kitten pictures (and a dog for good measure)

[kassidy62]

Remember the kitten I took in at the end of October? I heard him crying outside before dawn, and shortly thereafter he became one of the Borg (aka my family). Well, my dear Flea, aka Cottonball, aka Cottonius etc etc. is getting neutered at the vet's office today. He was pitiful this morning- didn't understand why I WOULD NOT feed his hungry self, he hated the carrier (we've taken him places before but never in the carrier - usually one of my daughters hold him), and he cried like a confused, hungry, miserable thing. My poor little Flea.

On the occasion of this, his first day in the world minus his balls, I have dragged out some photos I'd taken with our video camera not long after we first got him. He's a doll, you're gonna love him (I weep. He's not home yet.):

















while I'm at it, have a picture of my beloved and lovely dog Thumper outside in the snow today. Thumper is also a former stray, just turning 13 this March

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[azziria.livejournal.com]

She died of old age early last year. She came to us at about 1 year old, having had four previous owners (the person who bred her, the guy who bought her because his girlfriend thought she was cute, the girl who rented the flat when the guy's girlfriend left him and he moved for work (who then found she was allergic to cats), and the secretary at my work who took her and then didn't want her any more when she scratched the dog badly enough to incur a vet's bill. She then lived with us for over 15 years, through a wedding, one house move, and the arrival of two children (both kids' first word was 'cat', and she was the cat they meant). We were all pretty devastated when she went, as you can imagine. But a house isn't a home without a cat, so when a friend said they knew of a kitten going spare who would 'be bombproof, given his background' we went for it. Max was born into a house with four adult cats, three children, and a Great Dane, and he has indeed proved a wonderful addition to our family.