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I'm not really sure what I'm asking right now. I guess I just wanted to rant about the incredibly bad sub zero month this poor little girl has managed to live through. Looking at her I seriously doubt she would survive many more days. I'm so thankful we have her back now. I'll make any sacrifice to get her in prime health again.
So, I already had my female Russian Blue Roxi and she's my little Princess. Then my son decided he didn't want to live in Alaska any more with the 30 below temps. He brought Carlos down with him on one trip. Carlos is a HUGE long haired Siamese and a barrel of laughs. Sriracha didn't care for the freezing temps either. My son decided it was time to move him and her to a warmer climate as in South Carolina a little over a month ago. Sriracha was supposed to be on the same flight out of Anchorage to Phoenix with him so they could visit me for a few days. Well, the complete moron baggage handler in Anchorage dropped her plastic cage which broke open due to the sub zero temps and she ran off into the way below zero snow and ice. They wouldn't allow my son to try and catch her. They were in the cargo area and NOWHERE close to the runways. Over one month later some fur baby ANGEL in Anchorage caught her and took her to see if she was chipped and she was. I now have her but she's in pathetic shape after a month of living in sub zero temps and lack of care by ALASKA AIRLINES AFTER SHE WAS GIVEN TO THEIR CARGO DEPARTMENT! She's emaciated and has wicked damage to her tail. I hope you can tell from the pictures just how starved she is and the tail problems. She's way underweight and that tail makes me wince every time I see it. Petting her is painful for me because I can feel every bone in her body. ALL THANKS TO THE MORONS AT ALASKA AIRLINES!!! NEVER ever, ever, ever, EVER fly Alaska Airlines with a pet! Unless you hate that animal and wish nothing but bad to happen to it! There was no food or water in her cage when I picked her up. I'm not sure they ever gave her anything.
While she was never before she is now very affectionate and will actually allow me to pick her up and hold her. None of us could ever do that before without massive blood loss. She's obviously starved for attention and is eager for any affection she can get after more than a month of living in sheer terror and sub zero temps. Poor little girl. I'm giving her all the affection she can handle. I can't believe she survived. We had all pretty much accepted that she hadn't survived. We're all now ecstatic to see she has made it alive!
I just got her home about 6 hours ago so she's still exploring the house. She has been here before but about 8 months ago. She has a ravenous appetite, but I don't dare over feed her now. Gotta work her into it. I have a bunch of salmon and tuna. Really can't overdo that because of all the mercury in tuna thanks to worldwide industrial polluters.

I do need to pack some pounds on her though. I have over 5 pounds of wild caught salmon. Lots of good fats and other nutrients. I'll give her salmon maybe every two or three days. My daughter has an Amazon shipment being delivered to me tomorrow that is what Sriracha used to like. The food just like the litter she was buying was ridiculously overpriced supposedly super-duper "perfect" Nulo cat food that was left behind with me for Carlos. NONE of the three will eat it. Sriracha doesn't like it. She has been eating a little of Roxi's Rachael Ray dry food from Roxi's bowl. The shipment from my daughter is $80.00! It'll be returned.
I already "re-homed my sons Siamese. He's not fat. He's just freaking HUGE. Almost 19 pounds! Many have speculated that he has some MaineCoon in him and I seriously believe it. I don't really know what I'm asking right now. I guess I just wanted to post about the incredibly bad sub zero month this poor little girl Sriracha has managed to live through. Looking at her I seriously doubt she would survive many more days. I'm so thankful we have her back now. I'll make any sacrifice to get her in prime health again. He's dumber than a box of rocks but he does so much crazy stuff that he's a laugh a minute. I may be re-homing and keeping Sriracha as well. Wow. Three cats. I'll be seriously outnumbered!
Take a look at her tail Pix. I've had many stray cats in the way past (1960/1970's) and all the Vets did was cut off the bad section, rub some antibiotics on what was left and called it good. I'm not OK with that. Sriracha is a gorgeous Tuxedo cat and we can't cut a bunch off her tail off so I'm going to be busy researching how to put a very lightweight cast on her tail. I have lots of lightweight fiberglass cloth and resin. Also plaster of Paris.
Thanks for allowing me to ramble on for a while.
Joe
So, I already had my female Russian Blue Roxi and she's my little Princess. Then my son decided he didn't want to live in Alaska any more with the 30 below temps. He brought Carlos down with him on one trip. Carlos is a HUGE long haired Siamese and a barrel of laughs. Sriracha didn't care for the freezing temps either. My son decided it was time to move him and her to a warmer climate as in South Carolina a little over a month ago. Sriracha was supposed to be on the same flight out of Anchorage to Phoenix with him so they could visit me for a few days. Well, the complete moron baggage handler in Anchorage dropped her plastic cage which broke open due to the sub zero temps and she ran off into the way below zero snow and ice. They wouldn't allow my son to try and catch her. They were in the cargo area and NOWHERE close to the runways. Over one month later some fur baby ANGEL in Anchorage caught her and took her to see if she was chipped and she was. I now have her but she's in pathetic shape after a month of living in sub zero temps and lack of care by ALASKA AIRLINES AFTER SHE WAS GIVEN TO THEIR CARGO DEPARTMENT! She's emaciated and has wicked damage to her tail. I hope you can tell from the pictures just how starved she is and the tail problems. She's way underweight and that tail makes me wince every time I see it. Petting her is painful for me because I can feel every bone in her body. ALL THANKS TO THE MORONS AT ALASKA AIRLINES!!! NEVER ever, ever, ever, EVER fly Alaska Airlines with a pet! Unless you hate that animal and wish nothing but bad to happen to it! There was no food or water in her cage when I picked her up. I'm not sure they ever gave her anything.
While she was never before she is now very affectionate and will actually allow me to pick her up and hold her. None of us could ever do that before without massive blood loss. She's obviously starved for attention and is eager for any affection she can get after more than a month of living in sheer terror and sub zero temps. Poor little girl. I'm giving her all the affection she can handle. I can't believe she survived. We had all pretty much accepted that she hadn't survived. We're all now ecstatic to see she has made it alive!
I just got her home about 6 hours ago so she's still exploring the house. She has been here before but about 8 months ago. She has a ravenous appetite, but I don't dare over feed her now. Gotta work her into it. I have a bunch of salmon and tuna. Really can't overdo that because of all the mercury in tuna thanks to worldwide industrial polluters.
I already "re-homed my sons Siamese. He's not fat. He's just freaking HUGE. Almost 19 pounds! Many have speculated that he has some MaineCoon in him and I seriously believe it. I don't really know what I'm asking right now. I guess I just wanted to post about the incredibly bad sub zero month this poor little girl Sriracha has managed to live through. Looking at her I seriously doubt she would survive many more days. I'm so thankful we have her back now. I'll make any sacrifice to get her in prime health again. He's dumber than a box of rocks but he does so much crazy stuff that he's a laugh a minute. I may be re-homing and keeping Sriracha as well. Wow. Three cats. I'll be seriously outnumbered!
Take a look at her tail Pix. I've had many stray cats in the way past (1960/1970's) and all the Vets did was cut off the bad section, rub some antibiotics on what was left and called it good. I'm not OK with that. Sriracha is a gorgeous Tuxedo cat and we can't cut a bunch off her tail off so I'm going to be busy researching how to put a very lightweight cast on her tail. I have lots of lightweight fiberglass cloth and resin. Also plaster of Paris.
Thanks for allowing me to ramble on for a while.
Joe
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