Introducing the Furry Gaius Baltar
Everyone.....
Meet Gaius.
Furry Gaius Baltar... and yes like in Battlestar Galactica Gaius.
He is the newest member of the household, well he has been with us now since August 22nd but this is the first chance I am getting to give him a proper introduction to my Vox friends. Isn't he just too adorable!?
I had been talking about getting a kitten for a long while now. For the last two years actually. But I wanted the conditions to be right and I wanted the right kitty.
The right kitty had to be a rescue kitty, female and short hair. Obviously... none of that happened. I mean come on... could you actually resist that face if it was looking up at you going "Hey, take me home!" Of course we didn't hear him mumble under his breath "Yeah People, take me home so I can chew your stuff, leave battle scars on your hands and wake you up at the crack of dawn every single morning." The Cute Factor won us over... what can I say we are total suckers.
We actually went to view his sister, who disappointingly didn't seem to want anything to do with us, but when this little guy came bounding out of the pet carrier and went straight to Rasmus' lap... I knew that I was getting a medium hair male tabby. When I had both Rasmus and this Kitten looking up at me with those Puss'n'Boots eyes (you know... like in Shrek 2) I was so melted and suckered.
While we were up finishing up the paperwork and scheduling his shots, the Vet told us the tale of Gaius and his brother and sister. It seems that some lady owned his mother and she brought in her cat and asked them to neuter the cat. The Vet informed her that her cat was pregnant and asked her what she would like to do and her reply was "Get rid of them."
@#!$*
So the Vet went in to do the operation and when they went inside they found 5 kittens, all fully developed about 2 weeks from birth. They did not have the heart to "Get rid of them." so they delivered the babies, as they said they just did not have the heart to discard 5 little lives on the whim of a careless pet owner. During the time they were caring for the babies, 2 of them didn't make it. They told the lady who brought in the Mama Cat that they needed her nourishment to help. Well... apparently the lady was angry because she wanted the kittens destroyed and she didn't want the responsibility or she was selfish or whatever. But in the end it turned out that she relinquished the Mama to the Vet and the kittens and Mama were reunited and put into the care of a wonderful lady who Foster's Cats so that they could ween.
10 weeks later two people, one from Denmark and one from Seattle, come walking in and fall completely head over heels in love with a little brown stripy furry boy and take him home with us. We are spoiling him absolutely rotten. I honestly do not think that there is any other cat alive who is more pampered and spoiled than this little kitten.
So we have become... Cat People. We will sit there and meow talk with him, meow sing to him, play fetch (he taught himself this game to cater to lazy parents) and play chase and hide up and down the hallway. We do all the things that we used to mock (yes we were terrible and we mocked other pet lovers for acting all goofy) other people for doing with their pets. Now... we are those very same people. We are happily disgusted with our bizarre Pet Owner behavior.
So you may be wondering... wtf with the name you frakking geekbags!?
Yes... it is true, we are Geeks Extraordinaire. You will never find a more geeky household of scum and villainy. (well love mostly, but occasionally there is some scum in the shower... and the kitty helps round out the villainy)
So we wanted a name that suited him... and well if anyone has ever seen Battlestar Galactica and the way Gaius Baltar acts.. he is shifty and always up to no good. He does stupid things for treats (in the human case that would mean hot monkey sex with a statuesque blond robot chick). He finds himself in bad situations and tries to pretend he is innocent. Well... that pretty much nails the personality of our little Gaius.
So friends... meet our furry little child (yes... I said child... did I not just tell you that we turned into "those" people) Gaius "The Cat" Baltar.
A note to add....
If you are considering getting a pet please do not go to a pet store. Many animals in Pet Stores are churned out in breeding mills. I've had the awful experience of seeing a puppy mill place shortly before it was thankfully busted. If you saw the conditions the animals are kept in you would puke. It is absolute cruelty, so please do not support these breeding farms.
There are so many wonderful pet rescue and pet fostering places out there.
I'm going to plug Brianna's project Furever After You can find amazing doggies who need people to Foster them or you can adopt a doggy that is right for you and give that special pup a forever home.
In addition, there is Pet Finder (this is how we found Gaius). They have birds, ferrets, rodents, cats, dogs of all ages shapes and sizes. All rescue animals, all in need of loving forever homes and foster homes.
And be a responsible Pet Owner and get your animals spayed or neutered.
Meet Gaius.
Furry Gaius Baltar... and yes like in Battlestar Galactica Gaius.
He is the newest member of the household, well he has been with us now since August 22nd but this is the first chance I am getting to give him a proper introduction to my Vox friends. Isn't he just too adorable!?
I had been talking about getting a kitten for a long while now. For the last two years actually. But I wanted the conditions to be right and I wanted the right kitty.
The right kitty had to be a rescue kitty, female and short hair. Obviously... none of that happened. I mean come on... could you actually resist that face if it was looking up at you going "Hey, take me home!" Of course we didn't hear him mumble under his breath "Yeah People, take me home so I can chew your stuff, leave battle scars on your hands and wake you up at the crack of dawn every single morning." The Cute Factor won us over... what can I say we are total suckers.
We actually went to view his sister, who disappointingly didn't seem to want anything to do with us, but when this little guy came bounding out of the pet carrier and went straight to Rasmus' lap... I knew that I was getting a medium hair male tabby. When I had both Rasmus and this Kitten looking up at me with those Puss'n'Boots eyes (you know... like in Shrek 2) I was so melted and suckered.
While we were up finishing up the paperwork and scheduling his shots, the Vet told us the tale of Gaius and his brother and sister. It seems that some lady owned his mother and she brought in her cat and asked them to neuter the cat. The Vet informed her that her cat was pregnant and asked her what she would like to do and her reply was "Get rid of them."
@#!$*
So the Vet went in to do the operation and when they went inside they found 5 kittens, all fully developed about 2 weeks from birth. They did not have the heart to "Get rid of them." so they delivered the babies, as they said they just did not have the heart to discard 5 little lives on the whim of a careless pet owner. During the time they were caring for the babies, 2 of them didn't make it. They told the lady who brought in the Mama Cat that they needed her nourishment to help. Well... apparently the lady was angry because she wanted the kittens destroyed and she didn't want the responsibility or she was selfish or whatever. But in the end it turned out that she relinquished the Mama to the Vet and the kittens and Mama were reunited and put into the care of a wonderful lady who Foster's Cats so that they could ween.
10 weeks later two people, one from Denmark and one from Seattle, come walking in and fall completely head over heels in love with a little brown stripy furry boy and take him home with us. We are spoiling him absolutely rotten. I honestly do not think that there is any other cat alive who is more pampered and spoiled than this little kitten.
So we have become... Cat People. We will sit there and meow talk with him, meow sing to him, play fetch (he taught himself this game to cater to lazy parents) and play chase and hide up and down the hallway. We do all the things that we used to mock (yes we were terrible and we mocked other pet lovers for acting all goofy) other people for doing with their pets. Now... we are those very same people. We are happily disgusted with our bizarre Pet Owner behavior.
So you may be wondering... wtf with the name you frakking geekbags!?
Yes... it is true, we are Geeks Extraordinaire. You will never find a more geeky household of scum and villainy. (well love mostly, but occasionally there is some scum in the shower... and the kitty helps round out the villainy)
So we wanted a name that suited him... and well if anyone has ever seen Battlestar Galactica and the way Gaius Baltar acts.. he is shifty and always up to no good. He does stupid things for treats (in the human case that would mean hot monkey sex with a statuesque blond robot chick). He finds himself in bad situations and tries to pretend he is innocent. Well... that pretty much nails the personality of our little Gaius.
So friends... meet our furry little child (yes... I said child... did I not just tell you that we turned into "those" people) Gaius "The Cat" Baltar.
A note to add....
If you are considering getting a pet please do not go to a pet store. Many animals in Pet Stores are churned out in breeding mills. I've had the awful experience of seeing a puppy mill place shortly before it was thankfully busted. If you saw the conditions the animals are kept in you would puke. It is absolute cruelty, so please do not support these breeding farms.
There are so many wonderful pet rescue and pet fostering places out there.
I'm going to plug Brianna's project Furever After You can find amazing doggies who need people to Foster them or you can adopt a doggy that is right for you and give that special pup a forever home.
In addition, there is Pet Finder (this is how we found Gaius). They have birds, ferrets, rodents, cats, dogs of all ages shapes and sizes. All rescue animals, all in need of loving forever homes and foster homes.
And be a responsible Pet Owner and get your animals spayed or neutered.
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Oh and I love the name. Who wants another cat in the world named tiger or something boring like that?
Jackie was adopted too, she is 8 now. :)