Re: OT: Re: Egg whites & Beagle? (And expensive free pets)

[Guest guest]

At 11:16 AM 3/17/2010, n wrote:

Oh my goodness! Do I ever know

the " for a free dog [insert " cat, " however] she's darned

expensive! "

Tell me about it: at one point, we had seven cats in residence. All of

them " free. " And then there was Bub, the rescue cat, who had a

hand-sized third degree burn on the side of his neck.

We went from 4 cats in 2000 to no cats in 2001 -- the four were 18, 19,

18, and 19. I politely requested a cat-spirit capable of coping with the

very active dachshund duo, but apparently, no one volunteered for the

job. I'm not entirely certain, however, that Starblaze and Tamuamaraq

didn't send the beagle to drive Shadow and Sunny crazy in their senior

years, just as Shadow and Sunny drove them crazy.

We also had five cats in residence after Hurricane Katrina -- the cats

belonging to friends whose apartment flooded. Her work put them up in a

hotel, but the hotel refused to take the cats, and threatened them with a

$100 a day per cat penalty if the cats were found in the hotel. (Needless

to say, THAT chain of hotels will never have my business!) So their cats

lived with us for several months.

Prayers for your little one.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle