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My newest foster, Angus

todancewithwolves

15 years ago

Got a call from the cat rescue org asking if I'd foster an 8 week old manx kitten (manx cats have no tails). Well of course I'll foster!!!! As soon as I saw him my heart melted. I think he's a keeper. I think the name Angus fit's him well, what do you think?

So many homes are foreclosing around the bay area and the cat rescue is swamped with abandoned cats and kittens.

Same goes with dogs. People just leave them...makes me sad.

Can get a good picture yet. Angus is too fast and my shutter is too slow.

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DYH
15 years ago
Angus looks like a cutie, even with the face away from the camera.

It is sad about all the folks losing their homes...and the pets left behind, too.

You're always doing good things, Edna.

Cheers,
Cameron
slubberdegulion
15 years ago
I like the name. A friend of mine took in a pregnant cat (also left behind, in a closet, in an abandoned rental) and kept her along with a tom she gave birth to. He got saddled with the unfortunate name of Gingersnap. He's cute as can be, but that's no name for a tough little tom kitten. Although, they have been calling him "G-snap", lol.

I hope he fits in well.
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lorna-organic
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Angus looks to be a couple of weeks younger than the shelter told you he is, Edna. I like Manx. I 'm sure you will enjoy your new baby.

A woman I know claims her apartment manager charges $40 extra rent per month for each animal owned by his renters. I never heard of that before. I have heard of extra security deposits for renters having pets, but not extra rent.

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aftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
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What a sweetie, kittens are so much fun. I would like to get a couple more but it wouldn't be fair to our old sweetie Breeze, she's on meds and as gentle as she is a kitten would do her in. Someday in the future though I'll be heading back to the S.P.C.A.
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mora
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Hi Edna, I think Angus is a great name for that fuzzy little cutie. I would keep him too...now if we could just get a look at his little face, lol, keep trying, M
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Saw something on the news last week about all the abandoned pets in the States. So sad. One person was saying it was hard to rescue them, as the pets are 'chattels' of the property. I never heard such a thing. They also said that people were going into the shelter with food, toys, etc. as they dropped off their pets. Heartbreaking. I know I've had some tough times, and had to give up my dog once, moving into the city for work. A neighbour took him thank God. I was younger then, it would kill me now.....
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Oh how cute Edna! He's so tiny. I bet he's a ball of fun.

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todancewithwolves
Original Author
15 years ago
Here's a better picture. He stays still after he eats *LOL*
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lorna-organic
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What a precious face your Angus has, Edna. He will probably get into more mischief than most kittens because Manx are very intelligent.

I adopted a stray black Manx many years ago. He was a big boy. He topped out at twenty- two pounds. He had a tendency to overeat because he had been a stray. But he would stop eating for a day or two now and then, as he seemed to feel twenty pounds was his best weight.

Soon after adopting the Manx, a young pregnant female showed up at my door. I took her in. A few days later she produced a litter of six. She was too young to be a good mother. That battle scarred old male Manx took over, and "mothered" the kittens!

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PattiOH
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Oh I AM IN LOVE!!!!!!!
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