It is National Pet Day 2021
Posted By Kathleen David on April 12, 2021
I have had a number of pets over the years.
My first one was a turtle named Churchy after the Pogo character.
Then there were a series of Gerbils, Hamsters, and mice.
When I moved in with Donna and Robert, I lived which two German shepherds who were up there in age.
The next place I moved had cats and a python.
When I moved up with Peter there were two cats in residence, Stalin and Treat Williams. Treat took to me immediately. Staling took a little long but once we became friends, he spent as much time as he could on top of me.
We gained Millie and Vanillie during Hannukah. I was informed that I had been given a kitty as a gift. I was up in Buffalo working on “Tony and Tina’s wedding” at the time.
Mille and I bonded when I got back home. She was my cat and made sure the other cats knew it. Stalin ignored her and continued to sleep on me.
Until one evening when I was pregnant with Caroline. Stalin was curled up on my belly and Caroline, in utero, kicked him in the head. Stalin bounced so high, I thought he was going to hit the ceiling. He was very cautious after that.
Figaro was found by me during a nor ’eastern. She has been treed by a very big dog named Moose. Caroline spent the weekend with her and Fig imprinted on her. Fig becomes upset if another cat is trying to seek out her attention.
Mewlan we got at a local no kill shelter. She had a hard life before we brought her into our house. She was a feral that was fixed and, rather than notching, they lopped off the top of her left ear. Then she was captured again and adopted. The people who adopted her then returned her because at times she walks like a drunken sailor and they thought she had brain damage. Turns out that her back knees have a defect and they slide in and out of place. Yeah, she is our clumsy cat. She is scared of so many things. I think they used a broom to discipline her because she is terrified of it.
Phoebe was an impulse cat, but we are so glad we got her. We wanted to adopt her sister, but she was adopted as we arrived. They introduced us to Phoebe, and it was love at first sight. She has been raised with other cats and a lot of human interaction. She fit right in with the others.
The four of them live pretty much in harmony with spats of kitty politics.
We have our routines like I give them wet food in the morning. Fig has to mark Caroline before she goes out of the house. Phoebe must sleep with us at night. Mew will only be petted when she wants to be. Inky is my cat and lets the others know it.
I am grateful for all the pets I have had in my life.
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