the beginning

a bit about me, first i am a sucker for cats. it started with researching what type of cat would be right for my friend. guess what i have the cat. She is a beautiful blue point Siamese and now 14.

When she lost her brother i got suckered into housing a cat until the recue group could fit him in, of course the rescue group knew nothing about this. i wish i had more pictures of Puma, Isolde had just gotten used to him when he went missing, at this time i was going in for surgery and she Isolde was left lonely.

while i was recovering i was on wendyknits.net and followed a link to petfinders.com, and ended up adopting 2 kitties both male one older and one still a kitten, i had been told Kinji was good with kittens but he would not play with 'Bastien, groom him yes, cuddle yes, play --somewhere else. Since 'Bastien needed a playmate i went back to the group and let the kittens choose. this is how i ended up with Lusitania. Lusitania was 'Bastiens littermate. and since everthing happens in 3's, i lost 'Bastien. He was a FIP kitty i had him almst a month and had to have him put down. I had kept the group informed of everything that had been happening, and they gave me a replacement kitty, this would be my Robert E Leeroy- my little ROCKSTAR.

when i returned to work, discovered a cat that had been abandoned there, apparently someone discovered pets need medical attention too, and it can be expensive. so the dropped the cat in a field to fend for itself with feet so inflamed it could barely walk, He became my Dash, after i got him home. to hopefully adopt out after he recovered i found out that a neighborhood cat Back seat Betty had kittens. the kittens were about 4 months old and covered in mange all three plus mom looked like a Gieger nightmare. they were treated and spade the mother escaped. One got adopted fast, one did not socialise- I call her Lakota, and the third Gabrielli had a bad reaction to the meds it caused her skip to blister after a year she still has a bald spot between her shoulder blades.

I started joking about 'The House of 13 Cats' after the gothic film 'HOUSE OF 13 GHOSTS', be careful what you ask for or joke about. enter Octavia, she should up where i work the victim of a drive by toss. a blue and white ragdoll kitten maybe 5 wks old, i did not have her long maybe a year. the kittens were called the little grey girls or the black hearts club. and were spade together. at this point there were 8 little furbabies and i am still trying to recatch Betty to get her fixed, and noticing just how many cats are in the area. one cat scared the stuff out of me i thought it was a raccoon under my car- no just a cat that had to be at least 33 lbs. this cat showed up for a while then brought 2 smaller versions, one of which stayed behind it took a while to get Mikael to walk into the trap, he was very sick, he had a bad cough, so i took him to my vet in the trap, Mkael was an angel, almost 9 lbs and mayby 6 mos old, i still wonder who lost their cats, after he got better and neutered i let him play with the other cats, thinking he would find his way back home - he never left, and no one recognized him the Large cat was no longer around.



I caught another queen, got her into the TNR program, still trying to catch Betty who shows up for food and treats. and to check on her babies. Finally, after months and knowing that she is pregnant again i caught her, she did not look as big as she had, i thought she had her babies but i was not going to release her i put her in the cage in the sewing room, and went looking and letting everyone be aware of possible day old kittens hiding somewhere. i searched for 2 days while trying to schedule Betty's surgery, then on March 7th, i stopped looking. i found the babies, Betty had not had them yet. 3 little kittens one without mittens. 1 black, 1 blond, 1tux like mommy.

Betty again got passed me when her babies were 5 weeks old. She had gone back into heat before i could get her in, but this time i had really good bait to get her back I had her litter! after she had her fun she came dancing back into the house, and i had her, and i had her scheduled, her pregnancy was terminated.

The count now is 13 cats.

since that point, Betty has returned to the outside world, i let her choose but i still feed her.(when i move i will try to catch her),Octavia i lost, and i heard that Lusitania's other littermate her mirror twin died, FIP again LuLu was the only survivor of her Litter. of the 3 kittens i finally adopted one out, the smallest female Kathleen. I am still looking for a home for Moira and Patrick.