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Well I am a little behind on this series... so I am going back and doing a few of the subjects that people have already done. This week I am going to chat about pets. I have two cats Merry and Pippin. I have now had them for 10 1/2 years. We adopted them from a no kill shelter at PetSmart. Merry was 3 1/2 and Pippin was 6 months. I actually went in with the intention to only adopt Pippin but my mom was with me and told me he needed a friend. So ... Merry came home too. Yes they are named after the hobbits!
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Merry and Pippin are diabetics. I don't know how both my cats ended up with diabetes. Perhaps free feeding? Perhaps crappy food? I don't know. Merry also has Acromegaly which is a tumor on his pituitary gland. It shoots out too much growth hormones but we are managing it with insulin. I actually have a
blog that I write on about cats with diabetes in the hopes that I can help others who cats have the same issues. It can be hard at times taking care of them.. but with help from my husband we do it together. It can be hard sometimes... honestly it's probably like having a dog. They must get their shots/pills twice a day. So we have to be home and the shots need to be about 12 hours apart. It's a nightmare if we get off schedule. We have some pretty good friends who have gone out of their way to help us when we go out of town. They have had to learn to give shots just like us.
My kitties are my world. They usually sit here in my lap as I read books.. or waste time watching TV. I can't imagine my life without them. Be sure to pass on my cat blog if you know anyone who deals with diabetic cats. The picture below is of my cats and Mama Squirrel. She passed away last year but for 5 years she came to out house everyday for peanuts. She would just sit on the deck with my cats. They aren't outdoor cats but I have a big deck with a big railing so they just sit out there. They don't just the deck or anything (of course if they did they'd be banned from outside).
What about you??? What kind of pets do you have?
