Hiya! My name is Leah and my husband's name is Josh and we have two cats: a Calico Tabby named Tabitha, AKA Tabby (wow, no brainer, huh?) and a Siamese mix named Sanosuke AKA Sano
Tabitha is an older cat. I got her at a rescue shelter. she had been fixed and declawed (poor baby! what kind of meanies would declaw a cat!) and was very despondant. The caretaker there said that a man brought her by saying that his mom had died leaving the cat with him and he no longer wanted to take care of her. Tabby hated the other cats in the shelter and wanted very much to be left alone. they way she would shy away from physical contact made me and the caretaker think that she may have been abused as well (probably from the dude that didn't want to take care of her). Even still, she has attachment issues which shows that she still misses her original owner. sometimes she is afraid to get too close, like she is afraid I'm going to leave her. I love her dearly. We helped each other through very rough times. I was going through a rough patch with my then fiance. she would hide under the bed and i would leave her be and not pressure her for attention. I knew it was meant to be when I was crying, missing my fiance, when she hopped up on the bed and chirped. I tried to pet her, but she backed away. I accepted that she was not ready for physical contact, so i talked to her. and she listened. I would ask her a question and she would chirp little responses. We became very close. She still likes to be a lone for the most part, but when she wants attention, she can be very affectionate. When my fiance and I mended our issues and got married, she took to him immediately like a duck to water. for almost a week they were insperable. I'm so lucky that Tabby and I found each other.
Sano, the little goof, was being given away by a nice family who had parked their van in the walmart parking lot with a box that said "free kittens". I felt sorry for the little ones. I had already decided that I wanted another cat, more for companionship for Tabby because I was working long hours and going to school and I hadn't gotten married at that point so she wasn't getting enough attention. I had decided to get a kitten and had been looking around when I came across the "free kitten" box. Sano was such a cutie pie! at the time, he was all white, with exception of his tail which looked like a racoon's tail. as he got older, eh started taking on the tan colorings of a siamese with strange stripes mixed in, but he also had the blue eyes! he's so handsome... Anyway, at the time he had this blank expression on his face like "Everybody's looking at me... Hi everybody!". it was priceless. He didn't like being picked up at first, mainly because I think he was tired and hungry and didn't like the idea of being away from his mom. but despite that, he kept licking my hand. tabby would do that when I slept. her rough little tongue could have licked a hole through my hand if I didn't take it away from her! when Sano started to lick my hand in the same fashion, i took it as a sign. i got a box and brought him home. It was obvious from the start that Sano wasn't the brightest crayon in the box. He immediately proved time and time again that there were a few screws loose, but i loved him all the same. the goof immdeiately began to develop a mommy complex with me. as soon as he got over the shock of the relocation and adjusted to his new home and companions, he latched right on to me! I couldn't walk five feet without him right at my ankles. that lasted until I got married. He's daddy's cat now. They are two peas in pod... the only two peas in the pod... Both are a few french fries short of a happy meal... men... lol, but I love them both!
Tabitha is an older cat. I got her at a rescue shelter. she had been fixed and declawed (poor baby! what kind of meanies would declaw a cat!) and was very despondant. The caretaker there said that a man brought her by saying that his mom had died leaving the cat with him and he no longer wanted to take care of her. Tabby hated the other cats in the shelter and wanted very much to be left alone. they way she would shy away from physical contact made me and the caretaker think that she may have been abused as well (probably from the dude that didn't want to take care of her). Even still, she has attachment issues which shows that she still misses her original owner. sometimes she is afraid to get too close, like she is afraid I'm going to leave her. I love her dearly. We helped each other through very rough times. I was going through a rough patch with my then fiance. she would hide under the bed and i would leave her be and not pressure her for attention. I knew it was meant to be when I was crying, missing my fiance, when she hopped up on the bed and chirped. I tried to pet her, but she backed away. I accepted that she was not ready for physical contact, so i talked to her. and she listened. I would ask her a question and she would chirp little responses. We became very close. She still likes to be a lone for the most part, but when she wants attention, she can be very affectionate. When my fiance and I mended our issues and got married, she took to him immediately like a duck to water. for almost a week they were insperable. I'm so lucky that Tabby and I found each other.
Sano, the little goof, was being given away by a nice family who had parked their van in the walmart parking lot with a box that said "free kittens". I felt sorry for the little ones. I had already decided that I wanted another cat, more for companionship for Tabby because I was working long hours and going to school and I hadn't gotten married at that point so she wasn't getting enough attention. I had decided to get a kitten and had been looking around when I came across the "free kitten" box. Sano was such a cutie pie! at the time, he was all white, with exception of his tail which looked like a racoon's tail. as he got older, eh started taking on the tan colorings of a siamese with strange stripes mixed in, but he also had the blue eyes! he's so handsome... Anyway, at the time he had this blank expression on his face like "Everybody's looking at me... Hi everybody!". it was priceless. He didn't like being picked up at first, mainly because I think he was tired and hungry and didn't like the idea of being away from his mom. but despite that, he kept licking my hand. tabby would do that when I slept. her rough little tongue could have licked a hole through my hand if I didn't take it away from her! when Sano started to lick my hand in the same fashion, i took it as a sign. i got a box and brought him home. It was obvious from the start that Sano wasn't the brightest crayon in the box. He immediately proved time and time again that there were a few screws loose, but i loved him all the same. the goof immdeiately began to develop a mommy complex with me. as soon as he got over the shock of the relocation and adjusted to his new home and companions, he latched right on to me! I couldn't walk five feet without him right at my ankles. that lasted until I got married. He's daddy's cat now. They are two peas in pod... the only two peas in the pod... Both are a few french fries short of a happy meal... men... lol, but I love them both!
