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<font color=navy>Our family has always shared our lives with animals. I grew up having several cats, dogs, lizards, tarantulas, snakes, rats, mice, ducks and chickens (and I live in the suburbs).
My kids have grown up with cats, a dog, lizards, too many hampsters - went from 2 to over 30 - I finally dumped the babies all at a pet store & separated the two original ones. I'm sure the neighborhood kids called me "the hampster lady" at one time.
My mom had always promised a Siamese, or a blue-eyed kitty to my dd. Well, mom passed in '95, when my little one was just just 6. A little over a week after my mom passed away (I kid you not) we found a tiny kitten in our backyard. Its mother had put it in our yard, and was feeding it, and disappearing during the day. The kitten wasn't Siamese, but it had blue eyes. We named her Lucky, and she's been with us ever since. Lucky doesn't bite, but she talks to us. She'll purr-meow when she likes something, and she hisses at us when the answer is no. "Lucky, Let's take a bath." "HISSSSSSS" "Lucky, let's go outside." "HISSSSSS." Funny - but she never bites us.
Here's Lucky doing what she does best.
<img width=500 src=http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/7IMG_0483.JPG>
Then, there's Copper. We used to have a lot of stray cats in our yard. Thanks to Copper, no more strays. He's a Australian Shepherd/Terrier Mix pooch, with a happy temperament.
<img width=500 src=http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/7Copper1.jpg>
Our latest belongs to my dd. This kitty was an 8th grade graduation gift, and though she was found and 'saved' she has turned out to be such a fun part of the family. One day I came home and found our wrapped peppermints out of the bowl, and strewn around our living room. Turns out, the kitten was taking them out of the bowl (good thing they're wrapped) and playing with them. We also found out that she likes to play fetch with these. We'll throw them, and she'll chase them and bring them back. Sometimes she'll even bring them all the way to us
... and sometimes she'll jump up on the couch with one so we can throw it for her. It's her favorite game, next to chasing Lucky & pouncing on her. This is Diamond, another really sweet-tempered kitty.
Here's Lucky in our bathroom, sitting on the skylight screen
I had to close the skylight after that. Don't want to come home to a splat cat.
<img width=500 src=http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/7DCP_2501-med.JPG>
Okay, and this one isn't really a pet, but when they were doing construction near our neighborhood, he hung around for a couple of weeks .... Took this from my front door.
<img width=500 src=http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/7opossum2-med.JPG>
My kids have grown up with cats, a dog, lizards, too many hampsters - went from 2 to over 30 - I finally dumped the babies all at a pet store & separated the two original ones. I'm sure the neighborhood kids called me "the hampster lady" at one time.
My mom had always promised a Siamese, or a blue-eyed kitty to my dd. Well, mom passed in '95, when my little one was just just 6. A little over a week after my mom passed away (I kid you not) we found a tiny kitten in our backyard. Its mother had put it in our yard, and was feeding it, and disappearing during the day. The kitten wasn't Siamese, but it had blue eyes. We named her Lucky, and she's been with us ever since. Lucky doesn't bite, but she talks to us. She'll purr-meow when she likes something, and she hisses at us when the answer is no. "Lucky, Let's take a bath." "HISSSSSSS" "Lucky, let's go outside." "HISSSSSS." Funny - but she never bites us.
Here's Lucky doing what she does best.
<img width=500 src=http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/7IMG_0483.JPG>
Then, there's Copper. We used to have a lot of stray cats in our yard. Thanks to Copper, no more strays. He's a Australian Shepherd/Terrier Mix pooch, with a happy temperament.
<img width=500 src=http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/7Copper1.jpg>
Our latest belongs to my dd. This kitty was an 8th grade graduation gift, and though she was found and 'saved' she has turned out to be such a fun part of the family. One day I came home and found our wrapped peppermints out of the bowl, and strewn around our living room. Turns out, the kitten was taking them out of the bowl (good thing they're wrapped) and playing with them. We also found out that she likes to play fetch with these. We'll throw them, and she'll chase them and bring them back. Sometimes she'll even bring them all the way to us


Here's Lucky in our bathroom, sitting on the skylight screen

<img width=500 src=http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/7DCP_2501-med.JPG>
Okay, and this one isn't really a pet, but when they were doing construction near our neighborhood, he hung around for a couple of weeks .... Took this from my front door.
<img width=500 src=http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/7opossum2-med.JPG>