Oh my gosh - this is the BEST thread! I am just smiling while looking at everybody's babys! I will GLADLY show off my girls:
Pic 1 - Zoe, the one and only animal that my husband and I have ever adopted as a baby. She is 17 1/2 years old now, the best cat anyone could ever have - she's laid back and friendly and welcomes all of our hospice and foster animals as if she's known them forever. When she was 6 months old her mouth got stuck open one day when she yawned - she ended up having to have 2 different surgeries on her jaw and re-learn how to close her mouth and chew! She has slept on my pillow on our bed every night for over 17 years.
Pic 2 - the miracle cat, Dallas. She was horribly abused and tortured (I will not go into the details) and found in a local resident's garage. She was rescued by the local animal shelter, but so very old and sick and scared and depressed - she was given only 2 weeks to live, so I brought her home to live out those last 2 weeks with us at our house. That was 2 1/2 years ago! She has doubled her weight, recovered from all of her injuries and trauma - and is our "baby." She's pretty "high-maintenance" in that she requires a lot of special medical care everyday - but she's happy, affectionate and she and Zoe LOVE each other! At nights she sleeps in the crook of my knees.
Pic 3 - this is Delilah - a quirky little kitty that has lived with us for the past 6 weeks. She is also a hospice cat (as is Dallas, and as was Kiki) - we don't know anything about Delilah's background, but she has a neurological condition which causes her to wobble when she walks, she is deaf, blind in one eye - and finally just a few days ago figured out how to use a litter box. (Yeah!)
Pic 4 - and finally, I just had to include a picture of my boy, Kiki - our little hospice cat who passed just 3 days ago. He had been with us for 10 months. Love and miss you Kiki.
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