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Nicknames: Tiny-toes, Tutti Fruiti, Itty Bitty Kitty
Kitty Complexion:
Activeness
sleepy
very active
Intelligence
silly
genius
Curiosity
not curious
very curious
Friendliness
timid
affectionate
Vocal
not vocal
very vocal
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Quick Bio:
-pound cat
Coloration: Calico
Likes: Being in the sunshine. Being on a lap. Being under the covers.
Pet-Peeves: Lousy cat food.
Favorite Toy: Little mousies.
Favorite Nap Spot: On my side porch in the sun, or on a pillow in the bedroom in the sun.
Favorite Food: Corn chips, but I only give her a tiny bit. Oh, and Whiska Lickins soft cat treats. She's had me trained to give her treats every time she sharpens her claws on her scratching post.
Skills: Tutti trained me to give her treats when she scratched on the scratching post (which was as much as possible), to open the window when she scratched on the glass, and to lift the bed covers to let her under them when she scratched at them.
Dwells:
indoors
Arrival Story: Tutti went to sleep peacefully and in loving arms December 19, 2007. A darling new angel is now across the Rainbow Bridge.
Tutti (pronounced Tootie) found me and selected me at the Denver Dumb Friends League shelter. I was actually there to adopt Hobbes but Tutti kept sticking her tiny weeny paw at me through the opening above her glass window. She was pretty insistent. Good thing!! She was about 8 months old at the time but already had her mind made up. Boy did I get lucky that day! I brought home Hobbes and Tutti.
Bio: Tutti and Hobbes stayed with me in Denver for 6 years, until I decided to move to London for awhile. Tutti went to live with my parents. She was the upstairs cat while Chauncey was the downstairs cat, until Chauncey was hit by a car. Tutti managed to worm her way into the holes in my parents' hearts and stayed with them another 6 years. At the ripe age of 13, she was put on a plane from Denver to LaGuardia airport to come live with me in Mt. Vernon, NY. We now live in Connecticut. I work on Long Island so Tutti travels there with me and stays at the hotel with me.
I like Tutti's outlook on life. My cat Sammy is afraid of everything. My cat Jake is cautious of everything. Tutti's attitude is that everything is good as a starting point; everything and everyone is made to be loved or to love her until proven otherwise; everything is made to be explored until proven otherwise; everything is allowed and OK until proven otherwise.
Tutti has had kidney issues for several years and we maintained that with her eating KD (Kidney Diet). That kept her stable. Last summer, she was eating the other cats' food and that caused her to take a downturn. She mostly recovered from that but not entirely. She had started to lose more weight lately but she seemed fine on her 19th birthday in November. On Sunday Dec. 16, she had clearly lost weight but seemed OK. On Monday, she stopped eating and I was practically forcing her to eat. On Tuesday evening, I was feeding her with pureed food via dropper to get her to eat. On Wednesday, I had an apppointment with the vet but called to forewarn them that I felt sure it was time. They said they could put her back on an IV and give her shots for a week to get her stable and some weight back on (she had gone from 5 pounds this summer -- after her normal weight of 8 pounds -- to 4 pounds in just the past few days) -- but to get her what? Back to where she was for maybe one more month? And then back again to where she was today? Nope, spunky Tutti wouldn't want that kind of life. Her spirit was strong but her body let her down. And she knew it. I'll never forget the feeling of stroking the orange fur on her head while she sweetly and serenely went away forever.
Forums Motto: Any lap is a good lap.
The Groups I'm In: "Cobblestone Square", ♥ Angel Circle of Love for Simba ♥, Calico & Tortie Darlings, Guardian Angel Cats, I HELPED JASPER AND JILLIAN GET TO THEIR FURR-EVER HOME 21-22/7/07, Pretty Calico Cats, Rainbow Bridge Kitties, The (Endless) Summer of Scooter, ^*^Over The Rainbow^*^
The Last Forum I Posted In: BISCOTTI'S
I want to let you know that I have a new fur to watch, a very wonderfully sweet and handsome young kitty, Tiskers - http://www.catster.com/cats/665885.
Tiskers has a number of heart-related ailments. I admit I don't understand the medical language and hope he will translate for us soon. But I DO know that he is much, much to young to be sick like this, and his diseases are largely "juvenile" -- as in, he's much, much to young to have those ailments!!
Please visit Tiskers, leave him some purrs, and help me keep his spirits up. After all, I'm just an angel but you all are the Power of the Paw!!
Dear all,
I've just got back from attending the Rainbow Bridge wedding of Mietzi and Boots. This ceremony included the adoption of the Wee Ones, whom I was so fortunate as to escort to the Bridge. They are now officially part of this new furmily. So as one door closed on their lives hear on earth, another opens on their lives at the Bridge. We know they are there to delight us all, as babies do.
(If you missed it, you can catch up here, the ceremony was lovely!)
I am now removing their pictures from my page because they are in good hands, and you will see their pictures with their Angel mom and dad. I hope, if you read this, you will stop by their pages to congratulate the new furmily.
Dear efurryone,
OMC, thank you to HQ for noticing all the purrs for our Wee One (now named Betsy by her adopting Angel mother Mietzi) and for making me a DDP. I'm so honored!! I don't know what got their attention but I must believe it was all the wonderful furs on Catster who were visiting my diary and reading the story while holding Betsy in their hearts.
Mom the typist was away for the weekend and so I want to say thank you SO MUCH to the wonderful friend Angel Wally who captured the memorial for me. That was really thoughtful, so thank you to Wally and his Mom.
I also want to take a moment to say how very sad I am that one of the furs who was following Betsy's journey so closely, Emma, lost her own sister Belle the day after Betsy went to the bridge. Our hearts go out to Emma and her family and I we are all purring hard for them as they purred for us! PRRRRRRRRRRRRR for Emma, Belle, and their family from the entire Torrington Team.
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