Our Pets

[Crow]

@Heather , Tristen (the buff tabby) will pet my nose or cheek. Starts off gentle but a single nail comes out a little more each time. Great way to wake up!

 

[Lionheart]

Lost my sweet cat, "Millie" a coupla years ago and the pain of the loss still haunts me to this day. I can't think of her for long without crying, but I know I was blessed to have her. I hope the next time I have a pet, I have more funds to care for them properly, as I did not last time.

 

[Deadman]

Couldn't figure out where else to share this but if you love dogs and have PTSD it might just touch something - "The Dog Song"

 

[The Albatross]

The Geico "Running of the Bull Dogs" commercial made me smile. (Just another dog thing)... was way disappointed that ABC canceled Downward Dog... we loved that show.

All pets have finally normalized and settled after the move... it took a full 3 months and ironically it was the feral feline Nicoal who adapted the fastest and easiest.

 

[Changing4Best]

My little "stinker" took a swipe at me this week. He is a Guinea Pig and his name is Angel. He has not lived up to his name this week! I was giving him some new veggies and went to take the old wilted ones out of his cage, and instead of going to eat the new stuff, he took a swipe at my wrist and even made a red mark. I didn't bleed, but I could see that he broke the skin a bit, so I put some merthiolate on it. He does this maybe once a month or so. I'm not sure why, especially since I am giving him some fresh stuff to eat first. I make sure to talk to him while I am there, so he knows it is me. I try to do everything "right" so he feels loved. This has not been a good week in general, so he has just added to my woes.

 

[intothelight]

Perfect summertime snack!

 

[DharmaGirl]

You will be mine!

 

[DharmaGirl]

@Deadman, that is a great song! I love it! I'm going to be singing it all day, lol. Thank you for posting it!

 

[The Albatross]

Very dry and on garden hose duty as Ripley likes to eat them when he's bored.

 

[The Albatross]

Okay so not about "my" pets, but saw two things the other day that were moving in a good way.
A Destin boat captain rescued a cat that someone had thrown off the Destin bridge, named her Miracle and adopted her. Nice to read how a big hearted salty he man opened his heart and home to what could have been a really bad deed by some asshole.

And cuz I clicked on the story, one of the suggested things was a vblog from a combat vet with PTSD and a TBI... and I so loved the story I wanted to share it here on youtube cut and paste "A soldier on the verge of death rescues a kitten with no hope. Then, the kitten rescues him." Which led to another nice kitty video "Giant Men Meet Tiny Kittens" (or Buzzfeed? Manly Men Meet Tiny Kittens).

Thought it might be worth sharing.

 

[Candleflames]

I no longer have any kitties. This guy joined his sister a few weeks ago at the age of 21. I had them both since they were 8 weeks old. Timmy here was my snuggle bug!

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I am sorry, @Candleflames for this great loss of your companion. Beautiful cat! You must miss this one very much. Are you going to think about getting another one?:(:hug: