PET TALK

As I said last night, one day at a time! That's the only way I can deal with loosing Kodi.

I'd like to tell you alittle about Angel, or Mama Cat as she likes to be called. About 2 years ago our neighbors that live behind us moved out of their house. They left behind a Mother cat and 4 kittens. When we realized what had happened we started trying to catch them to take them to the shelter. We had already trapped and had 6 cats fixed and got them shots and turned them loose in our yard to live. We were already over the limit for how many cats we could have here. So we felt if we could help find them a home at least it would be better than just leaving them to keep multiplying and no one to care for them. We managed to catch all but one kitten. And you guessed it, that kitten is Angel. She's about 2 to 2 1/2 years old now.

About Aug.1,2007, I was sitting on my back step when I noticed her laying in front of our storage shed. I watched for a little while, and one by one, out came 4 kittens. Bearly able to walk, they came out to nurse mom. I knew before these guys got much bigger, I had to do something. Just a little while before this we found out we had some cat haters living around us. So we knew when they got big enough to run around, they wouldn't be safe. So I started that day working with Angel trying to win her confidence. It took about 2 weeks, and she was letting me pet her. Once I knew the kittens were old enough, my husband and I spent a weekend using all the ways we could think of to get the 4 kittens. Mom had taught them well to avoid humans. But by Sunday morning we had Mom and all 4 kittens safely in our spare bedroom. We had Mom, solid white, 2 kittens, solid white, 1 kitten, white with a few black hairs right on the top of his head, and 1 kitten, gray tabby. At first we questioned if this gray tabby kitten was truly hers. But they are all the same age, and Mom always treated them all the same, and all the kittens treated each other the same. Had to be 2 dads there!! That's when the fun really began. Trying to win these little ones over took some doing.