***Interview with @PetieTheCat***

Interview with PetieTheCat

December 12,2009

Hosted by:  Madi, The Cat

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MADI: Hi Petie!!  Thanks so much for agreeing to do an interview with me.  I am so excited about this one because I have known you fur a while now.   I want to say that I will be asking you some very obvious questions about yourself that I already know the answers to…….…. But please remember that there are some anipals on Twitter who do not know you yet and will be so excited to gets to know you better.  Petie, would you like a toy to nom on while we chat?  You can nom on one of our Koffehouse duckies if you’d like.

There you go…. now that you are nice an comfortable, how about a bowl of milk or water to sip on throughout our interview?

PETIE: Oh i would loves to have some nice fresh water, thank you so very much

MADI: Great, here is a bowl of water we can wet our whistle with while we talk.  So firstly Petie, tell me a bits about yourself…. Where do you live?  How long have you lived there…. How old are you?  I hear you had a recent birfday…… anything you care to share about how your birfday was?

PETIE: I live in Winnipeg, Canada and I have been here for about 13 years. Before this I lived on a farm for the first 18 months of my life.  I just turned 15 years old on December 4.   The day before my birthday all of my friends on Twitter had a surprise birthday party for me.  It was so much fun… @Boomiethecat had invited me to attend a Bloo Jay party. Then when I came to the party at the scheduled time everyone say “Surprise’  Happy Birthday to me.  It was the best day of my life.  So much fun with all of my dear friends on Twitter.

MADI: Aw, that must have been such a nice surprise for you.  I know you had such a good time.   Now Petie, tell me about your home, your Mama and Papa and how did you all find each other?  Is where you live now your forever home?

PETIE:  I have lived here with mama and daddy since i was 18 months old.  My mama had lost her other cat 6 months before and missed kittehs so much, so she used to volunteer every day at the Humane Society of Winnipeg.  That is where she found me.  I was such a big kitteh that i was in a cage all by myself.  The people there said that I was such a sociable cat that they used to let me out of my cage early so I could visit with other kittehs at the location.  (I was at a sattelite location in a mall) , One day mama came and i had been adopted, mama was so happy that I had found a home.  then a few days later mama came back and there i was back again.  As it turned out, the people could not keep me.  This made mama sad.  Then about three weeks later mama came and again I had been adopted out.  Again mama was so happy.  Then a week later she found that again i was back.  This person that had adopted me had sudden family issues, had to move and was not allowed to take kittehs with her.  At this point I was so depressed I would not even lift my little head, or eat or drink.  All the staff at the shelter were so worried about me.  Mama decided then and there that she was taking me home.  And from that day forward I had my forever home with Mama and Daddy.  It has been a great life with my Mama and Daddy.  I am an only kitteh and get so very much love and attention from them.  They take such good care of me and give me so much love.

MADI: That is such a sweet story.  You are so lucky your Mama kept going back to check on you; but I also know she feels so fortunate to have been the one to ultimately adopt you forever.  Petie……. this next topic is very hard fur me to bring up, but one we need to discuss……. there has been a lot of tweeting and chatter among the anipals on Twitter about some health issues you have been challenged with.  How is that all going fur you now?  Can you tell us how you are doing these days, elaborate on your treatment etc….

PETIE: Oh yes, this is very sad for me to talk about.  Mama noticed that i was losing a lot of weight and drinking so very much water all of a sudden.  She and daddy take me to the vet doctor.  They did all kinds of horrid tests on me and found out that I have stage 2 renal failure.  The vet does say that this means that I only have 33% kidney function.  I now have to take 2 different medications, one is for my kidneys and the other is a probiotic to stimulate my appetite and provide a supplement to me.  I can only now eat prescription foods and this has to be carefully measured so I do not get too much proteins in my diet.  We had to go through 4 different foods before mama found one that i would eat.  As we were trying this out I lost 2 more pounds.   I used to weigh 21 pounds and now I only weigh 9 pounds.   The medicine has seemed to help me in that I drink a lot less now, am less agitated than I was.  I am also eating better now.  I have not gained any weight back yet and mama hopes that soon this will happen too.  The vet man says that in the new year I may have to take fluids under my skin to prevent dehydration. The vet man does not give any false hopes to us, but says that with proper diet and the medicines I can have still some good quality of life.   This whole thing has been so very hard on my mama and daddy.  I know they are very sad, but they try hard not to show it so as to keep me positive. We do try to be positive because Mama beleives so very much in positive energy and the power of healing.

MADI: Aw, I know how sick you have been feeling, I hope that the medicine is working out for you and that things continue to get better.

My sister Abi and I see you on Twitter regularly.  What do you like most about Twitter and how often do you like to tweet?

PETIE: I love Twitter because I have made so many good friends there.  Everyone is so kind to me.  It is fun to tweet and learn about what all the anipals are doing, where they live and what everyone does.  It is fun too, to learn about different cultures.. such as now at the Holiday Season we are learning about Channuka.   It is also a wonderful place where all anipals can support each other if there are friends going through hard times or illness.  We love to attend the pawpawties every month, as it is an opportunity for us anipals to raise money for less fortunate animals that have not found their forever homes yet.   I like to tweet daily and check in and see how all my friends are doing.

MADI: What are some things about Twitter that furry-ustrate you?  Anything dat you just wish you could change?

PETIE:  Well i do not like it when the nekkid bad bots follow me because it is gross and hurts my eyes.  It also hurts me to see when some anipals don’t get along so well and feelings are hurt.

MADI: Well Petie,  I have taken up a great deal of your time and I just want to say thank you so very very much for interviewing with me.  It is a great honor and privilege to sit down with you and share a bowl of water while we nom Duckies and chatter.  You have been on the Twitter journey with us since we started tweeting and its anipals like you that keep us coming backs….. XOXOXOXO

PETIE:: Thank you so much for interviewing me Madi;  you have been a great host and it has been so much fun doing this interview with you.