inside ~ 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.
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Felix DOB: 3-28-03 Inside ~ 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! |
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Itty Bit DOB: Estimated 6/14/04 Inside ~ 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.
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Lil' Kitty 'Kit' DOB: Estimated 5/?/09 Inside ~ 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!
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Philly Boy 'Phil' DOB: Estimated ? Outside ~ 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!
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Lily ~ RIP DOB: 4/2003 - 6/2009 Inside ~ 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. |
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Tiger ~ RIP 4/2003 - 11/2006 Inside ~ 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. |
