Kitty Stories

zedrikcayne has a remote control car. He's running it around the living room right now, and Beta can't figure out if he wants to chase it or be afraid of it. He's fascinated by watching it roll around the room, but if it gets too close to him he starts to back away. I suspect, knowing Beta that if it weren't quite as noisy he'd be all over it. (The car has fancy sound effects.) Beta keeps hiding under the table and then ducking out and checking out the car. He's figured out that the car can't go up the stairs after him, so he's sitting on the stairs watching the car.

In other cat news, my parents have adopted another cat. This brings the total to nine indoor/outdoor and the strays they care for. (Scardey Cat, Humphrey, Mugs, Spot, Quagmire, Larry, Moe, Curly and Harley in the house.) Dad says they may get another and call it Davidson, but I suspect that would be yet another accidental adoption, like many of the others have been, I don't think Mom and Dad are inclined to go looking. The story behind Harley is that they had been given a very nice cat tree by someone. The landlord of the person who gave them the tree decided that he wanted a cat, and adopted Harley. Then the landlord decided that he wanted an outdoor only cat. Well, it's awfully cold where Mom and Dad are tonight...so somehow, this translates to Harley moving in with Mom and Dad.

You may say my parents are nuts for the cat thing. And it's a bit odd, but I actually respect them a lot for what they do. The vet helps out and gives them the kennel rate, which is also nice. They work hard to make sure abandoned and stray animals are well cared for, and they give a loving home to them. And I think that counts for a lot in the long run. They've taken in loads of ferral cats, and strays, they've made sure they have good homes. They work with feeding stray cats at Mom's job, and making sure they're spayed/neutered, or rehabbed and adopted. I can think of nine or ten strays off the top of my head who they've taken in themselves. Mom and Dad really care for animals, and I love that...and I think it's rubbed off.