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Questions About Tonks

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Rocco P.- Franks

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Purred: Thu May 14, '09 10:34am PST 
I have a couple of questions for other Tonk owners....
My Rocco LOVES food - everything from strawberries to popcorn.
Is this normal???? He is up on the counter as soon as you pull food out, up on your lap while you are trying to eat and licking up every and any crumbs that fall on the floor!!! And he will give you the loudest high pitch cry as soon as he sees/smells food.
I feed him dry food every day and a little bit of wet food for dinner every other day. Is it normal for him to want human food and to be eating so much all the time????
Also I have a question about traveling with your Tonk. Does anyone have an advice, Roxs does not like to be in his create for very long. We want to go away but it's a 2 hr drive. Can we leave him to climb around the back seat??? Will he be safe???? Do they adapt well to changing environments???
Last question.... Does anyones Tonk snore??? When he sleeps and if he breaths heavily he snores really loud.... is this normal or does he have a problem with his breathing????
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Minuette

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Purred: Mon Jan 4, '10 6:19pm PST 
Food-wise, I don't think there's such a thing as "normal" when it comes to Tonks. Both of my Tonks refuse to eat any human food, and won't even eat any of the kitty treats you can buy. Apparently their mother was that way too, so it could be genetic, although it could also be environmental, as the only food they seem to want is what they were raised on. This is one good reason to keep in touch with your breeder, as they often have more insight into your Tonk's habits.
As for travel, have you tried getting a slightly larger crate? That's the only thing I can think of, as I wouldn't let them loose on the backseat unless someone was also back there supervising. Fortunately my Tonks went to cat shows a lot growing up, so they are used to a lot of travel. So much so that they actually go into their crate at home and ask to be taken out.
At any rate, I hope you now can see just how individualistic Tonks are. I know of no other cats I've had that have such deep and passionately insistent personalities
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