Ferret
Lairian
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- Jul 11, 2009
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Hi! Im Kris (aka Ferret) I found this forum when i was searching for info on a rash one of our cats has. We have five, all rescues. We started with two kittens (same age, same shelter, different litters) who will be 3 years old in Sept (Anna- a siamese cross and Little Dude - a solid black dsh who thinks he rules the world). Then we decided they needed an older friend to teach them manners (failed ) and adopted Shamus (then 3 1/2), a now 6ish year old orange tabby. Since the kittens ignored him, we felt he needed a friend and my boyfriend thought we should get a Sphynx. After 5 months of not finding one for adoption, we adopted a very sad looking sorta-persian who is also now about 6 years old whom we named Widget. He is quite the oddball.
fast forward 9 months to June 08. I still had a search on petfinder for a sphynx running cuz i liked looking at the pictures of them. One Friday a listing comes up for a part sphynx, part maine coon cat for adoption (in michigan, were in Mass) who is slated to be put down by the animal control the following thurs cuz noone wanted her. There was no picture. Later that day i checked again and there was a photo... weirdest looking cat ever! Took the pic and listing home to my bf and he said, give it a shot! We have a friend who lives in MI who owed us a favor. So on Wed my firned picked her up, got her health cert at a vet for the flight here and promptly got stuck in traffic and couldnt get to the airport in time to get her to the pet transport for wed evening. SO he took her home, opened the carrier to give her some food (he isnt used to having pets and his family wouldnt let him bring her in the house) and she bolted. So now its 7 pm, my newly adopted sorta sphynx -front declawed is loose in a strange neighborhood around people she doesnt know. Thankfully she showed back up at his house meowing at 10 and he got her back in the carrier. She arrived here at 1pm on Thursday
He name was Hanna, but due to already having an Anna she needed a new name. First we called her teenyone cuz shes small, but then my bf started calling her the monkey and it stuck. She had to have an entropian repair on one of her eyes, but other than that she has been quite healthy till this rash. (we are working with the vet) from what i read on here she sounds like she is 100% sphynx personality. sleeps under the covers with me (shes "mommys little monkey") cries if shes locked out of a room, etc. Ill cut this off now and add some pics....
little dude
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anna
Shamus
Widget
Widget and Shamus (best buds)
fast forward 9 months to June 08. I still had a search on petfinder for a sphynx running cuz i liked looking at the pictures of them. One Friday a listing comes up for a part sphynx, part maine coon cat for adoption (in michigan, were in Mass) who is slated to be put down by the animal control the following thurs cuz noone wanted her. There was no picture. Later that day i checked again and there was a photo... weirdest looking cat ever! Took the pic and listing home to my bf and he said, give it a shot! We have a friend who lives in MI who owed us a favor. So on Wed my firned picked her up, got her health cert at a vet for the flight here and promptly got stuck in traffic and couldnt get to the airport in time to get her to the pet transport for wed evening. SO he took her home, opened the carrier to give her some food (he isnt used to having pets and his family wouldnt let him bring her in the house) and she bolted. So now its 7 pm, my newly adopted sorta sphynx -front declawed is loose in a strange neighborhood around people she doesnt know. Thankfully she showed back up at his house meowing at 10 and he got her back in the carrier. She arrived here at 1pm on Thursday
He name was Hanna, but due to already having an Anna she needed a new name. First we called her teenyone cuz shes small, but then my bf started calling her the monkey and it stuck. She had to have an entropian repair on one of her eyes, but other than that she has been quite healthy till this rash. (we are working with the vet) from what i read on here she sounds like she is 100% sphynx personality. sleeps under the covers with me (shes "mommys little monkey") cries if shes locked out of a room, etc. Ill cut this off now and add some pics....
little dude
anna
Shamus
Widget
Widget and Shamus (best buds)