I was politely informed in my introductory thread that I needed to inform the nice folks at TCS about my kitties. I hope it is okay to put the information here.
This is Mithril, in my husband's arms. The white spot under her chin and her little white toes were the best.
She liked to pose.
And she liked to play. You can see the amazing color of her eyes really well here.
And she liked to make silly faces!
Attack kitty, prepared to pounce!!!
I had been planning on adopting cats for many years, basically since I moved out of my parent's home (7 years ago!), but I have always lived in dormitories or no-pet apartments, until now. So I paid up my pet deposit and made a few visits to the animal shelter. And I met Mithril. She was so affectionate and her little white toes were perfect, so naturally I brought her home with me. She purred as soon as I walked into the room, every time I came in to pet her! She purred when you picked her up, she purred while she ate, she purred while she played...!
You can see how much I fell in love with her... Mithril had Panleukopenia, and I only had her at home for 5 days.
She had a vet appointment scheduled already, and we took her in after she spent the weekend feeling icky. She had diarrhea a little, and vomited once. We hoped it was just the stress from the shelter and everything. After a somewhat misleading original diagnosis (Her white blood cell count wasn't low on the first blood test), she spent most of the next week with intensive fluid therapy and antibiotics... By the time we took her to the hospital in Ft. Wayne, she was so sick that she could barely move. We should have known then that she wasn't going to make it, but how do you just let a cat die? We lost her at 4:00 am on Saturday morning.
So, obviously I was devastated, and I researched everything I could about Panleukopenia. I guess it survives in the environment for a really long time, and the only thing that kills it is bleach. And you can't bleach your carpet, really... We were afraid that we weren't going to be able to have another cat until we moved away.
But, a ray of light - What if the kittens or cats were properly vaccinated, and we were sure that they were properly vaccinated before we brought them home? The obvious solution! Originally, we had wanted to adopt from the shelter, but the folks at my local animal shelter were not even concerned when I called them to let them know that Mithril had Panleukopenia. They should have considered it an emergency and taken care to check all of their kitties! Anyway, I didn't much trust them to go out of their way to help me, so I started doing some research and I found an Applehead Siamese breeder who lived about 45 minutes away from me. I had a lynx point CPSH throughout my childhood, and I have always wanted another one. One of their queens is a lynx point soooo....
Long story short (this story isn't short, is it?), I am soon to be the proud meowmy of two Siamese kittens! The breeder is going out of her way to ensure that they receive an extra Panleuk vaccination and they are getting an extra checkup before they come home! The seal point is a boy and the lynx point is a girl:
Four weeks old
Four weeks old
This is last week, at almost 8 weeks old!
Almost 8 weeks old! Can we come home yet mama?
This is Mithril, in my husband's arms. The white spot under her chin and her little white toes were the best.
She liked to pose.
And she liked to play. You can see the amazing color of her eyes really well here.
And she liked to make silly faces!
Attack kitty, prepared to pounce!!!
I had been planning on adopting cats for many years, basically since I moved out of my parent's home (7 years ago!), but I have always lived in dormitories or no-pet apartments, until now. So I paid up my pet deposit and made a few visits to the animal shelter. And I met Mithril. She was so affectionate and her little white toes were perfect, so naturally I brought her home with me. She purred as soon as I walked into the room, every time I came in to pet her! She purred when you picked her up, she purred while she ate, she purred while she played...!
You can see how much I fell in love with her... Mithril had Panleukopenia, and I only had her at home for 5 days.
So, obviously I was devastated, and I researched everything I could about Panleukopenia. I guess it survives in the environment for a really long time, and the only thing that kills it is bleach. And you can't bleach your carpet, really... We were afraid that we weren't going to be able to have another cat until we moved away.
But, a ray of light - What if the kittens or cats were properly vaccinated, and we were sure that they were properly vaccinated before we brought them home? The obvious solution! Originally, we had wanted to adopt from the shelter, but the folks at my local animal shelter were not even concerned when I called them to let them know that Mithril had Panleukopenia. They should have considered it an emergency and taken care to check all of their kitties! Anyway, I didn't much trust them to go out of their way to help me, so I started doing some research and I found an Applehead Siamese breeder who lived about 45 minutes away from me. I had a lynx point CPSH throughout my childhood, and I have always wanted another one. One of their queens is a lynx point soooo....
Long story short (this story isn't short, is it?), I am soon to be the proud meowmy of two Siamese kittens! The breeder is going out of her way to ensure that they receive an extra Panleuk vaccination and they are getting an extra checkup before they come home! The seal point is a boy and the lynx point is a girl:
Four weeks old
Four weeks old
This is last week, at almost 8 weeks old!
Almost 8 weeks old! Can we come home yet mama?
