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Coloration: Brown Tabby
Likes: I like lots of ATTENTION, except when I'm busy; malleable people; helping to make the bed; tasting new human foods; counter surfing when there are no humans around; bird-watching; mouth breathing; shoes! I like to sit in shoes
Pet-Peeves: A dirty litter box; when my Mom goes out; not being the center of attention; when my Mom doesn't go to bed on time or any other deviations from the household routine; cigarette smoke; going to the vet; the vacuum cleaner; nail trimming
Favorite Toy: I like to bat around my girlfriend Emmy
Favorite Nap Spot: The bed, my basket, or on visitors' suitcases
Favorite Food: Yogurt or high-quality ham (I'm not allowed to have these as often as I should!)
Skills: Looking bored, incensed, disbelieving; sharing love with a glance; I can wash kitty litter off my paws in the extra water dish; I use my tail like an extra arm, as I wrap it around my Mom's arm and hold on tightly
Dwells:
indoors
Arrival Story: Tigger was owned by an older woman who he loved very much, but she had to move away to live with her daughter, and couldn't take him with her. She placed him in a shelter, where he stayed for months, becoming increasingly hurt and depressed, as he was adopted and then returned to the shelter, twice. The humans who brought him back said he had "behaviour problems." The last woman who returned him had a large brood of children and cats. Tig didn't get proper treatment, his space wasn't respected, and the apartment wasn't clean enough for him, so he scratched the woman, peed on her carpets, and attacked and stole food from her other cats. She returned him to the shelter tied up in a pillow case, wherein he hissed and yowled, for everyone to hear. He then underwent behavior-retraining at the shelter (as if anyone could change him!). On the day I met Tigger I had already spent hours looking for just the right kitty, when I stumbled upon a cat who seemed a little sad. His head was lowered as I approached, and he looked right through me as I spoke to him. Then he turned 180 degrees, and sat down again, showing me his back! I knew he was the one for me!!
Bio: We got him home and a few days later went through his paperwork, only to discover that his name, all along, had actually been "Tiger." The shelter staff had mistakenly added an extra "g." Of all the indignities!!
Tigger is more like a dog than a cat, in many ways. He greets me at the door, follows me around the house, snuggles with me on my pillow at bedtime, and issues a wide-range of raspy commands, questions, and comments. He has exceptional communication skills.
Once Tigger slipped off the porch late at night and returned home exactly 4 days later, with a wild look in his eye and oily residue on his fur. He had never left the porch before. We speculate that he may have gone looking for the older lady who had loved him as a kitten. I have Fibromyalgia and cannot work because of it. Tigger is always at my side and his warmth and caring have gotten me through the worst periods in my illness.
Lives Remaining: 5 of 9
Forums Motto: Bad Boy with a Big Heart Catster Local Spots I've Marked: Toronto Humane Society, Beaches Animal Hospital The Groups I'm In: "Canadian Kitties" who want to be Friends with all Kitties..., ♥ TABBY CATS: WE HAVE THE 'M'!♥, **Big Mouth Pets!**, .:.School Fur Graphics .:., **Tabbies With 'Tudes** , Hey! You Look Like Me!, Bengal Cats, Bengals are Crazy!, Canadian Catsters, Cats and Diabetes, Cats and Dogs learning German (Deutsche Katzen und Hunde), Cats named TIGGER, For chatterboxes who love to talk :), Lets Paw-tae!, Ontario, Paws with Claws, Pawsome Pages, Tabby Boyz, The Hazel Lucy Appreciation Society
The Last Forum I Posted In: Power Of The Paw For Zack!!!!!
Powder tagged me back in July and I wish I'd been able to respond sooner! Now that I'm in decent overall health again, I like more stuff than ever!!:
1. Wet food. I got sick of this a while back, but now that I'm having dental issues, it's my preference, due to ease in chewing.
2. My Insulin shot. If Mom forgets, I run to a stool in the kitchen where she usually injects me, and jump up on it to remind her. I'm NOT fond of the twice-daily poking sensation, but feel worse in the longrun if she doesn't do it every 12 hours.
3. My new and improved coat. After Mom put me on Dietetic Management brand food, my fur became very silky and less dry. Emmy eats the stuff, too, and I noticed the same changes in her!
4. My friends on Catster. I haven't been able to reconnect with some Very Important Cats yet and it's put a crimp in my tail as we shared special meowments together and I learned a lot from you VIC's....
5. Marking new territory. Mom did some apartment-sitting for a man who lives upstairs in our building, while he was away last month. One night when it was very late and nobody was awake, Mom opened our door and we followed her upstairs to that man's empty abode. She watered the plants and we ran around sniffing it all in. I didn't even pee on the carpet!!
6. Speaking of peeing, I'm doing that in real style these days. I figured out that if you let it go over the metal-lined hole in the floor of the bathtub, it disappears!! Mom wasn't thrilled at first, but I persistently trained her to accept it. She now realizes that her regular showers keep the urine stench at bay, and we save money on kitty litter!
I'll scratch 6 of you cats in to play this game a little later....
I'm thrilled today to be back on Catster! My Mom lost her Internet connection on June 9th because her ISP account and computers were hacked, and she wasn't able to get me back on Catster until today. I've really missed my friends, I've thought of you often, and will soon be catching up on my mail to all of you. Thanks for the gifts you sent during my absence! It's been over 3 months since I recovered from going into diabetic shock, so I'm used to the needles my Mom gives me everyday now for my diabetes.
Last week, Mom noticed that my breath was starting to smell a little funky, and the vet told her I'd soon need surgery to have a couple of teeth removed. I find that hard to comprehend, since I thought the dry food that I eat was supposed to help keep my teeth clean! I hope I don't have to stay overnight at the clinic when they yank out the teeth 'cause being there reminds me of the time I nearly died 'cause of the diabetic shock. And I never like being locked up in a cage, away from Emmy and Mom....
In the meantime, though, I'm managing to cope. Mom got a codeine-infused cream from the vet that she rubs on the inside of my ears. It helps dull my tooth pain. I hope all of you cats are healthy and that you had a furtastic summer. I can't wait to hear from you!
I'm sorry to say that my Mom is behind in answering my pawmails. She will be getting to them as soon as possible, but she appears to be scrambling to keep up with human activities today. I'm gonna take a nap...as long as she remembers to feed me, it's all okay.
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