January 3, 2010
JayPea says: He isn't exactly a kitten anymore, but we have had him since he was about 4 months old. His mother hated all other cats except her kittens and the people who had her had to get rid of her. Two of her kittens were left, so we took the family. Pepsi, the mother, did not work out for us as she beat up our poor old calico Silver girl quite badly and we gave her away to another family where she did well. The female kitten disappeared one day and we never did find her again, but the male, Friskey, stayed and is now 14 years old. He hates other cats, like his mother, but not to the point he beats them up. He just lets them eat and then either goes away and hides or chases them away. He now lives with our daughter, his 'Mom,' and comes to visit us on holidays, and he growls and hisses at our two Siamese cross boys but doesn't try to hurt them. In case you are wondering, we were not told that Pepsi hated other cats when we got her. We were told that she was out in the shed with her kittens because she didn't like to be in the house, which suited us fine because we have a huge partly wooded country lot for cats to play in when they want to be outside. I later found out that the people who had them had given them away twice and they were returned because of the mom's hostile attitude toward other pets. Poor Pepsi! It makes me wonder what happened to make her that way.
All Photos Courtesy of and ©: JayPea

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michael -
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michael
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He seems like he's quite the character!
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He's a gorgeous big boy!
Jessica -
So elegant and what a beautiful color!
JayPea -
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We just found out today that Friskey had cancer. He had an "icky nipple" by his back leg for a few years and the vet couldn't get it to heal up. He had surgery last week to remove the nipple as it suddenly got big and bloody. The path came back today as adenocarcinoma which is very aggressive cancer, but it must have just started because they didn't find any cancer on the edges of the lump, just in the middle. The vet is thinking it should be okay, and due to his advanced age (17 years now) she doesn't want to put him through chemo or radiation. Pray for my beautiful grandcat.
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Yes. I will pray, but give this beauty hugs and kisses and whatever treats he wants till the end.
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giovannaciurli
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SEEM VERY INTELLIGENT SPECIES FROM THIS PHOTO!!!
VERY,VERY NICE!!!
JayPea -
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The cancer is back. Now comes the hard decision - put the poor old guy through all that entails or just love him and let him go:(:( The vet is helping my daughter decide because, of course, it is too hard for her to do it. She has had him since she was 10 years old and in all that time she is the only person he has loved. The rest of us were just tolerated for 17 years.
JayPea -
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When my daughter was in college, Friskey had kidney failure and seizures. I sat with him and nursed him and lifted him into the litter box and rigged up a heat lamp to help him stay warm and spent money like crazy on vet bills and special food and medicine. I nursed him through it and he rewarded me, when my daughter graduated and got her first job, by taking one look at me and running to hide under the bed when I visited at her new apartment. But, I love him anyway:)
Bartsfostermom -
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what is happening to all your cats?
you will be in my prayers forever, JatPea.
JayPea -
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I guess we are having a run of bad luck. Friskey is 17 years old, so it is no surprise that he is having health problems. HowieJerry was 7 years old so he had a lot of life to live and I kick myself every day for him being out where he could get into trouble, but I never dreamed he would go on the highway. That just wasn't like him at all. He was a stay in the yard type cat, very shy and reclusive, hence his name, Howard Hughes (Howie for short)
JayPea -
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Friskey had surgery again to remove a cancerous growth in his anal gland. My daughter says he has healed up well and is doing things he has not done for a long time, like going up the stairs to the upper floor. He would not/could not do that before the surgery. He is climbing and jumping again. I pray this is the last cancer he gets.
JayPea -
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My beautiful Grandcat died in my daughter's arms on Thanksgiving Day. He was fine in the morning, had turkey with the family at noon and in the afternoon he had trouble breathing. They took him to the vet ER and he had fluid around his lungs and heart and was in kidney failure. While the vet was finding forms for them to fill out for either hospital admission or euthanasia, he quietly quit breathing. Rest in peace, Friskey, you had a long, happy and healthy life until the past couple years and we were happy we could give you that. You deserve all that and more, my beautiful boy.



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