My Shrimpster is an unassuming red tabby. Rescued at five weeks, he had both upper and lower respiratory infections so severe, eyes glued shut, that he was left blind in his left eye and unable to “meow” until he was three yrs old.
He looks up at me, eyes wide, opening his freckled mouth to meow endearingly his question. “May I please have my turkey, now?”
I scratch him lovingly behind the ear, open the fridge door; he stretches up, front paws on the top shelf, and looks over his shoulder into my eyes… oh, my goodness, I only wish that I could take a picture.
The sweetness of the moment does not allow it. maybe, soon. 🙂
Cal
Hi Cal
I have just seen your post. Thanks for sharing. You did great work getting My Shrimpster to good health. The sort of illness he was suffering from is so common in rescue cats. A recent post I made is about a group of cats all of which were blinded by the herpes virus. This is the post:
Compassion is the first requirement for a vet
Shrimp likes turkey. My boy loves chicken and ham but not turkey. You’d think that if he loves chicken he’d love turkey, but no.
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Please comment on this, my friends? Shrimp’s left eye is getting worse, and I do not think that it is due to Diabetes Type II, nor I. He may have Glaucoma, that is true. But here’s the thing: i gave him his dose of Advantage II, and he is suddenly sneezing like he hasn’t done, with his scar tissue in his nose, and from pollen, mold, mildew, allergies to pollens and food smells that irritate him; why is he doing this?
Ruth(K)?
You love him so much I can tell and rescued cats always seen to know what you did for them and they never forget. 🙂
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Don’t worry. I sometimes feel like taking garden secateurs to a vet who declaws cats. I don’t say it – oophs, I jut said it. People should learn. They don’t generally. The kids might and their kids and then delcawing will become a piece of American history one day.
Michael, I am so ashaamed of myself that I wasn’t sure if I should post today until I made amends for something I said to the de-clawed Serval human.
I said that he should be tortured as well. That is so wrong of me to make or think such. He doesn’t deserve to be tortured in return. Simply put, learn from your mistakes. I’ve made many (but this one, I’ve always been adamant bout, thank goodness.) LEARN from past experience, that is the best that we all can do…
Marc makes a good point about red tabbies. They tend to be good companions, stable characters and a lead cat in a group. It is very sad that he suffered at the beginning of his life.