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Leave a treat for ♥Rosie♥
Nicknames: Rosie Tot, kitty Rose, Rosa, Fuzzy-Fuzz, Rosie Paws, Pretty little kitty with a pink nose, Rosalinda
Kitty Complexion:
Coloration: Calico
Likes: tuna, sitting on the window sill looking out at her yard, playing with Zelda, being petted vigorously
Pet-Peeves: taking medicine, other cats coming into her yard, large chunks in her tuna
Favorite Toy: Zelda, Dad's spider plant,paper bags, ink pens
Favorite Nap Spot: next to the woodstove (burning or not!) under the "cat" sign
Favorite Food: tuna, half & half, tuna, Chicken Soup For The Cat Lover's Soul, did I mention tuna? And...tuna!
Skills: Rosie grabs Zelda around her head and neck and body-slams her when they play! Since Rosie has gotten older and started having health problems, she no longer wrestles with our MinPinChi, Zelda. The two are still the closest of friends.
Dwells:
indoors
Arrival Story: While reading the newspaper, we couldn't help but notice how many ' free kittens ' there were that needed good homes. We decided that we could provide just that for at least one kitty. We went to look at a litter and the sweetest little girl with her little pink nose just took to us right away. I said, " We'll take the one with the pink nose!" I could not have made a finer choice.
Bio: Rosie is a very sweet girl. She is a good cat and she always comes when called and she has always treated our tiny new puppies very gently. She loves the dogs and sometimes she can be seen curling up with Penny in the doggy basket, sleeping. She is Zelda Marie's favorite playmate and she really is a saint, the way she tolerates the rambunctious puppy!
Rosie was an indoor only cat for about the first two years of her life but when she became an adult she wanted to be able to go outside - and she told us so! After a few months of not giving in to her pleas, we didn't have it in us to keep her inside for her whole life. She is a cat! She wants to go out and sunbathe and hunt and stalk. That is what cats do! To keep her away from nature would be akin to a person spending one's life in prison! So , Rosie won and she began to go out for short little adventures during the day, and usually spending most of her nights outside. She has fared well over the years and, thankfully, never came home once with so much as a scratch on her! For the past year or so, since about the age of 12, we have gone back to staying indoors, especially at night. Rosie is more and more becoming okay with this rule. She never goes outside anymore, except each night, before I go to bed, she runs out the front door. I wait 5 minutes and open it back up and in she runs!
Beginning in about August of 2006, Rosie began to have a chronic cough. We treated her for hairballs. After about 3 months, Rosie still had a cough and it was getting worse. This would be the very first time in her life that she ever made a visit to the vet for anything other than routine maintenance! Age 13! She has been diagnosed with a serious heart condition. She is responding very well to her medication and we hope to have her with us here for several more years.
Lives Remaining: 8 of 9
Forums Motto: I'm Momma's kitty Rose
The Last Forum I Posted In: Amazing Cat and Bird Video!
My furiend Cheese is starting a new Tag game. It's Halloween Tag and it sounds like lots of fun!
Here's how you play... First, list 5 things that you love most about Halloween.
Then, go Tag 6 of your furiends so they can play, too!:D
I'm ready to play! Here are 5 things I love the most about Halloween...
1. I love watching my silly pup siblings bark their heads off every time the doorbell rings and Daddy trying to keep them quiet and away from the Trick or Treaters while Momma passes out candy. ;)
2. I love the way the eyes in the Jack O' Lantern glow yellow and flicker shadows on the porch.
3. I love the sunny days and cold, starry nights of the month of October.
4. I love going out at night under the full moon to stalk and hunt in my pen.
5. I love to nap on the straw Momma uses on the porch as part of our Fall/Halloween decorations.
Furst of all, I've been feeling pawsitively furrific! My heart meds are working and my eye infection is all better. I've only been to the vet a few times in my life, but last week was one of them.
My eye became swollen and it had black crusty yucky stuff all around it. Momma could tell I was feeling pretty miserable and she tried to help me by cleaning my eye three times a day and putting warm compresses on it. It did feel good when she put the compress on, but it just didn't quite do the whole job. She ended up taking me to the vet.
The doc gave me antibiotic eye drops and an oral antibiotic. Within about 36 hours, my eye was already feeling and looking much better. After 4 days, I was home free! I stopped the eye drops and finished my pink syrup and I'm now just as good as new!
Another thing that has made this a furrific week is that I found my pawsome furiend, Pumpkin, again after having lost track of him for several months.
Pumpkin's brofur's (Smokey's) diary was featured as Catster's Diary of the Day yesterday, so when I went to check out his page, I found my buddy Pumpkin! That sure put a big smile on my face! He's looking great, as always, and seems to be as happy as a cat can be, married to his lovely wife, Jasmine. I'm sure happy fur the two of them!
And, on top of my excellent health and re-finding Pumpkin, my favorite season has begun this week! FALL! I just looove Fall! The days are still warm, but not hot. The sun shines, but it cools down at night. I love to go outside and lay on my deck and watch the birds flying about and the butterflies fluttering around the Butterfly bush. There are just a few leaves beginning to turn gold and red and floating down from the trees. Ah, yes! The Fall is a wonderful time of year!
I hope all of my furiends are having as pleasant a week as I am. As I get a little farther along in this wonderful life, I can recognize the beauty and joy in each and every day, and I treasure them. ^..^__ /
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Zipper's been gone fur a few months now. I never really knew just how much I was going to miss him! *wipes away a tear*
I always knew we had a, sort of... well, some kind of special furiendship. We talked about things. Sometimes we talked about relationships. We talked about me wondering if I would ever find a real true love.
Zipper always told me that he wasn't the type who liked to go out to pawties or dancing - that kind of thing. He let me know the kitty he was and he just let it go at that. Sort of a que sera sera sorta thing, I guess you could say.
Well, I've tried going out and socializing. I've been on a couple of cruises and a few dances and pawties. Don't get me wrong! I had a wonderful time! I have great memories of fun times with my furiends and my furmily and I wouldn't trade them for anything!
But, I think maybe Zipper was more right for me than I ever realized.
When I think of Zipper, and I do so very often, I feel a little ache in my heart. Well, maybe it's not so little - that ache. I miss him so! I miss how sweet he is and how kind and funny and what a gentlekitty he is.
It makes me so sad in my heart to know that I will probably never see him again! I'll never get to talk with him or laugh with him.
I'll never get to give him the hug.... or the kiss that I should have given him. Now that it's too late, I realize how much I love him. And how I love him.
I hope he's happy. I hope he's well. I hope his dear, sweet human is happy and well.
I wonder if Zipper misses me, too.....
I wonder if he'll ever come back?
All I can do is hope and pray... and wait.
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