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RE: Happy Valentine's Day! / 2nd Wedding Anniversary/ Still Here! [Again]
I think I merged Cosmo and apolo as one reddish cat. Then I forgot about the new little black one. I'm onto it. Family of cats.
The special care business and the idea of a giant male cat being nurturing is so unknown to me.
I think I have told you of my pet misadventures.
I could do a truxie angel cat too if you think it's a good idea.
Cosmo isn't giant, lol. Nova is giant, also very nurturing though.
Tuxie was a tom (intact, still had his testes), we wanted to find him a mate, but sadly, we lost him before we were financially stable enough to responsibly breed him. Now his and Cosmo's bloodline will die out.
Tuxie was super nurturing. Loved kittens. Loved caring for them. When we rescued Apollo, he was super small, thought he was still nursing age. Tuxie immediately played mother cat, carried him by the scruff, cleaned him, comforted him, protected him. We fed him replacement milk. Found out he was two months old, he was just severely malnourished and not growing.
Any time Tuxie came into contact with kittens, he'd light up, especially if they were small and still needed parenting. He'd fathered two of the kittens in Cosmo's litter and loved his babies dearly. Tuxie was a father cat, and we failed him by not giving him more kittens to raise.
I'm just glad Comet came into our lives a year ago. He wasn't super small, but he was a kitten. Tuxie was able to raise one last kitten before he passed.
All of our male cats are nurturing, really. Well, all of our cats are male. Even Apollo is nurturing in his own ways, and Comet is still intact. (No plans to neuter Comet as of yet, though hopes to responsibly breed him in the future. We may be rescuers, but we're not against responsible breeding.)
The thing about male cats (especially intact males) and not being nurturing has much less to do with the cat and more to do with the person/people. The limitations and restrictions and expectations you place on an animal determine what you're gonna get. You'll either get a cute house decoration, or you'll get another member of the family that just happens to wear different clothes, speak another language, and walk on four legs.
Animals are smart, they understand what you say to them, what you say to each other, and when you're talking about them. They have personalities, they're individuals. If you meet pets without personalities, it's because someone did that to them.
I've had the misfortune of knowing people with pets that were just living house decorations. It's soul crushing to encounter.
You've told me some of your animal misadventures.
A Tuxie angel sounds nice. We plan on continuing to include him in things like portraits, future stuffed animal families, etc. He'll always be one of ours. Always.
By the way, I just remembered that you have access to my Facebook. There are tons of pictures of Cosmo, Tuxie, and Nova on there. A few of Apollo, both as an adult and as a kitten. I don't think I've posted any photos of Comet on Facebook.