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ocelotWalking back from doing laundry just now, I saw the most darling kitten.
It jumped out from the bushes at me, and then bounded over to the jungle gym and jumped on the slide. I stopped and called to it, and after a minute it came over and let me pet it for a few minutes before bouncing away.
It didn't walk, like cats usually do. It jumped a foot or two at a time across the grass.
I sat on the tire swing to watch it. It came back over to me, and put its paws up on the swing, so I picked it up and held it on my lap for a bit before deciding I should go back to my house and pay attention to my own cats instead.
It followed me about halfway home, running beside me through the bushes by my feet. As much as I wanted to watch it, I forced myself to ignore it so it would stop following. If you look at them, it just encourages them.
I adopted my cats as adults, and I regret that I didn't get a chance to see them as kittens. I wouldn't want cats to stay kittens forever. I've raised kittens, and probably still have the scars to prove it. But kittens are special, and I'm sorry I missed that part of their life. I doubt they would have been as lively and playful as this little one - they were apparently pretty sick as kittens. I still would have liked to see them.
I also wish the poor cat wasn't chronically ill (cat herpes, which caused serious damage to one of her eyes. They both have it (they're littermates), but the other is much less severely effected). I look at her bright, beautiful, (essentially) normal eye, and wonder how she'd be different if her other eye was normal. Would she be as clingy as she is now? Would I even own them, as the main reason they weren't already adopted was her eye? Is she in pain from it? Should I have it taken out? One of the SPCA people recommended that, and it probably would be a good idea, but it's hard to bring myself to do it. She does seem to have some amount of sight out of that eye, though with the way it's been getting worse lately, I don't know if she will for long.
Poor kitty.
It jumped out from the bushes at me, and then bounded over to the jungle gym and jumped on the slide. I stopped and called to it, and after a minute it came over and let me pet it for a few minutes before bouncing away.
It didn't walk, like cats usually do. It jumped a foot or two at a time across the grass.
I sat on the tire swing to watch it. It came back over to me, and put its paws up on the swing, so I picked it up and held it on my lap for a bit before deciding I should go back to my house and pay attention to my own cats instead.
It followed me about halfway home, running beside me through the bushes by my feet. As much as I wanted to watch it, I forced myself to ignore it so it would stop following. If you look at them, it just encourages them.
I adopted my cats as adults, and I regret that I didn't get a chance to see them as kittens. I wouldn't want cats to stay kittens forever. I've raised kittens, and probably still have the scars to prove it. But kittens are special, and I'm sorry I missed that part of their life. I doubt they would have been as lively and playful as this little one - they were apparently pretty sick as kittens. I still would have liked to see them.
I also wish the poor cat wasn't chronically ill (cat herpes, which caused serious damage to one of her eyes. They both have it (they're littermates), but the other is much less severely effected). I look at her bright, beautiful, (essentially) normal eye, and wonder how she'd be different if her other eye was normal. Would she be as clingy as she is now? Would I even own them, as the main reason they weren't already adopted was her eye? Is she in pain from it? Should I have it taken out? One of the SPCA people recommended that, and it probably would be a good idea, but it's hard to bring myself to do it. She does seem to have some amount of sight out of that eye, though with the way it's been getting worse lately, I don't know if she will for long.
Poor kitty.
