^HOWEVER. Fuck people who use their pets are social media props. Like absolutely fuck them. I followed Tika the Iggy for a few years - until her owners acquired a new Iggy while acknowledging alongside that Tika was starting to age. It felt like their were preparing Tika to die and needed a back up in the wings. I stopped following them because something about introducing the new Iggy gave me the ick. I was so happy when I saw late last month that they were celebrating Tika’s retirement - almost like they were celebrating the opportunities Tika had brought them while giving Tika some peace - no more traveling, no more spotlight… except Tika died very early November. I cannot imagine what decisions her family went to leading up to that and I cannot imagination what small children have following up. However… having having the new Iggy make her international red carpet less than a month later sounded so cold hearted that I just can’t even. I don’t want to believe they’re using props to make up for Tika, but the costumes they’ve had Kala in just break my heart. I want to believe in Tika/Kala’s parents. Really! But I can’t.^