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Coloration: Dilute Calico
Likes: Eating and begging for food, looking out the window at birds and squirrels and bossing everyone around.
Pet-Peeves: Going to the vet, taking medication, loud noises, the vacuum cleaner, ignoring her when she wants attention.
Favorite Toy: She likes playing with her cork ball, catnip carrot, catnip candy cane and boogie mat.
Favorite Nap Spot: In her cat bed, the teepee bed, the *cave* in the cat tree and on my bed.
Favorite Food: She's fussy about her food. She loves tuna and people food treats such as sphagetti, macaroni, turkey and chicken.
Skills: She has turned me into her slave.
Dwells:
indoors
Arrival Story: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mittens had two other homes before coming to live with me. A friend of mine adopted Mittens and her sister Kaci when they were a little over 1 year old and they lived with her for 8 years. In January 2006, my friend knew she was dying from cancer and was seeking new homes for them. Two days after learning of their plight, I decided to adopt them. I brought Mittens and Kaci home with me on January 29, 2006. It's one of the best decisions I've ever made!
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When my sweet Abby went to the Bridge in December 2005, I was grief stricken and decided *no more cats!* There's a saying that *the former cat sends the new cat* and Abby definitely had other plans for me! I truly believe she sent Mittens and Kaci to me.
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Bio: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mittens is very timid and shy. She hid in my bedroom closet for the first week, only coming out to eat and use the litterbox when no one was home during the day or at night when everyone was sleeping.
At the end of the first week, she surprised me by leaving the safety of my bedroom closet and walking up to me and rubbing my legs. She let me pet her too! At that point, she set up headquarters under my bed for the next several months although she started coming out of the bedroom more and more often until one day, about 3 months after living with me, she appeared downstairs.
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Mittens is one of the most gentle, non-aggressive, peaceable cats I've ever known. She is a very sweet and affectionate kitty but very shy with people. Mittens runs and hides from everyone who visits our home unless she knows them very well. Once Mittens gets to know you, after observing and studying you, and feels comfortable enough to trust you, you will find out what a gentle, sweet and affectionate kitty she is.
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Lives Remaining: 7 of 9
Forums Motto: Mommy's little sweetheart Catster Local Spots I've Marked: Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center (VSEC), Burl-Moor-Driben Animal Hospital The Groups I'm In: "ROYAL FELINE GROUP", ★The Kat Burglers★, ♥Card Maker and More!♥, *HAPPY KITTIES*, ♥ Chatty Cats ♥ , Calico & Tortie Darlings, PDPC's School of Graphics!!, PETS for OBAMA, Administrators of Catster & Dogster Groups, Catholic Pets, Cats with Allergies, Cattitudes, Constipated Kitties, COZY CAT READING ROOM, Feline Lymphoma, HAVEN for the Economically Challenged, Heart and Soul, Kitties Who Need Friends, Muppet's Bucket (HQ-approved fundraiser), Navin and Buds, Olde Furts, PAWS Angels WAGS for Kindness, Persian and Himalayan Beauties (all family members, Pups N Purrs, Q4Aldo, Sweet Face, Tall Cat Tales, The Cat House!, The Church of Ceiling Cat, The Hazel Lucy Appreciation Society, THE PAWSITIVE PAWSEE, ~~~*♥Dog Park USA♥*~~~
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Mittens was diagnosed with intestinal lymphoma on December 23, 2008. She's taking the chemo drug cyclophosphamide along with prednisone. So far she 's holding her own and appears to be getting better. Please pray that she goes into remission!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CATSTER HONORS: CAT OF THE DAY, 6/25/08
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DAILY DIARY PICK: 2/6/08, 3/26/08, 4/28/08, 10/25/08, 12/4/08, 1/14/09 and 6/9/09.
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My dear furriend Ishtar gave me these boxing gloves to help me fight my cancer. I'm gonna deliver a knock-out punch with these gloves!
Healing Rose from my furiend Hannah
Photos from 2006 - my first year in my new
home
My sweetheart and soulmate Toonces:
Toonces & Mittens Forever!
My Beloved Guardian Angel TT:
Very Special Furiends:
My gorgeous *adopted* sister Saki -- Sisters Furrever!
Saki & I were Daily Diary Picks together on 2/6/08
Our flying toys Messrs. Buzzzz and Bizsssz are long gone. They just disappeared! :(
But there's good news! Mr. Buzzy is here! Yaay!
Meowmy went grocery shopping and when she came home and opened the door to bring the groceries in the house, Mr. Buzzy flew right in! Meowmy tried to chase him out but he ignored her and flew off into the house. I don't understand why she did that! Didn't she bring him home for me and Kaci to play with?
Mr. Buzzy was very quiet up until an hour ago. But now he's up and about and buzzing around and around and even making a lot of noise. Kaci and me are going crazy trying to catch him! It's been rather boring around here and at last there's some excitement!
Meowmy lost her job several months ago and is still out of work. So many of our furiends’ mommies and daddies have lost their jobs or have had their hours or salaries cut. Many others are still working but struggling financially in this economy. Some are retirees who have watched their pensions and 401k’s dwindle away. Others are on fixed incomes and having trouble making ends meet. These are hard times for so many families. It affects us kitties too! :(
Our furiend Little Mamma has started a new group for those Catsters and Dogsters who are having financial difficulties for whatever reason. All are invited! The group is called Haven For The Economically Challenged. We need to know we're not alone. We need to stay positive, support each other and share ideas.
It was fun being a DDP yesterday. Thank you for the congratulatory pawmails and gifts!
Hugs and very special thank you's to dear and special friends:
Lucy for the pink ribbon rosette
Fellow PAWS Member of the Month Paisan for the summer drink
Nelly Bell May for the ladybug
Hooch (needs purrs!) for the heart
Riley for heart
My sister in Cancer and Arthritis, Sally Maria, for the sunflower
Freddie, Eddie, Nala et al for the ladybug
Muppet (needs purrs!) for Planet Earth
Alfie for the shrimp
Wanda, Norman, Tess et al. for the heart (their brother Edward needs purrs!)
Sausage & Meatball for the shrimp
My adopted sister Saki for the watermelon
My dear guardian angel TT for the rainbow rosette
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