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| Hi, I'm Bandit, meowmie's oldest furbaby right now!! She got me as a wee babe, only six weeks old, from one of her coworkers; he owned my mommy, but couldn't keep me or my brother and sisters, so he found good homes for all of us! I was SO scared when he brought me to their place of work; meowmie was a security supervisor at this factory, and I squeezed myself behind their big panel of security monitors and emergency equipment! It took meowmie a half hour to coax me close enough for her to reach me, but once she picked me up I snuggled down in her arms and I was just fine. I didn't like the ride home much, though; I got dad-dad angry because for a little guy, I sure had a big mouth!! |
| When they first got me home, there was this pretty black kitty there; I thought he'd be angry to see me, but I went right up to introduce myself and he gave me a few licks on my head! We never fought over anything!! Muffin was diagnosed with CRF shortly before I was brought into the family. Meowmie says that I was the best thing to happen to them, because my youthful energy and exuberance kept Muffin more active than he would have been otherwise, and she believes that I prolonged his life by several months just by being there! Even though he was very sick, he still played with me a LOT. Sometimes we played so much, we drove meowmie NUTS!! Of course, maybe we should've waited until she was AWAKE before using her bed as a springboard...... |
| As I got older and grew bigger, Muffin got weaker and sicker; one day, about a month after my first birthday, meowmie and gramma took Muffin to the vet and came home without him. I missed him for a long time, all I wanted to do was lay in our favorite spot by the back door by myself; but meowmie was even more sad than I was, so I put my own wants and needs aside and spent a lot of days curled up in her lap and a lot of nights snuggled up beside her. I looked so sad most days, meowmie took pity on me and started to play with me every chance she got. She also tried putting a leash on me and giving me supervised trips outside, but I'd never been outside without being in the carrier before, so I was too scared; after a few tries meowmie gave up on it and just kept me inside all the time. |
| Gramma's house was laid out kind of neat. The front half of the main section was the combined living and dining rooms; the back half was the family room and kitchen, which were separated only by a low kitchen table and built-in chairs. There were two entryways; one connecting the kitchen and dining room, and one connecting the family room and living room/front hall. Meowmie and I had a lot of games we played, but our favorite by far was to chase each other around and around this section of the house. When we got tired from all our running, we would lay on the floor and wrestle for a bit, which was also lots of fun!! My favorite spot to sleep was right next to meowmie's head, but before Muffin died that's where he would sleep; so I usually curled up next to her leg. After he died, I started sleeping in his old spot; it made me feel closer to both him and meowmie! |