This is my Momma kitty. She came into our lives quite suddenly back in July of 2008. We had just returned from a vacation in Williamsburg and was catching up on some yard work. I heard the cries of little kittens near by. I pulled back some bushes and there she was feeding her litter of kittens.
When she was done feeding and the kittens slept I offered her some food. She was skinny and looked like she needed some help. She was starved when I fed her taking in the food as quickly as she could looking up asking for more.
And that's it. She's been with us ever since. We found good homes for 4 of her kittens. We kept 2 of them and got her spayed so she wouldn't go through that again. She was feral but desperate. The days after her spay surgery she didn't pee for 2 days because she didn't know what a litter box was. I was keeping her in the bathroom and she finally went.
It was a long long road but we are finally at a place where she will let me hold her briefly, kiss her on the top of the head and she will lay on my lap if I sit perfectly still.
We finally figured out that she is pretty much deaf also.
She has a habit of "calling to her people" a lot. After eating. When she's laying down for a nap. When she's about to drink water. She lets the world know very loudly. And she sounds like she's saying MERLE!!! MERLE!!!!MEEEERRRRRLE!!!!!
But yesterday she lost her merle. I think she must have had a mini stroke. She went limp for about 5 minutes. She's eating again though not as much. She's going potty OK and seems to walk fine.
But she has lost a zest to her. Her merle is one of them. Now I miss the middle of the night calls. I miss expecting the loud proclamations. I hope she gets it back.
We'll see.
Until Next Time.
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