There is no reason to put off doing a Petfinder post today. Serena's kitten is still not eating solid food, still not growing, but still alive. Due to the heavy rain I let him spend the night in the office. He's not really sleeping; he's clinging to my leg as I type.
He is a natural-born lap cat, very similar to our weary wee Traveller. Trav wouldn't eat kibble as long as he could get milk, either, and didn't seem to thrive even on Purina Kitten Chow. The kitten, now five-sixths of the way to earning the name Miracle, still won't eat kibble--tried it once and apparently didn't like it--but he does like cooked meat, so has some chance of surviving after his mother's milk dries up. If his Purrmanent Purrsons will share whatever meat or egg they eat with him--cooked naturally, not a lot of spices or sauces, pick out his portion before seasoning yours--he might live longer than Traveller did.
Well, as some of youall may have read, Sasha Latypova reckons it's not the glyphosate but any vaccines you may have had recently that are giving so many people so many non-genetic food intolerance diseases. People who identify with other ethnic groups can get the celiac gene from one long-forgotten Irish ancestor, but what I see is non-Irish Americans having pseudo-celiac reactions to glyphosate. Latypova reckons people are getting real long-term food intolerance reactions to wheat, corn, egg, chicken, or other foods that are used to manufacture vaccines food proteins are injected into their blood along with the killed disease germs.
There are ways humans can tell which of those kinds of reactions they have going on. I think it's dangerous to underestimate your exposure to glyphosate the way Latypova does. Glyphosate is preserved in sprayed foods, especially "Roundup-Ready" foods that have been marinated in glyphosate and other "herbicides" all through the plants' lifetimes. It can be in your local water supply. It can be in your pets' food; the more grain, the more glyphosate. Glyphosate doesn't linger in the air as long as dicamba does but glyphosate vapors drifting past you can make you sick. If you noticed a chronic condition that might have started or become disabling between the years 2009 and 2020, then improving drastically, as in being able to walk or drive again, in late 2020, then worsening in 2021, now improving a bit this year, that is a glyphosate reaction. You can't always tell when you've been exposed to glyphosate but those dates identify when Americans generally were exposed to more and less of this poison. For a lot of us the number of "energy spoons" we have every day depends on the amount of glyphosate exposure. It can make the difference between a child's real emotional issues being recognized and the child being written off as autistic, between your being able to walk or work or drive and not being, between your passing or failing examinations in school, between your being helped or destroyed by any medications you might take...
I know firsthand that this is not caused by vaccines because I've not had any vaccines since that awful measles jab in the 1980s, and I enjoyed "super" health, strength, and resistance between about 1995 and about 2015. That I had the recommended vaccinations on the recommended schedule as a tot may have aggravated the celiac reactions I inherited from a great-grandmother who lived and died before doctors recommended vaccinations, but it obviously did not cause the celiac gene. Nor did it have much, if anything, to do with my glyphosate reactions. And if you're a typical adult who last had a vaccination in 1982 or maybe in 1957, those vax probably didn't have much, if anything, to do with your glyphosate reactions either.
This baby cat resting on my leg never had a vaccination in his life. He's too young. He will have to have a rabies shot before he's neutered, but that's months away. But he's not tolerating grain as well as a cat should do. He's a Seralini kitten; I suspect his mother intentionally let him be born in order to flush toxins out of her body into kittens who wouldn't live. (I think she was surprised that he did live, but she loves him, because she's generally kind to kittens and because he has to remind her of Traveller.) That together with the Manx gene really stack the odds against him. He's not able to tolerate grain and may find it difficult to digest even meat. That is why, if he lives even to the end of two more weeks after this one, he'll be a Miracle.
It's not impossible that some of you readers have had vaccines or other medical treatments that may also have caused or aggravated food intolerance issues. If, for example, your food tolerances have not changed this year, when the chemicals sprayed on commercial food crops have changed, that might indicate that you're having reactions to vax or meds rather than glyphosate. (It would not be impossible to have both. God help anyone who does.)
Reactions caused by vaccines or medications are likely to subside as the toxins flush out of your system naturally. For most humans, a diet rich in unsprayed raw fruits and vegetables accelerates the flushing process. For cats, dogs, and people who can't get unsprayed fruits and veg, a carnivore diet may help. It may be crucial to minimize grains, or minimize specific grains like wheat or corn or both, in the diet.
Anyway, for the Petfinder photo contest I try to pick animals reported to be healthy. We've done black, gray, and reddish animal photos recently. Is it time for a photo contest for white animals?
Zipcode 10101: George from NYC
George is described as pretty much a typical year-old neutered male cat. He may grow a little longer and taller, and is likely to grow heavier as his bones solidify, but what you see is most of what you get. He has been in a foster home where he's been treated more or less like a pet, so they can report that he's likely to be a good pet. He'll probably appreciate having another youngish cat to bounce and pounce with. He's accustomed to being indoors and to cuddling up beside humans.
Zipcode 20202: Gustavo from DC
His web page: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/gustavo-77312648/dc/washington/lucky-dog-animal-rescue-dc20/
Gustavo is a baby. His web page has gone live a week before he's old enough to be adopted, to allow time for humans to find him. He will grow into those ears. His adoption fee is steep, but (a) there's a discount if you adopt another kitten along with him, and (b) you can foster both kittens, free of charge and actually get help with food and veterinary expenses, while deciding whether you can bear to part with them. Either way, neutering is part of the contract and not even included in the adoption fee. You have to figure that they're counting on this adorable little guy to help cover the expenses of less adorable, less adoptable cats and dogs.
Zipcode 30303: Mini Pearl from Atlanta
A young white cat, probably dumped because pregnant, was found rearing five white kittens on the city streets. The cat was tame enough to be rescued easily. The kittens have been brought up as pets, and two have already been adopted. Mini Pearl, Ice, and Sugar are still available. Mini Pearl is one of the two in this photo. You should adopt two, or perhaps all three, so they'll have someone to play with and be less inclined to shred your clothes, shoes, books, etc., in frustration because the objects can't run away or grab them back.
Zipcode 10101: Salt from NYC
His web page: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/salt-75611500/ny/new-york/metropolitan-maltese-rescue-ny20/
Salt is thought to be two or three years old. He weighs not quite ten pounds. Such small dogs can live as long as cats, so adopting Salt will be a long-term commitment. He would like to have another dog to play with--they don't say you have to adopt a similar-looking Maltese mix they call Peppa, but wouldn't a matched pair of white fluffballs be cute? Salt can occasionally show a "salty" personality (he came from a less than ideal home) so they recommend him for a house with a big fenced yard and no children. He likes spending some time alone and some time close to his human.
Zipcode 20202: Hope from Puerto Rico
Her web page: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/hope-77422397/dc/washington/final-victory-animal-rescue-sc497/
She's deaf, so she's had a hard time finding a home. Hope was brought from a shelter in Puerto Rico to one in South Carolina that advertises in Washington. If she sounds like the right dog for you they'll take her to points further north. Her ancestors include Chihuahuas and terriers and who knows what-all. She's about two years old--and small enough that she might easily live ten or even fifteen years more. She is described as friendly and affectionate with humans and other dogs. Training has taken longer than it does for pups who can hear words, but she's learning.
She has got the spots Madrid was supposed to have, and she's not sending them back. Her back and sides are spotted like a proper Dalmatian's.
Zipcode 30303: Madrid from Houston
Her web page: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/madrid-77148820/ga/atlanta/sunnyside-street-dogs-tx2720/
She's a Dalmatian mix with no spots. Five months old, she already weighs 45 pounds, and she has yet to grow into those paws. If you have room for one large dog, or better yet one large and one medium-to-large dog, you might want to adopt this one. Madrid is described as a bit of a clinger. She was dumped at a gas station and wants to make sure you're not going to do anything like that. She likes to sleep beside her human's bed, or better yet right ON the bed (ick).
Madrid is in Houston, Texas. Her adoption fee, which is ludicrous, includes a transportation fee--her current humans are not eager to travel for the fun of it. If you want to visit Houston, you can haggle down to a reasonable fee for a definitely-not-show-quality Dalmatian.
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