Tortie Tuesday

This is Furrydance Gweek, but all her friends call her Kiki. She is the other momcat at Furrydance. This photo was taken during the last snowstorm here, but it was sunny and the guest room has the best sunpuddle ever!

The box she is sitting on, with the plaque that says SKIDDY, is the ashes of an old girl kitty I got back from a home a few years ago. I didn't get her back because of her health issues, although she had a them-mammary cancer and asthma. I got her and her companion back because her owner was moving and "couldn't find a place that permitted pets without a huge deposit"...Yep, you read that right.

But at least this person knew how important my cats are to me and she paid to fly Skiddy and Trevor back to me. I was able to find a home for Trevor, in spite of his having HCM (he was my beloved Bo's brother) but not long after that, he was diagnosed with nasal cancer (they had lived with heavy smokers for most of their life) and his new owner, while doing hospice care at home, was against euthanasia and I fear he suffered needlessly before he passed away on his own. That still saddens me, to this day.


I promised Skiddy she would live out her days in carefree happiness here, and she did. And when her quality of life deteriorated, the decision to euthanize her was truly kind and I know she knew she was loved and holds a special place in my heart. Here is a photo of her, just a few days before she became a kitty angel...


Every Furrydance cat has their birth home to come back to, if they ever need to, but I still have lost track of 2 kitties, due to families divorcing and not keeping me updated when they change phone numbers and email addresses. I regret that deeply, and while they were in the right homes to begin with, along the way their owners forgot what they mean to me...and they turned out to be the wrong homes due to circumstances out of my control.

I have had the same email address since I started breeding Cornish Rex in 1988 and while I have moved and changed phone numbers, I am diligent in keeping in touch, as long as I am able. I always am checking PetFinder, Craig's List and Cornish Rex Friends Rescue and egroups, and know there are many Cornish Rex out there that have sadder tales and I have helped a few of them rehabilitate and find new homes. That is gratifying and I still keep track of them, too.

This is Jasmine, who had been in 3 different homes and then dumped in a shelter due to peeing outside the box. Her breeder wouldn't make a trip to spring her from the shelter and she was adopted out, but her problems persisted as each home had kids and she was a very shy and timid cat. I found out about her on the Rexcue Railroad and took her in, she rehabilitated well and has been a happy only kitty, sharing her home with a nice lady and her sweet doggie. Happy ending!