Newbie Request: Help Me Get To Know You?

[Lori Jordan]

Lori, I had rabbits for a while...all taken in from folks who couldn't keep them anymore. Two we took in came to us pregnant!

My Daughter had wanted one for awhile,There is a lady a few towns over that breeds them and Rebecca seen Bailee and that was it she "HAD" to have her.

Rabbits are great,Our Bailee is one of a kind,I have never seen a rabbit like Bailee before very sweet girl,comical too!

[Bonny]

Hi Pat, We have talked about ice skating already. I am an older girl been married to the same guy for 41 years. I am a part time guide at the Laura Ingalls Wilder musem in Burr Oak, Iowa. Yes, Laura Ingalls lived in Burr Oak, Iowa for one year & her sister Grace was born there in the spring of 1877. Enough about me lets get to my animal family. There is Baxter Black our Australian Cattle dog, Missy Australian Shepherd, & Max (grandpuppy) Black Lab., two parakeets Pesky & Pal, 10 barns cats & Lily the indoor/outdoor cat,& Dakota the horse. We have two grown sons, a daughter in law & a 3 year old grandson with red hair who loves the dogs,cats,& birds.

[Anikaca77]

Hi Pat-

I’m Melissa from Centre Co., PA, USA

Married for 2 ½ years now.

Our cats are:

Claudia – 7 year old calico. I adopted her from the PSPCA shortly after I adopted Anika in 2002 who was PTS in Oct. 2008.

Claudia is my sleeping buddy. She loves to sleep on my pillow and her purr just makes everything so much better. She doesn’t like her belly touched but she is such a sweetie and so pretty.

Ashley – 5 years old torte. I adopted her from a local lady whose cat had a litter of kittens. If I knew about Pet Talk at the time I probably would have adopted from someone on here or a shelter.

Ashley has been getting grump with her age; well she was always like that. She has the torte attitude but loves to go for car rides. I took her for car rides when she was younger and trained her to sit on my lap like a dog and she loves it. I now have a harness on her when I take her out just to be safe and of course there is a leash as well. This is the only time that you are able to pick her up and hold her but she loves it.

Sebastian – 7 years old, gray long hair. Sebastian was found outside my sister’s apartment, she was feeding a few local strays and we were trying to trap this one cat and Sebastian ended up in the trap and he had a wound on his head so I took him to a local no-kill shelter and fostered him for them and I would take him to their shelters on the weekends and he would spend Saturday and Sunday in a cage hoping to be adopted and he was adopted once but brought back and then I decided that it was too much for him to keep going back and forth and I decided that last weekend I took him there if he didn’t get anyone that was interested in him I’d adopt him myself.

Well sure enough 1 hour before I was set to leave to go get him the shelter called and said they had someone who was interested in him. I met the lady but she wasn’t sure she was going to adopt him and I told the shelter I wanted to take him home and keep him forever and so I did.

Sebastian is a lap cat, he loves attention and he’s just a sweetheart.

Hermes – 3 years old, white long hair. Hermes was rescued off the streets in 2006. It took a few months for me to get him but I finally was able to trap him and take him in and my husband told me that time I would need to find a home for him but sure enough his sweet personality came over us and we had to keep him. Hermes is such a sweetie. He doesn’t like going for car rides but he loves our vet’s office. He has such a different personality there than at home when strangers come over.

I remember when my husband worked night shift and if anyone came into the house that he didn’t know he would climb up onto my chest and sit there like he was telling on his dad for bringing someone he didn’t know. He’s his daddy’s baby for sure.

Fiona – 2 year old long hair torte. Fiona came from a local non-profit cat rescue. This time I believe we were looking to adopt but I can’t be certain of that. Well my husband and I went over to this lady’s place and he picked out this little girl and I was smitten about another I believe but he really wanted her so I agreed and she’s just a sweetie now. She doesn’t have that torte attitude. Sometimes she acts a tad bad but otherwise she is just a sweetheart.

Athena – 3 years old grey tiger. Athena I rescued off the streets in early 2008. I was helping a lady in the area who was trying to find a home for a cat who showed up on her steps injured and she did eventually get him a great home. While I was there helping her I noticed several stray cats that didn’t belong to anyone. My husband and I rescued 2 orange and white ones and they found a wonderful home together and shortly after we go them I also got Athena. She made herself at home and so instead of adopting her out we took her in.

Osiris – 1 years old black and white. Osiris was brought into our house because the local PSPCA couldn’t take in anymore cats due to a virus that was going through the shelter and he had no place to go so we said we’d foster him. Yeah right, he ended up staying as well. He is such a good boy. He loves to have his tail pulled when you pet him.

Sophia – 1 years old tiger. Sophia was supposed to be another “we are only going to foster her and not keep her.” Within a few days of having Sophia we decided she should stay with us and sure enough she has. Sophia does have asthma and she only has 1 eye. She was rescued from a local farm and the person that trapped her took her to the vets and her 1 eye needed removed but other than that she is a very healthy girl.

Ozzy – 2-3 years old long hair tiger. Ozzy was found outside my apartment complex. I trapped him, took him to the vets and he was supposed to be a foster for a short time and ended up staying. He still gets shy from time to time but he’s such a sweetie.

Apollo – 7 months old orange and white tiger. Apollo was found outside a lady’s driveway. She couldn’t afford to take him to the vets and his paw was bent so I offered to take him to the vets and foster him and find him a good home. Well after picking him up I knew I couldn’t get rid of him. We still have him and we don’t really have any plans of giving him up just yet.

I work full-time as a secretary for a geologic consulting firm.

I love going for long rides in the car, especially if they take me to a zoo. I do my own cat rescuing from time to time. Sometimes I take on more than I can handle. I like watching movies. I also like meeting new people on Pet Talk. This year I got to meet John, his wife, and his crew.

Ok I just realized maybe I gave too much information about my furbabies.

Melissa