Natalie the Natcat Mad Tail Py


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"My birthday! Thank you Auntie Dana!"

Home:Ridgewood, NY, NY  [I have a diary!]  
Age: 17 Years   Sex: Female   Weight: 5 lbs.


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Natalie and Harry

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"Natalie and Harry"

My Big Harry Wallaby Pose...

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"My Big Harry Wallaby Pose..."

I love my naps.

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"I love my naps."

Natalie the Natcat

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"Natalie the Natcat"

my bed-the folks sleep in the little bed at the foot of this one now.

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"my bed-the folks sleep in the little bed at the foot of this one now."

naps are our friends.

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"naps are our friends."

A lovely bed on a chilly day, what could be better?

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"A lovely bed on a chilly day, what could be better?"

Natalie and Ruffy

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yep....let me smell that again

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"yep....let me smell that again"

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Nicknames:
Natcat, 'Granny' Tiny Natalie Terror (TNT), Grumpytinyface, Tiny One, Tinypaws

Kitty Complexion:
 Activeness 
sleepyvery active
 
 Intelligence 
sillygenius
 
 Curiosity 
not curiousvery curious
 
 Friendliness 
timidaffectionate
 
 Vocal 
not vocalvery vocal
 

Sun Sign:
Quick Bio:
-mixed breed-deaf

Gotcha Date:
November 22nd 2010

Birthday:
May 5th 1996

Coloration:
Cinnamon

Likes:
cuddling with her in bed, eating, putting her paws over your hands and looking into your eyes.

Pet-Peeves:
Other cats. She wishes she were the One and Only.

Favorite Toy:
She loves Mr. String, and loves good catnip toys.

Favorite Nap Spot:
Her little cuddly bed on our bed, or between us at night, with her paws on us.

Favorite Food:
She'll do fish if she can, but we're being careful of her diet, as her stomach seems sensitive. She will eat Fancy Feast chunky chicken and turkey without incident.

Skills:
She meows very loudly!

Dwells:
indoors

Arrival Story:
We baked a cake for a local rescue group. When we went in to deliver it and say hello, there was a very sad little orange cat sitting in the cage, alone. She seemed oblivious to the other cats around her, and she appeared very depressed. But when we went over to say hello to us, she was all over my husband, and crawled up into his lap. It turned out they only knew she was an 'Owner surrender' and she was a Senior. They thought 10, but we believe that Natalie is older. When we walked away from the cage, she grew very depressed, and curled up in a ball, her head drooping dejectedly. We simply couldn't leave her there, and despite 3 cats with special needs, we adopted her. She hates our other cats and growls at them all the time, but as they are all at least twice her size, this is somewhat funny. Update: Late January 2011 Natalie had been found by our vet to have a small lump by one of her teats. Our vet operated and found in a very short time the lump had become 2x it's size from Late Dec. (we had to wait for Natalie to recover from ringworm and a digestive issue before we could schedule the surgery). The biopsy came back as positive for breast cancer. The report also states that all of it was gotten. We have a follow up vet appointment next week, and then will get a referral to a Specialist. 8/19/11 Natalie completed her round of chemo and is due back the end of this month or the beginning of next for a recheck. She appears to be doing well, and has taken over our bedroom since a fight with Smokieboo that put her in the hospital for a few days. It was the vets suggestion that she be seperated from the others. She spends her days stretched out on our bed in a patch of sun or curled in her little bed. Attempts to re-introduce her to the others haven't been successful, and so for now, she remains the 'Elder in the Bedroom' 9/2012 We moved to a railroad flat in Ridgewood, Queens and in doing so, the dynamic shifted. While Natalie will never be happy with the situation, the other cats can now walk through the whole apartment and Natalie comes out into the other rooms as well. late December 2012-We took Natalie in for a check up as she appears to have lost some weight. She was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney disease and is now on Subq fluids 100-150 a day, after a three day hospital stay to stabilize her. As of today, Natalie remains on fluids, azodyl, pepcid as needed and an appitite booster to help her appitite.

Bio:
Natalie loves attention. Whoever had her must have loved her, for she loves being with people. *** After I published a blog on the rescue website about Natalie, one of the 'Cat people' who had actually been the one to accept Natalie into the rescue told me Nat was not an owner surrender, but was found by a lady wandering the streets in Richmond Hill Queens. She stated the lady who feeds strays had Natalie come up for both food and attention, and Natalie was so friendly she took her home to try to find her owner. When no signs posted bought any owner forth, she contacted the rescue. Natalie was not spayed til the lady had it done, and the 'guess-timate' at her age then was 9 years. Our vet feels she was indeed older than that. Natalie was 'vetted' by this lady, who took her to a local vet who sadly, did not catch if she then had a lump, and who also left Natalies ears with polyps and infection which our vet has treated. The good news is we believe Natalie may have regained a tiny bit of hearing back as of Feb 3, 2011. We love our Natcat very much, and are glad to know that someone else kind rescued her from the streets. We will never know I guess what happened to Natalie, but we are so happy we have her with us to love and Cherish.

Lives Remaining:
9 of 9

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Musings from the Granny kit-tahj!


Southernisms : or as Daddy says and my Senior Panel workup- (it's good!)

June 3rd 2013 6:25 am
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Hello Kit-tahs!

I'm looking out the window. Mommy has the air on in the kitchen-when our landlords cook the kitchen gets hot, as theirs is above ours, but the window in the bedroom is open and screened and there is a breeze as it's raining. Or, as Daddy would say; 'It's like a cow peeing on a flat rock' or 'it's a gully buster for sure!'

Now, I might have mentioned this before, but my Daddy is from the South. This means, when he speaks Human, he has very strange sayings that sometimes make mommy start coughing when she's drinking something...such as...

'He's as nervous as a dog pooping (thats the 'polite' word) hot peppers.

or:
'He's as nervous as a cat trying to cover up poop (polite word again) on a tin roof in the rain.'

Or 'I had to go in and tell them today how the cow ate the cabbage'. (I don't understand this. We have no cows, so how would he know how they ate the cabbage?)

Or 'thats about as useless as t...ts (you get the idea) on a boar.) (apparently thats a big wild pig, but we haven't those either, so don't know how he would know this, either.

I do know when Mommy and Daddy were down getting married and took a ride, they saw said 'wild boars' and Daddy's sister, who had just met mommy said in a very alarmed voice when she heard this: 'Wild boars? Y'all gotta be careful of them...they can chase you for miles!'

To which Daddy replied 'Well, wish they chased us on back here so we could put up on the barbecue!'

You see...Daddy is strange. It must be the heat back South that did it.

Now, on to the news about ME!

I had a senior panel done Saturday. The lovely little vet and vet tech stole my blood, and then called and gave mommy and daddy the results. I am doing well! The only issue is that my liver enzymes are a little high. Mommy said its similar to Bella. Dr. M says I should have a sonogram, but this isn't an emergency-it's just Mommy was thinking about having my teeth done, as I only have 5 and they are very yellow and could do with a cleaning. However, I would need to have the sonogram first, so this is not an emergency, as I'm eating just fine and in no discomfort.

I have had some vomiting, but it's been very hot before Daddy got the air conditioner in. I'm doing better, and enjoying laying on the bed and relaxing, and taking my ease.

I hope everyone is doing well...Mommy is still not working, but doing something called an 'internship' and starts what she hopes will be her last round of classes tomorrow. She didn't have much of a break, not even a week with internship.

I'm thinking of you all here, with much love,
Natalie the Natcat
Tiny Face, Tiny Paws

 

a birthday letter to Natalie from Mommy

May 5th 2013 3:34 pm
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Dear Natalie,
It hardly seems that it's nearly 4 years ago we bought you home, a fiesty, endearing little raccoon like orange cat with the strangest little face and the tiniest little paws. I remember how you crawled out into daddy's lap at the bad shelter, I remember how sad you looked when he put you back. When he said 'we'e have to get her' I was right there with him. I didn't know you'd be my 4th feline wonder, my fiesty and funny Mah cat. How I love your little face, and as I watch you walk, hear you yell, and feel your paw on my hand in the morning, I am so glad we found you.
I know at times you don't understand why others have come, but maybe somewhere inside you do know. You inspire us, a little mystery of a cat-why do you walk the way you do? What breed are you, or are you mixed with? A strange, quickly little cat with the most expressive eyes. And of everyone, perhaps you are the cat who has really, aside from Bella, captured me. For you demand love with everything in you, with the most wonderful 'MAAAH!!!{ and a demanding smacky paw when those who love you aren't paying enough attention.
We estimate you to be 16 or 17. We don't know...you were found walking down a street, head up, tail high, and you yelled at your Rescuer. She got you into her basement, where you remained for a year til she was able to get you into the bad shelter. But maybe not so bad-you're with us now.
This year-the diagnosis of CKD-meaning daily azodyl, sub-q fluids, and doses of pepcid. Yet you remain our Nat, our little terror with orange fur, looking at us with dissaproval if you don't get what you want.
I'm so happy you are here with us...thank you Natalie. We love you.

Mommmy and Daddy.

 

My 'alleged' birthday! Happy birthday to me!

May 5th 2013 3:20 pm
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Today is the day my pawrents picked for my birthday, because, as we all know, those of us who are elderwise are truly ageless...

It's not the age, dear kit-tahs, tis the milage.

I'm hanging in there, doing well. I walk around, boss the other cats, hiss at everyone I can, and am, in general, Queen of All I can see, and some of what I can't.

This year has been one of plenty of food, naps, sunshine, bratty boys, having to share with others....grrr...

It's been filled with joy....my dear friends....
It's been filled with sadness as we see kittahs go to the bridge, and we grieve, as do their folks.

It's been a year of firsts, moving here to a new place, enjoying the love I'm getting, and just getting to be me.

It's been finding out for my pawrents that I have CKD and now, for me, need some pills smeared with butter and pincy weird watter needles in my back.

It's been mommy spending more time, and me giving more smacks.

It's been a year of kisses on daddy's face, and smacks there too.

It's been a year of love and light and smiles, and the Evil Tail. It keeps following me and I have to yell and hiss at it.

And it's been a year that I have missed many of you, for mommy has been taken over by demands from work and school.

Now...today I will lay here in the remains of the afternoon sun.. I will hiss at the newcomer in my room-another story-and I will curl up in my little bed, and purr. I've had dinner, I have mommy to wait on me, I have other cats to boss...I have a daddy who loves me.

What more could I ask for?

Oh, probably alot more...but I am humble.

Wishing all those who don't have a home of their own, a home.


It's good to be me.

love and light,
Natalie the Natcat
Tiny Face, Tiny Paws
Wallaby legs
Big Harrys Twin Forever.

 
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