in article 424df72e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tara K. at
tara_k@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote on 4/1/05 7:36 PM:
> "Mathew Kagis" <winesnob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:%li3e.155390$fc4.98153@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> WOW!!! Funny though, the images were a little blurry, no I'm not crying
>> there's something in my eye!!!! Really!!!!
>
> Oh, really! ;)
>
>> Good on you!! Hope Princess continues to improve. How old is she? Or
do
>> you
>> know?
>
> She's ancient, is all we know. There's no way to tell just *how* old,
but
> "really, REALLY old" is a good approximation. Two clues: all her claws
are
> extremely thickened, and her eyes have a lot of black dots, both signs
of
> very advanced age.
>
> How she made it this far living wild is anyone's guess, but she's a
fighter
> alright. A lot of cats would have just quietly expired somewhere out of
the
> way. *She* chose my mother's house to stagger into on Boxing Day, the
only
> real cat lover's house on the whole street. Other people on the street
had
> seen her hanging around, but hadn't thought to do anything about it -
like
> try to feed her something, for instance (she's not a timid cat) . .
.less
> said about that, the better.
>
> Anyhow, the amazing thing is, apart from starvation and severe
arthritis,
> there's not a whole lot wrong with her health-wise - no diabetes, no cat
> AIDS, no infections, nothing. When she came in she had pressure sores on
her
> back leg and on both hips, and she's got a tendency to develop ulcers on
her
> chin (from dribbling), she doesn't always make it to the toilet in time,
but
> otherwise she's a perfectly healthy cat. Ghod only know what her story
is,
> we're guessing that she perhaps just got too old to hunt and gradually
> starved, but she's been someone's pet at some stage, there's no doubt.
>
> Another milestone last night: she's gotten up the courage to sleep in my
> bedroom. I made her a cozy, out of the way of the-herd-of-elephants (aka
my
> other cats), place in the cupboard. She looked at me to ask "is it ok if
I
> sleep here?" (living with this cat is a *constant* heart breaker) and
after
> a few pats settled down there. Up until now she would only sleep in the
> spare bedroom, which was also her "safety" room, although she'd cry for
me
> to come in from time to time, but would *not* stay in my bedroom. The
> weather here is starting to turn cold (I'm in Western Australia) so it
was
> im****tant to try to get her where I can keep her a bit warmer.
>
> TK
>
>
>
Awwww. I'm so glad she felt safe enough to do that. SHe seems like just
such
a sweetheart! Do you weigh her regularly?
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