Pet Blogging
I'm sick of all the heavy subjects and turmoil of this week. So, I'm going to do something more lighthearted -- pet blogging.
I've never posted a picture of my cat Felix. It's hard to get a good picture of him because he never wants to look at the camera. He has really beautiful eyes, but you can't really tell from these pictures. (As always, click pictures for a larger view.)
Felix is a polydactyl cat. He used to be blacker than he is now. I need to scan in some pictures from when he was younger. He's about fifteen years old and he definitely looks like an old man. He still seems pretty healthy, though, although the last time I took him for his shots and a checkup, they found the beginnings of urinary tract disease. However, he's very finicky and it's very hard to get him to eat the special urinary tract health cat food.
The last time I took him to the vet, I had to sedate him. And even sedated, he still managed to scratch the vet. And the previous two times I took him to the vet, he pooped all over the examination table. Yes, he can be a very bad kitty.
I had a cockatiel for a few months last year, but I sold her because my mother and I just aren't bird people. Plus, I've had parakeets in the past and have had nothing but bad luck with them. I sold her to a bird lover who could give her a much better home. In fact, it was the lady who bought her that informed me that the bird was female. When my Mom and sister bought the bird (to cheer me up after Coco passed away), they were told that she was a young bird and that she was probably a male. I called her Monkeyboy because she reminded me of a little monkey. When I found out she was a female, I shortened the name to Monkey. Anyway, here are some pictures I took of Monkey when I had her:
My dog Betty and Felix get along pretty good. Felix used to snuggle with Coco on chilly mornings and he started doing the same thing with Betty. Felix likes to go in Betty's crate and lay next to her sometimes. I tried getting pictures of this several times, but Betty would always jump up and run out, which would cause Felix to do the same. However, one morning, I managed to shut the door to the crate before they could jump up:
Here's one more of Betty with a squeaky ball:
Betty loves her toys! :-)
Posted by Susan B. at 2:45 PM to Picture This
Black cats are hard to photograph in general. They tend to "disappear" in a picture. One of ours is black, but he's only 13. His only sign of old age is that some of his whiskers are white. I'm glad none of my cats are finicky eaters, because they are all on some special diet! Two of them are on the Purina Urinary Tract health one. The black one is on the Purina Special Care diet, because he has skin allergies to ordinary food. His fur has never all grown back in from where he licked it off. :( The last one is on a diet formula because he can be a greedy little pig and he got rather chunky.
Polydactyl kitties are interesting. I wonder if there are other animals that get extra toes. The link you have in your post wasn't working when I looked. Maybe the site is temporarily down, though.