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Posted over 8 years ago
| Updated over 8 years ago
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My basic info
Breed
Maine Coon
Color
Brown Tabby
Age
Adult
Sex
Male
Pet ID
–
Hair Length
long
My details
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
My story
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Remington 5-8 yr old male brown tabby Maine Coon mix
This is a very large kitty with a very large story. He was abandoned with a housemate at a college campus. This pair showed up ultimately at a college feral feeding station. They were very frightened and not welcomed by the feral colony cats, and they were hungry. The nice folks who cared for the colony cats knew these two didn’t belong and a woman soon took them into safety in her home . Shortly thereafter, that volunteer took them to a vet and then drove them to me.
They arrived pretty seriously scared and shy. At a visit to our vet Remington, just after giving blood for a blood panel, became very ill, limp in the vet’s arms, and we rushed him to a 24 hr emergency vet. hospital. His blood sugar was very high. After a couple days, fluids and insulin had brought it down to normal. The vet put him on a regime of having the same amount of food morning and night and having his blood sugar taken and insulin given AM and PM. Ultimately, a few weeks later, we found he no longer needed insulin at all. We tested and tested and his blood sugar remained perfect. Our vet said he is clearly not diabetic. Instead, she said, he is a healthy boy who had just had an acute attack of pancreatitis. Lots of things can cause that.
It is likely that, without food, he ate something he shouldn’t have that disturbed his pancreas. Perhaps he ate something from a college dumpster like a bag or two of greasy french fries. Extra oil can cause pancreatitis. He’s quite a goofball, confident kitty, and that is the kind of thing he would do. And, of course, he was hungry.
Remy is a darling boy. He is the nicest, gentlest cat and very good-natured. He’s big: 14 pounds. His paws are huge. His eyes are green. He had no fleas on him, and as we have gotten to know him, we don’t think he had been outside before. He arrived with a distinct preference for what we call kitty junk food, all food coloring and corn. We have steered him quite easily to higher quality food.
His fur was super greasy when he arrived and we used lots of Dawn on him as though he was a pelican from an oil slick. He was shocked at what we were doing but tolerated his crazy human friends. He sat down in the sink. We could not help but laugh at him. As Maine Coons often are, he is a very funny cat. Everyone who has been around him has fallen in love with this big boy. His fur is now soft and silky.
Remy is friendly to other cats. He is a confident cat and would probably do fine with cat loving dogs. He would probably also be fine with kids over 4 or 5 yrs. He is very much a family cat, as Coons tend to be. Some family will be so lucky to have his company.
He eats wet and dry food and is litterbox perfect,
