Hi all! My name’s Amber, and I’ve been checking this place out for a while, but I haven’t posted yet. I've finally been inspired to register, so here I am. As far as introductions go, I’m a graduate of Michigan State University, with a degree in English. Don’t ask what I’m going to do with my degree, because I’m not sure yet 
Still working on how to go into an animal related field with an English degree. Anyway, for now I’m at home with my dog, five cats, and several fish.
Since it’s a cat forum, I’ll introduce my cats first:
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Spaz is the eldest of my cats at 5 years of age. She came from the Humane Society as a Christmas present to me :? , and she’s very deserving of her name. She plays fetch and “goalie” very well, and generally likes to hang out by herself.
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Blue is only a few months younger than Spaz, and came from my mom’s good friend who is a Siamese (and Tonk) breeder who’d we’d gotten a Siamese from before. He’s the nurturer of the group… and he loves to sun bathe
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CryBaby is going to be 4 in a few months, and he was an “accidental” acquisition from the Humane Society’s visit to the grocery store. He almost died a year ago when his kidneys failed him, and so he’s now living with 25% of his kidneys, but he remains king of his domain.
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Scooter is a little over 4 months old now, and the sweetest creature on Earth (in my humble opinion of course). He and his mom came calling for food outside in October, and a couple weeks later, when the weather started getting bad, we had to bring them in. We caught Scoot the first night, but it took us another month to get his mom…
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Sophie is estimated by the vet to be about 2 years old. She showed up one day out of the blue, and a week or two later, she started bringing her kitten with her. Because of her love for affection and general sweetness, the best assumption we can make is that she used to be a housecat but was dumped either when she was discovered to be pregnant, or she was dumped with the kitten.
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This is Sasha, my mutt. She was also a stray who hung around long enough and was sweet enough that we just couldn’t resist her. Actually, we didn’t have much of a choice since she was dropped off at the pound and had to be adopted or else. She was quite a case to rehabilitate, since she’d been abused, but 6 years later, she’s doing great.
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I have 7 Siamese Fighting Fish (a.k.a. Betta fish), who are all great little pets. I’m not going to post all 7 here, but I’ll share a picture of Psychedelic, my favorite and the one I’ve had the longest (since October 02). He’s an awesome little guy with a rock star personality. In February, he developed cancer, in the form of a tumor, and I had to take him to the vet (that was quite the experience), but he got better and has inspired a house full of bettas (10 total).
That's it - unless you want 9 more betta pictures, which I can do
Amber
Still working on how to go into an animal related field with an English degree. Anyway, for now I’m at home with my dog, five cats, and several fish.Since it’s a cat forum, I’ll introduce my cats first:
Spaz is the eldest of my cats at 5 years of age. She came from the Humane Society as a Christmas present to me :? , and she’s very deserving of her name. She plays fetch and “goalie” very well, and generally likes to hang out by herself.
Blue is only a few months younger than Spaz, and came from my mom’s good friend who is a Siamese (and Tonk) breeder who’d we’d gotten a Siamese from before. He’s the nurturer of the group… and he loves to sun bathe
CryBaby is going to be 4 in a few months, and he was an “accidental” acquisition from the Humane Society’s visit to the grocery store. He almost died a year ago when his kidneys failed him, and so he’s now living with 25% of his kidneys, but he remains king of his domain.
Scooter is a little over 4 months old now, and the sweetest creature on Earth (in my humble opinion of course
). He and his mom came calling for food outside in October, and a couple weeks later, when the weather started getting bad, we had to bring them in. We caught Scoot the first night, but it took us another month to get his mom…
Sophie is estimated by the vet to be about 2 years old. She showed up one day out of the blue, and a week or two later, she started bringing her kitten with her. Because of her love for affection and general sweetness, the best assumption we can make is that she used to be a housecat but was dumped either when she was discovered to be pregnant, or she was dumped with the kitten.
This is Sasha, my mutt. She was also a stray who hung around long enough and was sweet enough that we just couldn’t resist her. Actually, we didn’t have much of a choice since she was dropped off at the pound and had to be adopted or else. She was quite a case to rehabilitate, since she’d been abused, but 6 years later, she’s doing great.
I have 7 Siamese Fighting Fish (a.k.a. Betta fish), who are all great little pets. I’m not going to post all 7 here, but I’ll share a picture of Psychedelic, my favorite and the one I’ve had the longest (since October 02). He’s an awesome little guy with a rock star personality. In February, he developed cancer, in the form of a tumor, and I had to take him to the vet (that was quite the experience), but he got better and has inspired a house full of bettas (10 total).
That's it - unless you want 9 more betta pictures, which I can do
Amber
