Ok, I'll admit it... My Name Is Kate and I'm a Cat-Aholic

[katekat]

A few weeks ago we had a visitor of the furry-cat variety on our back deck.  He'd been spotted around the neighborhood before, and had run to and fro in the back yard on occasion, but never gotten close.

Until now.  Apparently we've been adopted.  He's been out on the deck for three weeks.  He flirts with Felix (and, what's more, she doesn't beat him up for it but tolerates him - the first time that's EVER happened with any other animal besides the snakes).  He lets us pet him, he meows and walks through Neil's legs, and he's the cutest gray little guy.

We named him Spooky.

And yes, once he gets relaxed around us enough, there will be a trip to the vet so he can get checked out.  For now we're washing hands after every pet and being very careful with him and Felix (although she did just get her shots, so it should be ok for her to fraternize)

Comments

[mishloran.livejournal.com]

You should be careful, he looks like he very probably belongs to someone. I know he doesn't have a collar, but frankly, he's beautiful and looks like possibly some sort of pedigree type cat, too (the sandybrown makes me think this, though I suppose he could just be a handsome Heinz cat)? ... You could take him to be scanned for his microchip (do you have those in the USA?), if he'll let you, just in case?

When we first moved into our house now there was a black and white cat, rather thin, with three legs, who used to come visit us. We nicknamed him Tripod and fed him. About a month or two down the line, we got a ring on our doorbell and a very angry lady lectured my Mum about how it was NOT okay to steal her cat, etc etc.

It could also be a case of someone moved away but forgot that cats take time to get used to their new surroundings etc - and sometimes really don't like their new homes, so go back to the old neighbourhood to be all smooth and sophisticated and find a new family. Like our Old Mikita Cat who when we left to go to Thailand we gave away to this lady who was bedridden. When we came back to England, unbeknownst to us, the lady died and her family took Mikita away with them to live with them. Only Mikita kept escaping and returning to his old house. Where a new family lived, who didn't want a kitty. It was a case of every weekend he would return - so the family got in touch with us, and said did we want our old cat back?! We did, and thus Old Mikita was returned to us. But you know. I worry a little it might be summat like that, maybe?

I hope that he can be Your cat, you know, but just in case...! I do not want you to get into trouble!

[so-sharlemaine.livejournal.com]

Aw! He's handsome :)

He looks sort of like one of my cats, but mine is a girl and she's a little fatter fluffier.

I'm a cat-a-holic too. There are two wild-as-heck black long hair cats that are living in my family's stables. I want to adopt them so bad, but they only let us feed them by leaving them food. They won't come near us. Or at least they won't after we caught the girl in a cage and got her spade. After that they keep a very long distance. But they stick around.

I call them Spike and Dru.

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

Oh, he's so pretty!

I hope everything goes well his vet check and with the two kitties together!

[antennapedia.livejournal.com]

That is a handsome boy. I hope he passes his physical and doesn't turn out to be just mooching from you because his Mean Mean Owners won't feed him enough. We've had some neighbor cats like that!

[nemo-88.livejournal.com]

Awww kitty love! :D

Spooky's so handsome! :D His grey colors are so beautiful. I love the second picture! What a model *g*

[cordykitten]

Oh he looks gorgeous :) Good luck with keeping him.