Gotcha Date: June 4th 2009 Birthday: April 27th 2009 Coloration: Tortoiseshell and white Likes: OUT, Racing down the stairs, playing, purring, biting her mummy's chin, being stroked first thing in the morning, jumping on her big sister's head, but most of all, eating! Pet-Peeves: Being held when she wants to play or be OUT, getting her nose crusts and eye boogers cleaned Favorite Toy: wine cork and her hedgehog with the tiny bag of cat-nip (in photo); and now, the humans' glove with the finger-mice! Her red bouncy ball. The bathroom sink. with tap running low. Palm fronds in the garden, which she chases like a puppy Favorite Nap Spot: Anywhere miso likes to sleep - sum-sum just turfs poor miso off! The window ledge in the sunroom. Her pawprint bed in my room. Mewmy's special back chair in the kitchen. The armchair in the music room. Favorite Food: any and all, just lots of it, and specially her raw lamb recipe! Skills: climbing, purring, jumping, attacking her big sister, eating a plate of food twice the size of her tummy Dwells:
indoors and outdoors Arrival Story: I was looking for a kitten companion for miso, and had put my name down with several rescue vets and shelters. One vet rang me last week, said they had two kittens, one boy and one girl. I had intended to get a boy, as miso is female, but when I saw sumi, I couldn't leave her there. She's a calico and tortie angel! miso was seriously nose-out-of-joint, but we worked hard at integrating the two girls, and finally, after 5 weeks of rage and upset, miso calmed down. Sumi never understood the problem - all she wanted to do was play - and now they are friends, although it's pretty clear that tiny sumi is the boss. She is very feisty and bossy, and is always stealing miso's food after her own is finished, so we feed them in separate rooms. Now that sumi is 20 months and miso 2 years, they enjoy each other's company and play together a lot, but so far they are not cuddly with each other, and sumi is still fairly aggressive with her big sister. but we're hoping she will mellow. Bio: Sumi was found wandering in the street, clearly un-looked-after. She was quite grubby and starving. She was only just over 5 weeks old. A kind person brought her into the vet's where I found her. At ten weeks, sumi got very ill with a bad reaction to a worming tablet. She was on a drip for 4 days in the vet's, but every evening I brought her home and nursed her through the night, syringing dioralyte, water, broth and purreed chicken into her little mouth, because she just wouldn't eat. After 5 days she recovered, and was soon bouncing around as energetically as before, FRANTICALLY hungry! We were so thankful and relieved that she got well again; it was touch and go for one night. She is the most adorable, affectionate little character, even more so since being so ill. It turned out she had tapeworm eggs, and had become sensitized to the worming drug (she'd had two previously), which means she's allergic to it, and this had caused the terrible diahrrea and loss of appetite. We gave her a different wormer since then and she was fine with it. After being spayed at 6 months, she got a post-op infection which made her very ill again. Luckily she was insured this time, as she had to go to the emergency vet again. sumi is now 20 months old and very beautiful. She is gleaming with health, thanks to her raw diet, and full of energy and fun. She is a darling and intensely affectionate little cat who adores her hoomans. Every morning at 5am she comes up on the bed for cuddles, but mostly all she wants is OUT to watch birds... Lives Remaining: 6 of 9 Forums Motto: let's play, OUTSIDE The Groups I'm In: ban declawing, Irish cats The Last Forum I Posted In: How to move to the next level? I've Been On Catster Since:
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