Page-O-Pets
How I come to have so many cat?
  • 1. Lessie
 Winter 1998

Lessie was 1 of 4 kittens the feral mother brought to me.  They lived on my back porch for a while.  Sorry to say that Lessie is the sole survivor.  He's still a little skittish, even though he's strictly an indoor-cat now. He's named Lessie because he has less white on his face than his brother Moorie. 

Lessie is pictured here with his (decesed)sweetheart Doobie.  I called them Ying and Yang.
  • 2.SweetiePie

 

 Spring 2003

Snatched her up June 2003 as she was following a group of people walking by my house.  I don't know if she belonged to any of them, but no one looked back when she left them to come by me.  She was about 8-10 months old.   In the beginning, she spent most of her time up high, to get away from HunnyBunny, who swatted her every chance she got.  Sweetie on the other hand likes everybody and everything!  Such a sweetie pie! 
April 25, 2007 - Adopted her out to Little Jeanie and her son,  but she returned her about 3 weeks later.  Seemed Sweetie was not happy.  Alls she wanted to do was get out and refused to eat.  So Jeanie returned her.  Boy was Sweetie mad at me!  It took her about a month before she purred again and she was an "purr on human contact" cat before.  Thanks for forgiving me Sweetie. 

  • 3. Nicholas
 Fall 2001
Niki was adopted from Friends of Linden Animal Shelter, where I am volunteer.  He looked like he really needed a home.  He's so needy!  Always looking for attention.  I can't tell you how many glasses of wine or cups of tea he spilt on me, my keyboard and computer because he just has to be in front of my face!But never, ever on my lap!  One time when I was doing important computer work, Niki got between me and the monitor again, so I tried to us psychology on him.  I looked up, I looked left and I looked right, but never did I try to look at him or the monitor.  I figured if I ignored him, he'd leave.  I was right!  But as he left my desk, he stepped down onto my computer tower and stepped right on the Power button.  I was so relieved he left and now I was able to get back to work... but my relief was fleeting... until the computer shut down.  Did he shut it off on purpose?  We will never know.
  • 4. CP
  

D.O.B. March 15 1995

C.P. is the son of B.J., brother of Reesie and HunnyBunny.  So sweet! He loves to crawl under the covers to sleep with you.  I now have CP now because his former mistress, my sister-in-law passed away in 1998.  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 
  • 5. Fella

 

 

 December 2006

Fella.  I believed he belonged to my neighbor, but when the neighbor moved away, Fella was still around.  So... when I moved away..... I took him with me, thinking I can foster him until I find him a good home.  He's a real nice guy!  Big yet gentle, and now he's "Uncle Fella" to all my other guys.

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December 2005 - I moved in with my son Ron, upstairs from my mother, so now there's.......
     
  • 6. Reesie

 

Born March 15 1995

Reesie - named because she's the color of  peanut butter and chocolate mixed.  Real sweet too! 

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Before I moved in with my son.  My mother was feeding a bunch of cats in her backyard.  I knew I had to "Trap - Neuter - Release" or the backyard would be inundated with cats!
  I had planned to Foster these guys, but...
  • 7. Jedd
 Summer 2006

Just look at that pretty tail!

Jedd, named after the nickname my son had for his grandfather.  Jedd is a mama's boy.  He will purr upon contact, but I think it's out of fear, more than happiness.  He's a hard one to catch and would not come when called even if I have real chicken to give him. 

Over the years he has come to be more loveable.  Still faster than lightning if I reach out to pick him up, but sometimes I win, and he loves it!

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  • 8. Lickedy

Spring 2006

Lickedy showed up in my yard one day, and seeing that I had a garage full of what I thought were feral cats, I figured what's one more.  Today, Lickedy fits right in with the other kittens, who have all been brought into the house!  He's slightly bigger and as you can see, and a little bully!   Yet he is one of the sweetest little guys I ever met.  I should adopt him out, but I'm really reluctant to do so.  He hangs out with me to watch TV!  Lickedy  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Seeing it was my mother's fault that all these cats were coming in her yard and now are mostly in my house ..... she has to have a couple come in and stay with her too!
  • 9. Petek
 This is P-tek!  He was a stray that came to our yard to get some food.  He was so friendly that we invited him in.  Pee Wee was so happy to have someone around his own size to play with that we decided to keep him.  What a mistake!  They play so hard together they knock down lamps and plants!  But at least Pee Wee is happy!
  • 10. Butch
 Butch was my second "trap-neuter and release" cat.  But, as you can see..... he just would not go.  He insisted on staying on as part of our family.  So.... now he is on the inside of the cat door and up on my "Page-O-Pets"!  He's extremely friendly, yet very hard-headed and strong! And doesn't like any of the other cats.  He gets punished quite often and spends time in the basement. 
  • 11. Tutu
 My first "trapp - neuter and release".  He was so wild and ornery, that I was afraid to get close to him to take this photo.  Poor baby was all beaten up, with infected cuts and scratches and loaded with tics.  Thank goodness the vet fixed him, in more ways than one, and here is a photo of how he looks about 10 months later.   Today, he's an indoor cat and lives under my bed with Merlot. 
  • 12. Zenia

 

 Zenia had 4 kittens.  I captured 2 of them, sweet Iris and Crazy Daisy.  Where the other 2 went, I really don't know.  I adopted Iris to a very nice couple, but Daisy was too wild and never calmed down, so I released her in the yard to be with her mother.  Unfortunately, on April '07, I found her on my lawn a couple of days later, apparently she was hit by a car.
  • 13. Merlot
 Merlot is a shelter cat.  She never came out of her cage... as a matter of fact, she never came out of her hammock!  She doesn't eat dry cat food, or even canned food.  But she loves her Country Style Smoothies!  Now a days, she'll eat just about any flavor, just as long as it's put in the blender and through a sieve.  I think she doesn't know how to chew???

She is very skiddish and lives under my bed.  Only to come out to use the litter, if no one is looking and occasionally she'll come all the way to the kitchen to see if I'm getting her supper ready, but if I glance at her... she right back under the bed... waiting to be served.
  • 14 Jazzy
 June 2008  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

What a silly looking cat!  Crossed eyed and a silly smile!  She showed up on the back porch looking for something to eat.  I invited her in and now she's one of my mom's cats.

She gets so excited to see me and loves to have her butt scratched while she eats? 

Deceased:

 Doobie / Salih / Sammie / Hunny Bunny / Pee Wee / Pete / Penn / Queenie /  BJ

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