Glad 14th Birthday, Charlie! 🥳 🎉

Glad 14th Birthday to my gorgeous seal mitted Ragdoll cat, Charlie!

I in point of fact can’t consider Charlie is 14.  He has a kind of younger and strong personalities that it’s exhausting to believe him ever being outdated.

Charlie used to be supposed to be mine. I do know that now greater than ever. When you consider in manifesting what you need, it labored for me getting my Charlie.  The primary Ragdoll in our circle of relatives, and the rationale I sought after one for myself, used to be Halston, a seal mitted with a blaze Ragdoll cat. I all the time sought after a seal mitted with a blaze on account of Halston.  Once I began Floppycats and knew I wouldn’t have my Rags for much longer, I had a imaginative and prescient board. On that imaginative and prescient board, I put a cat that appeared nearly precisely like Charlie.  Ahead of Rags died, I had consolidated down a listing of breeders I knew who have been nonetheless breeding cats associated with Rags.  A kind of used to be Soulmate Ragdolls in North Carolina.

About 5 months after Rags died, I used to be in Albuquerque, New Mexico having a look in the course of the to be had kittens on that consolidated breeders record – simply went to each and every in their web pages to peer if they’d indexed one thing new.  I wasn’t in a position for kittens.  However that night time, staring again at me used to be “Casey” – which used to be Charlie.  It’s humorous as a result of “Casey” pronounced aloud sounds similar to “KC” (Kansas Town) the place I’m from.  Even though I wasn’t in a position for a kitten, I knew he used to be intended to be mine. He used to be very best…and had a super hourglass blaze.

As lots of you understand, we now have labored diligently with Pam of Purrrfectly Holistic to heal my guys.  And they’ve been doing such a lot higher than ultimate yr – till Charlie were given fleas once more on or round June eighth.  Of all of the issues I’m maximum inspired with within the ultimate yr, it’s Charlie consuming uncooked.  I by no means idea I might see it in my lifestyles with him.  However he does and he does it willingly, and I owe all of it to Pam of Purrrfectly Holistic.  I attempted to transition my cats to uncooked after they have been six years outdated – like in reality attempted, and it didn’t paintings.  And with Pam we have been transitioned in 2 weeks.  August will mark 1 yr that they’ve totally been on uncooked, and I’m simply over the moon about that.

Charlie is a kind of pets who has F.A.D – sometimes called flea hypersensitivity dermatitis.  It’s MISERABLE.  Despite the fact that they don’t keep on him – if he’s bitten via a flea, it’s all downhill from there.  He scratches, itches and licks like a loopy guy.  The top tremor he were given from topical flea medicines comes again, and it’s a residing hell for us each – even supposing most definitely extra only for me.

And on best of seeking to arrange Charlie’s loopy reaction to the flea bites, you additionally need to stay alongside of vacuuming, cleansing, and so forth. in order that the flea inhabitants does no longer build up.  And, in fact, since topical flea meds have neurotoxin chemical compounds, I can’t give him the ones to eliminate the fleas briefly.  Since the ones topicals already affected him a great deal, I’m too scared some other dose would purpose a seizure or one thing of that nature that may put him in a worse state.  So we need to take on is of course and it’s an enormous problem.  It takes weeks and weeks of caregiving and weeks and weeks of cleansing.  To not point out baths with Charlie, which as no longer loved via both of us. 

By way of the way in which, those footage are those I may ship to folks on YouTube after they inform me that Charlie is fats.  Charlie’s coat, when dry, stands proud directly from his frame.  Not like Trigg’s this is lengthy, however lays flat, Charlie’s sticks directly out, making him glance a lot better than he if truth be told is.  Charlie has a crepe coat, which I realized about from a YouTube viewer who’s a veterinarian in Scandinavia.  She mentioned that he has flat hair follicles, which is what they all the time search for in Scandinavia as it takes ceaselessly for it to get rainy (preferrred for his or her snowy and icy iciness months) – and isn’t that the reality!  I will be able to sell off gallons of water on him sooner than he will get rainy.  And it takes a very long time to dry him.

We have been just about on the finish of that procedure ultimate week, however then my energy went out for three days after Kansas Town had a big thunderstorm with 100 MPH winds.  Since my energy used to be out for 3 days, I may no longer vacuum to stay the flea inhabitants below regulate.  I did put diatomaceous earth in every single place my carpets and put it on my cats.  Thoughts you, we simply went via this 7 months in the past.

Sadly, the detox we underwent with Pam, the uncooked meals, and so forth., didn’t stay him from getting bitten via fleas.  And there’s something off together with his immune gadget as a result of Trigg isn’t afflicted via fleas within the slightest.  Actually, fleas don’t keep on him as a result of they don’t like how he tastes or one thing.  Charlie’s mom had sort B blood.  Maximum cats have sort A.  And when a mom has sort B, the kittens must be blood examined to peer what they’re.  Charlie is sort A.  In consequence, he couldn’t get her collustrum, or it will have killed him.  So in consequence, very early on, his immune gadget didn’t get the spice up that many do from collustrum.  I feel because of this I’ve struggled such a lot with him.

Charlie LOVES to move out of doors in our fenced-in yard, and that is the place the flea infestation started.  Despite the fact that I had put down nematodes, a circle of relatives of raccoons had introduced in additional fleas than the nematodes may deal with…all unbeknownst to me till they have been on Charlie in the home, which greater the inhabitants in the home too.

So Charlie has no longer long gone out of doors since all of this took place.  And he’s depressed about it, however I’m running on getting him proper and discovering a greater non-toxic everlasting resolution so we don’t ever need to take care of this once more.  So our conventional out of doors birthday hat photograph didn’t occur this yr – as I wasn’t expecting the distress we now have been via.  And I so hope after I write subsequent yr’s submit that this can be a very far-off reminiscence that I by no means need to take care of ever once more.

Again to the big name of the display and honoring Charlie on his birthday.

So, Rags died in March 2009, and I noticed that photograph of “Casey” on his breeder’s web site in August 2009.

I introduced him house in October.  I finished up flying out to get him with my mother when he used to be in a position to return house at 12 weeks. He wasn’t fearful of a darn factor.

I had made a protected room for Charlie – as I recommend in my e-book, A Ragdoll Kitten Care Information: Bringing Your Ragdoll Kitten House. He used to be completed with that once 1 hour. After which I unfolded the remainder of the second one ground to him. He used to be completed with that once 2 hours. He sought after the entire space. Since I had no different pets, I let him have get admission to and most effective locked him up at night time.

He has all the time been outgoing. I hate stereotypes, however I’ve discovered that blaze cats are in most cases outgoing. He meets folks on the door and doesn’t know a stranger. On the other hand, he doesn’t in reality love to be petted via those people. Many of us see a fluffy cat and wish to be candy and mild.

However Charlie has a VERY SENSITIVE coat as a result of he has flat hair follicles (maximum cats have spherical), so each time we meet a brand new vet or chiropractor or no matter, I inform them, “Do no frivolously contact him. He hates that. Be company and assured on your touches.” I needed to give this caution a number of occasions during the last yr!

Charlie often makes eye touch with me. I in reality respect that. I may take a look at my Rags and know precisely what he wanted and sought after, and I’m there with Charlie now too. I keep in mind when Rags died, I questioned if I might ever have that with my cat once more. I’m thankful I do with Charlie.

If Charlie desires one thing, he’ll assist you to know – and no longer go away you on my own. This hasn’t modified a lot since he used to be a kitten:

Trigg and Charlie love each and every different, and so they love to play and chase each and every different, however I wouldn’t say they’re a bonded pair. Trigg want to snuggle and be nearer pals, however Charlie values his independence. He doesn’t in reality want Trigg round, and doesn’t essentially care after I focal point my consideration on Trigg when he’s round.

If Charlie is asleep, he doesn’t care if I display consideration to Trigg.

Charlie adores making the mattress (I haven’t allowed this not too long ago, on account of the flea egg downside – he has been denied many stuff he loves, and my middle is heavy with guilt):

I in reality hope this subsequent yr of Charlie’s lifestyles is a yr of extra therapeutic for Charlie.  We now have signed as much as paintings with Dr. Katie Woodley – to confidently heal him even additional, so we don’t finally end up with some other flea downside like we now have within the ultimate 7 months 2x.

I’ve realized so much from Charlie within the ultimate two years.  I’ve realized so much about what makes kitties ill, what makes them more potent, what merchandise we will give to assist them, what assessments we will do to get them higher, what we will feed that may give them optimum well being, and so a lot more. I’m very thankful for that. I’m sorry that Charlie has long gone via what he has long gone via on account of my lack of information. However I am hoping the lifestyles courses I’ve realized can assist many different Floppycatters and lots of extra of my cats.