Thursday, August 16, 2018

How I Adopted My Three Cats by Margaret Daley

How I Was Adopted by Three Cats 
by Margaret Daley

All my life I had dogs as pets. Although I liked cats, I never thought I would have a cat--let alone 3 but that is what I have now. Our dog died of old age and left my husband and me without a pet. I wasn’t eager to go out and get another pet right away. That didn’t make any difference. The first cat--Ringo-- was around nine months old when he came around our house. I couldn’t resist him. He was funny, pure white with one blue eye and one green eye (called odd eyes). He has never met a stranger. He is my greeter.


Okay we ended up with our first cat because I couldn’t see letting him roam around and fend for himself. That was going to be it. Then my son asked me to take a stray cat he’d found because he had a pit bull dog and couldn’t risk the kitten with the dog. We ended up with a second cat--Peppers or as I call her Peppy. She looks like salt and pepper--more pepper. She is the smallest of my cats--only weighing 6 or 7 pounds whereas Ringo weighs up to 18 pounds. She is my cat. If she had her way, she would sit on my lap all day and watch me try to write--very distracting. But I have to admit Peppy is a bit neurotic.

Now our third cat I had absolutely said we could not take in because we already had two cats that were picky about other animals. I didn’t see how it would work. But my husband made the mistake of making eye contact with a dirty, messy two month kitten who was whining at the back door of his business. He couldn’t turn her away. Charlie has become the one who makes us laugh the most. She gets into everything and knows where everything belongs in the house. This cat growls like a dog when someone comes to the front door and will hide from anyone who comes to visit.

So here I am with three cats who adopted a lady who was never going to have cats (this was written last year and in that time I've lost 2 of cats from old age but still have Charlie). Have you been adopted by an animal?

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11 comments:

  1. We live out in the country and we had a cat who was quite young come up to us one day when we had the granddaughters. She made herself right at home. That was two years ago. She was right. Now, we can't imagine our life without her.

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  2. We also have three cats. My son's. His apartment building doesn't allow pets. And my daughter's two, who decided the three dogs on her family's side of the house were to much and "moved" over to our side.

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  3. Yes, we were also adopted by a cat. I made the mistake(!) of feeding a stray cat tuna fish when he showed up at our door one day, and hence, my husband and I were adopted.

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  4. Margaret, thank you for sharing about your cats. I'm so sorry two of them have since passed away. Pets certainly become a beloved part of the family!

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    1. It was hard losing both of them. I had them many years. I'm glad I still have a cat.

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  5. Jake and Roo (both dogs) were part of our family for many years. Sadly, we've lost them both to illness. We still grieve. Animals really do become family members, don't they?

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    1. All my cats and dogs in the past have been members of our family.

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  6. We had a dog, Pepper, who came from the pound. So we adopted him rather than him adopting us. We had one cat who was ours by default. Nomar (named after Nomar Garciaparra of Red Sox fame) belonged to our daughter. She left him behind when graduated from college in FL and moved to Boston. We adopted each other. We had him for 12 years until we moved to Arizona to be near said daughter, and she got her cat back. Sadly, he passed away a little over a year ago at the age of 17.

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  7. All of my cats have adopted me, including the one I have now. And recently, a small Calico has made herself at home in my yard. She had 8 kittens! The neighbors rescued them but couldn't rescue her because she isn't used to human contact.

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  8. I have had only one cat years ago. The boys called here miss kitty.not a very original name but she was a great cat. Our English sheep dog loved to chase here and he was like a bull in a china shop. They were fun and very loving pets who have passed on many years ago.

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