Getting A New Pet, Introducing Your Pet To Your Other Pets And Avoiding The Pitfalls…

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First Offwhen you’re thinking about bringing another pet into your family, there are several important suggestions/pointers I have about doing that. So what are they you ask? Below are a few I have and you may be able to think of some others too. Now on to those pointers/suggestions.

Point #1Always consider where you’re living – Are you in an apartment, Pet friendly apartment or a house?

Point #2When you think you’ve made a decision but you have a family, always take your idea to the family. In other words, call a family meeting and tell them what you want to do then talk it over as a family and let the children know that their ideas will be considered.

Point #3When you’re decision has been made to get a pet, now the next part you want to talk with the family is what kind of pet do you want? Do you want a Cat, A Dog, A Bunny, A Feathered, etc… Whatever pet you decide on, you have to decide on a small, medium or large, make sure you’ll be able to:

ayou’ll have enough time to care of your new pet.

b. make sure you can take care of a new pet.

c. make sure you can afford a new pet. Pets are and can be expensive.

dAlways make sure your new pet has room to exercise and play.

eAlways make sure your all your pets have lots of love.

Point #4 & 5Once you decided on what type of pet you want: Cat, Dog, etc…, now it’s time to go to local rescue/adoption shelter for pets. Most shelters have animals that make great pets. Howeverbe very, very careful of those places that bring animals into malls and places like that. Ask plenty of questions like you would at a shelter. If the people can’t answer your questions and you know more about taking care of that pet than they do then walk away. Don’t get yourself into a situation where it ends in a catastrophe. Let me give you an example that actually happened to my family and I. We had just lost one cat and my family and I had finally decided to get another Cat. The only thing was, we decided we wanted a Kitten not a full grown Cat. Well being at the mall practically daily since I worked at a store in the mall I would walk down, there were animals that could be adopted. We adopted a kitten. Watch out for red flags. Examples of red flags are:                                                       aYou know more than the people trying to get you to adopt the animals.                                             b. When the people argue with you and don’t listen to you.                                                                   c.   If they try to act like they know more than what they do it’s time to walk away.                               d.   Another red flag is when the person tells you if the Cat dies within a week to let them know. Just to let you all know my family encountered this situation and sadly the cat we adopted only lived a week. She was to young to be flea dipped and we tried to tell the people she was to young they didn’t listen. I named her Cutie Pie. Cutie Pie only lived a week before earning her wings and flying to the Rainbow Bridge  and beyond. This was quite some time ago but ended tragically.

So the moral is when you decide to get a pet, always start by making it a family decision & include the children, start by looking at a reputable animal shelter, always prepare for extra bills with your pets, Always look for red flags (hints that the people or animal isn’t reputable, always listen to that gut feeling that says something isn’t right because walking away is better than losing a pet in a weeks time (trust me I know) & if it seems to be good to be true it probably is.

Daisy Mae And I, we say always adopt and/or rescue a pet first but some would say getting a pet from a breeder is like rescuing a pet because the pets are not used like the breeder wants them to be they have become part of someone’s forever family.

 

 

 

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MY ANGEL SNOWBALL

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SNOWBALL IN THE LAUNDRY BASKET.
SNOWBALL MAKING HERSELF FIT ON THE ROCKING CHAIR.
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SNOWBALL SLEEPING WITH HER FRIEND TEDDY BEAR.

So who is this beautiful Cat named Snowball? Snowball is one of my Angels. She passed earned her wings and passed over the Rainbow Bridge many, many, many, many years. A guy who was the friend of the family came to our door one day for something and when he saw Snowball, he said we should have named her Avalanche. 

Snowball is a rescue Cat who before we rescued her, lived on the streets and went from house to house trying to find something eat and find a place to sleep and try to stay warm. You all know how children are when they want something, they are good at concocting plans and schemes even if that means getting the one parent to go against the other and come in with them on their plan. Well that’s what happened with my two sisters and I teamed up with Mom to try to get Dad say yes but to no avail he kept saying “When Pigs Fly” AKA a big fat NO. Well if you have a cat or even owned a cat then you know Cats can sense who the person is they need to convince. Snowball sure could sense that person was Dad. So one day on a gorgeous day with plenty of sunshine, Dad went out on the Front Porch to enjoy the gorgeous day and the sunshine. Eventually, Dad got tired and stretched out on our glider to take a brief nap. Surprisingly, Snowball showed up and tritti trotted up the stairs to the Front Porch and hopped up on glider and curled up tight against his back and snuggled in to take a nice long kitty nap. When Dad awakened from his nap, he found Snowball sleeping on the glider with him tight up against his back. Well to say the least that did it, Pigs flew that day because Dad finally relented and Mom, My two Sisters and I got a victory because we rescued Snowball and from that day forward, Snowball had found her purrfect furrever, loving home where she got plenty to eat, plenty of toys and gave us so much fun and joy. Eventually, we got a dog who was a Pure Bread Female Alaskan Malamute, Snowball tolerated Shandar our Alaskan Malamute and lived many years with her. A picture of Snowball with Shandar is below.

SNOWBALL WITH OUR FEMALE ALASKAN MALAMUTE SHANDAR.

5 In 1 Pet Carrier

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Hi Everyone, Daisy Mae Here, I have some exciting and thrilling news to share with you all. You see, I had this green pet carrier Mom Crystal used when I was a Kitten and I fit in it real good then I became a Senior Kitty almost a Cougar Kitty Cat. Well approximately a year or two years ago Mom Crystal and her Mom & Dad took me into the Vet for my routine check up no problem right? Well that’s a huge WRONG. You see here is my story in short. The Vet trip started in chaos like it always does because well I don’t like my pet carrier and don’t travel well. Mom Crystal sat in the backseat of the vehicle playing with me and trying to calm me down. Finally we got to the Vet building. Mom Crystal’s Mom stayed in the vehicle while Mom Crystal & her Dad went into the Vet building with me. Just as we turned the corner around the reception desk it happened, my pet carrier fell apart and the roof of it caved in on me and I was trapped even though I tried to get out but didn’t. Finally the nice Vet Tech people saw what happened to me and took us in right away. The vet Tech people even attempted to put my pet carrier back together but to no avail, they put the pet carrier back together backwards and when we got home the Dad took the pet carrier apart and put it together better and stronger. To Say the least, I am afraid to get in my pet carrier now.

Since Mom Crystal has had a blog since 2017, she’s been looking for a new pet carrier online for me. Then just last year on Sweet Purrfections Blog which is a great blog by the way, Mom Crystal got a post from Sweet Purrfections since she follows them and I’m glad she does. Anyhoo, they had this post and did a review on this 5 in 1 pet carrier. Then below the sponsor was giving away this pet carrier. Chances of winning were 50-50 lower for Mom Crystal since she’s not on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Tik Tok and etc…. But one of the chances were to comment and you had to them why you thought you should win the 5 in 1 pet carrier so Mom Crystal told them about my traumatic experience at the Vet. When she found out she had won she was excited, thrilled, shocked and happy for me all at the same time. Ever since this pandemic hit in 2020, I haven’t had a chance to use my new pet carrier yet. Mom Crystal is very grateful.

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WHERE’S THE FOOD SARGE??

YOU KNOW SARGE, I THINK SOMEONE ELSE WANTS FOOD TOO. WE BETTER BE GOOD DEER AGENTS & LET HER EAT TOO JUST IN CASE SHE’S THE ENEMY.

 

 

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Pet Parade

My Pet Parade is literally of different kinds of pets. I have put all the pets in a framed collage below.

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From left to right in the top row is: Daisy Mae playing with her new toy, Next up is Angel Tigger on my bed with with a stuffed white cat and stuffed white polar bear, Next up is Daisy Mae all curled up on her throne by a cat pillow that looks very much like Angel Tigger(pillow was given to us by my sister after Tigger died), Now we end the top row with a Swan. The Swan was at a place where my sister and brother-in-law went for a weekend getaway. 

The middle picture in the collage is of my niece Alyssa who is holding their cat Rascal, The black dog which is a Great Dane/Chocolate Lab Mix is named Rolex and the other dog on the couch is named Josie. I think Josie is an Australian Shepard and something else. I’m sure it’s listed on her papers. Isn’t that a couch full?

In the third and final row from Left to Right is: Josie and Rolex, Next up is my other sister’s dog which is a Bichon Frise named Maxi, Next up is Josie and finally up is Rolex. Enjoy the Pet Parade.

 

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VALENTINE’S DAY PET PARADE AND EARLY CATURDAY ART

While Queen Daisy Mae And I have been away from our blogs for a while since I got into what I call an accidental project(more about that later). Anyhow, I wanted to do something special for Valentine’s Day for everyone but didn’t know what to do. I talked to Queen Daisy Mae to see if she had any ideas. She did so she sent them to me while she was sleeping(not really). You see, she told me her ideas when I woke her from her nap to tell her  she had just gotten fed and it was time for her to get up and go down and get something to eat. So without further adieu, here is our valentine’s card from us. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!! This post is also doubling for an early Caturday Art. Art was done on IPiccy .

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Friendly Fill -Ins

Welcome to the Super Bowl Edition of Friendly Fill – Ins with our wonderful Hosts and Hostesses 15 And Meowing and Four-Legged Furballs . These week is very special because Angel Queen Tigger flew in to do Friendly Fill – Ins with us. So you will see three sets of questions and answers instead of 2. Questions will be in black and answers in italics. So without further adieu let’s get started.

ANGEL QUEEN TIGGER ANSWERS

1.) Superbowl Sunday means “didley squat” to me. I’d rather sleep and eat catnip. Although my human who was so kind to rescue me and give me a furever home.

2.) My human trying to tell me what to do bores me.

3.) If you have a human(s) that love you and give you a furever home, you have everything.

4.) My skill set could get me a job at a place as a boss, manager, angel and fun house scaring people. I could get a job as a lap warmer and cuddler too.

QUEEN DAISY MAE’S ANSWERS

1.) Superbowl Sunday means “didley squat” to me. I’d rather sleep. I do root for my human’s favorite team or pick whichever one is playing.

2.) Television bores me although I like this show on COZI TV Channel called “Murder She Wrote”. Love that show.

3.) If you have a lap to warm, a lap to sleep on, a human(s) who love you and a furever home and of course catnip, you have everything.

4.) My skill set could get me a job at a castle. I make a good queen.

QUEEN CRYSTAL’S ANSWERS

1.) Superbowl Sunday means “didley squat” to me unless my favorite team is playing, I have a team to root for and have wings to eat. I think I’m batting 2 for 3 this year. My favorite team isn’t playing this year and I’m rooting for the Rams to win and I’m planning on eating wings Superbowl Sunday.

2.) Hockey and Baseball bores me. Football is getting there. 

3.) If you have God, Love, Patience, Hope and a Cat, you have everything.

4.) My skill set could get me a job at a castle as a queen, a boss, owner of my own business. I easily could be a queen too because Queen Elizabeth is in my ancestry. (Not the current one). Cool isn’t it?

 

 

 

We are joining 15 And Meowing and Four-Legged Furballs for Friendly Fill – Ins and hope you join us too.

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Wordless Wednesday & Pet Parade

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CATURDAY ART

SNEAK PEAK: NEW HEADER ART

Queen Daisy Mae And I(Queen Mom Sister Crystal) would like to give our wonderful readers a sneak peek of our new Header and we thought showing it to you as Caturday Art would just be purrfect. Queen Mom Sister Crystal got ambitious and even made some puzzles. She made two puzzles of this picture. So without further adieu the original and the puzzles are below.

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Original Made At IPiccy Photo editing And More

I’m going to attempt to put the puzzle code in so you can do a jigsaw puzzle. I’ve never done this before so if it doesn’t work I’m really sorry. Here goes nothing. It’ll either work or it won’t work. I hope it works. If it works there may be more jigsaw puzzles in your future. OH I HOPE IT WORKS. Please let me know by sending a screen shot of the puzzle(s) you did.

MY NEW BLOG HEADER JIGSAW PUZZLE  and https://www.jigsawplanet.com/crystalanddaisymae/MY-JIGSAW-PUZZLE-ALBUM-STARRING-ANGEL-TIGGER-DAISY-MAE?rc=uplay&view=iframe” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>MY JIGSAW PUZZLE ALBUM PUZZLES STARRING ANGEL TIGGER & DAISY MAE

 

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Helping The Hungry, The Homeless And Pets

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While we celebrate Christmas and New Year this holiday season by stuffing ourselves with food and maybe even wasting some of that food you can’t eat, before taking too much food think of all the people in the world that goes hungry because they don’t have food to eat and they might be even homeless. 

When I looked at the charts I was in absolute awe. So many people in poverty and going hungry. Below are some things we all can do to help.

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Maybe if everyone would adopt just 1 person and send some food, a nice warm blanket to somebody who needs it you can help one person at a time. If you can get someone into a shelter for a while even better. I know there are organizations who send care packages, there are some where you adopt a platoon and of course there is Marine Toys For Tots. So once the Christmas gifts are unwrapped and the celebrating is done take some time out of your day to help the people who really need it.

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I’m not say quit baking but if you do bake during the Christmas and New Years Season when you bake something for your double the batch and make a batch for someone who really needs help. If you can’t cook well that’s OK because you can help out by sending care packages, helping serve food to the hungry, help out at a food pantry and etc… There are so many ways you can help. 

My post has been all about people so far but we must not forget about the animals who need a forever home, need food and water, need saving from being killed.  So if you are getting a gift for yourself this Christmas and New Years Season there is so much you need to know and do before getting that pet. What should you know? A few things you should consider before getting a pet is:

  • If you have kids do research on what breed is best for kids.
  • Consider unexpected vet bills.
  • Make sure you get pet insurance(it’s worth it).
  • Make sure you get your pet microchipped.
  • Make sure you start looking for a pet to rescue or adopt at a reputable shelter.
  • If you get a kitten, make sure they’re not flea dipped to early(always let a vet flea dip your kitten instead of a person at the shelter).

There are so many more points to research and do when you decide to get that pet it will just boggle your mind. 

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A Special Wordless Wednesday

A TRIBUTE PICTURE TO TIGGER

TIGGER ON CURIO CABINET. TIGGER DIED 9-11-2015.


 

Turkey Playing In The Snow

No we don’t have snow. We have sunshine and are in the mid 70’s to 80 degrees right now. These pictures are from January

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TURKEY ON A SNOWY DAY

No we don’t still have snow thankfully. 

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TURKEY WATCHING WHAT LOOKS LIKE A DEER BUT I’M NOT SURE WHAT THEY’RE WATCHING.

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