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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

My Cat Is Weird

I have 2 tabby cats, that are twins.  I helped bring them into this world 7 or 8 years ago when their mother had problems delivering them.  I call them the Twin Tabby Turds.  They couldn't be any different.  White Foot is a large, overweight cat with a fat pouch hanging down under her belly.  She is very friendly and lovable, and loves to sleep with us at night.  She seeks us out for attention and petting.  We really enjoy her character and uniqueness. 

Little Bit is her twin sister, and she is just a freaky cat, although we do love her.  She is tiny, about 1/3 the size of her sister.  She is very neurotic and schizophrenic.  She stays hidden all the time, and never comes out for love or attention.    We rarely even see her come out to eat or use the litter box.  She does, however, come to see me when I get in my bed at night.  That is the only time she is comfortable showing herself, and she generally sleeps right by my pillow until someone starts moving around in the morning.  Then she's off to hide for another day.

Because she is so neurotic, she has alot of issues.  She's been having to stay at a friends house during our recent move, and I guess it has her stressed out.  She has this skin condition going on, and the vet says it is strictly due to stress, since he couldn't find any other source of the problem.  She breaks out with this rash on her body, under her hair, and then she starts licking everywhere she can reach.  This in turn causes all the hair to come off everywhere she licks. So... she has a bare belly, underside of her legs, base and underside of tail, etc, wherever she can reach.  This is the second time she's done this, the last time occuring also when she had to stay at someone's house.  I guess she's so attached to me that it stresses her out to be away from me, I don't know.  She looks really weird and I wish I had a picture to post that shows her condition.  Anyway, here's a picture of them together.

I love my cats, but they are such a pain. 


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