My Pets

Over the years I have owned a lot of pets, and like any good pet owner I'm just dying to show off my "fur babies" to anyone who dares look in my direction. This page is a "best of" gallery for my current pets and a shrine for the pets that have passed on.


Gollum

Gollum sitting on my shelf, everything pushed out of the way.
Gollum with his head in a container of ice cream.
Gollum belly up peacefully sleeping on a coffee table.

Born: Late June, 2009
Likes: Food, knocking things off the counter.
Dislikes: Being Brushed.

Gollum is the oldest cat in the house, and the one we've had for the longest period of time. He came to us at three weeks old as a package deal with his mom, Gracie. He's VERY food oriented and loves to stick his head in your business just to get a taste of what you're eating, especially if it's peanut butter or cheese. He goes after so many things that it'd probably be easier to just list off the foods he doesn't like. He also loves to poke and prod you an hour before mealtime in the hopes that he'll annoy you enough you'll give in and feed him early.

Despite his age and love of people food, Gollum is surprisingly healthy. His biggest issue right now is that he has some sort of kitty arthritis, which we are giving him meds for.

Morticia

Morticia in one of her favorite lounging positions, feet dangling off the corner of a printer.
Morticia curled up with her feet sticking out, making her look like a shrimp.
Morticia loves to wriggle around with her belly up.

Born: Probably 2018
Adopted: February 2019
Likes: Chewing the corners of furniture, head scratches, getting the zoomies.
Dislikes: When you stop petting her.

Unlike Gomez, Morticia is nothing like her namesake. She's an alien dressed in a kitty costume. She loves to chew on the corners of any furniture she can jump on, forcing us to put baby protectors on everything. She also likes to scratch the sides of our couches despite me putting cat trees in front of them. Sometimes she'll scratch the cat trees and THEN go to scratch the couches. Thanks tish. Morticia is also the most vocal of the group, especially when she wants attention. She'll just meow and meow until you start petting her, and then when you stop for a second she'll start meowing again. She'll also poke you with her paw to get you to pet her if she's close enough. She's my stinky little wormy girl and I wouldn't have her any other way.

🦐 Da Swimps

Group of low grade Cherry Neocaridina shrimp surrounding a white square of shrimp food.

Start of Tank:May 2023??

My Shrimp! I started off with 17 low grade Cherrys from a local breeder selling them for cheap and have since fallen in love with the little water bugs. They live in a 10 Gallon tank that I'm always trying to improve. It's a lot of fun watching them swim around and do their shrimpy business.

🌈 Gomez

Gomez relaxing, with his face on the edge of a ledge.
Gomez showing off his adorable bleping abilities.
Gomez craning his neck to look at something.

Lived: Probably 2017 to October 8th 2023
Adopted: February 2019
Liked: Slow blinking, headbutts, windbreakers.
Disliked: When you walk towards him a little too quickly.

Just like his namesake, Gomez was a total romantic. He was still skittish towards us, but when he was comfortable all he wanted was to be adored. He loved to sit on top of the cat tree next to our sliding glass door and watch people pass by. Gomez was a very vocal cat, but he didn't meow so much as force out the cutest of squeaks when he wanted attention or when you were about to pet his head. No matter how much we brushed him (several times a day!) he still constantly shed, so we always knew where his favorite lounging spots were because they were covered in patches of black fur. He was also strangely obsessed with windbreakers and heavier jackets that have a similar material.

Gomez passed away early in the morning of October 8th due to heart failure.

🌈 Gracie

Gracie and Gollum were always together, and they liked to hang out on the radiators in our old house.
One of my favorite pictures of Gracie. A mid sneeze photo that made her look like she was grimacing.
Gracie wasn't interested in people food, but she loved to jump up on the counters at our old house to be at perfect petting height.

Lived: 2008ish to Late 2018
Adopted: Late June 2009
Liked: Being cuddled, grooming her boy, hunting toy mice.
Disliked: Rustling plastic bags.

Gracie's full name was "Gracie Grace Gracen Melstone Poppins", and she was practically perfect in every way. We fostered her with 3 week old Gollum and another kitten who sadly didn't make it.

She was technically a feral when she was rescued, having spent about a year in the wild, so it took a while for her to get used to being with people. Once she let her guard down she became the ultimate lap cat, always hungry for a vacant pair of legs to settle on. Near the end of her life she even started headbutting us when she wanted to be pet. She was my mom's designated cat and their nightly ritual was gracie jumping into her arms in bed and purring like mad until it was time to sleep.

🌈 Saya

Saya loved lounging on the top of our couch. We used to have to vaccuum it a lot.
She wasn't interested in people food but she did like to sniff it every once in a while.
Saya's fluff in all of its glory.

Lived: ??? to Late 2018
Adopted: early 2010
Liked:Waiting for me to get into bed, peeing while standing up, feather toys.
Disliked: Sneak attacks from Holly.

I first saw Saya at the animal shelter I was volunteering at during college summer, and I knew I had to have her. I had gotten really attached to the kitten that had passed away while we were fostering Gracie and Gollum, and imagined her growing up to look exactly like Saya did. She soon became my designated cat and followed me around everywhere. She would hear when I was getting into bed and rush into the room and flop down next to me until I fell asleep. Saya was also an incredibly slow eater and feeding the cats took twice as long as it does now because I would have to constantly make sure Gracie and Gollum didn't go after her bowl. Unfortunately she had a kidney disease and eventually got so weak and skinny that we had to say goodbye. I'm getting a little misty eyed just writing this, haha.

I changed to cat litter from clay to something easier to lug around and Saya protested by no longer peeing in the litter box. It took me forever to figure out that the litter was the problem, and we had to throw out a lot of furniture thanks to her. It's okay Saya, I'm not mad. I'll always love you.

🌈 Holly

This is the only picture I have of Holly on my computer. I didn't get a smartphone until after she passed.

Lived: ??? to late 2010
Adopted: December 2009
Liked:Chewing on napkins, sleeping in our towel cabinet, jumpscaring Saya.
Disliked: When we got a new pet-proof trashcan.

We got Holly after the kitten Gracie was taking care of passed away, because Gracie was obsessed with my mom and Gollum was claimed by my sister. So we saw Holly during an adoption day set up by a nearby shelter and decided to get her. She was a little overweight at first because she'd been in a cage for a while, and I used to call her my "Big Fat White Thing"

She started to rapidly lose weight, and we found out that it was because she had extensive tooth decay and needed them to be pulled. We were fine with shelling out the money for an emergency operation, but then after bloodwork was taken it was also found out that she had extensive kidney damage and having her be put under for surgery would likely kill her. Unfortunately we had to say goodbye, and even though my time with her was short we all loved her a lot.