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I come from a generally cat-crazy family, but none so much as my youngest aunt and I. A big tuxedo boy walked into her life, made 3 adorable babies with a beautiful, kohl-eyed tabby, and 2 of the three now live with me. Two boys (a tuxedo and a ginger tom), and a black beauty of a girl. The ginger lives with my aunt along with his mom. All of them take after their father Mickey, the long hair, tufted ear tips, the size - it's a mystery where he came from because native Indian cats are all small-boned and short-haired.
My babies are almost two years old now, Indiana the boy and Zoe the girl. We call the boy Zazi for short (because Indy is my cousin's name!).
Zazi is a big boy, about 10 lbs, darling and affectionate, very much an intrepid adventurer as long as he is in his comfort zone. New things freak him out, and he disappears under the bed until the threat has gone. He's absolutely ok with being picked up and squeezed - and he will kiss your nose if you present it to him.
Zoe is a regal queen, a cat's cat. You're lucky if she ever gives you a kiss, even a blink of her eyes, and she reserves all her affection for her brother. We walk very carefully for fear of displeasing her. Sneezes are not allowed within her earshot or be prepared to be chastised very thoroughly! But that makes her purrs very precious. She also has the most ridiculous toe feathers!
Both of them aren't into PDA (physical displays of affection), but they will come and cuddle a bit in bed if they feel lovey.
We are a very happy family - and things were going along until about two days ago - when an abandoned kitty came into the house. We found him near the gate, shivering and mewling (it's monsoon season here with torrential rain), and could NOT leave him there.
It's been sleepless nights and I'm constantly online searching for the best way to take care of him (we thought it was a girl until yesterday). This is a small town and the vets are more concerned with livestock and saving lives as opposed to optimum pet health.
The kitten was dewormed and by now has gotten rid of the roundworms. He has a protruding anus, something I was worried about (the vet intern I showed this to basically shrugged as if to say, hey, he's not dying) - until StefanZ in another post very kindly reassured me that this is something often reported and generally goes away.
He now has constant diarrhoea, something we're hoping to address with homeopathy, which has worked well for other pets in the past.
I'm keeping a hawk's eye on the new arrival, and that is pretty much taking up all my time now. We're not sure if we can keep him, Zazi and Zoe aren't very happy about the adjustment, but they aren't overtly aggressive, preferring to just sniff and then stay away.
I just want the new baby to be healthy as soon as possible. Right after we found him, we had the heaviest downfall of the monsoon to date, so it was providential that fate brought him to us. Thank you for this great site and I'm very happy to be a part of the community.
Here are Zazi and Zoe looking very serious:
My babies are almost two years old now, Indiana the boy and Zoe the girl. We call the boy Zazi for short (because Indy is my cousin's name!).
Zazi is a big boy, about 10 lbs, darling and affectionate, very much an intrepid adventurer as long as he is in his comfort zone. New things freak him out, and he disappears under the bed until the threat has gone. He's absolutely ok with being picked up and squeezed - and he will kiss your nose if you present it to him.
Zoe is a regal queen, a cat's cat. You're lucky if she ever gives you a kiss, even a blink of her eyes, and she reserves all her affection for her brother. We walk very carefully for fear of displeasing her. Sneezes are not allowed within her earshot or be prepared to be chastised very thoroughly! But that makes her purrs very precious. She also has the most ridiculous toe feathers!
Both of them aren't into PDA (physical displays of affection), but they will come and cuddle a bit in bed if they feel lovey.
We are a very happy family - and things were going along until about two days ago - when an abandoned kitty came into the house. We found him near the gate, shivering and mewling (it's monsoon season here with torrential rain), and could NOT leave him there.
It's been sleepless nights and I'm constantly online searching for the best way to take care of him (we thought it was a girl until yesterday). This is a small town and the vets are more concerned with livestock and saving lives as opposed to optimum pet health.
The kitten was dewormed and by now has gotten rid of the roundworms. He has a protruding anus, something I was worried about (the vet intern I showed this to basically shrugged as if to say, hey, he's not dying) - until StefanZ in another post very kindly reassured me that this is something often reported and generally goes away.
He now has constant diarrhoea, something we're hoping to address with homeopathy, which has worked well for other pets in the past.
I'm keeping a hawk's eye on the new arrival, and that is pretty much taking up all my time now. We're not sure if we can keep him, Zazi and Zoe aren't very happy about the adjustment, but they aren't overtly aggressive, preferring to just sniff and then stay away.
I just want the new baby to be healthy as soon as possible. Right after we found him, we had the heaviest downfall of the monsoon to date, so it was providential that fate brought him to us. Thank you for this great site and I'm very happy to be a part of the community.
Here are Zazi and Zoe looking very serious:
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