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Coloration: Orange Tabby
Likes: Playing with her toys and boogie mat, running around the house at night making a lot of noise, sunbathing on the back porch and watching the birds and squirrels in the back yard, napping.
Pet-Peeves: Loud noises, being picked up and held, strange cats wandering into the back yard (where they don't belong!!), visiting the vet and the camera (she hates having her picture taken).
Favorite Toy: Her boogie mat, red catnip apple, catnip candycane and little furry mice.
Favorite Nap Spot: Her blanket bed, the *cave* in the cat tree, any place she can make a nest or snuggle beneath a blanket or pillow.
Favorite Food: She doesn't have any food preferences but loves cat treats.
Skills: The silent meow and looking innocent. She's a world class runner and jumper.
Dwells:
indoors
Arrival Story: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is Kaci Sunshine's third home. A friend of mine adopted Kaci and her sister Mittens when they were a little over 1 year old and they lived with her for 8 years.
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I was grief stricken when my sweet Abby went to Rainbow Bridge and had no plans to get another cat. There's a saying, *the former cat sends the new cat* -- my angel Abby definitely had other plans for me! One month after Abby went to the Bridge, I learned that a friend was dying from cancer and desperately seeking a home for her two cats. It was only a few days after I learned of their plight that I made up my mind to adopt them. Kaci and her sister Mittens came home with me on January 29, 2006. It was one of the best decisions I've ever made!
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Bio: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kaci is my little sunshine girl. She's a sweet, affectionate snuggle-bug who is blessed with a sunny and happy disposition. She adores attention and everyone making a fuss over her.
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Kaci is very outgoing and friendly and likes people. She's very curious about anything and everything.
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Kaci loves to play with her toys. She loves her boogie mat, red catnip apple, catnip candy cane and she especially loves her little furry mice . She carries the furry mice in her mouth and makes mournful-sounding meows and cries when playing with her furry mice. I wish I knew what it meant!
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Records provided by Kaci Sunshine's original veterinarian list her birthday as May 1, 1996.
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*Just living is not enough,* said the butterfly, *one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.* ~Hans Christian Anderson~
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May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun and find your shoulder to light on, to bring you luck, happiness and riches today, tomorrow and beyond. ~Irish Blessing~
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Lives Remaining: 8 of 9
Forums Motto: Eat, sleep, play . . . Be Happy! Catster Local Spots I've Marked: Burl-Moor-Driben Animal Hospital
CATSTER HONORS:
CAT OF THE DAY: NOVEMBER 7, 2008
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DIARY OF THE DAY: April 7, 2009
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DAILY DIARY PICK: July 7, 2007; October 5, 2007; January 29, 2009 (my Gotcha Day anniversary!); March 6, 2009; March 10, 2009; May 28, 2009; July 19, 2009; September 15, 2009 and September 25, 2009.
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Kaci was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in December 2008. She is taking medication and doing very well.
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Hear us ROAR!
Brilliant Orange Cats Unite!
My sweetheart:
My beloved guardian angel Wally
A very sweet kitty and
one of my best furriends!
My nephew:
My niece Maci (she's named after me and my sister Mittens):
Sad, sad news . . .
Everyone’s beloved friend and pal Calvin made his journey to the Bridge today.
Our eyes are leaking. :((
His friends’ hearts are broken.
Calvin revealed a secret he learned when he arrived at the Bridge.
Each new arrival at the Bridge is given a Heart Basket filled with pieces of the hearts of everyone who loved them.
Calvin’s Heart Basket must be enormous to hold all those pieces of hearts!
What a horrible tragedy! Sterling Mithril’s mommy volunteered with the Pima Animal Care Center in Tucson, AZ. She fostered 5 three week old grey kittens. She bottled fed them, nursed them, trained them, raised them and loved them. She contacted the shelter director and told him how well the kittens were doing and he invited her to bring the kittens into the shelter now that they were old enough to be adopted. She took them in yesterday. When she went back to the shelter today, she found out that the shelter director had all 5 of them killed yesterday!
Please read Sterling Mithril’s two diary entries for today to find out the lame excuse the cruel, cold-hearted human who runs the shelter gave for killing those beautiful kittens and the address and contact information for the shelter if you’d like to express your outrage. Sterling Mithril’s brother Jasper wrote in his diary that the shelter director asked his mom not to volunteer at the shelter anymore. Read what that cruel man said to their mom as she walked out of the shelter today.
What kind of animal care center is the Pima Animal Care Center? Certainly not a humane one! What kind of cruel, hard-hearted people run it? I am outraged and heartsick about what they did to those kittens. That place would be the last place I’d ever leave an animal and I’d certainly never adopt from them or donate a single penny to them! I just don’t understand how anyone could do that and be so unaffected by it. I don’t understand why such mean and cruel-hearted humans are allowed to run an animal shelter.
A silent meow with my mouth open. A squeak or a chirp. A small *mew* or an *eh eh eh*. Sometimes a mournful cry when I’m playing with my furry mice. That’s my normal repertoire of meows. Until recently, that is. Now I've added a new meow. Mommy says my new meow sounds exactly like another cat’s meow. She wants to know how that's possible?
Mommy volunteers with a cat rescue group at their adoption center. One of the cats at the center is a 1-2 year old orange tabby female with amber eyes named Autumn who has been at the center for a year. She’s very cute (but mommy says I’m much, much prettier!) and is one of mommy’s favorites. Mommy is very fond of Autumn (but mommy LOVES me!) and is praying hard for her adoption. Autumn was rescued from a hoarder’s house that was way too overcrowded with cats and may not have been socialized properly. Autumn is very sweet and very playful, gets along well with the other cats and isn’t aggressive. She loves playing with dangling feather toys and is quite a jumper when playing. Mommy is working with Autumn because, even though Autumn is not exactly shy, she doesn’t greet people like the other cats do. She’ll either turn away or duck under the cages. She doesn’t like to be petted and certainly hates being picked up. Mommy plays and talks to Autumn all the time and is trying very hard to get Autumn to respond in some way. Mommy told Autumn if she doesn’t even look at the people who come in to see her and talk to her, she’ll never get adopted. There have been a few breakthrough moments here and there when Autumn has allowed mommy to pet her. Autumn is very aware that she’s mommy’s favorite and knows how to take full advantage of mommy. So we know Autumn is very smart too!
Here’s the thing. Usually, when mommy goes to pet Autumn or has to pick her up, Autumn lets out this loud, long, drawn out whiny complaining meow. It gets louder with each repeat. Meeeeeeeeoooooooooooowwwwwwwhiiiiiinnnnecomplainnnnnnnnn!
A few weeks ago, mommy was shocked to hear the same loud, long, drawn out whiny complaining meow coming from my mouth. She can’t believe I even have such a meow in me!
Meeeeeeeeoooooooooooowwwwwwwhiiiiiinnnnecomplainnnnnnnnn!
I’ve repeated it several times since.
How is that possible?
I only do it on days when mommy comes home from the adoption center and I want her attention.
How and why I'm meowing and sounding exactly like Autumn is a mystery to mommy.
Mommy says I must be channeling Autumn.
It's my secret and I’m not explaining anything to anyone! :)
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