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Goddessartist

(2,067 posts)
Sun Dec 31, 2023, 11:32 AM Dec 2023

Cats are my favorite creatures, and there's a Russian Blue at PetSmart in Tacoma

...we went overtown yesterday, meaning off of the island to get our twice monthly supplies, and stopped in at PetSmart.

There were three cats there. I wanted them all. One was a big 6 month old boy, so lovey, white with black and orange coloring and yellow eyes. So lovey! One was pending adoption, and one was a 5 year old Russian Blue, about 12 lbs. or so, also so lovey! Before we had the boys (Midnight and Jasper) we had Blue. He was a Russian Blue. A big, robust boy. We lost him to the coyotes here. It was awful. He was only 2. So Z built a catio for our two boys we got some time after Blue's demise. I had another RB who was stolen from me years ago, so I have a really soft spot for them.

So, anyway, this little RB kitty is up for grabs at PetSmart in Tacoma. I cried when I left as of course we seemed to bond. We just can't have another kitty right now.

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Cats are my favorite creatures, and there's a Russian Blue at PetSmart in Tacoma (Original Post) Goddessartist Dec 2023 OP
A three color Boy? nocoincidences Dec 2023 #1
He was so pretty Goddessartist Dec 2023 #5
Whatever you do, don't let them stick you with the Norwegian Blue! marble falls Dec 2023 #2
Heehee Goddessartist Dec 2023 #6
Hard as it is, it's good to acknowledge when it's not the right time to add an animal to your life. CrispyQ Dec 2023 #3
Yeah Goddessartist Dec 2023 #7
I had a Russian Blue for 12 years before he passed on. We were inseparable. RKP5637 Dec 2023 #4
Yes they're Goddessartist Dec 2023 #8
Here's my Russian Blue. Amber is the color of my Ember's eyes. EYESORE 9001 Dec 2023 #9
What a gorgeous kitty! Looks like she has the plushest fur. And her copper eyes japple Dec 2023 #11
What a beautiful, plush baby! Goddessartist Dec 2023 #12
She's tuckered out now EYESORE 9001 Dec 2023 #15
Beautiful! RKP5637 Dec 2023 #14
Kilmouski is good name for Russian Blue. SarahD Dec 2023 #10
What a great name! Goddessartist Dec 2023 #13

CrispyQ

(38,304 posts)
3. Hard as it is, it's good to acknowledge when it's not the right time to add an animal to your life.
Sun Dec 31, 2023, 11:41 AM
Dec 2023

We are down to one animal, a dog, for the first time in over 35 years & the first time with no cats. I hope by summer we can look for a couple of cats. Our last several animals have all been older.

EYESORE 9001

(27,529 posts)
9. Here's my Russian Blue. Amber is the color of my Ember's eyes.
Sun Dec 31, 2023, 12:30 PM
Dec 2023

Tomorrow is our two-year anniversary. As in the OP, we adopted her after meeting with foster mother in a PetSmart. She had a congenital defect of her eyelids that required two separate surgeries. I just wanted her to keep her sight.

Here she is during her recovery.



And here she is today.

japple

(10,335 posts)
11. What a gorgeous kitty! Looks like she has the plushest fur. And her copper eyes
Sun Dec 31, 2023, 12:52 PM
Dec 2023

are beautiful. Surgeon did a nice job. One of my late, great kitties, Lola, had to have a tumor removed from above her eye which required a bit of reconstructive surgery. Her eye looked very much like your girl's, but she never had any visual difficulties afterwards. My little tortie had to have one eye removed and her other eye has some corneal scarring, but she is a wild thing and hardly ever slows down.

Goddessartist

(2,067 posts)
13. What a great name!
Sun Dec 31, 2023, 12:58 PM
Dec 2023

Midsomer Murders! Indeed, when Blue was just 4 months old and he ran up to me with a mouse in his mouth! Ha! It was big for him, and he dropped it, but eventually got it. He was the best mouser!

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