 
Draco
then 2002
Draco Now
Draco came to us during the summer of 2002, his
overall condition was not the best. He was very skinny, his stomach
was sunken in, his ribs were showing and you could count the
vertebra of his backbone, he was desperately in need of some TLC and
regular feeding. He was delivered from a zoo out East and
came to us after a long ride locked in a carrier for days. Needless
to say he was not happy and extremely upset when we tried to
approach his carrier. Loudly voicing his disapproval of our being
there to close to him.
We brought him home and unloaded him into his new
home in the dark, he exited the carrier and looked all around, he
was grateful to be able to move and stretch again. Within 24 hours
we were in the cage with him building new ramps and platforms for
him, he would just lay and watch us work. Happy to be out and have
room to move again.
His appetite for food was great. We were told he
would not eat and he was mourning the loss of his mate, I found that
hard to believe, I was now feeding him 3 small meals a day to get
him back to a decent weight, and slowly I increased the amount
of food and began to lessen the feedings. By winter he had
really worked hard on putting on a layer of fat, and he did a darn
good job of it.
Hard to believe the photo below is the same cat, but
it is. Within a few short months he went from a walking skeleton to
the photo below taken in 2002. Draco greets me each day with head
butts, and takes food from my hands. He is a well mannered gentle
big boy.
Winter
fat
Summer Sleek
Draco had a big stone and block house, but sadly he had no
one to share it with. In February of 2003 I went on a trip to bring
back a Siberian Lynx named Tess. This would be a surprise for the big boy, someone to
share his house with. Draco and Tess now live
together, Draco has someone now to share his house and his life
with. Tess had been shuffled around from place to place in her
life, but she is here to stay . Draco now enjoys life with Tess and
has access to both cages and both houses. Life for him is good
now, safe secure and well fed, and a friend to share his home with
he couldn't ask for more.
Draco by Tess's
house
Life is just so good.
When winter
rolls around Draco has a tendency to become down right fat, which
worries me at times. But once the warm summer days come again
he is back down to his nice trim self once again. I estimate
his winter weight to be 90 pounds, I know my Canadian Lynx weighed
55 pounds when I had him in the vets office. So Draco is much bigger
and fatter in the winter so 90 pounds I don't think is to far off .
Look me in the eyes I said bring
food
 
Look I see the peacock over there either you bring it here or
I'll be forced to stalk it, understand
  
This is how they
thank you, build them a nice new roof over their platform and now it
is much nicer on the roof than the platform, but wait how do I get
down, okay there's the upper platform maybe I can take the leap of
faith. Once this is over I know I have to go on a diet, one two
three, wee, wow I can fly.
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