Stage 1: Tyler and Marble move to Washington State!
Moving a 25 pound cat is no small feat, it requires a lot of planning, heavy lifting, sweating, a few swear words and a little bit of fibbing.
Here is the not so small story of how a cat on death row got moved across county.
If you don't know him, this is Marble.
A little over a year ago, I rescued Marble when he was just hours away from being put down. I looked at his fat little face and couldn't allow him to be killed just because he did not have a home. $60 bucks later, Marble was a DeLaCerda! Marble is not your average cat, he weights 25 pounds
on a skinny day.
I am not exaggerating, Marble is one fat ravioli eating cat!
Exhibit 1
(Those are 12x12 titles and he is bigger than the tiles)
Exhibit 2
(That is an average size cat next to the fat cat.)
The fat cat and I had our issues and I am not his favorite parent. I have nick named him "Newman" because well like Jerry, I do not get along with Newman. But regardless of any issue we have (which there are a lot), we still love the fat cat. Who wouldn't.... he is an anomaly.
Since we love our fatty cat, we had to figure out how to send Marble to Washington.
American Airlines policy is that the temperature in either departing or arriving city has to be under 80 degrees for a animal to travel in the belly of the plane. Since it is hotter than hell in Texas right now riding in the belly of the plane was out of the question. Our next thought was for Marble to fly in cabin like a baby since he is the same size as the average 6 month old. American Airlines policy is that animals have to be under 20 pounds to fly in the cabin of the plane and need to be certified in good health.
In comes our hero, Dr. Dean (the best vet in Denton) who certified Marble as a health cat for the State of Washington and called Marble a health 18 pounds. He conveniently forgot to add the other 10 pounds of "water weight" that Marble has packed on.
So off Marble goes in a dog carrier to the airport with Tyler in tow. No one questioned him on his weight and Tyler carried him through security with no problem. Marble did not like the whole flying experience and he was annoyed the whole flight!
4 hours later....Marble is now a fat cat living in a much cooler climate.
Stage 2 will happen on Thursday when Maybe baby moves to Washington State.
Until Later,
Nicole
