Birthday: January 8th 1996 Coloration: Orange & White Tabby Likes: Food. Ham in particular Pet-Peeves: He hates it when I try to comb the knots out of his fur near his tail and tries to bite me. He also hates getting the flea and tick stuff between the shoulder blades. Favorite Toy: a shoestring Favorite Nap Spot: my chair Favorite Food: Ham Skills: Edgar can open cabinets and slip inside Dwells:
indoors Arrival Story: I had lost to illness my precious princess Gabrielle who had owned me for 11 years about three weeks before. I wanted to adopt a kitten. Amazingly there were no free kitten ads in the paper and the shelter had no kittens. Finally the shelter had one black kitten for adoption (Gabby had been black too) we raced down to the shelter only to find a couple in the process of filling out the papers to adopt the kitten. So I looked at the adult cats; I could hardly stand it, I was in tears because I wanted to take them all home. But my husband didn't want an adult; he thought it might have bad habits already. As we were leaving an employee or volunteer at the shelter said: "pssst! you want a kitten?" Seems she had a friend who was an animal rescuer who had a cat with a litter. The whole family, mama and kittens had been found in a box taped shut in a parking lot! (I hate some people). I went to go check out the kittens and there were four gray tabby girls and one little orange boy. I had gone intending to adopt one cat; a girl. (yes, I do like semicolons). Well after picking Edgar's sibling, Emily from the available girls left I said the fateful words: "Oh give me the little orange boy too." And the rest is history. Lives Remaining: 9 of 9 Forums Motto: Wake me when it's time to eat! The Groups I'm In: "Cobblestone Square", ****PURRS AND WOOFS FOR THE MISSING****, **Catstertown**, **Tabbies With 'Tudes** , FOR THE LOVE OF LAUREL, Brilliant Orange Cats Unite, Brusselball, Buzzin' Into Spring Contest, CASINO ROYAL RIVERBOAT, Catster Marketplace, Catster/Dogster Task Force, Dreamy Mancats, Friendship Circle, Olde Furts, PAWS Angels WAGS for Kindness, Poopology, Samoa's Detective Agency, Stuff On My Cat's CCLs in their GPs, The Catster and Dogster Railroad The Last Forum I Posted In: Sad News for Catsters & Furiends
Reports from other cats in this house that I might have done things like, oh say, walked side by side with Salem, or sat peacefully in near him to beg for ham should not be trusted! I still hate them both. And I do not "squall" like a baby. When I scream it's only because he is trying to murder me!!
When mommy locks them up for the night and then goes back in there to kiss them goodnight, I stand outside the screen door sometimes and poke my tongue out at Salem! MOL!
I think I could take that little fat black one... but the scrawny gray thing is always there to back her up. *sigh* I guy really shouldn't have to put up with this litter in his golden years.
Mom said I should write to let effuryone know how we are all doing. I miss Catster and wish mommy would let me play on it more. :~(
I'm doing okay. Overdue for my regular check-up and shots. Mom will try to remember to call to get me in tomorrow. Got a birthday coming up soon, 16! I'll be able to drive!
Dad thinks I don't see very well anymore. I'm cranky a lot. And I've gotten a little picky about my canned Fancy Feast. Every once and a while they put down a flavor that I just won't eat. I still sleep with mom effury night. Except for just a couple nights last week when she locked me out! (Note from mom: I just got back from thyroid surgery, he sometimes lies down on or walks on my neck at night).
Salem and Lucy still get locked up at night but they are out in MY house most of the day! We are getting along a whole lot better these days. But we still get in fights. And I still hate them. Salem stalks me! And he jumps me when I'm in the litter box! Rude dude.
They both seem healthy. Lucy gets a poopy bottom all the time... I think she sits down in the box when she poops! But she is such a piggy for canned food that mommy and daddy can clean her bottom with paper towels when she is eating and she never stops eating! MOL! Daddy says you could shave her butt while she was eating and she wouldn't care!
I posted a video of me sort of playing with Salem. That's pretty much all the news. I hope all my furriends are well.
I'm so sorry friends, I should have let you all know on here (mommy posted on FB), I did NOT have to be shaved so I didn't have to be sedated. The vet tech was able to comb/brush all my bad spots out.
And I gained a half pound and my kidneys are "maintaining" on the 1/2 Benazepril daily. :~) So that's not bad news for an older fellow, like me. And I sure do feel good after getting those mats taken care of! I've been "full of beans" as we say down here in Oklahoma!
In family news, the difference around here is pretty incredible. It has been so gradual that mommy has commented on it much. But she noticed this morning that Salem was curled in a cat bed on the dining room table, while 6 feet away maybe was Lucy in mommy's chair at the kitchen table and then I walked up to graze on some kibble just 3.5 feet maybe, away from Lucy's chair. We are *almost* like one happy family.
Salem and Lucy still spend the night locked up in the office. And will until I go to the Bridge. My getting to snuggle with mommy at night, undisturbed by younger adopted siblings, is holy and will not be altered. And, if mommy and daddy are gone, they get locked up in the office with the screen door closed. But we may be getting close to the point where they are only locked up at night. Not sure yet.
Mommy still insists on closing off her bedroom door when they are out. I don't like this because I like to sleep on the bed. But mommy thinks I would like this if I understood that she did it so that no one else sleeps on the bed and there is no scent of Salem or Lucy in that room. It is MY room. Also, mom doesn't want me to poop on her bed again to make it clear that it is MY room! LOL!
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