A Happy Cat Now!
Mews, my name is BlackJack,
and I am a happy cat now! I was so very lucky, I
found a home after being on the streets. Let me tell you my story.
I used to have a home, and even wore a collar, although it was
a dog collar,
it meant I had a place to live and food to eat. My owners at the
time didn't
see fit to have me neutered, so I roamed the neighborhood, fighting
with
other toms over female kitties in heat, staying out all night
and living an
exciting if damgerous life. Then something happened, I no longer
had owners,
never have been too sure what happened, but I lost my collar,
and then became
a street kitty. Times became very hard then, it is tough on the
streets for
an adult cat like myself, I was about 6 or 7 when all this happened,
and
there were a lot of young stud tomcats out there too. I knew I
needed a
home, even one where they would just feed me and give me water.
When I was living it up as a young tom, I had passed by a house
where there
were kitties inside. I went to check it out, and the nice lady
there put out
some food for me. I used to stop by periodically and grab a snack
in between
romancing the girls. I began to wonder if this lady was still
there. I had
gotten very thin, the summer of 2000 was a very hot and dry one.
There was
little water, and even the birds were thin. Fighting had become
dangerous, I
was now 8, and those young studs were getting the best of me.
One evening I went back to the house I remembered, and, lo and
behold, that
same nice lady was still there. She saw how thin I was and ran
for food and
water. Such a feast it was! I checked out the two cats in the
house, one
looked a lot like me, and the other was a calico girl. Hey, maybe
she would
like a pair of harlequin cats!
I began to go there every evening, and there was always water
and food there
for me. The lady would come out and pet me, that was really nice,
and I
enjoyed that petting and getting to hear a friendly voice. Time
went on, and
the months passed, I was stopping by every night, and sometimes
in the
morning too. She was calling me Little Friend by now, and although
I thought
that a rather silly name for a tomcat, it was far better than
"get out of
here" or "scram" which I heard a lot of those days.
Summer passed into Fall, and then into Winter. It was cold, and
even though
I had fattened up some, I sure needed a home. The nice lady had
fixed a
place outside, with a blanket and some boxes piled up to protect
me from the
cold. But I had a goal now, to become an inside kitty.
I got even friendlier, and then got to come inside in the lady's
arms, wow,
nice place, and the kitties inside didn't even hiss. This was
going quite
well. It was almost Christmas, and I knew what I wanted from Santa
Paws, a
home! But then I got into one more fight, and got my ear hurt.
I didn't
feel so good, and stayed there in my bed more. One afternoon,
the lady came
out and scooped me up and put me in a strange box with bars, then
into the
car. Oh no, what now! We went to the vet's office, and I got jabbed
with a
needle, and then heard happy voices, "he tests negative on
everything, you
are very lucky!" I ended up staying there at the vet's for
several
humiliating days, they removed my prize male possessions, and
I had a bath,
but plenty to eat. Then here came the nice lady, and took me out
of there,
and into my new home. Oh joy, oh rapture, I was an inside kitty!
That was at the end of December, and look how far I have come:
a Duke in
CLAW, a wonderful girlfurriend kitty, Gingercats, and I am no
longer skinny
and dirty, but fat and sleek, with a shiny coat. What a happy
cat am I, to
have found such a loving home, and found a new name too. BlackJack
seemed
much more fitting, and I was very glad to get a new masculine
name to help me
cope with that operation. I am all settled in now, and so very
happy to be
honored by being the Spotlight Kitty in OCS. If you see a stray
kitty
outside, be sure and give it some food, you may find a wonderful
new friend
and save the life of a kitty too!
Happy purrs,
BlackJack
Spotlight
Kitties
Older
Cats Society