Don’t Wait – Adopt a Cat Today
I have no idea why I waited so long . . I really missed having a cat & the mice were driving me nuts. A quick sweep through the cat quarters and a cat picked me. I say that because if you know cats as I do, people don’t have cats; cats have people. Twiggy twined between my legs and hopped into my lap each time I knelt at a cage door, purring and kneading. My eyes scanned the cages and hammocks trying to sort through the options, personalities and needs. Then Natasha jumped down off the sill onto my back, walked to my shoulder and rubbed my face with her whiskers. So the decision was over. I filled out the papers, loaded my two friends into the car and headed home to the country.
Since it was my son’s birthday and he had 4 friends sleeping over, I tucked the cats into the old dog house to protect them from the madness that 5 fourteen year-old boys were sure to inflict on the evening. But not for long. Natasha forced her way past the closure and soon both cats were in the thick of the events; Twiggy watching somberly from the window sill and Natasha, paws curled under her chest, lay right in the middle of the flying pillows and wads of wrapping paper, fascinated and content to observe the ‘wildlife’.
The cats now sleep with whomever they choose, obey the sanctity of the kitchen and romp the night away after lazy days of sunning on the back of a couch or window seats. Both are well trained at using their box and containing the claws to only toys and an occasional bug.
Don’t wait like I did to adopt. Cats are one of life’s simple pleasures and ask very little in return. Stop by the shelter and let a cat find you.
Submitted by: Barb
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