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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2004Shrek OT
Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made world news. http://www.odt.co.nz/ and click on read more. I believe Shrek was shivering last night and they were worried about him. He is nine years old and could be in shock from the loss of his wool - we will have to hope he survives OK. I hasten to say that they are looking after him very well. He is indoors with heaps of woollies on. He is very lucky to have survived with so much wool weighing him down - and I hate to think how much it would have weighed when wet. If he had fallen over he would have become 'cast' and wouldn't have been able to get up again. He also couldn't see because the wool was almost completely over his eyes. They also sheared him with hand shears instead of electric as with hand shears they can leave a lot of wool on him. The poor darling! But the nice thing is that he will live out the rest of his life as a celebrity sheep (if he survives). Judging by the news reports a lot of overseas gals are falling for the shearer lol. Bev -- I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic. > Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made > world news. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > -- > I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic. I saw that on the news!! He was more wool than sheep!! > > Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made > > world news. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > I saw that on the news!! He was more wool than sheep!! I thought he looked like a giant cauliflower. BTW, why would removing the wool endanger him? > Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made > world news. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Bev I hope he can make the adjustment and survive. Joy Yeah Bev, I saw it being sheared on TV. I'm sure he'll get the best of treatment but wasn't it an enormous amount of wool on him. Jean.P. > Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made > world news. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > -- > I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic. > Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made > world news. He's featured today in the UK press :^) Sheenah >> Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made >> world news. > >He's featured today in the UK press :^) > >Sheenah His shearing apparently yielded 60 pounds of wool. Can you imagine carrying all that around? Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) > > Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made > > world news. > > He's featured today in the UK press :^) > > Sheenah Here's a bit more information. Shrek lives on a sheep station in the high country of the South Island of New Zealand. Believe me, it is rugged country covered in snow for a part of the year. Shrek missed the muster for six years by hiding out in some caves in one of the highest areas. He is a very cunning sheep. You can just imagine six years of wool on him - the fleece weighed about 20 odd kilos I believe. It must have been a very solitary life for the wether (a castrated sheep). There is not a lot of accessible feed up there and he had access to a small tarn nearby. About the danger to Shrek's health. It was thought that there would be an element of shock in being handled and losing so much wool - remember 9 is old for a sheep! The first night after shearing the woman who found him said he was shivering so badly with shock and cold that she feared they might lose him even though they did everything to keep him warm. However I believe that after 24 hours the lanolin present in a sheep's wool kicks in. so hopefully Shrek will be OK after that. I'll keep you posted as to how he is. Bits of his wool are for sale on the internet (for charity, of course). Bev -- I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic. <snip> >> About the danger to Shrek's health. It was thought that there would be > an element of shock in being handled and losing so much wool - remember > 9 is old for a sheep! The first night after shearing the woman who [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > -- > I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic. Thank you Bev. Peter and I both hope that Shrek will be OK and that for the rest of his life he will often think that he's in sheep heaven :^) Sheenah >I'll keep you posted as to how he is. Bits of his wool are for sale on >the internet (for charity, of course). Thanks for posting about him. On the news web sites, it seems like I'm always either clicking on the national, business, or political news tabs. In the mail, I just get Newsweek and Businessweek. Interesting things like this seem to slip through the cracks! >About the danger to Shrek's health. It was thought that there would >be an element of shock in being handled and losing so much wool - [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >present in a sheep's wool kicks in. so hopefully Shrek will be OK >after that. For him to have survived with that much more wool than usual, his metabolism must have decreased over time. Otherwise, he would have cooked himself in his own body heat. I would imagine that he will have to be an indoor sheep for a while, until his body adjusts to having to produce more heat, particularly as this would be late fall or early winter in New Zealand.  SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > Here's a bit more information. Shrek lives on a sheep station in the > high country of the South Island of New Zealand. Believe me, it is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > not a lot of accessible feed up there and he had access to a small tarn > nearby. There was a before and after pic in our newspaper yesterday. He looked so tiny in the after pic, where he was still lying on top of the wool! It said 27.5 kilos of wool. Wish I could shed 27.5 kilos just like that. ;o) Purrs that Shrek recovers soon from the shock and lives happily ever after. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki Sheenah, how are you! Christine > > Shrek is the latest sensation in New Zealand and I believe has made > > world news. > > He's featured today in the UK press :^) > > Sheenah > Sheenah, how are you! > Christine Hi Christine, Thank you for asking. I am in good health and pleased to say that life has become much more manageable than it was this time last year. Since I stopped posting regularly here, Peter and I have adopted another cat. So we now have 9. Thalia, our elderly Siamese is the only one about whom we have worries.. For some months, she has been losing weight that she cannot afford to lose and despite having had many blood tests, x-rays and ultrasounds, her vet cannot pinpoint the cause.. Last Monday, he took some cells from a small lump in her stomach in the hope that these will prove or disprove that she has cancer. If the results are inconclusive, he wants to take biopsies of some of her major organs. On a happier note, the other gang members are extremely fit and well (touch wood <g). As I've been writing this, Abbie has been chasing a ping pong ball across the living room carpet. Megan has been finishing off her breakfast which she prefers to eat on the dining room table and Sylvia is agitating to be let into her airing cupboard. The others are outside, hopefully, not making themselves a nuisance to the neighbours. I hope all is well with you and yours. Sheenah > > Sheenah, how are you! > > Christine [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Sheenah We are sending healthpurrs to Thalia, and are purring with happiness to see Sheenah posting again. :-) ------ Krista > > > Sheenah, how are you! > > > Christine [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > another cat. So we now have 9. Thalia, our elderly Siamese is the > > only one about whom we have worries.. > > Sheenah > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ------ > Krista Dear Krista, Thank you. Hopefully, we'll get Thalia's results on Tuesday. I look forward to catching up (as best I can) with everyone's news. All the best Sheenah > Thank you for asking. I am in good health and pleased to say that life > has become much more manageable than it was this time last year. Glad to hear this, Sheenah. Welcome back. > Since I stopped posting regularly here, Peter and I have adopted > another cat. So we now have 9. Thalia, our elderly Siamese is the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > cancer. If the results are inconclusive, he wants to take biopsies > of some of her major organs. We will be purring for Thalia to start gaining weight again, and that the lump is benign. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > Glad to hear this, Sheenah. Welcome back. > We will be purring for Thalia to start gaining weight again, and that the > lump is benign. Thank you Marina. Sheenah Lots of purrs and best wishes for Thalia's problem not to be cancer and calming hugs for her worried slaves, SignaturePolonca & Soncek <snip> Thalia, our elderly Siamese is the > only one about whom we have worries.. For some months, she has been > losing weight that she cannot afford to lose and despite having had [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > cancer. If the results are inconclusive, he wants to take biopsies > of some of her major organs. <snip > Lots of purrs and best wishes for Thalia's problem not to be cancer and > calming hugs for her worried slaves, Thank you Sheenah |
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