My Family Of Cats............


IT STARTED WHEN I WAS 6 YRS OLD. MY FIRST CAT WAS NAMED SNEAKERS, BECAUSE HE HAD TORTOISE STRIPES BUT ALL OF HIS FEET WERE WHITE. THEN, AS I GOT OLDER, I ADOPTED TIGER, AND STRAWBERRY (WHO WAS AN ORANGE AND WHITE TABBY). ALL OF OUR CATS IN MY FAMILY WERE MALE. AS I GOT OLDER, SNEAKERS PASSED AT AGE 15 OF OLD AGE, AND STRAWBERRY WENT MISSING FOR A FEW DAYS. HE CAME BACK HOME ONLY TO BE FOUND BY MY MOTHER RIGHT NEAR THEIR OUTSIDE CARPETED HOUSE (MY DAD MADE IT FOR THEM)...AND WE FOUND OUT LATER HE WAS POISONED.
THEN, IN LATER YEARS, I HAD DUSTY (A HALF PERSIAN/SIAMESE MALE), RUSTY, AND PETEY, PETEY FELL ILL AFTER I HAD BEEN MARRIED TO MY NOW EX FOR ALMOST 10 YRS..WE FOUND HE HAD DEVELOPED A FELINE VERSION OF HODGKINS DISEASE. WE SPENT ALMOST $4,000.00 TO TAKE HIM TO THE UNIV OF PA VETERINARY CLINIC...AND HIS LAST WEEK ON EARTH WAS SPENT AT HOME WITH US. RUSTY DIED...HE HAD GOTTEN SICK BUT WITH WHAT THE VET WAS NOT SURE. HE PASSED IN HIS SLEEP. SO, WE ADOPTED ZOOT AND DIZZY...WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE FEMALES FROM THE SPCA NEAR OUR HOME. DUSTY AND THE OTHER TWO WERE GREAT COMPANY, AND DUSTY DIED AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 21...! WE THEN ADOPTED A CAT NAMED MAX...I GOT HIM FROM A CO-WORKER WHO WAS BREEDING MEDIUM HAIRED MIXES ...AND HE WAS A LOVER CAT...! HE TURNED OUT TO BE THE BIGGEST CAT I EVER HAD...AT 21 LBS...BUT HE WAS AS GENTLE AS A FEATHER...! NOW I HAVE QUEENIE, AND HER BABIES, BUT THE FATHER (WHO MY FIANCEE AND I HAD) BERNIE DISAPPEARED. WE HAVE NOT SEEN HIM SINCE. CATS ARE MY CHILDREN, AND THEY AND ALL PETS BRING UNCONDITIONAL LOVE...RARELY FOUND IN HUMANS!
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