I joined TCS because I was feeling a little overwhelmed with my cat's medical issues and just wanted people to talk "cat" with. In particular when I first signed up here I had just adopted the most pathetic kitten to cross my doorstep in a while.
He was terribly underweight at 4 months old...
I decided to get out the camera and commit a few more gigs of memory in my computer to cat photos. Jasio was distinctly unimpressed.
But then a crack in his impassive dignity appeared.
Which then became a gaping chasm.
It ended with the least dignified expression to ever grace his...
on April 4th I took Jasio, The Niblet and Hector in for the yearly exam and vaccine visit. The Niblet checked out all fine and
dandy, Hector had a partial urinary blockage that I had suspected (I saw it that morning, little pee clumps in the pan) and Jasio had mysteriously lost nearly a pound...
I was musing this morning, as my cats were cuddling and not in "FEED ME" mode, how all 4 of them like to be petted in different ways.
Callista likes having her face pet, even more she like it when I "pull her face off". She'll also go for the occasional belly rub when she thinks the other cats...
This is a long term, on going issue for my household. I'll try to keep it somewhat short; I'm sure I'll fail that.
I have a 4 cat, 1 dog house hold. All cats are DSH and spayed/neutered, none are declawed. The two eldest cats, Callista (female/spayed, 14 years old) and Jasio (male/neutered...
I know, I know, alliteration is a bit of a hack trick but I just couldn't resist.
I also figured that the best way to introduce my self is to introduce my masters, I mean cats. My cats...
I grew up with cats all around me at all times, my mother bred Persians and I remember at the peak of it...