Meet Frankie!

A couple of weeks after our Sammy died, one March afternoon a skinny black kitty showed up in our front yard. I went out there to check him out and he started to pour his heart out to me, chatting and chatting and chatting some more. I brought him some food and he came and ate next to me. Poor little guy was so skinny and so so friendly. And intact.

For the next few weeks we taught him to eat at a feeding station in our back yard where there was more privacy. He started showing up for breakfast and chatting sessions every morning and every evening, and slept on our deck. We decided to see if we could place him with a local shelter but had absolutely no luck, even though we volunteered to pay for his vet bills and offered a generous donation. When they heard he is black they all said nobody will adopt him and they already had a lot of black kitties.

After 10 days of trying to place him, he did not show up to eat for two days and when he reappeared he was very sick. Did not say a thing, looked lethargic and barely touched his food. We decided that we could not leave him out anymore (our main concern from the beginning about adopting him in our home was the fact that our Leo had a very difficult time accepting Sweet Pea and made life miserable for all our kitties; this is the reason we tried to find him a home). We took him to the vet and boarded him since he was running a fever. When he felt a little better he got neutered and then we brought him home and has been here, in his room for two weeks.

He is about 1 1/2 years old and an absolute sweetheart. We have been doing the scent swapping and are waiting for his pee to be less hormone stinky before we put the baby gates up and start the introduction process. He loves to sit on my chest and look me in the eyes. And he loves Da Bird.

Our sweet Sammy did a great job at letting Frankie know there is a vacancy at the Isaac residence.

So here is Frankie Isaac

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Yes farley, I wonder the same thing. It's all so terribly sad. I have had three shelters telling me that is more than likely that he would be a "lifer" with them; they all had black kittens they could not adopt out. He is very very social, and very subdued and we were concerned about putting him out again.

We checked the local ads and put fliers for him with no luck. Somebody loved him very much because he is so very social and cuddly.

Thank you Lauren. Yes, he is sleek looking, he's got a long thin tail, huge ears with tufts on the tips, and a tiny mouth. And now I clearly understand what you are all saying about the difficulty of photographing black kitties

Laurie, can you believe it all happened so fast? Last year I bought this beautiful cat statue for our patio and it looks exactly like Frankie, long and slender, with a long thin tail wrapped around the body, and an angular face. So it is meant to be...We will just take it very slow with the intros...

I just went to give him his wet food snack and clean his boxes. He cracked me up because he went in the box to pee while I was still getting the small clumps out. He also digs to China and throws litter everywhere

I have a question for you guys. We will have roof work done soon and am concerned about the noise. The work will last approx. 3 days. We have a split and Frankie's room is on the third level right under the roof. We have been debating about boarding everybody at the vet (except Sweet Pea), but am not sure about it. Chloe stresses out terribly when she is away from the house, and Frankie is still adapting to his new life. What would you do?

Marina

Thank you Laurie, I too was inclined towards keeping them home. I know they will hate it but it needs to get done.
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Thank you Lauren I know they will have a hard time with it but there is no other way. We had damage this past December during those terrible ice storms so the work needs to get done. It's Chloe and Frankie I am most concerned of. Chloe is terrified of noise and strangers, she hides when she hears the mailman on the porch (they all run but she is really really scared). And I don't know yet how Frankie will react to noise, he is doing OK with the big scary vacuum cleaner. I am glad to hear your little turkeys did well with the noise

Thank you Kailie, he most certainly did

Thank you Lauren! Little Perla is your trouble maker, right? I LOVE her face. Yes, pretty much everybody at our house runs and hides when somebody rings the doorbell, when we have company, even when people walk in front of our house etc.

Tubi and Chloe did this even since they were little. Then when Leo came home, although he was not afraid of anyhting and anybody he joined them in the running and hiding, the typical "copycat" behavior. And not Sweetsie does the same thing. It is hilarious to watch them, they are really not afraid but run because it's the "thing to do".

Last night when I went to visit Frankie I was too tired to play with him. So I gave him his snack and told him I would just hang out in his room, and I just sat down on the sofa. He started eating but as soon as he saw me sit down, he stopped eating, chirped something and came running to my lap. He is really long and lanky and does not fully fit on my lap since he does not want to curl up, so his bum kept falling off my thigh. I ended up supporting it with my hand and he eventually found a comfortable position and stretched out his front paws and neck and rested his face on my thigh. So cute and so loving! Then he nibbled at my hand for a while and we just sat quietly together enjoying the closeness...His pee is not smelling anymore so this weekend we will put the baby gates up and start the intros. Leo, Tubi and Chloe saw him so far and he saw them.