Patches

If you have been to any of our monthly Meet & Greets at A1 Pet Emporium recently, you may have met Patches, our calico greeter, who is a big hit there because she lays in her carrier on the table where she can get loads of attention from everyone. Patches originally came to PAWS in 2011 as a kitten with two littermates. She was adopted, then due to a divorce, was returned to us in 2018. She loves attention, especially head scratches and really likes being brushed. She is not very fond of having her nails clipped unless you have help and experience with that procedure. Her nails are very thick and she is too lazy to use a scratching post to pull the old nails off. Most of the time she likes to spend in her bed getting her beauty sleep. She also insists on a clean litter box! At that time of her return she was diagnosed with an immune system issue that manifests itself in her nailbeds and foot pads. After multiple attempts to bring this issue under control we finally came up with a combination that keeps her mostly symptom free by administering one OTC Lysine 1000Mg tablet, crushed and mixed in with her canned food each morning.