I just wanted to try to make some comments in reply to some of your wonderful posts!

Tiger Lily wasn't adopted in the normal sense of adoption. She was found in our barn...how she got there, I do not know. Whether she just wandered off from a home or got dropped off by uncaring owners or what, she ended up in our barn with her kittens.

I was pretty amazed that all of the cats were so clean. The kittens didn't have any ear mites or flea infestation or any of the other problems you might think they'd come with from living in a dusty old barn loft, Mom only eating what she hunted and killed for who knows how long, etc.

I was also amazed how well they all took to being indoors, especially Tiger Lily. She adjusted so easily I figure she must have been someone's pet at one time. My wild guess is uncaring owners found her to be pregnant and dropped her off out here in the rural area we live in. In our earlier years living here, we had drop off cats and dogs every spring/summer. So Tiger Lily wasn't the first stray to become a pet of ours over the 27 years we've lived here.

Piper is a bit longer and taller than her Mom. Tiger Lily has shortish legs.

Although I'm not pleased to fit her Friskies food, it seems their low PH variety of canned foods are the only foods that keep Tiger Lily healthy with her urinary tract. I tried to wean her back to a rotation of Chicken Soup For the Cat Lover, Natural Balance, Natural Life and Performatrin, but she ended up with the problem again, so I've kept her on Friskies low ph. I do give her small amounts of the better quality food on occassion.

Never having had any human kids, the pets around here are always spoiled. I can't have kid birthday parties, so we have private parties for the pets! Same with Christmas, my favorite Holiday.