Good Lord, this poor kitty!! *With an updated picture!!!*

Hi Debi. I am so glad this special little guy will be living with you in his new furrever home. From MA's last post, it seems he is a real ham with a wonderful, playful, loving purrsonality.

Nice to meet you Debi. You're getting one heck of a special kitty, and it sounds as if he's getting one heck of a special home. You may have noticed, we like pics, so we'll be looking forward to meeting your current crew and keeping in touch with our little sweetie Starlight.

Welcome to TCS!

Kumbulu did this, and it says it all!

Starlight is a little miracle. How beautiful he looks. A lovely reward for all your hard work MA.

I just heard........ The Starlight Express has just left home, and is bound for the West Coast where he will pick up Starlight and take him straight to his waiting mama's arms!! Hmm any bets on how long it will take the semi to get here?

Starlight I am so excited for you But MA you are going to miss him like mad.

That's beautiful, Tania, and so true! When I get my printer working, I'm going to print a copy of that picture as a reminder!

I can e-mail you a larger version if you'd like. Just PM me your e-mail address.

I'm so glad I checked in here tonight! I'm SO excited Starlight has found a new home and with someone with great experience in Persians. Debi when you emailed me I didn't realise you're going to be Starlights new mummy,or I would have congratulated you!!! I can really see his personality over the pictures, he looks like such a lovebug. Debi I hope you post pics of your other Persians and your parrots. I'm sure Starlight will have a fun trip with Jimmy!

and to TCS this wouldn't be possible if this board wasn't around- Another life saved.

I'm all teary, this is just so great.

In a few days time, I will be handing over this delightful cat into the care of Uncle Fester. On his journey he will meet Zoey and Bari the lovemaster (as Jimmy calls him) and I know that Jimmy will be a good cat guardian until Starlight rests in his new mama's arms. I have to thank this cat for showing me a world I would have not seen otherwise. I admit to swallowing the myths about breed cats, and rescuing scruffy ferals I never really thought about other cats but them. My profound apologies now to all those who own breed specific cats as well as the ethical breeders who support the lines. I guess, I was a feral snob, without realizing it.

Having Starlight in the house has shown me the incredible devotion that people who own Persians (and other breeds) must have in order to keep up with the energy level, the grooming and personal care etc. Every morning, I will go upstairs and straighten out the cat room, because he loves to romp and he romps and slides all over the place, turning over cat bowls, crumpling up carpeting, flipping books off of shelves. He does two of the funniest things. His turbo scratcher is on a tile floor. He stands back and watches it carefully and when I start the ball in the trac, he runs full throttle toward it, jumping in the middle of the toy, and sliding across the room onto the landing of the stairs! Cowabunga! My boogie board kittie! He loves this game, and when I put the turbo scratcher on the carpet, he looked so insulted and wouldn't even glance at it, but when i put it back on the tile, he went tile surfing again! LOL

He also wants me to chase him, and I know it is a game because he runs up to me and circles my feet several times, then bats my ankle and takes off like a shot into the bedroom. So after a few times of trying to figure this behavior out, I figured he wants me to chase him, so I did. He looks behind him at me several times in the hallway, then slides under the bed. If I walk around the bed, he tags me in the ankles and then he chases me, down the hallway, up the stairs and across the two rooms! LOL If I did that to my ferals they would turn around and nail me, but with him it is high enjoyment.

I will miss him a lot. I am grateful again to all who saved him, to Cass who alerted me and to God for blessing me with his presence. I have no qualms about Debi being his new mom. Her emails and phone calls have shown that she has his best interest at heart, she knows Persians and understands them and so although my heart will be heavy when I hand him over. I know I made the best possible choice for both Starlight and for Debi. I thank all of you who helped me with this little guy, and I am sticking this thread, because it is such a journey of hope and optimism and a true testament of human kindness. It celebrates the resilent courage of a little kitty that against all odds found hope and a new life where before there was only darkness and despair.

OMG M.A. I am all in tears now reading your post , how touching it is written .
I believe that everything has a purpose in life and so has Starlight . M.A. there is no need to apologies and to think you were a feral snob . You do a great job in rescue and remember you see mostly the worse kind of abuse in cats and that made you what you are today a great and wonderful person loving and caring for all animals . When you took Starlight in you did not care what cat it was , all you did was reach out to help and to love . There are not to many people in this world who would do that ,no matter what kind of animal it is . You even reach out to those what for most people are not even worse to take a 2nd look at . You are a true spirit of love for those who are in need . Thank you M.A. for being you

I would like to send pictures of myself, my parrots & my cats...but I don't know how?

Hissy, sent pictures to your regular email? Hope this is okay. Couldn't figure out how to send them direct to the forum.

Here is Starlight's new owner- and some of her parrots-

And here is Pug her Persian

Oh my , all of them are very beautiful . I do love the pic of the birds , what a great shot of a wonderful Lady and her birds and what a pretty persian

It is lovely to see the lady who is going to be owned by Starlight. Lovely birds and Pug is gorgeous. Wow Starlight you are going to a nice place. Starlight before you go just another

MA can we have another pic of Starlight please?

Debi, such wonderful pictures! Thank you so much for sharing them with us!

MA - will you ever write a short story about the plight and happy ending of Starlight? I think it is worthy of a story

Bless you Debi for taking in such a beautiful baby, he is going to be soo happy with you and your furry and feathery babies!