An introduction of some new Feline Furiends

I understand this site is focused on the K9 variety but thought I would throw in a felion purrsonality or two as well. My Tripawd is a felion (yes, lion) but there are K9’s in our house as well. Generally the dogs are cat toys but they have their own adventures without dragging a cat on their tails all the time.

Our stories

Teddy:
Found June 26th, 2009
Presumed birthday March 30th, 2009

I found Teddy as a little 10-12 week old kitten with a horrendous upper respiratory infection. His litter was born as barn cats so they were all outside. I was a fed-ex driver at the time and was delivering there. I saw kittens at a lot of stops but this little guy was just sitting there staring at me (hard to do with ulcers in both eyes). The really funny thing is his mom was staring at him, like she was telling him to look pathetic so I would take him.

I couldn’t get this little kitten out of my mind so I went back and left them a note. They called me that evening and I asked about him. They said they couldn’t afford to take him to the vet but they were trying to keep his eyes clean. I called my vet and said I was going to get a stray the next day and wanted to bring him there first thing, she was more than happy to help. I went back the next day and picked him up, I had to work so I had my mom meet me and take him to the vet. According to my mom he was very quiet on the ride there. Tracy (the vet) said she didn’t know if he would make it but she would try.

While working the next day I got a call from the doc and she said she could tell as soon as he started feeling better because he started yowling. All during the call I could hear a kitten hollering LOL. He tested negative for all the bad stuff so he would be safe to introduce to my current critters (3 dogs and 2 cats).

Teddy was 6% dehydrated, wormy, upper-respiratory infection, ruptured ulcers in both eyes (2 in his right one on the left) and slightly emaciated. As soon as I got home my mom’s dog Takoda decided he was her baby! She kept his face and ears clean whether he liked it or not and they still sleep together (as they are while I type this). Teddy has grown into a beautiful Abyssinian that looks just like his mom, though he did have siblings of all colors and types, long and short hair.

Honey:
Adopted August 10, 2012
Presumed birthday March 10, 2012

Honey was found in a driveway with her left rear leg De-gloved. They presume she was in a car engine and got caught in something. She was taken to a vet who tried for 9 days to save the leg. Apparently she was a favorite at the vet office but they did put her up on petfinder.com where I found her. She still had a small open wound at the amputation because she licked it too much (which is why she wears a cover in some of the older pics). She has settled in and is completely comfortable with the dogs and cats.
Here is the link to Honey’s original petfinder page, it has a picture of her leg before amputation (warning graphic)
http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/23775769?fb_action_ids=10151068447782808&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=246965925417366

Pardner: Collie/Cocker mix

Adopted March 28, 2008

Birthday February 15th, 2008

A friend of my mother had a Cocker Spaniel that they had bred to get purebred puppies. The day after they brought her home from breeding she escaped and met with the Rough Coat Collie next door so they didn’t know what they were expecting. Once the mix arrived I was destined to have one. Pardner came to me at a young age because his mother developed mastitis and was unable to nurse. When I picked him up he tucked neatly into the “football” position on my arm so I headed to the petstore to get him some supplies. This itty bitty puppy had just been taken away from his mother, was being carried around a public place by a stranger, had missed his nap and was still having to raise his head and wag his tail at every person we walked by. For the first 6 months of his life he thought the dog park was a place to meet people, he didn’t even acknowledge there were other dogs there. He is a very happy-go-lucky personality that I would love to certify to visit nursing homes.

I will share more about the other animals in the house later but these are my 3.