Thursday, February 29, 2024

πŸ’œ Kazu has Diabetes 😿





Kazu has been diagnosed with Diabetes & has started treatment. He had just had bloodwork and urinalysis done the middle of December, because I felt like he was off then. Not his normal, active playing self like Romeo & Quincy. All of that bloodwork and urinalysis came back completely normal. His blood glucose was right in the middle of the range 127. The range is 72-175. So since she couldn’t find anything wrong with him, we just had to wait till he developed any more symptoms. February 16 Kazu started being treated for a UTI. I also noticed he was drinking more water. About 3 days into his UTI treatment I still didn’t think he was right so I took him for more bloodwork and another urinalysis. Thursday 22nd morning my vet called called and said Kazu has diabetes my heart sank. His blood glucose was almost 400. She wanted me to bring him in to learn how to give injections and go get him a prescription for insulin to start asap. Kazu started out getting 1 unit of insulin every 12 hours. It is the tiniest little amount of insulin not even a fourth of an inch. We are also adjusting his diet and probably everyone else’s diet to make things easier and possibly help prevent Kazu’s other two brothers from getting diabetes as well I hope since this seems to be genetic. There is a possibility that Kazu could go into remission since we caught this very early so I am hopefully. Kazu’s went to the vet yesterday morning 2/28 for 9am to have glucose curve monitoring. His numbers still stayed in the low 400s for his first 2 checks then high 300s for the second 2 checks. Kazu was on 1 unit of insulin every 12 hours, now I gave him 1.5 units last night and then starting this morning he now gets 2 units of insulin every 12 hours.  He has been really good about the shots. We just distract him with some of the lickable tube treat and he doesn’t even know he’s getting an injection. Kazu goes back for his next glucose curve monitoring in two weeks unless something change. I have been reading and researching a lot online about cat diabetes. I want to be fully educated and able to care for him the best I can. Kazu does act like he feels a bit better so I will keep you posted on how he’s doing! I can’t believe that he also has diabetes just like what happened to Forrest. At least this time I knew what to watch for. It still kills me that I didn’t know what was happening to Forrest until it was too late. I will always feel like I failed Forrest because I didn’t know what was happening. Please send me all the good vibes and well wishes you can for Kazu. This has been a lot to deal with for all of us and especially Kazu. Xoxo! Carrie

Pensacon ❤️ Thank you!

















Pensacon was this past weekend. It was a good show! I saw a lot of familiar faces and met a lot of new people too. Thank you so much to all of you that were able to come out to see me. I really appreciate your support. Everyone really loved my new painting too so that was nice. I’m sorry I haven’t posted about my new painting and also Pensacon anywhere other than my Patreon yet because things have been kind of crazy the past couple weeks. I’ll be making another post about this very soon. Everything with the show went smoothly with actual load in and set up. Everyday of the show day was good too. This loadout was our fastest time ever so that was great too. I am very glad to have my only show of the year out-of-the-way! Now I am free to work on things. I need to get done here at the house, new art, updating my website and lots of other things I’ve had on the back burner for the past two years.

Xoxo! 

Carrie ❤️


Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Jade Dragon Li Mao” Rough Sketch 🐲😻🎊









“Jade Dragon Li Mao” Rough Sketch 🐲😻🎊 You don’t know how happy I am to have this rough sketch to share! I been sharing my progress on my Patreon the past few weeks. Please follow me there if you’d like to see more updates. You can follow me on Patreon for free!  Https://patreon.com/Tigerpixie 

The 2nd pic is Sweet Pixie was supervising me drawing. She’s feeling so much better now. The 3rd pic is the color scheme I’ve decided on. The cat is a Dragon Li, it looks like a brown tabby, and is considered to be the unofficial national cat of China. The dragon will be mostly shades of green and plain wood color and have woodgrain texture. The 4th pic is cute Kazu helping me color my sketch. I’m going to paint this piece. This is my second Chinese New Year’s piece. The last one was in 2020, “Cherry Blossoms” with The Year of the White Rat. 2024 is The Year of the Green Wooden Dragon. I hope that you like my sketch and I’ll post some Work in Progress pics once I start painting. 

Xoxo!

Carrie πŸ˜ΊπŸ’œ

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Holiday Sale 2023! 20% Off Fantasy Cat Art! Visit Tigerpixie.com

 

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Dear Happy Holidays! I hope you and your family are doing great! Well it's that time again! I am now starting my annual Holiday Sale! My website, Tigerpixie.com is 20% Off  Now - Friday December 15, 2023.

 

 **Special Note! My Patreon Patrons receive an Extra Discount Coupon to use on  Tigerpixie.com during this sale! :) "Sale Cat" $10+ Patrons - coupon  code Extra 10% Off for a total of 30% Off. "Sweet Kitten"$1 &  "Curious Cat" $5 Patrons - coupon code Extra 5% Off for a total of 25%  Off. If you plan to purchase an Original or a lot of items it's not too  late to sign up and get your extra 5-10% off too. Just sign up as a  Patron for the Extra 5% Off or sign up or upgrade to the "Sale Cat" $10  tier or above for the Extra 10% Off. I will send your special discount  code to you asap, https://Patreon.com/Tigerpixie

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Please let me know if you have any questions at all. I hope you are able to find some adorable kitty gifts for yourself & your cat loving family & friends too. Have a wonderful Holiday Season with your family, friends & furbabies!

Thank you so much for your support!
xoxoxoox!
Carrie  πŸ˜ΊπŸ’œ

*Exclusions - This sale does not apply  to Custom Commission Paintings, Wholesale Orders, Etsy, Fine Art  America/Pixels or Zazzle.

Friday, June 02, 2023

🌻 Spring Sale! 20% Off Fantasy Cat Art! Visit Tigerpixie.com & Tigerpixie.Etsy.com πŸ˜ΊπŸ’œ

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Dear Happy Spring!! I'm having a Spring Sale! My website, Tigerpixie.com and Etsy Shop Tigerpixie.Etsy.com are both 20% Off  Now - Monday June 12th.

πŸ’œNew Heat Press Products! I am also taking email orders for all of my Heat Press Products since they are not available on my website yet. Mousepads, Purses, Notepad Holders, Hard Coasters, Soft Coasters, Sleep Masks, Drink Huggers, Coin Purses... Photos & Details are below.

 

 **Special Note! My Patreon Patrons receive an Extra Discount Coupon to use on  Tigerpixie.com during this sale! :) "Sale Cat" $10+ Patrons - coupon  code Extra 10% Off for a total of 30% Off. "Sweet Kitten"$1 &  "Curious Cat" $5 Patrons - coupon code Extra 5% Off for a total of 25%  Off. If you plan to purchase an Original or a lot of items it's not too  late to sign up and get your extra 5-10% off too. Just sign up as a  Patron for the Extra 5% Off or sign up or upgrade to the "Sale Cat" $10  tier or above for the Extra 10% Off. I will send your special discount  code to you asap, https://Patreon.com/Tigerpixie


πŸ’œ Heat Press Products -  I'm so sorry I do not have them on my website yet. However here's what I have available. To Order Heat Press Items - Please email me at chawks@tigerpixie.com with what you would like and I will be most happy sell these shown. Also if the image you would like isn’t shown on the product you want please ask. I can probably make it so just let me know. (The prices shown for these items are the same as they are at my shows. Then I will apply the 20% discount & your Patreon coupon if you are my Patron & shipping cost before sending you an invoice.)

 

Mousepads $20 - (Available with any image on my website)

 

Shoulder Bag Purses $30, Extra Purse Flaps $15 - Any Flap can come with your purse. They velcro to the back of the bag and can be switched out. The purse has a zipper at the top adjustable strap and a pocket in side. ( See photo for images available - Also available with, Bakeneko Nekomata, Captain Leo, Christmas Kitten Boy, Dorian Gray, Lucky, Purrincess Isadora, Springtime Magic, Voodoo Cat Doll, Voodoo Empress Fairy Cat Doll )

Notepad Holders $25 - Come with a 5" x 8" notepad a pocket & elastic pen holder ( See photo for images available - Also available with,Alien Cat, Prince Anakin The Two Legged Cat, Ballerina Cat, Bast Goddess, Cherry Blossoms, Halloween Black Kitty, Lucky, Purrincess Isadora, Summoning Old Friends, Temple of Bastet, Witch's Kittens )

Sleep Masks $14 - ( See photo for images available )

Hard Coasters $8 each or 4+ $7 each Easel Stand or Wooden 4 Coaster Stand $5 each - ( See photo for images available - Also available with, Alien Cats, Madame Zoe Teller of Fortunes )

Soft Coasters $6 each or 4+ $5 each - ( See photo for images available - Also available with, Halloween Black Kitty, Madame Zoe Teller of Fortunes )

Drink Hugger $10 - Fit a standard 12 oz can. ( See photo for images available )

Coin Purse $10 - ( See photo for images available )

 



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Please let me know if you have any questions at all. I hope you are able to find some adorable kitty gifts for yourself & your cat loving family & friends too. Have a wonderful Spring with your family, friends & furbabies!

 

Thank you so much for your support!
xoxoxoox!
Carrie  πŸ˜ΊπŸ’œ

*Exclusions - This sale does not apply  to Custom Commission Paintings, Wholesale Orders, Etsy, Fine Art  America/Pixels or Zazzle. Patreon Coupon Codes only apply to my website, Tigerpixie.com.



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