Animal updates

The budgies are settling in nicely.  I've fallen in love with each and everyone of them and don't see myself giving up any of them any time soon even though DH would like to see most of them go to new homes.  My favorite is the little disabled one.  She has been picked on to the point that she's missing patches of feathers and has a large cut in her cere.  She also has a toe that has been bent backwards.  I'm not sure if she was born with that or if it happened later.  She's definitely staying here with me, there's no doubt about that.  They eat like huge pigs.  I've had them since Saturday and they've eaten two treat sticks and a full cup of food.  My parrot doesn't even eat that much and she could eat them. 

I woke up this morning to my mom asking if I wanted to go with her to the hospital to visit my grandpa.  Then hearing her go omigod, what happened to Sweety?  Sweety is my kitty by the way.  I sat up and saw her eye was swollen shut and gunked up.  After cleaning off her eye, it was obvious that there had been a cat fight and she lost.  I don't think her eye is cut, I think it's just the eyelid but I bought a saline solution to clean out her eye and I'm going to watch it closely for infection or reddening.  It's kind of ironic too because I just told DH last night that I wanted to trim all the cats nails today to avoid just such a thing happening.  I frequently trim there nails as they're indoor only but have fallen behind this last month and let their nails get long and sharp.  Poor sweet cat.

Ellie has been stuck to me all day.  She has insisted on being on my shoulder since I got home.  She is actually on my shoulder sleeping right now.  I couldn't get her to go into her cage, even for peanuts.  I'm not sure what her problem is just yet.  Maybe she's a little jealous of the 5 little budgies.  Silly bird.

Lung Surgery

My grandpa had surgery yesterday (Monday) to remove a portion of his lung that was cancerous.  We were at the hospital for almost 12 hours and most of that was spent waiting and wondering.  They had to remove a small portion of 3 of his ribs because the cancer had grown through his lungs and into them.  The surgeon seemed very hopeful that they had gotten it all.  All and all, everything seems to have went well.  He's in a little bit of pain which is to be expected after having all that done.  He has a chest tube coming from his side to drain blood and any other build up of fluids.  He was obviously nervous the day of the surgery but now that it's over he seems better.  You can tell by looking at him that there's not a tumor sucking the life out of him.  He's actually got some color right now.  He's got a great nurse, who frequently checks in just to see if he wants or needs anything. 

I was fine all through his surgery.  I sat with my uncles, grandma and my mom and talked, joked and told stories.  I think that's just my way of dealing with things.  Once we were finally able to go see him, I was relieved.  He was in recovery and we were only allowed to stay for 5 or 10 minutes.  I was ok, standing there talking to him, and asking the nurse questions that is until my mom said that he was having blood drained from him.  I guess if I had been expecting it, I would've been fine.  But I had no idea that he would still be bleeding and have a tube coming out of him.  I got a little dizzy, a little hot and then me and my aunt both had to leave the room... quickly.  I got about halfway to the waiting room before I had to sit down and put my head in between my legs.  A nurse walked by, made me get up and walk into the waiting room, which by then was full of people.  I sit back down, in the first chair that was open and a volunteer made me get up and lay on a couch.  I'm going to send that sweet old woman flowers.  She was so nice to me and stayed with me the whole time.  Obviously, today the chest tube didn't faze me at all.  The fainting thing happens quite frequently with me so don't be surprised to hear more of it in the future.

Yahoo Owner/Moderator

I am very unhappy with a certain woman on a certain yahoo group.  I won't mention her or the group.  I will attach all the letters that have been sent back and forth between myself, her and the group.  I had to send a letter to the group on my own because she didn't approve my letter to be sent to everyone.  I copied 737 emails and sent out this letter to every single one of them.  That's how mad I was and still am at this woman.  Right now I don't care if she does kick me off the group.  I swear, this first letter was the ONLY letter I had sent to her.  Until... she wrote back that I was obnoxious.  And then I decided I'd send her something back but I never said anything that would or shoudl have caused my letter to have not been approved.  It was total BS.  Thank you for letting me vent publicly to you all.  You must start several entries down at the first letter. 

Final Letter

How is it that you can justify not approving my message when I did nothing wrong.  I never said that I was against breeders and even if I had, I don't think having an opinion other than your own is a reason to not approve me.  I just said that I was not going to buy from a breeder.  Meaning, I wanted to rescue an animal in need, an animal that otherwise might die.  Have I said that is the breeders fault?  No.  It's the people who buy the animals from the breeder and then don't take care of them.  So again, tell me why I'm not approved?  Because you're in a bad mood because something that someone else posted on a completely different list??  What, you don't have complete control over that particular list so you figure you'll take it out on someone else?  And apparently you don't follow your own rules.  I'm sure if someone on the list called you obnoxious, you'd have a problem with that.  Yeah, I thought so.  And for your information, my letter was approved, by me and it GOT sent to the people on the list, just not through the list.  Oh, did I mention, I sent your sweet little letter along with it.  Maybe next time you'll think before you write someone.  You, lucky for the rest of us, do not have complete control over who we send what to and when.  YOU gave breeders a bad name by writing that letter in the first place.  Telling off someone when you had no right and reason to do so.

Jamie

Letter to The Group

I'm writing this letter in hopes of understanding our list owners reasoning.  I wrote a letter this evening, asking for help on finding a pet.  I never said anything against ANYONE and yet, she will not send my letter on past herself.  I don't think this is fair, so I decided to send it on anyway, without her and to send her response to my letter as well.  I think everyone has a right to know that their opinions and views do not matter to the list owner, only hers.  If you have an opinion or view that differs from hers, she will not post your letter to the list.  I said I wouldn't buy from a breeder.  I didn't say, I have anything against breeders or that breeders should be put out of business, I just wanted to save a purebred that is already born out there and needing a forever home.  I thought that was what this list was about.  Saving animals but apparently our list owner doesn't feel that way.  And I thought we were supposed to be respectful of others feelings and opinions AND treat the person themselves with respect.  I guess she forgot the No Flaming rule.  Now, had one of us called another "obnoxious" we could have been terminated from the list and would have gotten a warning from the list owner herself.  The rules apparently don't apply to her.  Guess it should state that in the rules so the rest of us are forewarned.  Thank you for reading this.  I just wanted to warn all the other good people out there that are just trying to do a good thing.  Careful what you say about breeders to this woman and be careful what you say on this list in general.  Jamie

My First Letter

  My Letter

I never thought I'd be posting looking for cat through this list.  I figured I'd always just be posting cats needing homes.  But my mom asked me to help her find a cat.  Unfortunately I'm having the hardest time locating any rescues that specialize in these cats.  Sooooo, I thought my good Persian friends could help.  I'm looking for a Birman, pure breed or mix, doesn't matter.  As long as it has the Birman "look."  Does anyone know of any rescues that do these cats or anyone that is looking to place a Birman?  We will NOT buy from a breeder and will look for as long as it takes to give a good cat a good forever home.  We have no preferences other than it be a Birman look-a-like.  Thanks everyone!

List Owners Response

I salute your willingness to rescue, but have you considered how
obnoxious your statement sounds to most of us who are or have been
breeders? Or how irrational it is? Purebreds are a MINISCULE part of
a % of the 71 million cats in the USA. If you want a Birman, you
better thank breeders.. since there would be NO Birmans without
breeders!

However, I suggest you not make such an obnoxious statement to them
either.

Linda

Budgies Babies are Home

My babies are home!  They are all so young.  I didn't think they'd be that young!  I think they are fighting a little because one is missing some feathers.  It's either that or her friend is overpreening her.  She same bird, with the missing feathers, has a deformed toe.  Probaby something that happened shortly after she was born.  Her "thumb" toe, bends the opposite way it's supposed to.  She doesn't seem to have many problems with it that I can tell though.  There's only one that seems semi-tame.  The rest are going to need some work.  They're all very good looking birds and good eaters too!  Ellie is a little jealous but with time she'll get used to them.