My first pet was an orange we found stray and named her Whiskers. She had a flea collar and was spayed, but when did all we could to find her owners, no one claimed. So took her in for six months. She was a great cat! But one day at thee end of the six months, it was very foggy and we would not let her out of the garage fearing she could not see and get hurt. But my Dad would not let her stay in and let her out. Later that day as my dad was driving home, he found her dead on the side of the road. She had got hit by a car. It seems to happen to a lot people's first pets.