A Piece of Serenity Cattery

13/02/2022

These girls are enjoying this cold michigan weather....all snuggled up. ♥︎♡︎♥︎♡︎

24/12/2021

Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄🎄

24/07/2021

Trouble makers 😂

01/03/2021

Rayne is obsessed 🤣😂🤣
She loves watching them & sharing their light

25/12/2020

31/10/2020

Rayne ❤️❤️❤️

11/08/2020

❤️❤️❤️

18/05/2020

Our little Cattery is ran out of our farm inside our home. Our farm started years and years ago and is called Serenity Farm Gypsy Horses.

We named it that because we immediately felt peaceful on our property then again when we met Gypsy Horses for the first time.

We called our cattery “A piece of Serenity” because it’s a piece of our farm. We are not associated with any other farm or Cattery regardless how similar the name, location or type of animal.

We only do business under the name Serenity Farm Gypsy Horses....Christina Riggs( my real name) or with our cattery A piece of Serenity.

It has been brought to my attention someone with similarities to us, are not as they seem, doing sh*tty business and is fraudulent.

09/05/2020

😂🤣😂🤣😂
Lola ❤️

27/04/2020

😂😂😂😂

10/04/2020

2 and 1/2 weeks into potty training....
Rayne is the only one that OCCASIONALLY uses it and only if it’s not on the toliet 👿

These cats are out smarting me! Hopefully week 3 will be better 😂🤣😂🤣😂

10/04/2020

🥊 🥊 🥊
Lola & Rayne playing. Lola just lays there teasing Rayne with her tail😂🤣😂🤣

I love that Rayne can pop herself up and stand there balancing......I adore that girl ❤️

These 2 have really kept me entertained the last few weeks.

28/03/2020

How are you all doing during the shelter in place ? What are you doing to keep busy?

Rayne & Lola are keeping me busy attacking each other....I feel like I have front row seats to the fight 😂😂😂

Grandma Boogie is sound asleep....when the girls get to wild, Boog jumps in and stops the fight 😂😂😂. She’s the boss.

28/03/2020

Day 4 of potty training

Toliet is a good hiding place to attack others 😂😂😂😂😂

26/03/2020

Day 2 of potty training:

All 3 are refusing to even go near the bathroom 😂🤣😂

24/03/2020

Since we are “sheltering in place” i decided to try and potty train the cats. 😂🤣😂

Day 1-very interesting

Boogie thinks it’s a dumb idea...since she will p*e in the sink if both litter boxes are being used.

Lola, at least stood on it for a second before running away.

Rayne.....she screamed at me and thought I was trying to drown her in the toliet.

I hope day 2 is a little better....and least entertaining my thinking 😊

22/02/2020

❤️
Lola & Rayne

03/02/2020

Rayne helping me with my homework.
I ❤️ this sassy cat ❤️

22/01/2020

Excited to share the news...one of these black beauties is our newest addition.

Our 2019 goal was to add 2 amazing girls to our family and start our own breeding program.

Looking back....we have learned so much and have had such a great experience with 2 outstanding breeders.

First We added Maizey & Lola then Maizey passed away from FIP...with Lola acting like she was following in her sisters foot steps.

We found FIP warriors and decided to treat Lola prior to test showing true FIP symptoms based on her symptoms and her sister passing.

We treated her for a month(treatment is 84 days) and she improved so quickly we are questioning if it was FIP or not. At this point she is healthy and we have no concerns but I don’t feel breeding her is a option at this time but also not ruling it out due to the unknown Illness she had. (Weight loss, diarrhea, sleeping all the time...all not real uncommon in these cats, but with the timeline of Maizeys illness we thought it was possibly FIP).

We then added Rayne to our family and super excited to be adding a beautiful black kitten to our family. These 2 will be our 2 breeders 😍. We can’t thank Angels Touch for all they have done to help us reach our goals by adding these 2 to our lives.

Our new baby will not be here until she is weaned from her mom....but wanted to share the news and these cute pics ❤️

05/01/2020

31/12/2019

Wishing Everyone a Safe & Happy New Years

24/12/2019

From our Family to yours...

Merry Christmas 🎁

18/12/2019

Kiss me again & you will be sorry 😂😂😂

Listen to Rayne telling Lola off 😂

❤️ these two girls

17/12/2019

Kiss me one more time & You are gonna be sorry 😂😂😂😂😂

Rayne decided to love on Lola.....Lola says no way, you have been growling at me for days. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

They finally are play fighting ❤️
Love Raynes noises 😂😂

12/12/2019

12/12/2019

Huge Thank you to Angel Touch Cattery and Debra Wallace- Weise for adding this lovely girl to our family.

Please Welcome Rayne to our family here at Piece of Serenity!!!

She’s 3 months old and so far is fitting in perfect with Boogie & Lola ❤️❤️❤️. I am 100% in love with her already 😊

11/12/2019

Our oldest Kitty
Boogie ❤️

11/12/2019

Super excited for tomorrow ❤️

29/11/2019

Happy Thanksgiving from Boogie & Lola

Lola has had a pretty good day.
she has some sores from her injections, we are treating with coconut oil.

27/11/2019

Day 13
Lola is doing excellent.
Weight tonight was 6.2
She was 5.9 when all this started.

No decline or diarrhea notes.

Black & white pics were day one...she had lost weight, spine showing, overall looking thin

Regular pics are today. Her spine is much less visual. Over all healthy appearance.

22/11/2019

Warning
Extremely hard video to watch.

This was 2 hours after her antibiotics and the video of her walking thru the kitchen. She took a nap and could not stand.

At this point, we went back to the hospital for the 3rd day in a row. And we finally for the first time heard the term FIP.

I personally thought it was antibiotic related and not FIP because her decline was immediately following the antibiotics. But it turns out she had some liver involvement and I’m sure not able to process medication as well.

The vet stated....no treatment. 100% of the time fatal. No One at the vets office mentioned medication is available outside the US or FIP warriors.

A friend of mine saw my Facebook post and reached out to me. Confirming FIP, and letting us know about the medication and the FIP warrior group.

Within 2 hours, someone from the group was planning to ship the 400 dollar vial of medication when I got the call she passed away.

If treatment would of been started say Monday or even Tuesday....I believe the outcome would of been different.

Which is why I’m posting all of this.....Many people have never heard of FIP and very few know of the treatment or how to get it.

Scary thing....they said watch Lola,...Maizeys sister. And within 3 days, she began having the same symptoms. I did not wait for a diagnosis of FIP from the Vet as with Maizey diagnosis was given 12 hours before her death.

I instead explained to the vet the knowledge I learned from FIP Warriors on Facebook....posted her labs in the group,...received a confirmed diagnosis based on her labs and within mins her medication was on its way here from NJ.

Lola is thriving...day 8 of her treatment. Maizey died on day 4 after symptoms started.

I have had multiple people reach out asking me about their symptomatic cats, inability of the Vet to diagnosis them and the symptoms continue.

Don’t wait....reach out to FIP Warriors on Facebook.

22/11/2019

Maizey on Wed before her antibiotics.

22/11/2019

Maizey This was Wednesday morning at 7am.

22/11/2019

Part 4
After the medication on Tuesday night for dizziness she was up walking again but slowly. By Wednesday morning she came running for breakfast and spent the day following me all over. Eating well. Seemed to have perked up. Until I gave her the antibiotics. 😥

22/11/2019

Part 3
Warning Sad Sad Sad Video.

This was Tuesday.
At noon, I called for the cats....time for lunch. All 3 came running. All 3 ate very well. At 3pm they are all asleep in my bed. At 4 pm I called for them and Maizey didn’t come.

Kayla went in to get her and she couldn’t walk without falling. 4 hours after her medication she couldn’t walk😥😥😥. Heart breaking to see.

Clearly neurological symptoms....rushed to the ER was given the diagnosis of an ear infection. More medication given, talk of worsening condition from the antibiotics and the vet said no continue to give.

22/11/2019

Continue if Maizeys Story
Part 2 😁

She came come Monday night....ate well, playing well....appeared to be doing just fine.

Next morning....she was up before me. Wanting breakfast....ran into the kitchen when I called her. Doing well.

22/11/2019

Maizeys story 😥

Maizey came to us right before Labor Day if I remember correctly. She was the bigger of the 2 kittens(Lola is her sister) She was very healthy, eating well, with no concerns other then an occasional sneeze.

Within the week of the kittens arrival....Boogie became very sick. Sore throat, sneezing, gagging, not eating and stayed in bed about 10 days. Took all 3 to the vet and Vet reported it was a resp virus, gave eye drops and an antibiotic shot to Boogie. Said it can last 21-30 days and watch for resp infection symptoms with her and with the kittens.

A week after Boogie stayed in bed .....Lola began staying in bed....this lasted 5 days or so but her eye issues, resp issues were not as bad as boogie. She lost some weight but about 5 days later she began to improve.

At this point, Maizey started staying in bed. She was there 10-14 days....lost some weight but appeared to improve resp wise.

Then a couple weeks later she developed diarrhea....which really took her weight down quickly. Stool sample was normal except high yeast. Treated with flagyl, appetite stimulant and high calorie paste with 5 cans of wet food per day and dry food in front of her at all times. She began to gain weight....then the diarrhea started again.

After the diarrhea restarted, I took all 3 to a second vet. The cats at this point were sick off and on all of September and October. Well past the 30 day mark.

This video is of the 3 cats at Dundee Heritage Animal Hospital. Notice how thin Maizey 😥😥😥😥.

Diagnosis was all 3 cats were at the end of the resp virus that they have been seeing lasting 4-6 weeks. All 3 given oral antibiotics and eye drops. With the goal that Maizey would gain 2oz that week. Instead she passed away 4 days later.

Story to be continued with another video.

HATE FIP!!!