Well all has been quiet during the integration of Georgina into our household. The Mouse/Hedgehog room is strictly off limits to the cat and so is the rat/master bedroom, not really because the rats show fear, they really paid her no attention, but because of me and Jeremys allergies being so bad. But being as small as Georgina is I feel better being able to keep and eye on her. She has the whole rest of the house to herself, including the guinea pigs which she is deathly afraid if. My pigs still outweigh her enormously and she runs from them the minute they make a sound in their hutch. All and all things are quiet, my babies are leaving me quickly, I am down to 4 fancy mice and 3 field mice, 1 hedgehog, 4 rats, 2 guinea pigs and 1 cat. We miss our mice terribly. I may be calling around to a few shelters to bring some more mouse babies home. I still would like to get a companion for Gerber the hedgehog, but hedgehog adoptions are few, thank god. All and all is all we are.

Labels: Georgina Mice Babies

Labels: Georgina

My sweet kitty is resting in our master bathroom hold up on pillows and pillows in the shower. She has an all pink motif, dishes, collar, and toys. She is probably the most affectionate laid back cat I have ever met. She is so close to us that I cannot believe she is feral, just a stray. Soooo affectionate!!! She has fleas and a bit of kennel cough from the shelter. She was tested for everything and received all her shots. She was spayed yesterday and I am making an appointment to have them out in a few weeks. All she wants to do is be held. She still must be quarantined from the other critters until I can give her a bath after her stitches are out. She is on antibiotics and should star putting on weight soon.
"I promise to never hurt you, never let you go hungry, and never let you feel alone again, my sweet Georgia"-Stef

p.s. many rat-cat pictures will be here soon. She is in the rodent loft so she will be the first rat-cat. Besides she kinda resembles my dearly departed Molly Rat.

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Well, the rodent mom has been swayed. Yesterday Jeremy brought home a stray cat around 3 months old. It had taken him a week to gain the cats trust but finally she came home with him. She was so skinny, scarily skinny and just wanted to be held. She purred, the first time I have ever felt a cat purr. She clung to me while Jeremy was at work. She meowed and massaged me as she ate her meals. Today we brought her to the no-kill shelter down the road. I am conflicted. I miss her, my heart aches after one day with this creature. We cried as we left and the attendants must have been baffled. How can one love something so much they barely know. But we did. Gustavs' remains are thundering above Saint Louis right now, and my thoughts are with the little kitty. Should I try to get her back? Can she coexist with a household of rodents? She trusted us. I am truly indecisive on this one, I need time to think.

A video I made of Georgia's day with us, the first day of her life she was loved on. How important this really is.

Labels: Georgia the Cat