And no-Bella was not being scruffed- the Vets assistant grabbed her scruff as I had peeled her off me with my hand under her little butt- they were going to put her back in the cage when I said- put her in my carrier and I'll take herBella was brought in to my Vets office with 4 other tortie siblings at around 2wks old-she and one sister held on to each other from day one-I was there when a distraught woman brought them in a shoe box after she witnessed the Mama get killed by a car they were the only 2 that survived
An Vet tech volunteered to care for them and foster until weaned then brought them to the office for adoption....everyone wanted them
adopted as a bonded pair,they were inseparable BUT no one was interested in the dark one with the funny markings they called her Eleanor--- "the ugly one"
Eleanor would just scream and cry when anyone tried to separate the 2,she was fearful of everyone,would scream bloody murder and did not want to be held- the only time she was quiet was embracing her sister
I thought Eleanor was adorable,my 18yr old Cheech was very ill and fading fast and I had just adopted little Graycie from my Vet because I knew I'd be losing my boy of 18 yrs and couldn't fathom an empty home without him-'so I'd seen little Eleanor many times as I was constantly there with my very sick boy----I was the only person little Eleanor was not terrified of and I held her many times- I said if anyone adopts one I'll take the other but I really preferred Eleanor
Sorry this is so long but it's the story how she got her name- the day I brought Cheech in to say GoodBye was the worst day of my life-I was leaving with an empty carrier and hysterical crying... something was very odd because the entire staff was behind the front desk but I was too distraught to see what was going on--' suddenly a little kitten came barreling past everyone and leaped onto my chest wrapping her little arms around my neck and hiding her face under my chin -As I peeled her off of me I realized who it was and said" Uhhhh,Bella-do you want to come home with me"
What seemed so odd,what I didn't know was the other was adopted,little Bella slipped out of the Cafe and it had been over an hour they were all trying to catch her....
Nope,she was beautiful and should be named Bella.... here she was and here she is- my Bella,who chose me first
Love this story---I always ask my animals what they like too in the same way.... except Bella,she needed to know she was not the "funny looking" one or ugly catPatches was supposed to be called Tac, I already had a cat called Tik at the time View attachment 455878View attachment 455879View attachment 455880and thought Tik and Tac would go well. Patches had other ideas he wouldn't respond to Tac so I asked him what he wanted and started saying names. When I said Patches he came straight to me purring so Patches it was. Bandit was named by my hubby I was going to name him coal, but the moment my hubby said Bandit I thought it was a better name for him.
thank you yay for hockey!! oh i did not see that,thank you. im still learning how to get around on this siteGilmour, Maui and Jenade are three lovely cats. BTW, my husband and I love hockey too. There is an old thread with a similar theme that I thought I would add to this one: How did you choose your cat's name?
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