We're new to Pet Talk!

[rkidsrcats]

Hi Pet Fans!
We're newbies via having Percy selected as a former COTD. Here's a photo of the furry tribe. We specialize in cats that have 1 or no eyes. Pippin is blind and Tiger and William have vision in 1 eye. Percy and Norman say they are perfect. Fiona is wondering where all the cats came from! This is a fun site - we love all the good lookin' pets and reading about the silly stuff they do!

[dukedogsmom]

What adorable animals! I just love Pippin. Welcome to PT. I've got an almost 11 yr old German Shepherd/Chow dog and an almost 20 yr old Arabian horse. Hope you like it here. Sounds like you do already.

[amoore]

Welcome to Pet Talk! A warm and friendly board. So happy to meet you and your wonderful pets.

[K & L]

Welcome! All your animals are precious. I really like Norman cause he reminds me of a cat, Mr. January, that hangs around our place.

[trayi52]

Oh, I think that Pippin is a poser, and loves the camera! What a tail!

Welcome to Pet Talk, I hope you like it here.

Willie

[catnapper]

A big, hearty welcome to Pet Talk!

I am owned by Nicki the wussy dog, Allen the King, and Pouncer the naw-tee kitten.

I'm glad to see that you've gotten the hang of posting pictures already. We here at PT love pictures. We demand them! Welcome and I hope you come to be as addicted as the rest of us!

[Felicia's Mom]

A big welcome to Pet Talk!!

[Edwina's Secretary]

Welcome! Your Pippin reminds me of my Edwina. I would love to hear how your guys manage in spite of the disabilities!

What a terrific thing you do!

[Barbara]

Pets doing silly stuff here?

Tigris and Filou shake their heads and send a warm welcome.

A friend's cat, Penelope, was blind in her older years. It was amazing how well she got along.

Headscritchies to the tribe

[Randi]

A warm welcome to PT! You have a wonderful gang there, I love them all - especially Tiger Tiger!

I'm so glad they've found a loving home with you, because some may not want a blind cat. They seem to enjoy life and not notice their handicap - isn't that great! If only humans could do the same!

Looking forward to hear more about each and every one, and see pics.

[catlover4ever]

Welcome to Pet Talk, I loved seeing all the pictures of your fur-family and I look forward to hearing and seeing more pictures and stories of them. Welcome again.

[kimlovescats]

A big WELCOME to Pet Talk! Your crew is so adorable, and I just love that you have a great big heart for the needy! Please tell us the stories behind your "kids"!!!

[jazzcat]

Welcome to PT! Your furbabies are adorable. I look forward to hearing and seeing more of them.

I have three cats and dog as you can see in my sig below.

[RedHedd]

Welcome to PT and glad to see you've mastered picture posting right away! That's a good thing, as we LOVE pictures! Now as for pets doing silly stuff Never, nuh-uh, not here, no ....

We've been having very stormy weather here in the San Francisco Bay Area and my two have been acting pretty strange - guess they react to the air pressure differences. Mitzi has started sleeping on top of her covered litter box and finding other new and different strange places to sit, stand, pose, drape herself .... the top of the computer, the magazine rack, the first step of a ladder in the hallway, etc. It's funny and cute and she keeps surprising me with new places where she will sit and wait until meowmie notices that she's being exceptionally cute and wants a pet. When I do spot her and coo at her, she lets out a little kitty-chirp. She's also taken to being at my side every evening while watching TV, becoming a real meowmie's girl.

Mishi is just Mishi, although he did pick a fight with Mitzi this morning -- what a noise! I hope this isn't something that will continue - him beating up on her! Ah kids!

[rkidsrcats]

Thanks for all the "welcomes"! Yeah, we love this place.
Many of you asked about Pippin, the blind kitten. He's a very special boy. We adopted him a year ago from Little Shelter Animal Rescue (Long Island, NY) when we lived in Connecticut. I had worked for them, writing grants, taking & posting web photos, advertising and fundraising, etc. Anyway, the VP, Ruth, and I became good friends and she was always on the look out for potential additions to our family. TigerTiger was also one of her suggestions - he was at the shelter for a few months and as he grew older, he would sit on the shelves in the adoption room and when people came through he would reach out with a paw and want to hug, but they wouldn't give him a second look because of his eye problem ( the "not perfect" syndrome). When she told me that story, I told my hubby and he was like "Go get that cat! Any cat that wants a hug belongs here with us!" So we got TigerTiger, who is now definately Dad's cat, and that set things up for adopting Pippin.
Ruth called when Pips was brought in - he was apparently found near a church and the priest decided that he needed to go to a shelter. Luckily he took him to Little Shelter (no-kill) cuz I don't think he would have had a chance otherwise. Pips was about 4 months old by now and she described him as the most laid back, unafraid, trusting and inquisitive little guy she had ever seen. But she said, he is completely blind. 2 seconds later, we said yes and took a chance that the other guys would help him adjust.
Little did we know that TigerTiger was going to take on the role of big brother to the max. I no sooner got Pippin home than TigerTiger was in his cage, chirping and nuzzling him, trying to get him to come out and play. After that, we didn't need to do much - TigerTiger was in charge. I don't think they were separated much for a month and just by virtue of Pippin following Tiger around, he learned all about the house, the big footed Fiona, when to eat, where to sleep and how to antagonize the older guys just for fun. He goes everywhere now and visitors to our home don't know he's blind unless we tell them.
One thing we did do was build an adaptive ramp on the cat tree - Pippin loves to climb, but can't get down very well. At 3AM, he would get stuck at the top of the tree and just meow until he woke us up to get him down. Enough of that! Jim built this ramp in the picture - its pretty cool and works like a dream.


Thanks again for all your replies.