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Coloration: Orange Tabby
Likes: Eating, lounging beside food bowl, lazing about, looking out the window, being petted, being brushed, playing
Pet-Peeves: Going to the vet, the computer, empty food bowl, being cradled in my arms like a baby (He hates when I hold him like that!)
Favorite Toy: Toffy: I really love the furry brown mousie. Mom: Toffy loves the little pink mousie too.
Favorite Nap Spot: On the sofa and on the carpet
Favorite Food: Everything fit for a cat (Toffy isn't too finicky)
Skills: Jumps up and catches toys in mid-air. Opens cupboard where cat food used to be kept; can say "Mom".
Dwells:
indoors
Arrival Story: Although I've been a cat lover all my life, it wasn't until summer 2004 that I realized that what was missing from my life was a feline companion. I heard that a veterinary clinic not far from where I live had cats and kittens for adoption. Of the three cats available, the only one healthy enough to leave the vet's was Toffy. I spent some time getting to know him and decided that he was the cat for me. I took him home two days later. I learned that Toffy had been residing at the vet's for two months and that nobody else had shown any interest in adopting him before me.
Bio: Toffy is a handsome domestic long-haired orange classic tabby with green eyes. Little is known about his history. He resided at a veterinary clinic dedicated to cats for two months. Previously he lived at an animal hospital on the Sunshine Coast. He may have been an outdoor cat before. He is now an indoor cat who sometimes gets the itch to go outside and drives his mom crazy by playing with the blinds in the middle of the night and engaging in other naughty deeds. Of course, to me Toffy is the purrfect cat and I'm very happy to be his mom.
Lives Remaining: 7 of 9
Forums Motto: Head of household
The Groups I'm In: A Catster Winter Carnival, Brilliant Orange Cats Unite, Canadian Catsters, Catster Marketplace, Cookie & Candy Cats, Muppet's Bucket (HQ-approved fundraiser), New Site Homepage! Sweet!, Pawsome Pages, Samoa's Detective Agency, SIBLING RIVALRY *feline*, Terrific Tabbies, The Delta 5, The Great Catster Roadtrip, The Hazel Lucy Appreciation Society, The Social Cats, The Tom Cats Club, ^^^^^ Cafe Turkey ^^^^^
Catster crush: Beautiful Chloe with the silky soft tortoiseshell fur. I'll never forget you, Chloe.
My twin: He's not the only cat that looks like me, but I think Rusty could be my twin. What do you think, cats?
Cool car:
Famous quote: There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. (Albert Schweitzer)
The grrreat Tigger tagged me and wants me to answer the 10 questions you see below. What a coincidence, as I just saw this exact same survey in another cat's diary! Okay here goes:
1. What color is your collar?
I don't normally wear a collar, but am currently wearing an E-collar because I have stitches at the back of my head where I had a bump removed last week. My E-collar is blue with white trim.
2. What kind of food do you eat?
The food I'm eating at the moment is canned Natural Balance Duck and Green Pea. I also eat whatever happens to be in Vanessa's food bowl, which is usually the same thing I'm having or kibbles. I'm supposed to avoid eating kibbles for a few more days as my gums are supposedly still tender from the periodontal infection that was discovered when my teeth were being cleaned last week.
3. What are your favorite treats?
I only get treats occasionally and that's not very often. The most recent brand of treats I ate were Greenies, but since they're a product made by Nutro, which is a company currently involved in a food recall, I don't think I'll be eating them anymore. Purrsonally, I'd really like some fresh shrimp or salmon as a treat.
4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other?
Well, that would be my Chloe. She's my one and only Catster crush. Don't we make a cute couple? Sadly, Chloe had to go to the Rainbow Bridge at a young age.
5. Do you get Table Scraps?
If you mean leftovers from a human's meal, no I don't get table scraps.
6. What is your favorite toy?
You know, I don't really have a favorite toy, because to tell the truth I don't play with toys much.
7. When is your Birthday?
My birthday is on June 3rd. That's also my adoption anniversary day. Mom adopted me in 2004.
8. How many times a day do you get to eat?
I usually get to eat about 3 or 4 times a day, sometimes more often if I'm purrsistent enough. Heh heh heh!!
9. Do you have a favorite color?
Favorite color? That's easy. Orange of course!
10. Do you hope all your pals put this in their diary?
I hope that my pals who read this survey and feel like answering the questions about themselves will do so, but I won't hold it against them if they don't as I myself have at times not responded to such surveys.
Well, cats, just one more week until I don't have to wear this confounded E-collar any more. I wish I could be rid of it sooner, but no, Mom just had to mention to the v-e-t tech over the phone how she has been noticing me furiously scratching myself, or rather the E-collar. The reason I've been scratching the E-collar is because the *insert expletive of choice* thing is always in the way. Sorry to be gross but poop has even gotten on my E-collar. The medicine I'm taking for the periodontal infection has made my poops very soft, unfortunately, and maneuvering inside a litter box with the *insert expletive again* E-collar is not that easy. Mix in the soft poops, and what do you expect?
Okay, now for some good news: the v-e-t called Mom with the results of the biopsy done on the bump that was removed from the back of my head. It was a benign cyst after all! What a relief! If only Mom had refrained from mentioning the bump in the first place it would be business as usual for me.
Actually, I'm pretty much back to being my usual self now, except for the you-know-what around my neck. That's right. The middle of the night fun has once again begun. Last night I succeeded in opening the coat and shoe closet all by myself several times. It creaks loudly as it opens. That's the closet where the stroller is stored. Like outdoor cats, I'd love to stroll around the neighbourhood at 2:00 a.m. Of course, I wouldn't be walking; I'd be riding in the stroller. Mom thought it was a bad idea and got out of bed to shut the closet door every time I opened it.
Some more good news…. You may recall that I mentioned in my previous journal entry how Vanessa had been hissing at me ever since I got back from my v-e-t appointment last Friday. There appeared to be no end in sight to this rude behaviour. Well, on Tuesday it was Vanessa's turn to have her teeth cleaned. She was away for almost 8 hours (everything went smoothly, in case you're wondering). Mom picked her up around 4:15 p.m. and since she got back home she has more or less stopped hissing at me. Thank goodness! I just hope the effect of whatever they gave her at the v-e-t clinic doesn't wear off anytime soon. So, cats, if one of your siblings is hissing at you all the time, a trip to the v-e-t may just be the solution!
Cats, I'm feeling a bit ridiculous right now wearing this annoying E-collar around my neck. The collar really cramps my style and gets in the way of my activities. What did I do to deserve this? Vanessa has been acting strange and hissing at me a lot since I got home from the v-e-t on Friday evening. What the meow is up with her?
I wasn't feeling that great that first night. I didn't get sick or anything, just feeling kind of groggy. I'm quickly returning to acting like my usual self. Heh heh heh!! I may not look like I stepped off the cover of Cat Fancy right now, but once I get those ugly stitches removed (in 12 days) and my fur grows back in, I'll be the same incredibly handsome orange male tabby cat that I was before.
Well, actually, I don't look too bad like this at all. The lovely shade of blue of the E-collar goes well with the gorgeous shade of orange of my fur… and it even matches the new cat bed I got for my birthday. The bed is from The Cat in the Clover. It's big and soft and cozy… great for kneading too! I think I'll even start sleeping in my new bed before long. Won't Mom be glad when that happens!
Some of you cats may be wondering about my teeth. The good news is I didn't have to have any removed, but I did have a periodontal infection (my gums were bleeding during the cleaning), which is why I have to take some antibiotics twice a day for 10 days. Mom has been adding the medicine to my canned food, and frankly I don't mind it at all. As for the bump that was removed from the back of my head, the v-e-t will call Mom when the results of the biopsy are known. Let's hope that the v-e-t was right and that it's really nothing serious.
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