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Back in June or July I got my first experience with a super-bitty. I
am still feeling touched by this baby, whom I helped hold and feed from a bottle, and keep warm after being nearly drowned by--well, never mind. I run the risk of using really impolite language when I think of it. At the time we thought it was a tiny little girl, and I called the bitty Juno because I was hoping for a strong lady-cat down the road. Turns out the bitty was a boy, renamed Phantom, and in his teenage-time is a remarkable little fellow. He'd gotten some skin parasite shortly after our first meeting, and it cost him an ear. Nonetheless he pulled through and looks quite jaunty with his one perky ear. Little Phantom is very unique: he is the first dwarf cat I've ever met. He remains, at eight months of age, kitten- sized, no more than three or four pounds; every part of his pint-sized anatomy is proportionally correct for a "normal" cat. His foster care- taker adopted him, realizing there would likely be problems in getting him placed. He's quite well, though has a tendency toward a very nervous belly and needs some nutritional boosting. He is loved, little phantom, and this is the important thing; I'm still proud I had a chance to keep the little one alive and see him placed in his forever home. Blessed be, Baha |
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BfloPolska wrote:
He is loved, little phantom, and this is the important thing; I'm still proud I had a chance to keep the little one alive and see him placed in his forever home. You done good!! Well, except for one thing - where are the pictures?? I have to see the jaunty one-eared kitty. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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stories like this are what keep me going, Lee
"BfloPolska" wrote in message ... Back in June or July I got my first experience with a super-bitty. I am still feeling touched by this baby, whom I helped hold and feed from a bottle, and keep warm after being nearly drowned by--well, never mind. I run the risk of using really impolite language when I think of it. At the time we thought it was a tiny little girl, and I called the bitty Juno because I was hoping for a strong lady-cat down the road. Turns out the bitty was a boy, renamed Phantom, and in his teenage-time is a remarkable little fellow. He'd gotten some skin parasite shortly after our first meeting, and it cost him an ear. Nonetheless he pulled through and looks quite jaunty with his one perky ear. Little Phantom is very unique: he is the first dwarf cat I've ever met. He remains, at eight months of age, kitten- sized, no more than three or four pounds; every part of his pint-sized anatomy is proportionally correct for a "normal" cat. His foster care- taker adopted him, realizing there would likely be problems in getting him placed. He's quite well, though has a tendency toward a very nervous belly and needs some nutritional boosting. He is loved, little phantom, and this is the important thing; I'm still proud I had a chance to keep the little one alive and see him placed in his forever home. Blessed be, Baha |
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On Feb 23, 4:06*pm, BfloPolska wrote:
.. Little Phantom is very unique: he is the first dwarf cat I've ever met. Redunzel weighs just over four pounds- we think she may have been the runt of the litter and although she's perfectly healthy she has never quite lost her "kitten" face. This means she gets away with a lot more than Sarrasine I think. Nice story! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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On Feb 24, 10:08*am, wrote:
On Feb 23, 4:06*pm, BfloPolska wrote: . Little Phantom is very unique: he is the first dwarf cat I've ever met. Redunzel weighs just over four pounds- we think she may have been the runt of the litter and although she's perfectly healthy she has never quite lost her "kitten" face. *This means she gets away with a lot more than Sarrasine I think. "Just over four pounds" seems normal for an adult cat to me, except that I know better. The Himalayans I live with are all around four or five pounds. Maggy May is a retired mommy-cat and has probably lost a bit of weight in her old age but she barely weighs four pounds and much of that is fuzz. Her daughter Missy is a bit heavier but not much. Sunrise has been on an eating spree for months and probably tops five pounds now, but only just. The RB male, MM's son, the gallant Winnie, weighed about five pounds. Himmys are not generally this small. Micki seems to have been breeding midget Himmys without intending to. My mom's cat who lives with me now, WooToo, makes the Himmys look tiny as she weighs almost sixteen pounds. And that is after a healthy (according to the vet) loss of four pounds or so over the last few years. And my RB boycat Feather seemed slim and trim at eleven pounds. -- Will in New Haven |
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wrote in message ... BfloPolska wrote: He is loved, little phantom, and this is the important thing; I'm still proud I had a chance to keep the little one alive and see him placed in his forever home. My little Mimi usually went around five pounds. Soaking wet, she'd be six. She looked like a tiny nun, but she was really Barbara Stanwyck. -- Theresa and Dante Stinky Forever: http://pets.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh |
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BfloPolska wrote:
Back in June or July I got my first experience with a super-bitty. snip He is loved, little phantom, and this is the important thing; I'm still proud I had a chance to keep the little one alive and see him placed in his forever home. Blessed be, Baha I love happy endings! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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