Read the story, then look at the picture attached! This is
amazing!
Rodger Degagne, a former employee with AECL in Chalk
River, may be embarking on a new career as Feline Breeder.
Relaxing in his spacious home on the shores of the Ottawa River, Mr.
Degagne recalls how 15years ago he befriended two stray young cats on the old AECL research facility at Chalk River. The kittens had appeared in late summer and apparently had gotten under a security fence around the old labs abandoned since the late 50's. With the help of his tuna sandwich, Mr.Degagne was able to coax the kitties close enough so that he could pick them up. A self described animal lover, he did not want to place the kittens in the local Human Society. In this largely rural area, cats of all stripes and ages largely go unwanted and are humanely disposed of after a few days.
Later that evening his wife Louise and their two children, Nicole
and Kelly came to a family decision to keep the kittens which they
named Lost and Found. Lost turned out to be female and Found a male. When nature finally took it's course, a litter of kittens was born 6 years later. One of the litter was a big white female with a unique black markings on her side and tail. Something about the kitten captured the hearts of the family
and while her siblings eventually found homes elsewhere, Snowball
stayed with the Degagne's. While Lost and Found are no longer with us, their progeny live on. In her 9 years Snowball's size has seemed to snowball.
Put simply, Snowball is no ordinary cat, she measures 69 inches from
nose to tail and weighs in at 87 Ibs. She started out a big kitty and she just seemed to keep growing. She always meowed for more food and would climb up on the counter to eat food which I forgot to cover. Chicken is her favorite.
"Once I left a cooked chicken on the table that I was going to use for a boat
picnic, an hour later the chicken was gone", Louise said. We knew
that snowball wasn't your average cat when the neighbor's German Shepherd ran yelping away from his first encounter with her. She just isn't afraid of any animals.
After we found a half eaten raccoon out by the garage, we decided
that maybe Snowball should be kept fenced in. We soon discovered that
while we can keep snowball in the yard, we couldn't keep raccoons from
Snowball. At least it kept the food bills down Rodger laughed "Like all female cats she is very territorial, but with us she is just a big ole kitten" he said. So what does a 87 pound cat eat? Snowball goes through a about 3lbs.of cat food a day, along with cooked chicken, supplemented with deer and moose that Rodger hunts in the fall. She likes Pike a lot, so I don't throw them back
any more. Snowball often accompanies Rodger fishing on the Ottawa,
eagerly peering over the side of the boat as soon as his line goes
tight.
So what do the Degagne's attribute Snowball's size to? Rodger says
"Well, the vet thinks it could be her thyroid, but she isn't fat, she's just a real big cat. I think maybe her parents got into something at Chalk River that they shouldn't have".
I'd love my dogs to see that, they'd sh*t themselves.
It looks like the Thyroid gland alright. It's similair to giantism, one of my freinds suffers from it and shes been having treatment all her life to stop her from growing.
Normally I don't like large *****'s ( another for the smut vote), but that one looks cute.
SD
"I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy!"
I've got 4 cats, 1 dog, and a lizard.
The dog is a puppy, named Jesse, annoying as all hell! She's a Golden Lab Retriever, not big yet, I'm not lookin' forward to when she gets bigger .
The cats names are Garfield (my cat - male - he's orange, fat, and lazy), Deno (my brother's cat - male - fat black cat), Chelsea (sister's cat - female - scardy cat), Kitty (tough mean cat - male - can be lovable when he's in a good mood though).
Lizard = Iggi (mine)
I'm not a big dog lover, I prefer cats over dogs.
Cats rule, and dogs drool .
Pussies are better pets, easy to train, so lovable, smell much better than a dog, and they never stay mad at you.
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another for the smut vote), but that one looks cute.
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