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This is Lady Kitty, behold her
in all her sweet and cuddly,
yet grumpy splendor.
Lady Kitty's story was simple, if slightly sad. Her owner passed away sometime around her tenth year on this planet, and she was left without a family, bumped around from adoption window to adoption window, until I eventually spotted her at pet smart.
I fell in love with her sweet face, adorable craggy raspy meows, and just had a feeling that this cat somehow belonged with me. Still, we had just adopted a young kitten a few months ago and i felt it might be unfair to make such a dignified lady put up with a rambunctious teen.
A few months passed and I kept seeing Lady in the window, sleeping and looking rather bored. When I did a bit of research on her i found that she had been sent back and forth from her pet-smart window and her adoption agency four times. Each visit was three months at a time with a month back at the 'home base'. Meaning this gorgeous senior cat, who was surely used to a life of love and comfort, was being juggled from box to box for over a year.
I couldn't stand it, and adopted her right away.
Without going into too much detail, Lady fit into our lives absolutely seamlessly. She was quiet and cuddly, soft spoken and gentle, only really demanding when it came to food preparation. It must be wet, it must be pre mushed, and it must be piled high into a peak for her, if any of these steps were missed, she would let you know with a displease and craggy meow.
She got along with her sister Jinx alright despite the age difference. They would cuddle and engage in play with one another, but Jinx always wanted to be rougher than Lady, and it often ended with a swat, hiss or relocation to another room, each act Jinx respected when thrown her way.
We had her for just under a year before we ran out of options to keep her in good health due to a problem with her lungs. It absolutely broke our hearts , but we know that we gave her the best life we could, and likely saved her from being alone in a box for her last months.
I have since wanted to adopt other Senior cats, aged ten or over just like lady; However, shortly after she passed a very young kitten
covered in fleas, full of worms and living under a car came into our lives, and has become our newest family member. He(TBD,Turned into Toby Mac) is off the walls energy, but fairly respectful of his big sister Jinx,
but is even rougher than his sister when it comes to play, and has issues taking no for an answer right away.
If we still had Lady, i don't think we would have been able to take the little guy in, and it always brings to mind
"...(She) was a Lady. And a Lady always knows when to leave."
in all her sweet and cuddly,
yet grumpy splendor.
Lady Kitty's story was simple, if slightly sad. Her owner passed away sometime around her tenth year on this planet, and she was left without a family, bumped around from adoption window to adoption window, until I eventually spotted her at pet smart.
I fell in love with her sweet face, adorable craggy raspy meows, and just had a feeling that this cat somehow belonged with me. Still, we had just adopted a young kitten a few months ago and i felt it might be unfair to make such a dignified lady put up with a rambunctious teen.
A few months passed and I kept seeing Lady in the window, sleeping and looking rather bored. When I did a bit of research on her i found that she had been sent back and forth from her pet-smart window and her adoption agency four times. Each visit was three months at a time with a month back at the 'home base'. Meaning this gorgeous senior cat, who was surely used to a life of love and comfort, was being juggled from box to box for over a year.
I couldn't stand it, and adopted her right away.
Without going into too much detail, Lady fit into our lives absolutely seamlessly. She was quiet and cuddly, soft spoken and gentle, only really demanding when it came to food preparation. It must be wet, it must be pre mushed, and it must be piled high into a peak for her, if any of these steps were missed, she would let you know with a displease and craggy meow.
She got along with her sister Jinx alright despite the age difference. They would cuddle and engage in play with one another, but Jinx always wanted to be rougher than Lady, and it often ended with a swat, hiss or relocation to another room, each act Jinx respected when thrown her way.
We had her for just under a year before we ran out of options to keep her in good health due to a problem with her lungs. It absolutely broke our hearts , but we know that we gave her the best life we could, and likely saved her from being alone in a box for her last months.
I have since wanted to adopt other Senior cats, aged ten or over just like lady; However, shortly after she passed a very young kitten
covered in fleas, full of worms and living under a car came into our lives, and has become our newest family member. He(TBD,Turned into Toby Mac) is off the walls energy, but fairly respectful of his big sister Jinx,
but is even rougher than his sister when it comes to play, and has issues taking no for an answer right away.
If we still had Lady, i don't think we would have been able to take the little guy in, and it always brings to mind
"...(She) was a Lady. And a Lady always knows when to leave."
