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Pets!
Sept 30, 2011 14:15:40 GMT -6
Post by daenelia on Sept 30, 2011 14:15:40 GMT -6
Because we have just adopted a new cat, this seemed an appropriate topic So, our newest addition to the family is Eddie. Or Edward Montgomery Blazingtail. He was rescued from a cat collecting couple, who had managed to collect 32 cats in one smallish house. Eddie is incredibly social, which is perfect, because our first cat is not socially skilled at all. We suspect she was removed from her mother too early. She has no clue how to be a cat. But Eddie is teaching her, gently. Before we had the cats, we had mice (in cages). We started with 2 girls, because we wanted to avoid having more mice. However, one of the girls was pregnant already and we had no clue until she was at the end of her pregnancy. "Hmm, she is getting fat... Oops. 8 pups." After many pregancies we actually ended up with 10 mice, in 2 cages. Boys with boys, girls with girls. Mice are great pets because they can actually bond with people. They are also easy to take care of, but are messy and to need clean cages. Before the mice, I had a few cats, dogs, a rabbit, some birds... and a favourite goat at the petting zoo, but that was not really a pet, of course So, more pets? Or dislikes of pets?
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Pets!
Sept 30, 2011 15:54:54 GMT -6
Post by ♥ Zili ♥ on Sept 30, 2011 15:54:54 GMT -6
I have my baby Adam who has been my therapy cat since my attack in 2006, he views me very much as his "mommy" and loves my boyfriend and stepson (they finally touched each other the other day with out one or the other jumping in fright lol) I also have a mouse named Ronan, he's sweet...recently I've been letting Adam sniff Ronan as i hold the mouse...he was good until last night...when he decided Ronan's tail would make a nice chew toy because its like a small piece of rope. Adam got bopped, and Ronan got pets before being put back in his cage. Both boys are having weird bathroom habits. Adam feels he has to use the litter box every time I use the bathroom and sometimes raises his butt in the air and pees outside the box. Ronan will poop in the litter of his cage but pees on the bars of his cage....the same bars he chews (refuses to use a chew block for anything but pooping on. (I do have him eating hard food to keep his teeth worn down.) I go home to my parents on wednesdays most weeks due to having a college class in their town (an hour from here) last week I missed out because I didn't feel like having an asthma attack (recently diagnosed with asthma triggered by dust and smoke, 3 out of 4 ppl in that house smoke.) So when I arrived this past wednesday my older brother let the family dog back in, as soon as she saw me she was whimpering to get off her leash and greet me. I miss her I was the one person who spent the most amount of time with her, the others tend to ignore the poor old girl. She's 13 or 14 years old now going deaf and blind.
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Pets!
Oct 4, 2011 8:36:15 GMT -6
Post by daenelia on Oct 4, 2011 8:36:15 GMT -6
Just make sure Ronan is not distressed, as most mice have an inborn fear of cats. Even if the cats are nice to hem. Cats are wonderful loving companions. I can see how they'd make good therapy-animals. And dogs never forget who's been nice to them. My parent's westie is 14 now, and he's probably deaf, walks slowly and his sight is not as clear as it used to be... But he still is happy to see me when I visit. Actually, that dogs rules the house. He tells my parents when to get up, when to take an afternoon nap and when to go to bed in the evening. He's definitely appointed himself in charge of sleep times... It's sweet.
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