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kimberlysteeleShadow was the first cat I took into my house after the death of my beloved Kiki Koneko — he is actually the son of Miss Piggy, the feral who lives outside who I trapped, had spayed, and who still lives in my yard with Shadow’s twin brother Silhouette and his older brother, Tommy.
Ash (short for Ashley) was the brother I adopted for Shadow from the local Humane Society when I realized Shadow would never be happy as a solo cat as Kiki was. They get along great — nevertheless, their introduction to each other took about two weeks. Despite the fact Ash came from a shelter, I believe he is a purebred, specifically a Korat cat. Korats are known for their slim builds and gray fur. Ash had digestive problems when I adopted him, so I put him on a special diet of “novel” proteins: rabbit meat, venison, and duck, plus L-lysine and calendula supplements, and he no longer seems to have any digestive issues at all.
Bee, short for Kyoko Bee Jujube, is the latest addition to my feline family, which is now six cats if you count the three ferals who live outside! I was told Llttle Bee was five years old, but my student who is a veterinary tech and I both think she is far older and may be between 10-15. She is slowly acclimating to her new digs. She is a former feral from Feral Fixers of Lombard who went through a very rough time outside, was found without fur and with severe fleas, and who was rehabilitated both at the Feral Fixers center and with a foster family for over a year. It’s been about two weeks and unfortunately she was in rather poor health when I adopted her. I have her on several supplements, including Omega 3 fatty acids, Yummy Tummy (for digestion) and Cat Kryptonite (for adrenal fatigue) from NaturaPetz Organics. She seems to be responding well to supplementation and lots of her favorite wet food, gaining a tiny bit more energy and a slightly softer, shinier coat every day.
Ash (short for Ashley) was the brother I adopted for Shadow from the local Humane Society when I realized Shadow would never be happy as a solo cat as Kiki was. They get along great — nevertheless, their introduction to each other took about two weeks. Despite the fact Ash came from a shelter, I believe he is a purebred, specifically a Korat cat. Korats are known for their slim builds and gray fur. Ash had digestive problems when I adopted him, so I put him on a special diet of “novel” proteins: rabbit meat, venison, and duck, plus L-lysine and calendula supplements, and he no longer seems to have any digestive issues at all.
Bee, short for Kyoko Bee Jujube, is the latest addition to my feline family, which is now six cats if you count the three ferals who live outside! I was told Llttle Bee was five years old, but my student who is a veterinary tech and I both think she is far older and may be between 10-15. She is slowly acclimating to her new digs. She is a former feral from Feral Fixers of Lombard who went through a very rough time outside, was found without fur and with severe fleas, and who was rehabilitated both at the Feral Fixers center and with a foster family for over a year. It’s been about two weeks and unfortunately she was in rather poor health when I adopted her. I have her on several supplements, including Omega 3 fatty acids, Yummy Tummy (for digestion) and Cat Kryptonite (for adrenal fatigue) from NaturaPetz Organics. She seems to be responding well to supplementation and lots of her favorite wet food, gaining a tiny bit more energy and a slightly softer, shinier coat every day.
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Date: 2023-05-12 12:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-05-12 02:58 pm (UTC)I also don't remember any announcement about the pronoun option, so it might have been added without fanfare, but I'm sure anyone who might object has either left the forum already, or had their posts, like the Snark, softly and suddenly vanished away.
I keep forgetting to sign my posts, all of these replies have been Sister Crow.
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Date: 2023-05-12 03:52 pm (UTC)I have noticed that I'm nowhere near as intolerant and uppity towards hunters/fishers as I used to be. If someone is going to eat animals, and we know most people are not about to stop eating them, it is far better when they go out and directly kill the animal themselves and skin, gut, and bone the carcass themselves. My brother hunts deer on a farmer friend's property, and in the area where he hunts, deer have become overpopulated for lack of predators such as bear and coyote. There's always that vegan who is like "NOBODY NEEDS TO HUNT ANYONE EVER" but that is usually the kind of rabid vegan who approves of forcing a plant based diet on a cat, or who secretly wants domestic cats to go extinct. I knew such a vegan who was entirely ambivalent about the quaxxines, by the way, not even stopping for one second to consider that every quaxx was tested on animals and that the people pushing it were behind Beaglegate, that episode where the government used taxpayer dollars for torturing little dogs with sandflies. Selective blindness is truly amazing!