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Guess What I Did?
| Sun, 08-22-2004 - 10:57pm |
I went to a cat show today and saw my vet there. I told her that my 3 older cats just won't accept or play with Misha. She said she knew an excellent Burmese breeder there that she herself bought a kitten from this past year. She said her cats were very loving and healthy. I went to see her two female kittens who were 4 1/2 months old. One of them was particularly gentle & sweet and let me hold her for a long time. My vet explained that maybe Misha would be accepted by a kitten with a similar energy level to hers. They could play together & snuggle and then she wouldn't keep trying to bother the older cats for attention. She said if it doesn't work out, I can always return the kitten to the breeder. It was expensive ($500....ouch!) but I took a risk and bought her. She is a Platinum Burmese. She is very playful and active. I am letting her sleep with us tonight so she can feel comfortable and not too lonely in her new environment. I tried putting her in a carrier so Misha could come sniff her. Misha seemed to like her, but the kitten just growled & hissed. Sheesh! I will take it slow and try to let them sniff each other like that for short sessions over the next days. If they get along I will be thrilled. If they don't, I'm prepared to return the kitten so she can find a better home, and Misha can just go back to being on her own. I really hope this works! Misha needs a friend.
I never considered Burmese before because I didn't want a cat with a flat face, but this kitten has a more normal face & nose and is therefore "pet quality" instead of "show quality". It doesn't matter to me a bit, and I think she'll have less eye/nose problems that way.
Here's a photo. She moves around so fast I couldn't get many in-focus pictures of her. LOL
Hugs,
Suzy


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Thank you Pink & Gwen! :-)
Misha & the kitten have good times when Misha is playing "mommy" to her and cleaning her, and then they'll give each other the "death grip" and wrestle. LOL
hiya suzy!
daisy's dish is from a company called LTD Commodities that we bought either last year or the year before.
Thank you Pink!
Thank you....I am relieved to hear you've had such good luck with your kittens! Your Mesha sounds beautiful! I hope I'm doing the right thing. At least the kitten allows Misha to groom her, whereas Boots (the nearly 7 year old) gets mad at her when she tries to lick her. LOL
This Burmese is so sweet. I wish I hadn't tried to introduce her to my parents' dog yesterday....she freaked out and really scratched me good!
Now if I could just think of a good name....
Suzy :-)
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