Gotcha Date: June 28th 2008 Birthday: June 8th 2006 Likes: kitty pad lock an outside fence, playtime, loves to "clean off counters" Pet-Peeves: kitty attacks, being picked up or loved before she ask for it Favorite Toy: straws, loves an small light weigh object to play with straws are her favorite Favorite Nap Spot: on moma and dads bed and anywhere other kitties cannot find her easily Skills: she can turn her paw just the right way to make a little palm to hold tiny things in it. Dwells:
indoors Arrival Story: I went to the local high kill shelter to locate a kitty after my kitty of over 18 years had to be sent to the bridge because of CRF. At the shelter the attendant told me the adoptable cats were in the back and that I would have to pass the feral cat cage to get there "so just turn your head and try not to cry" she said. Well as I passed the feral cats a beautiful white kitty with perfect green eyes reached out to me as I was about to pass the cages. Really she reached out after I said "oooh look at you you look like my skids" with tears in my voice (skids was only gone for 20 days)I talked to her for a minute then went to the back to see all the adoptable kittens and cats. I kept looking back to the ferals and she was looking in the direction of the adoptable cat area. I went back to the attendant to ask her about the ferals and she said we do not adopt them out they are wild and are put down as they come in (!) so I began to fight for her life :) when I said well there seems to be one kitty in the feral cage that should not be there. We went back together to the feral kitties and I showed her "my kitty" booboo also reached out to the attendant as she reached toward the cage and she said well maybe she got put in the wrong cage (!) sometimes strays that are not wild are so scared when they are caught that they seem feral and get put in with the wild kitties. I was told I could not adopt her because she was labeled feral and unadoptable, but that she would talk to her boss and if I came back at closing before they stared the "after hours labor" :( she would let me know if they could remove her from the feral status. WOW I went back and took her off death row just hours before they would have put her down if I had not gotten there. She was so loving on the way home and all week end and the next week we too her to the dr. for a check up and to have her spayed. Her vet check revealed fleas, earmites and maybe worms (the life of a street kitty) so he fixed all that then he spayed her and determined her age to be about two years.
When she came home after the surgery she was very diffent than before, she really acted like a feral, not wanting to be loved on or held and running from us if we acted like we were going to pet her then growling if we caught her and loved on her, however she never tried to scratch or attack us. It was 8 - 10 weeks before she had become more like her presurgery self she still growls someitmes when we pet her (even if she comes to us for luvin)She has come to really love us more than she loves other kittes she will give us "eye blinks" sometimes called "cat kisses" and if no other kittes are near she loves to lay near moma but will not fight them for her time with me, so I am very protective of her around the others. Bio: All kitty luvin is on her terms and she will let us know if its ok to luv or pet her, even if she ask for luvin she sometimes shys away as we reach toward her, I think she might have been hurt by someone before she found us. She doesn't talk much and when she does the cry is very low and her bottem lip quivers but her growls are clear. I believe she must be the kitty that my skids tapped on the shoulder and told her to reach for me that day. I read about that legend earlier on this site. Booboo has a lot of the same personality traits of skids and she looks almost jut like her just minor differences only a mom would know. Sometimes when she has had enough luving she growls and runs off, my skids used to slap us real good before she ran off after she had enough luvin. We are so glad she is with us, she also deals with some breathing issues the vet said is probably alergies they don't seem to bother her much now days but she weezes sometimes when she takes a deep breath and sometime when she is awake it sounds like she is snoring. Vet also said there might have been some kind of damage done to her throat before we got her and so air might be slightly constricted. The damage might be to her "voice box" She has done this ever since we got her sometimes worse than others, I think season change and stress affect her. She doenst let it get her down or stop her from eating thank God.**** Update on March 17th 2012 my Boo kitty Boo was diagnosed with what looked liked FIP or a cancer most likely it was FIP the wet form, she had fluid on her tummy. We had to help her to the bridge on March 19. Forums Motto: living the good life The Groups I'm In: "Canadian Kitties" who want to be Friends with all Kitties..., Cat & Dog Plaza, Dogster and Catster All Paws Bulletin!, Dreamy Girlcats, Multiple Cat households!!!, Pawsome Pages, Purr It Forward, ♥ Kewlest Catster Kitties ♥ The Last Forum I Posted In: Power of the Paw and purrs needed for BLIZZARD
I wanted to send a little note from my angel but I am not ready yet to compose a diary from my Booboo kitty. I feel ok most days, I am really surprised at how well I am doing. Then other days I miss her so bad and it hurts (all part of loss I know we been here before) tonight I was fine and as I started this entry the tears came again.
Today we had little humans (2 year olds ) over for a visit and all the kitties went into hiding. My husband made the comment that Boo when have been right in the middle of that visit not to love on them (she only cuddled with us and my best friend) but to see what was going on in her house (sad smile) she always wanted to check it out she was never a scardy cat.
I know so many friends were here to comfort as Boo left for the Bridge and I would like to thank you all I know you know how I feel and how much the love of friends that truly know how this hurts helps during this time.
Maybe one day I will get out thanks to each and every one of you but if I don't or until then. I hope you all know how much your support has meant to us during the loss of Boo kitty (our first kitty into the house after skids)
Hoping all of you have a Blessed and safe Easter and enjoy lots of family time.
Please help the ferals that may never know any other way of life. You can stop the cruelty here. Mom loves alley cats for all they do and they need help from kitty luvin humans to help stop the cruelty
Please go by and sign the petition today maybe together we can make a difference.
Oh and once you sign it takes you to a donate to the cause page, we are not in any way asking you to support them even though we think this is a good cause, it is just important to get the petition signed to maybe help stop the cruelty
My Boo kitty was honored today as an angel dreamgirl by the kitties in the group dreamgirls. It was so nice to get the pawmail and see her name on the list of angel dreamettes. Thanks for choosing my BooBoo, and Moma Ivey was honored today also as an angel dreamgirl. Our Moe MOe got a DDP today too! WE miss booboo each day but our household is making the adjustments and dealing with the loss of our dear friend. Calie and Moe work hard to keep little boy busy playing and chasing and today my husband said even Tiny was playing with little boy, He still seems a little lost when he sits out on the balcony by himself. Calie spends time with him in the enclosure like he and boo used to do. I am glad they are taking care of him and of course his daddy and I are giving all of them lots of extra love.
Thank you too my catster friends for the emails, pawmails and comments it is good to chat with and hear from so many other kitty moms and dads.
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