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There are so many Pet days to celebrate in April and many in March as well. But National Pet Day on April 11th is the biggest for lavishing affection and attention on our pets. And following are pet ramblings on all my pets…past, present, future, and imagined pets of mine.
My past couple of posts mention all the fun celebratory days for cat breeds, dog breeds, pet activity and awareness days in “March Pet Celebrations” – and “Pet Happening Days in April“.
As mentioned above, the purpose of this post is to celebrate all my pets. There are many great sites on pets. Two that I especially like are Pet Age and Maddies Fund. But here I mainly want to let you know about all of my lovely pets:
My First Pets
My very first of all my pet friends that I can recall was a very small lizard, then a small turtle when I was quite young living at home. We had a wonderful cocker spaniel, Tux, who I have written about previously. He was more my older brother’s dog though since they grew up together and spent more time with each other.
I wrote a fictional tale about Remembering Tux about a year ago in “Remembering Tux“. He was a great friend and a beautiful cocker.
My Rockin’ and Rollin’ Pet
After going out on my own I first adopted a cute kitty. This was a time when I lived in California in earthquake country. We had quite a large quake in the San Fernando Valley very shortly after I adopted Joss – a tabby cat. Poor guy was scared out of his wits and sunk his claws into my neck when I quickly picked him up during the hard shaking. Of course, he could probably tell I was not so ‘unshakable’ too.
With a large long crack appearing toward the top of my bedroom wall and getting no assistance from the apartment management, I decided to move quite rapidly, and did so with a friend into the Marina del Rey area and a smaller two story apartment dwelling. Unfortunately, I neglected to completely close our deck door one evening and Joss slipped out unnoticed.
I never could find my Joss until many months later when he came strolling down the path looking totally adult and well kept. Evidently someone found him nearby and was taking good care of my boy. So I let him go on his way.
My Wild Pet
It was actually not just my pet but the household’s wild pet squirrel who adopted us. We named her Princess. She actually introduced us to her own wild family. Check out the story I wrote earlier entitled “A Wild Squirrelly Friend”.
My Holiday Pet
Next in line of all my pets was an adorable Budgie I received as a Christmas gift from my sis and her family inside her wrapped cage with trimmings. I named her Noel in keeping with the holiday.
She was green and yellow with a touch of bright blue by her beak. Noel was very affectionate after a time. When I decided to move out of California she came with me sitting in her cage all the way from Los Angeles proper on our drive to Portland, Oregon.
My loving budgie girl was with me for a full eight years. I miss her still. You can read about my pet birds in my post “Best Bird Friends“.
My Inherited Pet
My mother had adopted a full blooded Maltese just a month before she left our world. She had always wanted a pure breed pooch. He was a tiny, exceptionally cute canine with large sweet eyes. I pretty much raised her American Kennel Club guy. We registered him as Marjie’s Morgan of Malta.
He became my little protector and walk buddy. We visited many city parks, our fav being Sellwood Riverfront Park and walking in the beach area. Morgan Porgan, as I called him, was with me for eleven years. I still keep his picture and paw print nearby.
I wrote about Morgan in 2020 here in my post “Walkin’ With Your Best Pet Friend”.
My Running Show of Pets
I started adding a Beta fish in a small aquarium as a new pet when Morgan was with me. The first was a pudgy little doll of a fish named Jewel. But I did not do well by my Betas and lost them frequently, one after the other. My last try was a gorgeous blue Beta. I was told I could pair her with a Dwarf African frog. Well, that was not a good idea.
My beta became extremely aggressive and did not, at all, like sharing her space even with a tiny frog. He was named Georgy. The two of them even butted heads. Not long after that incident my beta passed, and I adopted Buddy, another frog, to befriend Georgy. They were great together. Even tried to have little froggies.
Georgy and Buddy lived with me for about four years. They loved being able to seclude themselves under their wee log.
See my post entitled: “You? Operating an Aquarium?”.
My Multiple Pets
With Georgy and Buddy I decided to add another Budgie. Mainly I decided on the budgie because, when I spied her, I fell in love. She was a very pale blue-green with yellow feathers on her head and, again, some bright blue near her beak.
She loved carrots. I had to grate them for her. She would come out of her cage occasionally and fly about, but it was not her favorite thing. Unfortunately, she was not around that long. Flu season came and I am afraid I passed it on to my birdie unknowingly. Even with the help of a bird vet I was not able to save her.
Skyli, as I named her, was with me and the frogs for just over a year.
My Present Day Pets
After my frogs, Georgy and Buddy, died, I was without pets for a bit. Then I went to the pet store and adopted two more Dwarf African frogs. I lost a couple right off the bat. One crashed his head on a sharp rock and another just passed on from I do not know what.
Then I decided to add two new African Dwarf frogs and named them Henri, and Marty. Marty was larger and Henri very tiny. They loved their plants to hide in or lay on and their leaves to sleep under. When I first got them, they liked to float and balance on the plants. Then I added a Nerite snail, striped girl, to help keep their tank clean. Her name is Tigger. The frogs had a bridge to climb over and sleep under and a log to hide in. All three did quite well together. Although Tigger did like to eat the froggies’ food as well as her own. She is quite the little piggy.
Henri and Marty were with me for about three years. Tigger is with me still and going on six years old… ancient for a Nerite snail. She just keeps on ticking like that battery ad.
I moved to a new area just a bit south of metro Portland after eleven years in southeast Portland. After seeing so many residents with companion animals at my new place, I started to consider rescuing a cat. Then a friend recommended a nearby rescue group. I called and met with them and a foster cat mom. That resulted in my rescue of a two-year-old feline named Josie.
To bring you up to date, see my first story about Josie, entitled ” Fun Activities for your New Cat: Josie’s Journey”.
We have been concentrating on training her to walk with me. That is a very slow process. I have been successful in finding a good harness that she can’t back out of, after trying at least six different brands and settling on the Kitty Holster from Crazy K Farm. Our next step is getting her to actually walk on the leash. And at this writing, she is walking inside only. She loves looking out the window from her window seat and from her cat tree. She loves going out on my deck. But she will not yet venture out my front door. Our next obstacle seems to be a rather ominous one in her eyes but we shall overcome.
And of course, my ancient Nerite snail, Tigger is still enjoying her entire five-gallon aquarium all by her self.
Note: A great resource for kitty information I have found is Tufts University which is noted as the 30th best vet school in the world.
My Imagined Pet
I actually wrote a couple of fictional stories about my imagined kitty. Read “Callie – My Big Red Kitty” and ” “Callie is Back”. My imagined feline girl is quite different than the gorgeous, sweet girl I have ended up with.
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