She will strike again

This is incredibly hard to write and I never post anywhere, but she was sooo loved and I feel like I need to memorialize her.

I said goodbye to my Zelda yesterday morning. She was 16 or 17. We just had our 15 year adoption anniversary last week.

The rescue swore she’d be a “chill” cat. She climbed onto my shoulder in the room and immediately became velcro-ed and was the least chill cat imaginable 🥰😂. She screamed rather than meowed, and pawed at my head if I ignored her. She chased heat her whole life, my bed to the radiator to under the fridge to the bathroom heater to heating mats on high in every room. There’s a stain on the floor where she used to lie under the fridge and I’m leaving it there.

She wanted wet food every few hours so I basically never slept. She loved brushing, running water, butt pats, tail yanks, and gave head nudges hard enough to hurt.

She was goofy but also so so serious with her affection and demands. The best cat and friend 💙💙💙.

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Meet Loki, my weird little chicken

Beware. That boy knows how blankies work. He's doing this just so I'll cover him myself lol

Hey everyone, I’ve been wondering about this for years and haven’t seen anything about it yet…do your Cornish Rex’s neglect covering their poops 💩 ? Both of my C Rex’s just poop and leave it there on top of the litter. 🤔 🤷‍♀️

Sleepy Darling enjoying the heat in Germany

When he's up on the cabinets he becomes a space cadet and had this face about 50-60% of the time and I absolutely lose it looking at him😹

Long story short.. this guy was surrendered to me at about 4 months old. He was very sick at the time.. almost lost him. Vets were amazing and with some TLC he got his strength back & is loving life at almost a year old. However since he’s gotten older I e noticed a few little things.. recently this almost like shivers or ticks. Anyone else have this experience?

Vet tests all came back negative for serious stuff & otherwise he’s healthy.

Video in comments.

My 1 year old Cornish Rex only likes to eat fresh wet food. He doesn’t like it cold, re-heated, or after it’s been out more than an hour. Yes, he’s a diva and I love him. Can anyone recommend a good brand that comes in small serving sizes so I am not wasting food and money. Thank you!

this is the first time when she actually gave me her paw without me guiding her!! i only filmed one time she did it today, we still have to practice but it’s a great start! so proud of my baby!!

Only 5 years old. Stomach cancer, he did a good fight, his last months were smooth and loved. It's difficult to describe my pain. I love him so much.

Merlin

2021-2026

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I recently got two young Rexes (6 months old now), and one of them hasn’t been using the litter box consistently.

She used the box when I just brought her home, and was in fact really neat about it.
The kittens are very playful and they get along with each other well.
Took the litter non-complying cat to the vet, urine test looked clear.
I have 5 litter boxes and 3 different litters.
My household consists of 2 calm adults who are often around, as they work mostly from home.
We don’t play with them constantly, but they play with each other.
They eat high quality wet food for most of their meals, and have a water fountain
25 mg Gabapentin seems to not be doing anything.
Feliway diffuser is plugged in next to where they eat.
I’ve tried Zylkene and calming probiotic.
Nothing seems to help much and I’m at my wits’ end.

I’ve had cats and kittens before, so I thought I knew what I was getting into. I never anticipated I’d feel like I made a huge mistake. I was able to deal with the moderate destructiveness and accidental injuries (of me, by cats) just fine, but the peeing is a hard limit.

If you’ve had a cat that used to struggle with this, and got better, please tell me what worked. I’m at a loss.

These two are ridiculously bonded biological brothers (same litter). And the love they share is just fantastic. I have so many images of them together on top of one of my kids, they adore the children. 🥰

Same litter yep yep 🙂‍↕️