Smokey...

I rescued Smokey from a friend that I worked with. She was taking out her trash one day and these 2 boys asked her if that was her cat in the trash can. She said NO, and what cat are you talking about, so they showed her this small bundle of fur that was in the bottom of the trash can. It seems that someone no longer wanted him, so they threw him away. When I got Smokey he only weighed in at 3 lbs, and I really thought he was about 6 weeks old. It turns out that he was 6 months old, he was just so malnourished. The day I took Smokey home my hubby and I stopped at Subway to get some lunch and while we were eating the phone rang, Smokey jumped up on the table and ran off with one of my meatballs from the sub. Needless to say, Smokeys theme song is "On Top of Old Smokey", he loves to have it sung to him and sometimes, if I'm lucky he "sings" with me. Smokey will be 10 years old in April of this year and he weighs in at 15.5 pounds, a real big difference from 3 pounds when rescued. Smokey has a very special temperment, you can do anything to this cat and he is never bothered by it. He has been dressed for Christmas and held like a baby doll.

Smokey has had severe medical problems. He is predisposed to urinary crystals. I tried many different foods and medications but nothing seemed to work, so we ended up having surgery to widen his urethera.....thus making Smokey the boy into Smokey the girl.

Smokey...