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In 2016, a cat decided to adopt my house. I found her sitting on my front porch where she would remain for most of the day. From the start,she would run up to greet me whenever I exited or entered the house. She would meow loudly, head bunt me and rub her body against my legs. She was the friendliest and most affectionate cat that I had ever met. I tried to ignore her at first, hoping that she would return to her owners. I did not want to become attached to her, so I just called her Kitty. After four days, I figured that she was lost and hungry. I broke down and put out some cheese and she scarfed it down as quickly as she could. The next day, I put out some tuna and she devoured it equally fast. She was such a loving cat that I thought that her owner must truly be missing her. I went on the web and searched but I could find no one who had listed a missing cat in my neighborhood. I was determined to find her owner, but I was going away on vacation for a week. I bought some cat food and asked my neighbor to look in on her and feed her, since she did want to leave my house. My neighbor fell in love with her as well. She tried to encourage Kitty to come to her house but Kitty wanted to stay on our porch, even in the rain.
When I returned from vacation, Kitty was still on the porch and ran up to greet me. The following day, I took a photograph, made up a flyer and posted it throughout the neighborhood. A child saw it and said that she knew the owner. She ran to get the owner who lived about five blocks from me. The owner said that it was her cat that she simply had not gotten around to listing the cat as missing, even though it had been missing for weeks. She came to my house to retrieve Kitty or Ducky, as she called him. I discovered that Kitty was actually a neutered male. He was very furry and I had not wanted to feel around to ascertain the gender. He was non-aggressive to the other male cats in the neighborhood, so I had assumed that he was a she. Kitty greeted her with indifference until she pulled out some cat treats, at which time Kitty became somewhat more interested. Kitty's owner thanked me, stuffed Kitty in a cat carrier and that was the last that I saw of Kitty. I have walked past her house a few times, but Kitty was not out.
After a week, Kitty returned. We returned him to his owner twice more, but he continued to return and spend his day at our house. The owner, who had two other cats, realized the inevitable and offered to give us Kitty. He has been with us ever since.
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When I returned from vacation, Kitty was still on the porch and ran up to greet me. The following day, I took a photograph, made up a flyer and posted it throughout the neighborhood. A child saw it and said that she knew the owner. She ran to get the owner who lived about five blocks from me. The owner said that it was her cat that she simply had not gotten around to listing the cat as missing, even though it had been missing for weeks. She came to my house to retrieve Kitty or Ducky, as she called him. I discovered that Kitty was actually a neutered male. He was very furry and I had not wanted to feel around to ascertain the gender. He was non-aggressive to the other male cats in the neighborhood, so I had assumed that he was a she. Kitty greeted her with indifference until she pulled out some cat treats, at which time Kitty became somewhat more interested. Kitty's owner thanked me, stuffed Kitty in a cat carrier and that was the last that I saw of Kitty. I have walked past her house a few times, but Kitty was not out.
After a week, Kitty returned. We returned him to his owner twice more, but he continued to return and spend his day at our house. The owner, who had two other cats, realized the inevitable and offered to give us Kitty. He has been with us ever since.
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Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿, Annemarie, Frans Schols, Nicole Merdrignac and 16 other people have particularly liked this photo
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What a wonderful story and such a nice image too!
One of our last cats was a rescue and when we were at the shelter he and his buddy King Tut would walk along the tops of the cages following us as we looked for our next feline friend. We finally decided to bring "Higgins" home with us, we really should have brought King Tut home as well but we had a little 10 week old Siamese kitten at home and wasn't sure how she would react to one new cat let alone two! After two days of hissing and growling at the big guy, we found her draped over him sleeping and that was the way they slept most of the time for the 15 years we had them. Thankfully King Tut was rescued a few days after we were at the shelter.
When a cat adopts you it's hard to get them to change their mind. :)
Do Stay Well
Hartelijke groeten..........
Frans.
Have a great day, stay safe:)
Stay well, Esther!
Thanks for the news, Esther.
You had told me the story, but a shorter way. Now I know everything and am so glad that Kitty is getting happy days with you.
Your photograph of him among the flowers is superb !
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