How did your beloved(s) come to live with you?

[wayne0214]

I'll try to remember how I acquired my furkids.

Fawn, a part Abyssinian male: was part of a home litter.
Tiara, a tortie was part of a home litter.
Cookie, a blue-tan tortie, was part of a home litter.
Tiger, a lynx-point Siamese, was rescued from two highschool girls passing through a Chinese restaurant who came in (without the owner's knowledge) to give her away. I saw her markings and immediately took her. She was about 7 weeks old.
Blue-Czarina, a Russian Blue. was part of a home litter.
Amy, a tuxedo, was my first attempt at purchasing a rescue kitten, from the Visalia, Calif. animal shelter.
These preceding furkids I brought to Kansas from central Calif.

King Otis a flame point Siamese, is a rescue from the Pittsburg, Kansas animal shelter. I remember the keeper telling me that he had been in there for about 4 months. What a missed opportunity for any one adopting a furkid!
Puma, a Russian Blue, is a rescue kitten from the Independence, Kansas animal shelter. She chose me from her cage. She began to meow and attempt to grab at me with her front paws through the bars when I went up to her cage. Couldn't resist her.
Happy is a white, flame-point Siamese. He also chose me from his cage. When I first picked him up, he wanted to cuddle, purr, and then to nurse my shirt!
Chris, (Christmas cat) I adopted him just before this Christmas. He is a marbled-swirl orange tabby. I knew Chris was a very affectionage furkid. When I returned to get him, some 3 days later after rescuing Happy and Puma, (because the shelter had to keep him for at least 72 hours after bringing him in) that I think I took him by surprise, because of his surprised demeanor when I took him out of his cage and possibly because he was sleeping.

The last 3 are from our local shelter.

These are my indoor furkids. Also, I care for 4 others that do not want to come inside. One of them, Sunny cat, an abandoned orange tabby, is from the next-door neighbor's when they moved away. The remainder 3 are all from the immediate neighborhood, including Panther a black DSH, one long-furred (un-named) feral all- black female.

..........wayne