I'm Oscar's Mum and I want to thank everyone for their lovely postings today. I woke up to discover she was COTD and I couldn't stop laughing when I saw her pic up there. It made me very happy and she's had a good day because of it too. She always has a good day.

Just wanted to let you all know that since my first cat was taken by coyotes in the hills around Los Angeles, Oscar has never been an outside cat. She uses my apartment balcony as her outdoor experience and has never tried to jump off. When she was one year old, she broke her leg because I had just arrived home and let her out onto the balcony and she was very excited. She was watching the humming birds feed and for the first time, she jumped up to the balcony railing and I saw her arse go over first and her front legs scrambled and then she was gone. Since then, she's had no interest in getting back up on railing.

She is also taken to a friends' house when I travel for work and she is not taken outside there either. But, one weekend she escaped through a window with a screen on it and disappeared for two days near busy roads in what I thought would be an unfamiliar neighborhood. We found out the local donut shop had been feeding her and put pictures up everywhere. Two days later, my friends husband noticed Oscar outside the back door waiting to be let in. She came and starting eating her food like nothing ever happened. When I arrived to grab her, I found a large cut on her leg which the vet said was probably from a tangle with another cat. She's had quite an eventful life and she's made my savings alot smaller too but she's worth it. She's a loving, sweet cat whom everyone loves. Thanks for making this a special day for her.